Sunday, Oct. 30 - So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love (1948)

Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. When Olivia opens a lodging house Mark becomes her lodger, then her lover. Olivia falls so completely under amoral Mark's spell that he's able to overcome her scruples, and soon she's his willing tool in an ambitious scheme of theft and blackmail.

Saturday, Oct. 29 - Double Feature!: The College Girl Murders

The College Girl Murders (1967)
Der Mönch mit der Peitsche (original title)

Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.

This is probably the fastest-paced and most action-packed of the German Edgar Wallace "krimi" series, a cross between the Dr. Mabuse films of yore and 60's pop thrillers like Batman and the Man from UNCLE. It reintroduces the outrageous villain from an earlier film who dons a stylish monk's habit and breaks the necks of victims with the curl of a deadly whip. Set at a posh girls' school filled with lecherous middle-aged professors, and with the cops fondling their hot-to-trot secretaries at every opportunity, it certainly is a throwback to those wonderfully politically-incorrect times.

Thursday, Oct. 27 - Saturday, Oct. 29 - Thursday the 12th

Thursday the 12th (TV 2003)

Greed, sex, politics and revenge are lethal motives when a dead body and four suspects keep murder all in the Bannister family in this riveting made-for-TV mystery starring Ciarán Hinds, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jim Sturgess and Elizabeth McGovern. Dark secrets abound in the wealthy Bannister family, but only one shocking secret will reveal a murderer. Jon Glover, Peter Vaughan and Ralph Ineson also star in this thrilling British whodunit.

Wednesday, Oct. 26 - Moss Rose

Moss Rose (1947)

When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl (Peggy Cummins) saw a gentleman (Victor Mature) leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a `lady.'

Tuesday, Oct. 25 - Paula

Paula (1952)

Distraught after her second miscarriage & learning definitively she could never have children Paula, while driving at night, accidentally injures a child. Confused and due to her commitment to attend a function that honors her husband she doesn't follow the child to the hospital as she thought she would. She attempts to tell her husband about the incident but has trouble finding the right time. Later, overcome with remorse, she looks to get close to this child and becomes a helper at the hospital. The child is an orphan with limited health care available. The doctor recognizes Paula's need to be useful and asks if she would become his speech therapist and guardian. She finds meaning and purpose in her life as she engages the little boy in intensive therapy necessary to recover his ability to speak.

Monday, Oct. 24 - Tales of the Unexpected - Royal Jelly & Skin

Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series 1979–1988)

Season 2, Episode 1: Royal Jelly
Original Air Date—1 March 1980
Bee-keeper Albert Taylor and his wife Mabel are concerned that their baby daughter is underweight and seems reluctant to take any nourishment until, that is, Albert decides to feed her on Royal Jelly from his hives. He feeds himself on it as well, becoming almost addicted to it and with very macabre results.

Season 2, Episode 2: Skin
Original Air Date—8 March 1980
In post-war Paris Drioli, an elderly down-and-out, sees a painting for sale by his old friend Soutine, who is now a best-selling artist. Thirty years earlier Soutine tattooed a portrait of Drioli's wife onto his back and it has become extremely valuable. But it is on his back and therefore worthless. How come it is eventually on public exhibition?

Sunday, Oct. 23 - What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)

As Aunt Alice, Ruth Gordon applies for the job of housekeeper in the Tucson, Arizona home of widow Claire Marrable in order to find out what happened to a missing widowed friend, Edna Tilsney. The crazed Page, left only a stamp album by her husband, takes money from her housekeepers, kills them, and buries the bodies in her garden.

Saturday, Oct. 22 - Double Feature!: The Camp on Blood Island

The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder them all when he learns of his country's defeat, Dutch, a Dutch planter, smashes the camp radio. British officer Lambert and, in the women's prison, the recently-widowed Kate, join Dutch in arming the prisoners.

