Thursday, May 30 - Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.

Wednesday, May 29 - Naked City: Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow

Naked City: Season 4, Episode 17 Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow (9 Jan. 1963)

After a string of liquor store robberies and murders, a liquor store owner plans for retribution when his store is robbed and his friend, the clerk, is killed.

Tuesday, May 28 - Perry Mason: The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse

Perry Mason: Season 1, Episode 15 The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse (28 Dec. 1957)

When Perry Mason finds some possessions that belong to a fan dancer, he places an ad that several people mistake for a missing horse. Not only does another dancer show up, but so does her husband...dead!

Monday, May 27 - Madison Avenue

Madison Avenue (1962)

The always dependable Dana Andrews plays a big time "build-up man" who appears to be at the pinnacle of his ad man career when his boss double crosses him and he is forced to seek revenge by going to a rival agency.

Saturday, May 26 - A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1

A Tale of Two Cities (1989– ) TV Mini-Series

A Masterpiece Theatre Presentation. James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon, John Mills and Anna Massey star in this gripping adaptation of Charles Dickens' immortal story of love and honor set against the fiery backdrop of the French Revolution.

A Tale of Two Cities: Season 1, Episode 1 Episode #1.1 (21 May 1989)

Living in exile in England, beautiful young Lucie Manette is pursued by two suitors: fellow French exile Charles Darnay and dissolute Englishman Sydney Carton. Even though Sydney openly declares that he would make the ultimate sacrifice for her, Lucie chooses Charles, unaware of his secret past and noble heritage.

Saturday, May 25 - Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire (1952)

A former gangster who joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life, out of the rackets. However, when he is called before a grand jury probing organized crime activities, his former colleagues in the mob are afraid he'll spill the beans, and prepare to take measures to ensure that he doesn't.

Friday, May 24 - Van der Valk: Season for Love

Van der Valk: Season 2, Episode 5 Season for Love (26 Sep. 1973)

An American woman arrives in Amsterdam expecting to meet a young Dutch man she had previously encountered but he has seemingly disapeared. Through a friend, she seeks the help of Van der Valk to locate the missing young man. He swiftly discovers that the young man is a romeo living off ladies of a ceirtain age, who has most likely moved on through boredom. When Ko then reappears, the case seems closed. However Van der Valk's curiosity has been arroused and he learns that Ko has a criminal record and may be responsible for strangling a woman in Paris. Van der Valk's attempts to warn off the American woman prove unsuccessful.

Thursday, May 23 - The Untouchables: The Genna Brothers

The Untouchables: Season 3, Episode 4 The Genna Brothers (2 Nov. 1961)

Within a few short years of their arrival in the USA, the 6 Genna brothers have firmly establish themselves in Chicago's criminal community. Established in Chicago's Little Italy, they provide the Capone empire with illicit liquor that they have produced through a network of home distilleries that may only produce one gallon a day each. They also smuggle illegal aliens into the country and hold the threat of returning them to the old country if they don't do what they're told. Eliot Ness and his men have been trying to break up the Genna's network, but it has proved difficult to do as they can only find a few bottles at a time. With the help of a respected member of the local community, Carlo Giovanni, they try to get more information about the illegal operations. When the youngest Genna brother takes an interest in Giovanni's daughter, Ness moves in, leading to a showdown with the family members.

Wednesday, May 22 - Perry Mason: The Case of the Baited Hook

Perry Mason: Season 1, Episode 14 The Case of the Baited Hook (21 Dec. 1957)

A young girl named Carol Stanley (Judith Braun) has a trust fund that is being controlled by the investment company of Tidings & Dawson. It seems that Albert Tydings (George Neise) is using the fund as his personal checking account.

When Mr Dawson (Willard Sage) finds out about this he calls the police. But before the police get on the phone Mr Tidings produces a folder that makes Dawson stop the call.

Carol is living with larger-than-life Abigail E. Leeds (Geraldine Wall) that lets everyone she will not be pushed around. She believes that Tydings is stealing from the trust fund and wants Perry to look into the matter. (Ms Leeds says she took Carol to America from Europe to wait for her parents but the parent never showed up and she put Carol in a foster home- but now the foster parents died and she all that Carol has.)

Before Perry can look into the matter, Mr Tydings is found dead. And it just so happened that Carol had an late appointment with Tydings and found the body. This sets off a series of strange events which instead of helping Carol looks like she was covering up the murder.

