This week:
* Tuesday—Laurence Harvey chases himself while Angela Lansbury gets "croc"ed;
* Wednesday—Cliff Robertson falls for a doppleganger;
* Thursday—Claude Rains fools everybody and Robert Mitchum gets fooled by a dame—again;
* Friday—The Marx Brothers battle Nazis while Raymond Burr is just a cutup;
* Saturday—Lee Marvin is hiding something and Dick Tracy unzips a zep;
* Sunday—Richard Harris wonders if it’s the red wire or the green while Peter Lorre is a bit too handy.
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Monday—September 28th
6:00 AM—The Get-Away (1941)
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Cast: Robert Sterling, Dan Dailey, Donna Reed. Dir: Edward Buzzell. BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC
4:45 PM—Scandal Sheet (1952)
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
Cast: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford. Dir: Phil Karlson. BW-82 mins, TV-PG
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Tuesday—September 29th
11:45 PM—See No Evil (1971)
A blind woman returns home not knowing that a madman has murdered her entire family.
Cast: Mia Farrow, Norman Eshley, Paul Nicholas. Dir: Richard Fleischer. C-89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:30 AM—A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
A double agent has to take out an enemy spy who’s really himself.
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow. Dir: Anthony Mann, Laurence Harvey. C-107 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
3:30 AM—Death on the Nile (1978)
Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an heiress during an Egyptian tour.
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Bette Davis. Dir: John Guillermin. C-140 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
5:15 PM—The Law and the Lady (1951)
A society jewel thief falls for one of her marks.
Cast: Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas. Dir: Edwin H. Knopf. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC
8:00 PM—The Bride Wore Black (1968)
A woman seeks revenge on the five men who murdered her fiancé.
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet. Dir: FrancoisTruffaut. C-108 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM—The Road Builder (1971)
A drifter with a deadly secret ignites passions in two lonely women.
Cast: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay. Dir: Alastair Reed. C-96 mins, TV-PG
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Wednesday—September 30th
12:00 AM—Obsession (1976)
A businessman falls in love with a double for his murdered wife.
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow. Dir: Brian Da Palma. C-98 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM—They Won’t Forget (1937)
Bigotry flares when a Jewish businessman is accused of killing a small-town girl in the South.
Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Allyn Joslyn. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC
10:00 PM—Twilight of Honor (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Claude Rains, Nick Adams. Dir: Boris Sagal. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
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Thursday—October 1st
12:00 AM—They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he’s killed an opponent in the ring.
Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson. Dir: Busby Berkeley. BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC
1:45 AM—The Unsuspected (1947)
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Cast: Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Constance Bennett. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC
3:30 AM—Where Danger Lives (1950)
A psychopath draws her doctor into her murderous schemes.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains. Dir: John Farrow. BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:00 AM—Mrs. Soffel (1984)
A prison warden’s wife is seduced into helping a notorious killer escape.
Cast: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine. Dir: Gillian Armstrong. C-112 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
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Friday—October 2nd
12:15 AM—Heroes for Sale (1933)
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Loretta Young. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-71 mins, TV-G
12:45 PM—A Night in Casablanca (1946)
A hotel manager in postwar Casablanca tackles renegade Nazis.
Cast: The Marx Brothers, Charles Drake, Sig Ruman. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-85 mins, TV-G
2:15 PM—Double Dynamite (1951)
A bank teller reaps the rewards of saving a gangster’s life, but can’t reveal where he got the money.
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx. Dir: Irving Cummings. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC
5:15 PM—Dangerous Mission (1954)
A woman flees westward after witnessing a mob killing.
Cast: Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix. Dir: Louis King. C-75 mins, TV-G, CC
9:00 PM—Rear
Window (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Saturday—October 3rd
12:00 AM—Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC
2:00 AM—Shack Out on 101 (1955)
A greasy spoon diner provides a base for a spy smuggling nuclear secrets.
Cast: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Edward Dein. BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC
9:00 AM—Stratosphere Adventure (1937)
In the ninth chapter of Dick Tracy, the famed detective’s plane is shot down by his own brother.
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette. Dir: Alan James, Ray Taylor. BW-18 mins, TV-G
9:30 AM—The Gold Ship (1937)
In the tenth chapter of Dick Tracy, the famed detective must escape from a burning zeppelin.
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette. Dir: Alan James, Ray Taylor. BW-18 mins, TV-G
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Sunday—October 4th
2:15 AM—Juggernaut (1974)
Two demolitions experts race the clock to find and disarm a set of bombs placed on an ocean liner at sea.
Cast: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins. Dir: Richard Lester. C-110 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
6:15 AM—The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
After a famous pianist’s murder, his hand returns to wreak vengeance.
Cast: Peter Lorre, Robert Alda, J. Carrol Naish. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC
7:45 AM—Mad Love (1935)
A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist’s wrists.
Cast: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive. Dir: Karl Freund. BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:30 PM—Candleshoe (1977)
A street urchin infiltrates a noblewoman’s impoverished household in search of hidden treasure.
Cast: David Niven, Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster. Dir: Norman Tokar. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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—Mike Gray