Saturday, Oct. 22 - Once a Jolly Swagman

Maniacs on Wheels (1949)
Once a Jolly Swagman (original title)

Dirk Bogarde, in only his second film, plays the role of Bill Fox, a bored factory worker who becomes a famous speedway star. He meets a glamorous society woman who introduces him to a new and exciting social circle and Bill quickly forgets his working class roots. Bill eventually becomes disillusioned with the Mayfair scene and marries Pat, the sister of his team mate, Lag Gibbon. Back at the track, he tries to form a riders union to ensure families are financially secure should an accident occur on the track. Pat tries to get Bill to pack up racing and open a garage, but Bill refuses and she leaves him. WW2 arrives and Bill enlists as a motorcycle despatch rider but after the war Bill is left with a dilema, should he make a racing comeback or get back together with his one true love?

Friday, Oct. 21 - Tales of the Unexpected - A Dip in the Pool & The Way Up to Heaven

Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series 1979–1988)
A Dip in the Pool
The Way Up to Heaven

Season 1, Episode 8: A Dip in the Pool
Original Air Date—12 May 1979
On board an Atlantic liner gambler Mr. Botibol takes part in a sweepstake betting on how long it will take the ship to reach its destination. Mr. Botibol decides that if he can slow the ship down a little he will win the sweep and that if he 'falls' overboard this will most definitely slow the liner down as he is rescued.However he must first find somebody who will witness his fall and raise the alarm. Unfortunately he could not have picked a worse choice.

Season 1, Episode 9: The Way Up to Heaven
Original Air Date—19 May 1979
Mrs. Foster has a plane to catch in order to visit her daughter and first grand-child. Her husband is an inveterate and somewhat sadistic dawdler, who appears to do it on purpose in order to rile her. As a result she misses one plane but can catch the next flight in the morning. Mr. Foster attempts to slow her down again but when he is trapped in the lift she exacts a very final revenge on him.

Wednesday, Oct. 19 & Thursday, Oct. 20 - The Girl in Black Stockings

The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

Near a small Utah town, visiting lawyer David Hewson finds the slashed body of party girl Marcia Morgan, his fellow tenant at Parry Lodge. Sheriff Jess Holmes considers everyone at the motel a suspect, even owner Edmund Parry, a woman hater who is quadriplegic...or is he? While Holmes investigates and the suspects try to hide mutual fears, the killer strikes again...

Tuesday, Oct 18 - The Shadow on the Window

The Shadow on the Window (1957)

Three teenagers, led by psychopathic Jess Reber, break into an isolated farmhouse and murder its prosperous owner whose secretary, Linda Atlas, witnesses the crime. The three thugs decide to hold her hostage. Detective Tony Atlas, perplexed by the sudden disappearance of Betty, his estranged wife, tries desperately to locate her.

Monday, Oct. 17 - Key Witness

Key Witness (1947)

Milton Higby, an inventor of gadgets that don't sell finds himself accused of a crime he didn't commit---the killing of a girl he had just met---, and takes to the open road with the police in close pursuit. In his travels, he stumbles across the body of another murder victim and switches identities with the corpse. With his new name he poses as the long-lost son of a wealthy industrialist until he is exposed and charged also with the second murder.

Sunday, Oct. 16 - The Anniversary

The Anniversary (1968)

A possessive and bitter widow tries to gather her three sons back home on the anniversary of her husband's death. One son and his wife are trying to move to Canada, another is a transvestite who steals women's underwear off the neighbor's clotheslines, and the last one has made the mistake of bringing his young girlfriend home for the occasion. As the evening wears on, the tension mounts and the mother is driven to desperate measures to hold the family together.

Saturday, Oct. 15 - Double Feature! - Caliber 9

Caliber 9 (1972)
Milano calibro 9 (original title)

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

Saturday, Oct. 15 - Fear is the Key

Fear Is the Key (1973)

Following the death of his family in an aeroplane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. By setting himself up as a criminal, he plans to get close to a certain tycoon who has been approached by the culprits to help them retrieve the cargo of the lost plane.

Friday, Oct. 14 - Bodyguard

Bodyguard (1948)

Homicide detective Mike Carter is tossed off the police force for insubordination and violating regulations. He reluctantly takes a job as bodyguard to Mrs. Gene Dysen, the owner of a local meat-packing plant. In investigating threats against her life, Carter begins unraveling the murder of a meat inspector at the plant, but not before he himself is framed for the murder of his former supervisor on the police force.

