Tuesday, Feb. 28 - The Big Chase

The Big Chase (1954)

Plot has Korean-War vet Grayson returning and joining the L.A. Police Academy, which we learn in a flashback told by Police Lt. Ned Daggert to story-hunting reporter Milton Graves. We also learn that Pete's wife Doris is pregnant and concerned about her husband's safety. Meanwhile, in the state prison, inmates Brad Bellows and Jim Meggs are planning a big heist as soon as Brad gets out of prison. The caper they pull, and the resultant chase, all over Hollywood, Los Angelese and a large portion of Southern California, involving Grayson shows that his wife's concern was more than warranted.

Monday, Feb. 27 - David Harding, Counterspy

David Harding, Counterspy (1950)

Based on the long-running radio program created by Philips H. Lord, the film opens with a radio commentator blasting the U. S. government for the manner in which a certain foreign power has obtained secret information during WWII. The commentator is brought to the secret headquarters of "David Harding, Counterspy" where he learns that the story was deliberately planted with the commentator to fool the enemy. Harding them tells, in flashback, a specific story to illustrate how counter-espionage works. Jerry Baldwin, a U.S. Navy officer is brought to a city where torpedoes are manufactured for the Navy, and his assignment is to find out information is leaking out to the enemy.

Sunday, Feb. 26 - Foyle's War: The German Woman

Foyle's War (TV Series 2002– )

The German Woman
Oct. 27, 2002

The German wife of a rich and influential aristocrat exempted from wartime internment is found decapitated in the midst of anti-German feeling.

Saturday, Feb. 25 - Jericho of Scotland Yard: A Pair of Ragged Claws

Jericho (TV Series 2005)

A Pair of Ragged Claws

Jericho investigates the brutal murder of a young Jamaican in Notting Hill, and soon identifies it as a racial killing - but his work is interrupted when a wealthy businessman is kidnapped. But all is not as it seems - Sir Nicholas Wellesley has not been staying at his club or visiting his usual haunts.

Friday, Feb. 24 - Three Piece Suite

Three Piece Suite (TV Series 1977)

After You're Gone/Little Things... Parking/Wonderful Woman

Hearts and Flowers/Screen Night/Briefer Encounter

Diana Rigg was virtually the whole show on this flexible British anthology series. In each of the six half-hour episodes of Three Piece Suite, Rigg portrayed three different women in three separate sketches. The story material, written by some of British TV's top wordsmiths, ran the gamut from sentimental drama to gut-busting comedy.

Thursday, Feb. 23 - Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. To his dismay, he finds his house has been demolished and his papyrus scrolls stolen, the scrolls he needs to find the Pharoah's Tomb in Egypt, where the River of Life flows. After identifying the source of the papyrus theft, he packs and leaves for Egypt with his assistant Vulnavia, still intent upon awakening his dead wife Victoria. The parties responsible for the theft of Phibes' scrolls suffer an attrition problem as Inspector Trout chases him across the world.

Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Lady For a Day

Lady for a Day (1933)

"Apple Annie" is a near destitute street peddler who has invented the false identity of a wealthy matron of high society in letters to her daughter who has been raised in Spain. The ruse is threatened when the daughter becomes engaged to a Spanish nobleman's son, and his family insists upon meeting the daughter's family prior to the nuptials.

Tuesday, Feb. 21 - Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark (1989)

Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychotic killer.

Monday, Feb. 20 - We're Not Married

We're Not Married! (1952)

A bumbling justice-of-the-peace performs several illegal marriages. Thirty months later, he discovers his mistake and five couples must deal with the news that they're not married. Included: Ramona and Steve, who loathe each other but married to get a lucrative radio contract; the winner of the Mrs. Mississippi pageant; a couple who barely speak, while the husband dreams of former flames; an oil tycoon and a gold-digger after his wealth; and soldier Willie Fisher, about to ship out to the Korean War leaving his gorgeous spouse pregnant

Sunday, Feb. 19 - The Romantic Englishwoman

The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)

Glenda Jackson is Elizabeth, an Englishwoman who feels the need to escape from her marriage for a time. She goes to Baden Baden, makes a very brief acquaintance with a handsome young man, and returns to her husband. Her husband Lewis (Michael Caine) is a writer. He imagines that she has had an affair, and this imagined affair finds its way into the book he is writing. Then, out of the blue, the young German man (played by Helmut Berger) turns up in England. The husband invites him for lunch, and soon the young man is ensconced in the spare room.

Saturday, Feb. 18 - No Movie Tonight!

Friday, Feb. 17 - TV Noir: The System & The Bomb

Danger (TV series) – The System
Four Star Playhouse (TV series) – The Bomb

“The System,” a pulse-pounding 1951 episode of the series DANGER directed by Sidney Lumet; Blake Edwards writes and directs a real nail-biter, "The Bomb" starring David Niven from FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE.

