This week:
* Monday—Court-martialed!
* Tuesday—A stolen gun!
* Wednesday—Extraterrestrial goo!
* Thursday—Kidnapped!
* Friday—The Kraken!
* Saturday—Spooks!
* Sunday—A stolen bombsight!
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Monday—March 22nd
2:00 AM—Mafioso (1962)
A factory worker returns home to Sicily, where he gets mixed up with the Mob.
4:00 AM—Some Like It Hot (1959)
Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band.
9:45 AM—Time Limit (1957)
An officer is court-martialed under suspicion of collaborating with the North Koreans.
4:00 PM—The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Card sharps try to deal with personal problems during a big game in New Orleans.
6:00 PM—Murderers’ Row (1966)
Secret Agent Matt Helm must recover a stolen ‘helio-beam’ with the power to destroy the earth.
8:00 PM—The Big Sleep (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
10:00 PM—The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
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Tuesday—March 23rd
3:30 PM—Drunken Angel (1948)
An alcoholic doctor builds a shaky friendship with a dying gangster.
5:30 PM—Stray Dog (1949)
When a detective’s gun is stolen, he tears apart the underworld to get it back.
8:00 PM—Rashomon (1950)
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder.
9:30 PM—Seven Samurai (1954)
Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack (cf. The Magnificent Seven).
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Wednesday—March 24th
1:00 AM—Yojimbo (1961)
A samurai-for-hire sets the warring factions of a Japanese town against each other.
3:00 AM—Sanjuro (1962)
A wandering samurai recruits younger fighters to help him battle corruption.
7:45 AM—The Blob (1958)
A misunderstood teen fights to save his town from a gelatinous monster from outer space.
11:30 AM—Nevada Smith (1966)
A part-Indian cowboy avenges his parents’ murder.
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Thursday—March 25th
9:45 AM—Star of Midnight (1935)
A New York lawyer tries to track down a kidnapped actress.
4:45 PM—Madeleine (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
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Friday—March 26th
10:00 AM—Side Street (1950)
A New York City mailman is chased by both cops and crooks when he steals a shipment of dirty money.
11:30 AM—No Questions Asked (1951)
A young lawyer’s primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
2:30 PM—The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
A gang of small-time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
4:30 PM—Johnny Guitar (1954)
A lady saloon owner battles a female rancher out to frame her for murder.
6:30 PM—Suddenly (1954)
Gunmen take over a suburban home to plot a presidential assassination.
8:00 PM—Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The legendary hero enlists the help of the gods to steal the golden fleece.
10:00 PM—Clash of the Titans (1981)
A Greek hero fights a series of monsters, including the dreaded gorgon, to win the woman he loves.
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Saturday—March 27th
12:15 AM—The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Sinbad battles a fiendish magician and his many monsters.
2:15 AM—Race with the Devil (1975)
Two vacationing couples who witness a satanic sacrifice suddenly find their lives threatened.
3:45 AM—Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
A family traveling through the desert is set up by a teen gang.
8:30 AM—The Killers (1946)
An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer’s beneficiary.
10:30 AM—Spook Busters (1946)
When they set themselves up as ghost hunters, the Bowery Boys tangle with a mad scientist.
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Sunday—March 28th
12:00 AM—Julie (1956)
A stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
6:00 AM—Cottage to Let (1941)
Three visitors invade the estate of a military inventor.
2:00 PM—Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star.
4:00 PM—The Snake Pit (1948)
A young woman tries to recover her sanity in a corrupt mental institution.
—Mike Gray
I just set my dvr to catch No Questions Asked. Looking forward to seeing it. Interesting cast–Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, Jean Hagen, George Murphy, etc. Plot sounds like a noir.
Sam — Leonard Maltin calls NO QUESTIONS ASKED a “snappy little film”; I don’t remember ever seeing it. I believe Barry Sullivan plays a lawyer who gets seduced by Mob money, but don’t quote me on that.
And you’re right: STAR OF MIDNIGHT is a lot of fun.
Great picture of William Powell and Ginger Rogers, Mike. I like Star of Midnight, especially for its cheery Depression-era attitude. It’s as if many movies of the time were saying, If we can endure this horrible economy, we can do anything. It’s by no means my favorite mystery-comedy film of the time, but a good one, to be sure.
Do you know anything about No Questions Asked. Sounds interesting.
If you haven’t seen Race to the Devil, you should give it a go. Entertaiing ’70s thriller dealing with devil worship. It’s a bit cheesy, but surprisingly suspenseful and engaging nonetheless.
Peter Fonda’s film work has been a good deal more right-wing than most people realize. I think one can even make a case that Easy Rider ultimately stands for the right things.
And yes, Hot Rods to Hell is in good part as corny as it sounds, but it’s pretty good fun if you let it work on you–and anything with Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain is going to be worth watching.