Thursday, Oct. 13 - Blind Alley

Blind Alley (1939)

Following a prison break, Hal Wilson, a ruthless killer takes refuge in the home of a psychiatrist, Dr. Shelby. While Wilson is attempting to make a safe getaway, Dr. Shelby is busily trying to analyze his captor and find out just what, in his dark past, made him the man he now has become.

Wednesday, Oct. 12 - Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich (1940)

When the Germans march into Prague, armour-plating inventor Dr Bomasch flees to England. His daughter Anna escapes from arrest to join him, but the Gestapo manage to kidnap them both back to Berlin. As war looms, British secret service agent Gus Bennet follows disguised as a senior German army officer. His ploy is the not unpleasant one of pretending to woo Anna to the German cause.

Tuesday, Oct. 11 - The Balcony

The Balcony (1963)

Shelley Winters is the madame of a house where customers play out their erotic fantasies, oblivious to a revolution which is sweeping the country. When her old friend, the chief of police (Peter Falk), asks her to impersonate the missing queen in order to reassure the people and halt the revolution, she offers instead three of her customers to play the general, bishop and chief justice, all of whom have died in the revolution.

Monday, Oct. 10 - The Barbara Stanwyck Show: Shock

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series 1960)
Shock

Season 1, Episode 22: Shock
Original Air Date—6 March 1961

Physicist Rachel Harrison has just made a discovery vital to the national defense. Before she can transmit the information, she gets news of her daughter's death - and enters a state of shock.

Sunday, Oct. 9 - The Prize

The Prize (1963)

American writer Andrew Craig (Paul Newman) is in Stockholm for the Nobel Prize Ceremony, for which he has won the Literature award. Known for his boozy antics, as well as his distinct lack of respect for those in authority, Craig is assigned a personal assistant, Inger Lisa Andersson (Elke Sommer), to keep him in check during his stay. Less well-known is the fact that Craig has been suffering from writer's block for several years, and has been writing cheap crime novels under a pseudonym in order to make ends meet. With his nose for a mystery he soon sniffs out some very curious goings-on at the ceremony. He becomes increasingly convinced that the Physics Prize Winner, Dr Max Stratman (Edward G. Robinson) has been kidnapped and replaced by a double. Since no-one will believe him, it is left to Craig and his pretty Swedish assistant to uncover the truth.

Saturday, Oct. 8 - Always - Sunset on Third Street

Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Always san-chôme no yûhi (original title)

Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958. Others in the neighborhood also are striving to better themselves as Japan continues to emerge from the shadow of war. Hiromi has just abandoned her shady life as a dancer to start a sake bar. Abandoned by his single mother, young Junnosuke is first handed off to Hiromi but she passes him off to Ryunosuke Chagawa, a struggling writer who runs a candy shop and only manages to sell adventure stories for boys as his serious novels continue to be rejected.

Friday, Oct. 7 - The Last Crooked Mile

The Last Crooked Mile (1946)

The notorious Jarvis gang robs a bank, one member is killed in the subsequent shootout, they ditch the getaway car, but are recognized at a roadblock as they take it on the lam and are killed in a car chase. The getaway car is sold to a carnival sideshow, where an insurance investigator and some surviving gang members start poking around in search of the missing cash. The investigator tracks down the now-dead Jarvis's girlfriend at a cabaret, and several murders and violent incidents (including a dead body on the rollercoaster) occur as he narrows in on the culprits.

Thursday, Oct. 6 - The Fearmakers

The Fearmakers (1958)

A Korean War veteran discovers his Washington-based PR firm has been taken over by Communist infiltrators.

Wednesday, Oct. 5 - The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.

Monday, Oct. 3 - Escape in the Fog

Escape in the Fog (1945)

A nurse recovering in a hospital from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets the the officer in charge of psychology at the hospital, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.

Sunday, Oct. 2 - Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning (1947)

Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) and Johnny Drake are en route to Washington when Johnny disappears and then turns up dead. Rip learns that Johnny had been accused of murder and sets out to find out what he can. He falls in love with Coral (Lizabeth Scott) whose husband Johnny is supposed to have killed.