At a rodeo in San Francisco's Cow Palace, a bronc rider dies in what appears to be an accident. A rodeo clown looks around the scene after the police leave and discovers the rider's rope -- which was cut almost halfway through before it broke, leaving the bronc free to throw him. The police come back to investigate the scene, and before long the chief suspect is also murdered in another "accident."
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Quadripartite Affair
UNCLE agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuraykin face a four-cornered conspiracy comprised of an ambitious woman (Gervaise Ravel), her wealthy boyfriend (Harold Bufferton), a disgraced military officer and a scientist who has devised a chemical that induces fear. Solo and Kuryakin are helped by the daughter (Marion Raven) of a man killed as a result of the conspiracy.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Monday, October 15 - Scarlet Thread
Laurence Harvey plays a young down-and-out hoodlum, Freddie, who Sydney Taffler (Marcon) employs to help him on a smash and grab raid. But this isn't just any robbery but the theft of a piece of rare ceremonial jewellry in Cambridge associated with a University college.
All goes well until a man stands in the way of them and their getaway car and Freddie shoots the man who falls into the getaway car. Freddie and Marcon flee pursued by a gang of college students and take refuge in a college garden. Meanwhile the getaway driver Sam (Harry Fowler) dumps the car ensuring that the body, and the man's identity, isn't discovered until much later in the day.
Marcon and Freddie pose as two college visitors and befriend Josephine (Kathleen Byron), the daughter of a professor, while they plan their escape. Eventually they are caught when it is revealed that their victim's identity is the college professor and the missing jewellry is discovered.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Sunday, October 13 - Mandrake, the Magician: Episodes 10 - 12
Episode 10: The Unseen Monster
Episode 11: At the Stroke of Eight
Episode 12: The Reward of Treachery
Mandrake and his allies finally catch up to "The Wasp" and discover the crime lord is actually scientist Dr. Andre Bennett, posing as a close friend of Houston.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Saturday, October 12 - Rotten to the Core
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Friday, October 11 - Shanghai Express
In Peking, China, during a civil war, British Capt. Donald Harvey (Clive Brook) meets his old flame Magdalen (Marlene Dietrich) and learns with dismay that she has become a prostitute known as Shanghai Lily. Both are traveling to Shanghai via train, and while they grow reacquainted, they remain unaware that they are traveling with spy and rebel army leader Henry Chang (Warner Oland). On Chang's orders, his forces attack the train, terrorize the passengers and hold Donald hostage.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Thursday, October 10 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Vulcan Affair
In the pilot episode, UNCLE agent Napoleon Solo is assigned to foil an assassination plot by Thrush. The criminal organization's target is a delegation from the newly independent African nation, Western Natumba. The plot is under the supervision of Andrew Vulcan, a U.S. industrialist secretly working for Thrush. Solo recruits an old flame of Vulcan's as part of his plan.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Wednesday, October 9 - Bourbon Street Beat: The Missing Queen
A beauty pageant contestant goes missing the same night that her would-be blackmailer is found murdered.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Tuesday, October 8 - The Untouchables: The Unhired Assassin: Part 1
Major changes are on their way, including the end of Prohibition, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected President in the fall of 1932. The Chicago mob, led by Frank Nitti, is out to get control of the upcoming Chicago World's Fair with it's lucrative concessions and other revenue streams. When they are unable to bribe the mayor, Anton J. Cermak, they decide to track his movements and assassinate him. They know he goes to same coffee shop every day at the same time so that becomes the obvious site for the hit. When Eliot Ness learns of the their plans, he races to save the Mayor. In Florida meanwhile, a mentally disturbed man, Giuseppe 'Joe' Zangara, decides to assassinate the President-elect.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Monday, October 7 - Naked City: A Run for the Money
A middle aged hired killer, who committed his first murder for pay at age 14, is hunted both by organized crime which has put out a contract on his life and the police. Needing a bankroll for leaving the country, the killer hires an "arm". The expert craps player he has chosen to win him money is as unpredictable as the roll of the dice.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Sunday, October 6 - The Streets of San Francisco: Inferno
Two firemen are killed in a warehouse fire, one of them Stone's friend, and he and Keller are drawn into an arson investigation.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Saturday, October 5 - Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): The House on Haunted Hill
Jeff is asked to investigate whether Merston Manor, a house which is impossible to sell, is really haunted after two previous psychics were scared off. He is looking into a jewel theft and sends Marty to the manor instead. Marty initially believes the ghostly sounds to be genuine but they are actually being made by the jewel thieves who are using the house as their den and want to scare off visitors.
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