Friday, Jan. 30 - Great Guy

Great Guy (1936)

It's the New York Department of Weights and Measures vs. a systematic effort to cheat the public by giving them less product than they pay for...organized by crooked city alderman Marty Cavanaugh, who put the last chief deputy inspector in the hospital. The new man, pugnacious Johnny Cave, steps on the toes of influential merchants and gets increasing pressure, both political and strong-arm, to desist.

Thursday, Jan. 29 - Track the Man Down

Track the Man Down (1955)

A group of men rob a dog track and during the getaway one murders a guard. The killer leaves the loot with his girl friend, commandeers a motorcoach bound for Southampton, and holds hostage its diverse array of passengers, including an American newspaper reporter and the girl friend's resourceful sister.

Wednesday, Jan. 28 - Thriller: A Wig for Miss Devore

Thriller: Season 2, Episode 19 A Wig for Miss Devore (29 Jan. 1962)

An aging actress tries for a comeback in a film about a witch hanged for murder. As a stunt she insists on wearing the historical woman's wig, which turns out to be cursed, changing her into a literal man-killer.

Tuesday, Jan. 27 - Footsteps in the Night

Footsteps in the Night (1957)

A gambling addict is the logical suspect in the death of a card-playing neighbor who caused his relapse - too logical, think the two detectives on the case.

Monday, Jan. 26 - Suspense: The Parcel & Summer Theatre: Dream Job

Suspense: Season 2, Episode 28 The Parcel (14 Mar. 1950)

Tommy, an errand boy, hangs around a hot dog stand when he's not in transit. The stand, a front for criminal enterprises, proves dangerous when he's hired by a shady character to deliver a package at exactly 5PM that evening. With time to kill, he goes to a baseball game. Tommy doesn't realize that the package contains 20 grand from a payroll heist and that a pair of criminals know it's in his possession.

Summer Theatre Dream Job (13 Jul. 1953)

Young, beautiful, and ambitious Ada Jordan answers an ad for a secretarial job and after a surprisingly short interview is hired by her handsome, urbane boss, Cooper Fielding. She is charmed by his Southern manners and agrees to accompany him to the isolated estate of his invalid Aunt Martha. In short order she finds her dream job has turned into a nightmare.

Sunday, Jan. 25 - Living in a Big Way

Living in a Big Way (1947)

Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to believe, but also that she expects a quick divorce. Both Mr. & Mrs Gogarty must find their place with or without each other in a society still adjusting to peace.

Saturday, Jan. 24 - Death Occurred Last Night

La morte risale a ieri sera (1970)

A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, intellectually disabled woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does.

Friday, Jan. 23 - Incoming Freshmen

Incoming Freshmen (1979)

An inocent girl from a small town arrives at a modern institution of education to complete her studies. Once there she starts various relationships with different boys.

Thursday, Jan. 22 - Murder a la Mod

Murder à la Mod (1968)

Naive young lady Karen wants to help her struggling amateur filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho prankster Otto stalks the building where Christopher is shooting a low-grade adult movie in order to keep himself afloat.

Tuesday, Jan. 20 - Whispering Ghosts

Whispering Ghosts (1942)

Uncle Miltie is cast as H. H. Van Buren, a radio sleuth who delights in solving real-life mysteries ahead of the official constabulary. At the behest of his sponsor, Van Buren tackles an unsolved case from ten years earlier: the death of an old sea captain. To this end, he visits the ship where the dirty deed took place, accompanied by his nervous valet Euclid. At first convinced that the ship is haunted, our hero deduces that the "ghosts" are actually a gang of crooks, in search of the treasure left behind by the murdered skipper. The arrival of Elizabeth Woods (Brenda Joyce), the lawful heir to the missing treasure, convinces Van Buren to stick around for a while to solve the decade-old murder and locate the captain's legacy.

Monday, Jan. 19 - Route 66: I'm Here to Kill a King

Route 66: Season 4, Episode 23 I'm Here to Kill a King (20 Mar. 1964)

Tod and Linc, working at Niagara Falls, find some odd incidents puzzling. Tod eventually learns he has a double who looks and sounds exactly like him. The "evil twin" is a cold blooded hit man with the assignment of killing a visiting Arab king. Tod is kidnapped and his job at the Falls used as a venue for the hit.

Sunday, Jan. 18 - Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

Arthur Peabody (William Powell) is undergoing a mid-life crisis as he approaches his 50th birthday. Much of the story is shown in flashback as Peabody tells his skeptical doctor the source of malaise.

