A strangler, an airline hijacking, and Che Guevara are all in today's movies.
The Strangler (1964) is about a serial killer
of nurses. The movie was released during
the hysteria about the Boston
Strangler, a serial killer of women from
June 14, 1962, to January 4, 1964. One
Albert DeSalvo confessed to the murders.
The Strangler
The Taking of Flight 847: The
Uli Derickson Story (1988) is a
television movie about the actual
hijacking of the TWA flight on
June 14, 1985. Derickson was the
chief flight attendant. The movie
had several Emmy nominations.
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) is based
on the book by later Latin American
Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, who died
young, at age 39. Guevara was born June 14,
1928. The book was about his road trip
during his youth from Brazil to Peru in 1952,
when he was 23 years old. The movie
won a Oscar for the Original Song, Al
Otro Lada del Rio.
The Motorcycle Diaries
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