Thursday, Feb. 16 - Double Feature!: The Unashamed

The Unashamed (1938)

Rae Lane entices her workaholic boss to come to a nudist camp in the hopes of winning his heart. Things go swimmingly, with lots of nude golfing and volleyball and some comic relief, until attractive and pert blond Barbara, captures his attention. Unable to loose her love, Rae commits suicide.

Tuesday, Feb. 14 - Thursday, Feb. 16: Maelstrom

Maelstrom (TV mini-series 1985)

A British woman, Catherine Durrell, inherits a farm house and a piece of land in Aalesund, Norway, from a drowned millionaire. Catherine has no idea who this millionaire was, so she travels to Norway to see her legacy. There are a few people who welcome her to her property, but someone (or something) starts to disturb her. The deserted farm house had previously belonged to Freya Jordahl, who had committed suicide years before.

When ever Catherine visits the house she has a feeling that someone was still living there and watching her.

Sunday, Feb. 12 - The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

Doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc., which represent the nine Biblical plagues. The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being killed assisted a Dr. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving the wife of Dr. Phibes, but he couldn't be the culprit, could he? He was killed in a car crash upon learning of his wife's death.

Saturday, Feb. 11 - Johnny Staccato: Murder for Credit & The Parents

Johnny Staccato (TV Series 1959)

Murder for Credit
Sep. 17, 1959

A bandleader, making a comeback, learns that someone is trying to poison him. But four people might want him killed.

The Parents
Sep. 24, 1959

"The parents" have agreed to sell their child to a black-market racketeer. Now they tell Johnny they want to keep the child.

Friday, Feb. 10 - Johnny Staccato: The Naked Truth

Johnny Staccato (TV Series 1959)

The Naked Truth

A young singer's promising career is threatened by a scandal magazine's blackmail scheme.

Thursday, Feb. 9 - Miranda

Miranda (1948)

A young married physician out on a fishing holiday ends up being saved by a mermaid, who intends to keep him her prisoner. She then offers to release him if he will take her to see London, which leads to a number of humorous and romantic entanglements as the mermaid entices several unmarried men who live near the physician and his wife.

Wednesday, Feb. 8 - The Big Caper

The Big Caper (1957)

A con man in debt and down on his luck comes up with what he thinks is the perfect caper--robbing a small-town bank that keeps a lot of money on hand because of the payroll of a nearby army base. He convinces a vicious crime boss to bankroll his scheme, but when he and his boss' girl move into the town to make preparations for the heist, he begins to have second thoughts about the whole operation.

Tuesday, Feb. 7 - Tales of the Unexpected: Depart in Peace

Depart in Peace

Hearing from his old friend Gladys Ponsonby of the talented if unconventional artist John Roydon, art dealer Lionel gets Roydon to visualize Lionel's fiancee Janet nude and paint her accordingly. Janet, however, does not see the joke, for which Lionel pays bitterly, in the literal sense.

Monday, Feb. 6 - The Atomic City

The Atomic City (1952)

At Los Alamos, New Mexico, the maximum-security "atomic city" of U.S. nuclear-weapons research, top atomic scientist Frank Addison has a normal, middle-American life with his wife and son...until the boy is kidnapped by enemy agents to extort H-bomb secrets.

Sunday, Feb. 5 - The Catered Affair

The Catered Affair (1956)

Davis, anti-typecast as a Bronx housewife, and Borgnine, as her taxi-driving husband, play the determined parents of soon-to-be-wed Reynolds set on giving her away in a style to which she is not accustomed. Based on Paddy Chayefsky's teleplay, the catered affair turns into a familial trial, sharing the true-to-life poignancy that marked "Marty," the Oscar-winning Chayefsky drama of the previous year.

Saturday, Feb. 4 - The Monster Club

The Monster Club (1981)

A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs. In the end, it's recognized he's the greatest monster of all.

Friday, Feb 3 - Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams wants him to help out but Nick is enjoying the good life too much to get involved. However, he is subsequently approached by Major Scully to look into corruption and the role of organized crime in gambling. Others are killed but in the end, Nick gathers all of the suspects into a room and identifies the killer.

Thursday, Feb. 2 - Park Row

Park Row (1952)

In New York's 1880's newspaper district a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing opposition from one of the bigger papers and its newspaper heiress owner. Despite the fact he rather fancies the lady the newsman perseveres with the help of the first Linotype machine, invented on his premises, while also giving a hand with getting the Statue of Liberty erected.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 - Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.

Tuesday, Jan. 31 - Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series 1979–1988)

My Lady Love, My Dove
Pamela and Arthur Beauchamp invite a younger married couple, the Snapes, for the weekend, during which they will play cards for money. Before they arrive prurient Pamela gets her reluctant husband to bug the Snapes' room so she can hear them in bed. The Snapes clean their hosts out at cards and a bigger surprise awaits when Pamela listens to their bedroom conversation.

Georgy Porgy
Following an unconventional upbringing by his mother George Duckworth, now a vicar, has an odd attitude to women. He visualizes his female parishioners undressed but is scared of physical contact. When the seductive Julia joins his congregation she turns out to be a man-eater in every sense.