This week:
* Monday—Books are hot stuff.
* Tuesday—Natalie Wood gets bombed.
* Wednesday—Private life vs. public perception.
* Thursday—Richard Basehart just doesn’t like cops.
* Friday—Shirley Eaton gets wet, which her colleagues don’t mind at all.
* Saturday—”Bully!”
* Sunday—”Boo!”
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Monday—June 14th
12:00 AM—Wild Oranges (1924)
In this silent film, an escaped convict terrorizes a young girl and her grandfather on a remote island.
2:00 AM—The 400 Blows (1959)
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
3:45 AM—Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s futuristic novel about a society where literature is outlawed.
2:30 PM—Trial (1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
6:00 PM—Alias Jesse James (1959)
An insurance agent lands in hot water when people mistake him for the infamous Western outlaw.
8:00 PM—A Cry in the Night (1956)
A police captain’s emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
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Tuesday—June 15th
3:45 AM—The Burning Hills (1956)
A young cowboy and a Mexican girl run from a ruthless criminal.
7:30 AM—Bombers B-52 (1957)
A hard-nosed Air Force sergeant tries to keep his daughter from dating a hotshot flyer.
Then nine Westerns lasting to sunrise.
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Wednesday—June 16th
6:00 PM—Keeper of the Flame (1942)
A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
8:00 PM—In Cold Blood (1967)
Two vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker.
10:30 PM—10 Rillington Place (1971)
A serial killer frames a mentally challenged man.
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Thursday—June 17th
12:30 AM—He Walked by Night (1948)
After killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.
2:00 AM—The Onion Field (1979)
When his partner is killed by a disturbed ex-con, a policeman struggles to regain his confidence.
4:15 AM—The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)
A concerned housewife goes undercover for the police to bust a drug ring.
11:30 PM—Picture Snatcher (1933)
An ex-con brings his crooked ways to a job as a news photographer.
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Friday—June 18th
3:30 AM—Before Midnight (1934)
A police inspector investigates the murder of a man who prophesied his own death.
11:00 AM—Rose Marie (1936)
An opera singer goes undercover in the Canadian wilderness to hunt for her criminal brother.
8:00 PM—Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
An underwater team circles the globe to test an earthquake warning system.
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Saturday—June 19th
12:00 AM—Underwater! (1955)
Divers race the clock to find a Caribbean treasure before modern-day pirates can catch up to them.
10:30 AM—Angels in Disguise (1949)
The Bowery Boys go undercover to expose a gang.
3:00 PM—Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
5:45 PM—The Wind and the Lion (1975)
An Arab chief triggers an international incident when he kidnaps an American widow and her children.
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Sunday—June 20th
2:15 AM—The Hard Way (1942)
An ambitious woman doesn’t care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star.
8:00 PM—To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
—Mike Gray