Peabody goes on vacation with his wife Polly (Irene Hervey) to a Caribbean resort. While there, he hears singing coming from a distant key (small island) and takes his boat to do a little fishing. To his surprise, he reels in Lenore, a beautiful mermaid played by Ann Blyth.

Although mute, Lenore is mischievous and childlike and more than a little bit alluring – so much so that before long Peabody has taught her to kiss. He hides Lenore by letting her soak in a suds-filled bathtub and then in the resort’s fish pond. But confusion ensues as his wife thinks he has a big fish in their bathtub and later suspects him of infidelity with Cathy Livingston (Andrea King), a vacationing singer.

Things get even more complicated when, after Polly returns home without Peabody, police suspect him of murder. But by the film's conclusion, Peabody and his wife are happily back at home in Boston with only Lenore’s comb left to prove the reality of his adventure.

Saturday, Jan. 17 - Wonder Bar & Taggart: Fade to Black & Rising Damp: The Lodgers

Wonder Bar (1934)

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane (no, he's not. Who writes this nonsense?), the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane she kills him.

Taggart: Season 19, Episode 2 Fade to Black (21 Dec. 2002)

 A young nurse is found strangled (with a knife. I ask again: Who writes this nonsense?) in her home, with no sign of forced entry and two glasses of wine on the table. On finding a large quantity of cash hidden in her flat and signs of an affluent lifestyle, Burke and the team begin to suspect that the murder victim had a secret double life. Meanwhile, a mysterious and sinister person is following and filming Burke with a camcorder.

Rising Damp (1974–1978) TV Series

Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants.

Rising Damp: Season 1, Episode 0 The Lodgers (2 Sep. 1974)

Landlord Rigsby shares his crumbling home with his cat Vienna and his two lodgers, amiable, shambling young medical student Alan and Miss Ruth Jones, welfare officer at Alan's college and the object of Rigsby's affection. When Ruth asks Rigsby to give her friend Philip a room, Rigsby is only too happy to please her though he is surprised to find that Philip, another student, is black and sees him - wrongly - as a rival for Ruth, who is actually pursuing Philip in vain. Consequently he tries to get rid of him but changes his mind after being told that Philip is an African prince - and not wanting to refund his deposit.

Friday, Jan. 16 - Secrets of a Co-Ed

Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942)

A free-spirited college girl insists on carrying on her romance with a young mobster, scandalizing the town and going against the wishes of her father, the town's most prominent attorney--and who has his own reasons for not wanting to attract too much attention to him and his family.

Thursday, Jan. 15 - Raffles

Raffles (1939)

Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.

Wednesday, Jan. 14 - Money Madness

Money Madness (1948)

A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town, where he gets a job as a cab driver. He meets a young girl who is caring for her ill but wealthy aunt. He courts her and they quickly marry. She soon discovers exactly who he is, and finds herself enmeshed in a scheme involving murder and loot from a bank robbery.

Tuesday, Jan. 13 - Raffles

Raffles (1930)

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.

Monday, Jan. 12 - Too Tough to Kill

Too Tough to Kill (1935)

John OHara is a tough-talking, hard-fisted man brought in to make sure the construction of a tunnel is completed before his company loses a valuable contract. But a conniving rival company is trying to ruin the project, and only John and smooth journalist Ann Miller can stop the rivals from destroying the tunnel and risking lives in the process.

Sunday, Jan. 11 - Black Jack

Black Jack (1979)

Black Jack is a dark and complex adventure film set in the 18th century and based on Leon Garfield's novel for children. When French thief "Black Jack" kidnaps young Tolly, a journey begins that includes traveling fairs, murder and the rescue of a young girl from a private insane asylum.

Saturday, Jan. 10 - The Burglars & Four Star Playhouse: A Place Full of Strangers

The Burglars (1971) "Le casse" (original title)

In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plan an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector but the corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.

Four Star Playhouse: Season 4, Episode 10 A Place Full of Strangers (8 Dec. 1955) TV Episode

A workaholic is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, with his marriage and career facing failure. He attempts to escape the obligations of the family business and flee via bus to a town where no one knows who he is. The trip becomes a nightmarish reevaluation of his life. In a smoke-shrouded bus terminal, he meets all the people in his life but they're all total strangers.

Friday, Jan. 9 - Call Her Savage

Call Her Savage (1932)

Sexy Texas gal storms her way through life, brawling and boozing until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the errors of her ways. This lurid-but-fascinating tale has everything in it, including whippings, prostitution, extra-marital affairs, a neglected baby, and singing homosexuals.

Thursday, Jan. 8 - Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)

Tennis prodigy Florence Farley is torn between romance and her mother's ambitions.

