Arthur Penn -- unusual Feature Film Blockbuster director/producer - odd film catalogue - born on this date 1922

 He lived to be 88, passed away in 2010.

Served in the U.S. Army from 1943 - 46,  but

was quite unique in Hollywood for these films

that somehow together make him a "message Film"

director :

of the 1960s / 1970s

BONNIE & CLYDE

THE MIRACLE WORKER

ALICE's RESTAURANT

LITTLE BIG MAN

NIGHT MOVES (Gene Hackman, lead) -

 [a detective thriller]