This week:
* Monday—Spend the day with Clint Eastwood.
* Tuesday—Harry gets dirty and cleans up … crime, that is.
* Wednesday—Go figure: Bogie travels across the Pacific without ever getting there.
* Thursday—Beautiful people get involved in the Cuban revolution.
* Friday—Kirk Douglas gets his first kiss—from a sealion.
* Saturday—A robot battles a mummy … happens every day.
* Sunday—You’ll never look at a carousel the same way again.
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Monday—May 31st
5:00 PM—Where Eagles Dare (1969)
An Allied team sets out to free an American officer held by the Nazis, but there’s a traitor in their midst.
8:00 PM—Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
“Well, what do you think, Oddball?”
“It’s a wasted trip, baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers.”
“Hey look, you just keep them Tigers busy and we’ll take care of the rest.”
“The only way I got to keep them Tigers busy is to let them shoot HOLES in me!”
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Tuesday—June 1st
12:15 AM—Dirty Harry (1971)
“I know what you’re thinking. ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. But, being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”
2:00 AM—Magnum Force (1973)
“A man’s gotta know his limitations.”
8:45 AM—The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
“Put in hours and hours of planning. Figure everything down to the last detail. Then what? Burglar alarms start going off all over the place for no sensible reason. A gun fires of its own accord and a man is shot. And a broken down old cop, no good for anything but chasing kids, has to trip over us. Blind accident. What can you do against blind accidents? One thing I ought to have figured and didn’t was Emmerich. I know why I didn’t. I’m not kidding myself. It was the extra dough he promised. I got hungry. Greed made me blind.”
1:00 PM—Some Like It Hot (1959)
Cross dressing in self-defense.
3:15 PM—A Dangerous Profession (1950)
A bail bondsman is asked to raise money to free his girlfriend’s husband.
4:45 PM—Johnny Angel (1946)
A sailor sets out to solve his father’s murder.
6:15 PM—Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Childhood friends on opposite sides of the law fight over the future of a street gang.
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Wednesday—June 2nd
Mostly Westerns, then:
11:30 PM—Across the Pacific (1942)
The Japanese want to blow up the Panama Canal, but Bogie says “Unh-uh.”
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Thursday—June 3rd
1:15 AM—We Were Strangers (1949)
A Cuban American returns to his homeland during the Revolution and becomes involved in an assassination attempt.
1:00 PM—Vice Squad (1953)
The head of an escort ring joins forces with a vice cop to solve a murder.
8:00 PM—Babbitt (1934)
A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
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Friday—June 4th
6:00 AM—They Met in Bombay (1941)
Rival jewel thieves on the run find love in the Far East.
8:00 PM—The Mysterious Island (1929)
A scientist builds an underwater ship to search for a legendary race of fish men.
10:00 PM—20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
“Mr. Land, you saved my life. Why?”
“That’s a good question! Well, there’s only one thing a fella can do when he’s made a mistake as big as this. Get drunk.”
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Saturday—June 5th
12:15 AM—Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
The infamous submarine captain rescues six shipwreck survivors.
2:15 AM—The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1965)
A mad scientist creates a murderous robot to steal an ancient Aztec treasure.
3:30 AM—Dr. Blood’s Coffin (1961)
A doctor’s experiments in conquering death lead to a string of strange disappearances.
10:30 AM—Fighting Fools (1949)
The Bowery Boys help a boxer break up a fight-fixing gang.
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Sunday—June 6th
10:15 AM—Strangers on a Train (1951)
A cigarette lighter and an amusement park prove menacing.
—Mike Gray