Lt Tragg puts a tail on Perry which leads right to where Carol was hiding. And now Perry says he will defend her for the murder.

Tuesday, May 21 - Eyewitness

Eyewitness (1956)

When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.

Monday, May 20 - Naked City: Her Life in Moving Pictures

Naked City: Season 4, Episode 16 Her Life in Moving Pictures (2 Jan. 1963)

This is a noir love story of a con man, Roger 'Romeo' Fallon (Bradford Dillman), who uses his boyish charms on women for financial gain. The ladies in question are both intelligent and feeling women who are old maids living lonely lives. These ladies are also household maids of the sorts of establishments with Picassos on the wall and fine gems on the dressing table.

Sunday, May 19 - Al Capone

Al Capone (1959)

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.

Saturday, May 18 - Black Magic

Black Magic (1949)

Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

Friday, May 17 - Perry Mason: The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

Perry Mason: Season 1, Episode 13 The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (14 Dec. 1957)

While Perry and Della have dinner at Morey Allen's restaurant, their waitress Dixie Dayton leaves suddenly and is run over by a car. Morey says he knows little about her as she started working there only 10 days ago. The police are soon there but Perry notices that one tough looking man isn't too interested in what's happening. Morey asks Perry to take charge of Dixie's mink coat, which makes Perry wonder how she could afford one. He finds a pawn ticket in the collar and Paul traces it to a gun, one that was used in the recent murder of a police officer. The man Perry saw in the restaurant is George Fayette, a very shady character with a criminal background. When Fayette is found murdered, Morey and Dixie are jointly charged with murder and defends them.

Thursday, May 16 - Red Dust

Red Dust (1932)

A plantation overseer in Indochina is torn between a married woman and a lady of the evening.

Wednesday, May 15 - The Untouchables: Tunnel of Horror

The Untouchables: Season 3, Episode 3 Tunnel of Horrors (26 Oct. 1961)

Acting on an anonymous tip, Eliot Ness and his men find themselves at a local carnival keeping an eye on an impending purchase of narcotics. The seller is Alexander Rader, a known drug dealer and the buyer is Arnold Justin on behalf of Frank Nitti. They are scheduled to meet in an electrical room accessible only through the tunnel of horrors tide. Justin is an ex-Chief of Detectives who was always honest when on the force but decided he was fed up putting his life on the line for minimal pay so he quit and now acts as a buyer for the mob. Unfortunately, he also realizes that the park is under police surveillance and refuses to go through with the buy. When the drugs disappear, Frank Nitti makes it quite clear that he expects Justin to deliver the goods, or else.

Tuesday, May 14 - Torch Singer

Torch Singer (1933)

Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. The father, Michael Gardner, leaves for China not knowing about the baby, and she assumes he has abandoned her for life. She gets a job as a torch singer, changes her name to Mimi Benton, and becomes notorious for her drinking and philadering. Mimi fills in on a children's radio program as the character "Aunt Jenny," singing and telling bedtime stories, and eventually uses the airtime to find her long lost daughter, part with her wild lifestyle, and reunite with Michael.

Monday, May 13 - The Untouchables: Power Play

The Untouchables: Season 3, Episode 2 Power Play (19 Oct. 1961)

With a public outcry over the level of gang violence in Chicago, the authorities appoint retired lawyer Willard Thornton to the new post of Crime Commissioner. What no one realizes is that he has formed a new syndicate bent on importing and distributing narcotics. When the new cartel's enforcer, Steve 'Country Boy' Parrish, is arrested by Eliot Ness he is soon out on bail thanks to bail bondsman Barney Lubin, a Thornton associate. Parrish knows that Thornton's style is to eliminate any possible risk to his reputation so he is soon on the lam, living in the back room of a country garage run by Emmy Sarver. She has her own ideas, primarily focused on keeping Parrish around. As both Ness and Thornton close in, Country Boy Parrish must face the wrath of a woman scorned.

Sunday, May 12 - My Gun is Quick

My Gun Is Quick (1957)

A private detective helps a prostitute being assaulted, and notices that she is wearing a very unique ring. She is later found murdered and there is no trace of the ring, which turns out to be part of a cache of jewelry stolen by the Nazis during World War II and smuggled out of France after the wary by an American army colonel. The private eye decides to try to find the ring, is hired by the former colonel to find the rest of the jewels, and runs up against a murderous French gang that is also looking for the jewels.

