59 years ago:
The Long Ships (GB,YU)
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Ro...
1964-04-22
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/44736
#TheLongShips #JackCardiff #RichardWidmark #SidneyPoitier #RussTamblyn #ClassicMovies

71 years ago:
Retreat, Hell! (US)
During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese soldiers.
1952-02-17
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/208974
#RetreatHell #RichardCarlson #RussTamblyn #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

73 years ago:
Gun Crazy (US)
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
1950-01-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/18671
#GunCrazy #RussTamblyn #United Artists #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

currently in my queue. Looks amazing.
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Young 'Rusty' Tamblyn plays a kid so fixated on guns that he'll wander out on a rainy night just to steal one, in the fantastic opening of GUN CRAZY (1950). And what a dramatic closeup to end the scene! #GunCrazy #FilmNoir #JosephHLewis #RussellHarlan | #BOTD #RussTamblyn
https://twitter.com/UlteriousFilm/status/1608901388381335554

"I loved #TwinPeaks because it was such a great gig. First, I hadn’t worked in a long time, so it was great to have a job again, and second, it was such a far-out series.”

Oscar nominee #RussTamblyn in 88 today.

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#HappyBirthday to Russ (Rusty / Russell) Irving Tamblyn, the American film / television actor and dancer, born in L.A. #OnThisDay in 1934. His screen career spans eight decades - including as the young Bart in #GunCrazy (1950) - and he has worked for a range of filmmakers including Al Adamson, Dennis Hopper, George Pal and Robert Wise (notably, #TheHaunting, 1963). Great as Laura Palmer's oddball psychiatrist Dr. Jacoby in #TwinPeaks (1990-91/2017).

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