This week:
* Monday—Buster Keaton walks into a mystery;
* Tuesday—Paul Muni gets into all kinds of trouble;
* Wednesday—Dick Powell encounters a Moose;
* Thursday—Robert Mitchum strips his gears;
* Friday—Broderick Crawford gets devious;
* Saturday—Dick Tracy submerges;
* Sunday—Edward G. takes a bath, nyah.
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Monday—September 21st
3:45 PM—The Window (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff. BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC
5:00 PM—Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
A small-time crook on the run is reformed by the love of a crippled woman.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington.
Dir: Robert Stevenson. BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC
6:30 PM—Behave Yourself! (1951)
A young couple’s dog gets them mixed up in a string of murders.
Cast: Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest.
Dir: George Beck. BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC
8:00 PM—Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
In this silent film, a movie projectionist dreams himself into a mystery movie.
Cast: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane.
Dir: Buster Keaton. BW-44 mins, TV-G
10:15 PM—On the Waterfront (1954)
A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger.
Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Tuesday—September 22nd
4:30 AM—Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
A distraught mother searches for her seemingly non-existent daughter, bringing her sanity into question.
Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier.
Dir: Otto Preminger. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
6:30 AM—I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran faces inhuman conditions when he’s sentenced to hard labor.
Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC
8:15 AM—Hi, Nellie! (1934)
A crusading newspaper editor keeps digging into corruption, even when he’s forced to write advice to the lovelorn.
Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-75 mins, TV-G, CC
9:45 AM—Black Fury (1935)
A coal worker gets mixed up in the mob’s efforts to infiltrate his union.
Cast: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC
11:30 AM—Bordertown (1935)
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss’s neurotic wife.
Cast: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay.
Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC
8:00 PM—North by Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
10:30 PM—Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Wednesday—September 23rd
12:30 AM—Marnie (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-130 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
4:30 AM—Ransom! (1956)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen.
Dir: Alex Segal. BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC
6:15 PM—Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Thursday—September 24th
7:45 AM—Thunder Road (1958)
A fast-driving moonshiner locks horns with a Chicago gangster.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith.
Dir: Arthur Ripley. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC
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Friday—September 25th
9:45 AM—The Circus Queen Murder (1933)
A vacationing DA gets mixed up in a tangled case involving a touring circus.
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Greta Nissen, Dwight Frye.
Dir: Roy William Neill. BW-65 mins.
11:00 AM—A Man’s Castle (1933)
An unemployed man turns to crime when he gets his girlfriend pregnant.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young, Marjorie Rambeau.
Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-69 mins, TV-PG
8:00 PM—Scandal Sheet (1952)
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder.
Cast: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford.
Dir: Phil Karlson. BW-82 mins, TV-PG
9:30 PM—The Phenix City Story (1955)
A crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town.
Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant.
Dir: Phil Karlson. BW-100 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
11:30 PM—The Brothers Rico (1957)
A reformed mob accountant tries to get to his gangster brother before the criminals can.
Cast: Richar
d Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant.
Dir: Phil Karlson. BW-92 mins, TV-PG
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Saturday—September 26th
9:00 AM—The Ghost Town Mystery (1937)
In the seventh chapter of Dick Tracy, the famed detective is dragged underwater behind a submarine.
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette.
Dir: Alan James, Ray Taylor. BW-20 mins, TV-G
9:30 AM—Battle in the Clouds (1937)
In the eighth chapter of Dick Tracy, the famed detective must escape a deadly pit.
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette.
Dir: Alan James, Ray Taylor. BW-18 mins, TV-G
10:00 AM—They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) [a.k.a. I Became a Criminal]
After being framed for a policeman’s murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Cast: Trevor Howard, Sally Gray, Griffith Jones.
Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti. BW-101 mins, TV-PG
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Sunday—September 27th
6:00 PM—Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall.
Dir: John Huston. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
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—Mike Gray