Saturday, May 11 - The Russia House

The Russia House (1990)

Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference. The British secret service are naturally keen to learn if these notebooks are the genuine article. To this end, they enlist the help of the scruffy British publisher Barley Blair, who has plenty of experience with Russia and Russians. Barley, an unconventional character who doesn't respond well to authority, finds himself in a game more complex than he first thought when he digs into the origin of the notebooks.

Friday, May 10 - Special Branch: Round the Clock

Special Branch: Season 3, Episode 2 Round the Clock (11 Apr. 1973)

Haggerty's appointment to Special Branch immediately brings him into conflict with Craven - he believes that Craven is on the trail of a man who is already dead.

Thursday, May 9 - Master Minds

Master Minds (1949)

When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future. Slip tries to make some money off of Sach by using him as a fortune teller in a carnival, until a mad scientist kidnaps Sach to use him in an intelligence-switching experiment with a monster.

Wednesday, May 8 - Naked City: King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable

Naked City: Season 4, Episode 13 King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable (12 Dec. 1962)

Two longtime Polish friends in the meat business have some bad blood between them and fight to resolve their issues.

Tuesday, May 7 - Special Branch: A Copper Called Craven

Special Branch: Season 3, Episode 1 A Copper Called Craven (4 Apr. 1973)

'A Copper Called Craven', written by Roger Marshall, begins with small-time crook 'Ridley' (Tony Selby) being arrested while trying to smuggle gold watches through customs at Heathrow airport. In his defence he claims that he had bribed 'D.C.I. Craven' to let him through. Craven is suspended from active duty in the Special Branch. His home is searched by detectives, and he is subjected to harsh interrogation at the hands of 'Pettiford' (Peter Jeffrey). To make matters worse, a large sum of money has been deposited in his bank account, so clearly someone is trying to frame him. But whom? Craven embarks on a one-man quest to clear his name.

Monday, May 6 - Casanova: Magic Moments

Casanova: Season 1, Episode 3 Magic Moments (30 Nov. 1971)

Casanova is irritated by his constantly complaining cell mate Schalon and remembers how he once pretended to be a magician casting a spell to seduce the virgin daughter of an old naive man.

Sunday, May 6 - Foyle's War: Bad Blood

Foyle's War: Season 4, Episode 2 Bad Blood (22 Jan. 2006)

August 1942: A truck drops a sheep while driving through farmland. Nearby animals start dying, then a farmer's daughter, and Sam falls ill. Then cows fall sick and mysteriously disappear. Foyle's inquiries lead him to work on biological warfare and the search for a cure for Sam, as her illness looks terminal. Meanwhile, Sgt. Milner investigates the murder of a war hero by a conscientious objector, who happens to be the brother of a past love of his.

Friday, May 3 - Lovejoy: Poetic License

Lovejoy: Season 5, Episode 8 Poetic License (24 Oct. 1993)

When Lovejoy tries to help save an institution for the mentally disturbed by selling the institution's antiques, someone tries to kill him.

Thursday, May 2 - Let Us Live

Let Us Live (1939)

Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiance of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real killer before the men's execution date.

Wednesday, May 1 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)

George McWhirter Fotheringay, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them. After being thrown out of a bar for what is thought to be a trick, he tests his powers and eventually sends a policeman to Hades by accident. Worried, he sends the police officer to San Francisco, and seeks advice from the local clergyman, Mr Maydig. Maydig, after having Fotheringay's powers demonstrated to him, quickly planning for reform of the world by means of miracle, but eventually Fotheringay orders a miracle which, due to clumsy wording, backfires. He relinquishes his power and returns to the time before he had it.

Tuesday, April 30 - Criminal Lawyer

Criminal Lawyer (1951)

James Ragan, a brilliant criminal lawyer is fed up with his lucrative practice and longs to retire to a quiet judgeship, but his reputation for legal, if not always ethical, courtroom tricks sidetracks his desire and he continues with his chosen profession. Afrer several exciting (and episodic) cases, requiring all his talents, including defending his personal bodyguard, "Moose" Hendrcks on a murder charge,he eventually get an appointment and becomes known as Judge Ragan.