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This week, along with some familiar titles come a few less common ones:

* The Bride Wore Black (adapted from a Cornell Woolrich novel)

* Experiment in Terror (an extremely tense little chiller with the original heavy-breathing pervert)

* The Carey Treatment (which almost received an Edgar for Best Motion Picture)

* Mean Streets and Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese dealing with the subject he seems to know best)

* and a couple of two-fisted, hard-hitting crime dramas from Shakespeare (yeah, that guy).

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(Note: All dates and times are Eastern, U.S.A.)

Monday—June 15th

9:30 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—June 16th

1:30 AM—Boomerang (1947)
A prosecutor fights to prove the defendant in a scandalous murder case is innocent.
Cast: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb.
Dir: Elia Kazan.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 AM—The Captive City (1952)
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
Cast: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy.
Dir: Robert Wise.
BW-91 mins, TV-PG

7:45 AM—Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results.
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame.
Dir: Robert Wise.
BW-96 mins, TV-PG

10:15 PM—The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane.
Dir: Orson Welles.
BW-87 mins, TV-PG

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Wednesday—June 17th

1:45 AM—Macbeth (1948)
A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy.
Dir: Orson Welles.
BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC

3:45 AM—The Trial (1963)
In this adaptation of Kafka’s classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime.
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Anthony Perkins.
Dir: Orson Welles.
BW-120 mins, TV-14, CC

11:30 AM—Hamlet (1969)
The prince of Denmark vows to avenge his father’s murder, if he can prove his uncle did the deed.
Cast: Nicol Williamson, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Hopkins.
Dir: Tony Richardson.
C-118 mins, TV-PG

9:00 PM—The Public Enemy (1931)
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Cast: James Cagney, Edward Woods, Jean Harlow.
Dir: William A. Wellman.
BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

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Thursday—June 18th

2:00 PM—Naked City (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
Dir: Jules Dassin.
BW-96 mins, TV-14, CC

4:00 PM—Topkapi (1964)
An international band of thieves plots to steal a priceless treasure from a heavily guarded museum.
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov.
Dir: Jules Dassin.
C-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM—Brute Force (1947)
Tough, disgruntled prisoners plan a daring, possibly bloody escape while on a drain pipe detail.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Vince Barnett, Hume Cronyn.
Dir: Jules Dassin.
BW-98 mins, TV-14

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Friday—June 19th

12:00 AM—The Bride Wore Black (1968)
A woman seeks revenge on the five men who murdered her fiance.
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet.
Dir: Francois Truffaut.
C-108 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM—He Laughed Last (1956)
When a chorus girl inherits a gangster’s nightclub, her boyfriend accuses her of cheating.
Cast: Frankie Laine, Lucy Marlowe, Anthony Dexter.
Dir: Blake Edwards.
C-77 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM—Experiment in Terror (1962)
A master criminal tries to force a bank teller to help him pull off a big heist.
Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Ross Martin.
Dir: Blake Edwards.
BW-123 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM—The Carey Treatment (1972)
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Cast: James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Skye Aubrey. Dir: Blake Edwards.
C-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM—A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Cast: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
Dir: Blake Edwards.
C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM—
The Pink Panther(1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Cast: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner.
Dir: Blake Edwards.
C-115 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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Saturday—June 20th

1:30 AM—Goodfellas (1990)
A young man works his way up through the New York City mobs.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci.
Dir: Martin Scorsese.
C-145 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM—Mean Streets (1973)
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval.
Dir: Martin Scorsese.
C-116 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

7:15 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

9:00 AM—Little Caesar (1930)
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy.
BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

10:15 PM—The Bad Seed (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Cast: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy.
C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC

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Sunday—June 21st

10:00 AM—The Band Wagon (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star’s comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli.
C-112 mins, TV-G, CC

(If you’d like to know why a Hollywood musical is on this list, go here.)

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—Mike Gray