Wednesday, Jan. 7 - There Goes the Bride

There Goes the Bride (1932)

A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing.

Tuesday, Jan. 6 - A Link in the Chain

The Christophers A Link in the Chain (30 Jun. 1957)

Professor Graham (James Cagney) reflects on his life and career and in particular about three students he taught. One was a handicapped artist, the second was a debutante and the third was a college hero. The three students learnt about kindness and dignity from him.

Monday, Jan. 5 - Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951)

A young boy wanders into an old-folks home and expresses interest in the old-time minstrel shows. The home's residents, former minstrel men, begin reminiscing, via flashbacks, and the film cuts to a riverboat, and an old-fashioned black-face minstrel show with songs, dances, vaudeville skits and lots of banjo strumming.

Sunday, Jan. 4 - Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door (1949)

Andrew Morton (Humphrey Bogart) clawed his way out of the slums to complete night law school, got his start by practicing criminal law, and finally has worked his way into a respectable property law practice. Indeed, his blue-blooded bosses are about to make him a partner when a voice from the past — that of his old client Pretty Boy Romano — yanks him back to his personal and professional roots. Romano, a thug played by John Derek, lives by the motto that all of us can embrace: live fast, die young, and have a good looking corpse. Years ago, Morton’s office defended Romano’s father. Morton was busy and delegated the work to an associate who muffed it. Romano’s father went to prison where he died before Morton could help him. This disaster shoved Romano’s family into dire poverty and Romano himself into gangs and ultimately life as a career criminal. Morton always blamed himself. He spent years trying to atone for his mistake by helping Romano, both personally and professionally. Romano tries to go straight but after his wife’s suicide, he is accused of sticking up a bar and shooting and killing a policeman. Romano pleads with Morton to defend him and Morton just can’t turn him down, even though doing so costs him his cherished law firm partnership. Romano, of course, professes his innocence of the crime; Morton doesn’t know whether to believe him or not but he undertakes the defense. The whole sad history of the relationship between Morton and Romano and his family is developed during a series of flashbacks during Morton’s opening statement.

Saturday, Jan. 3 - The Day They Robbed the Bank of England & Car 54, Where Are You?: What Happened to Thursday?

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)

London at the turn of the century in 1901. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England. Norgate, their leader, discovers the bank's weak spot: an old forgotten sewer straight under the vaults. But they have to deal with captain Fitch, a young but suspicious bank guard.

Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963) TV Series

The misadventures of two of New York's finest (a Mutt and Jeff pair) in the mythical 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Toody, the short, stocky and dim-witted one either saves the day or muffs things up much to the chagrin of Muldoon, the tall, lanky and smart one.

Car 54, Where Are You?: Season 1, Episode 22 What Happened to Thursday? (18 Feb. 1962)

The 53rd is embarrassed by the domestic dispute calls that come every Thursday night - from the Schnausers. Toody convinces Leo (along w/the rest of the boys) that Thursday is actually Friday, leading to expected hilarious confusion.

Friday, Jan. 2 - Cheating Blondes

Cheating Blondes (1933)

Pretty factory worker Anne Merrick is trying to resist violation at the hands of her lecherous neighbor when his gun discharges, and he is shot dead. Fearing the electric chair, the terrified girl goes into hiding. She finds shelter with Broadway producer Mike Goldfish, whose hit burlesque revue, has lost its star, Anne's identical twin, Elaine. Anne assumes Elaine's identity and the show continues. But she knows that sooner or later, the police will get wind of her deception. Her boyfriend, reporter Lawson Rolt, frantically works to find his missing paramour, and uncover the evidence that will save her from execution.

Thursday, Jan. 1 - When the Boys Meet the Girls

When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)

Danny Churchill is a young heir who tries to help Ginger, an attractive postal worker in rural Nevada, save her father's ranch from closing due to being heavily in debt with some Reno gangster types for her father's compulsive gambling. Danny, with his college friends help, turn Ginger and her father's ranch into a motel for impending divorcees in order to get out of debit, while Danny courts Ginger, but tries to keep his past reputation a secret when his former girlfriend Tess, a spitefull gold-digger, relentlessly pursues him and his wealth.

Wednesday, Dec. 31 - Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here (1954)

Mark Christopher is a 35-year old, award-winning comedy scriptwriter who is struggling to be taken seriously as a drama writer. On Christmas Eve, two police officers bring 17-year old Susan (picked up for vagrancy and brawling) to Mark's apartment. If she spends a few days with him, Mark could use Susan as inspiration to write a script about juvenile-delinquents and Susan could avoid spending Christmas behind bars.