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Monday—May 18th
8:00 PM—Penthouse (1933)
The mob frames a lawyer for murder, so he enlists a call girl’s help in finding the real killer.
Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth
BW-89 mins, TV-G
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Tuesday—May 19th
10:45 AM—Burn ‘Em Up O’Connor (1939)
A race car driver tries to solve a series of track-side murders before he’s next.
Dennis O’Keefe, Cecilia Parker, Nat Pendleton
BW-70 mins, TV-G
Brief synopsis (SPOILERS).
9:30 PM—Trial (1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy
BW-109 mins, TV-PG
11:30 PM—Cry Tough (1959)
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
John Saxon, Linda Cristal, Joseph Calleia
BW-86 mins, TV-PG
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Wednesday—May 20th
1:00 AM—The Young Savages (1961)
An assistant DA suspects one of the delinquents he’s prosecuting for murder is his son.
Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters
BW-103 mins, TV-14
6:30 AM—Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
BW-161 mins, TV-PG
2:00 PM—Rear Window (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
C-114 mins, TV-PG
"Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like that? It’s utterly beautiful. Wish I could be creative."
"Oh, sweetie, you are. You have a great talent for creating difficult situations."
4:00 PM—Vertigo (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
C-130 mins, TV-PG
"Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere."
10:00 PM—Harry in Your Pocket (1973)
Three super-pickpockets join forces.
James Coburn, Trish Van Devere, Michael Sarrazin
C-103 mins, TV-PG
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Thursday—May 21st
4:00 AM—Family Plot (1976)
A phony psychic takes on a pair of kidnappers.
Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris
C-120 mins, TV-14
"Isn’t it touching how a perfect murder has kept our friendship alive all these years."
7:15 AM—The Big House (1930)
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
BW-87 mins, TV-PG
10:15 AM—Hide-Out (1934)
Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.
Robert Montgomery, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edward Arnold
BW-81 mins, TV-G
11:45 AM—The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery
BW-98 mins, TV-G
6:15 PM—Lady in the Lake (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
BW-103 mins, TV-PG
"People who write usually don’t know the facts, and people who know the facts usually can’t write. Authenticity has very little to do with it.
If people who read our magazines knew the facts of life, they wouldn’t be reading our magazines."
Article. Poster art (in French).
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Friday—May 22nd
6:30 AM—Friends and Lovers (1931)
A society woman and her husband blackmail the men who flirt with her.
Adolphe Menjou, Lily Damita, Laurence Olivier
BW-68 mins, TV-G
10:30 AM—Rebecca (1940)
A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband’s glamorous first wife.
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
BW-130 mins, TV-PG
8:00 PM—Marnie (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker
C-130 mins, TV-PG
"How do you take your tea, Miss Taylor?"
"Usually with a cup of hot water and a tea bag."
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Saturday—May 23rd
12:30 AM—The Russia House (1990)
An expatriate Englishmen finds love while doing intelligence work in the Soviet Union.
Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider
C-123 mins, TV-MA
2:45 AM—Blast of Silence (1961)
A hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion—and pays the price.
Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
BW-77 mins.
4:15 AM—Mafioso (1962)
A factory worker returns home to Sicily, where he gets mixed up with the Mob.
Alberto Sordi, Norma Benguell, Cinzia Bruno
BW-102 mins, TV-PG
Article. Poster art (in Spanish).
Then war films the rest of the day.
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Sunday—May 24th
War films all day.
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—Mike Gray