Monday, November 9 - Dead Men Tell

Dead Men Tell (1941)

A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a docked ship.

Sunday, November 8 - Behind That Curtain

Behind That Curtain (1929)

Sir George hires Hillary Gatt (Galt, actually) to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, run off to India. Old friend John Beetham sympathizes with the bride who sees that her hubby is a liar and drunk (and a murderer!). John and Lois fly to San Francisco (separately - they meet by chance), by way of the Persian desert. Eric shows up and tries to kill John, but Scotland Yard and Lt. Charlie Chan intervene.

Saturday, November 7 - Murder Most Foul

Murder Most Foul (1964)

Although the evidence appears to be overwhelming in the strangulation murder of a blackmailer, Miss Jane Marple's (Dame Margaret Rutherford's) sole "not guilty" vote hangs the jury 11-1. She becomes convinced that the real murderer is a member of a local theatrical troupe, so she joins them in order to gather information. The clues lead back many years to a single disastrously unsuccessful 1951 performance of a dreadful play written by the group's hammy director, H. Driffold Cosgood (Ron Moody). Although at that time, several of the current cast members were only children, more murders follow before Miss Marple ultimately exposes the killer.

Friday, November 6 - Murder Ahoy

Murder Ahoy (1964)

Miss Jane Marple (Dame Margaret Rutherford) investigates the murder of one of her fellow trustees of a fund which rehabilitates young criminals. To investigate she goes aboard the ship used to train the juveniles, much to the distress of Captain Sydney De Courcy Rhumstone (Lionel Jeffries). She soon stumbles onto more murders, and a ring of thieves.

Thursday, November 5 - Murder She Said

Murder She Said (1961)

Miss Jane Marple's (Dame Margaret Rutherford's) on-board a train when she sees what appears to to be, a murder - a woman being strangled - in a passing train. When the Police refuse to believe her story, she decides to do some investigating of her own.

When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.

Wednesday, November 4 - Dance Hall

Dance Hall (1941)

A sultry singer (Carole Landis) gives a skirt-chasing dance-hall manager (Cesar Romero) the cold shoulder. Meanwhile, Joe likes Ada, but Ada marries Mr. Newmeyer, but Lili's agent likes Joe's composition and Joe needs all his money to go to NY and have his composition performed, but Duke is in trouble and Joe loans his money to Duke and Duke hatches a scheme to get the cash to pay Joe back and guess what, Lili comes around at the end and it's hearts and flowers for her and Duke.

Duke does not set up Joe with Lili! I don't know who wrote that crap, but they shouldn't be writing storylines for IMDB, but I guess they just want the attention and don't care much how they get is my guess because there's an awful lot of that going around these days. A downright pandemic if you ask me which you didn't, but I'm going to say it anyway.

Tuesday, November 3 - Framed: Episode 2

Framed (Season 1 Episode 2 - aired Dec 4, 1992)

Eddie Myers has agreed to give evidence on the condition that Jackson is appointed his interrogator. Jackson moves into the secret isolation with the manipulative Myers who, even in prison back in the UK, seems to be able to command all kinds of luxuries and immediately makes efforts to corrupt the young officer.

Monday, November 2 - The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Jar & Interpol Calling: Slave Ship

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Jar (Season 2 Episode 17 - aired Feb 14, 1964)

Charlie Hill is mesmerized by a strange jar at a carnival sideshow. He buys it from the owner, but his wife Thedy Sue is frightened and wants it thrown out. The townspeople come from miles to see it and Charlie becomes a local celebrity.

Interpol Calling: Slave Ship (Season 1 Episode 13 - aired Dec 6, 1959)

An Arab dhow is found half-sinking and abandoned - with 16 dead bodies sealed in the hold. Duval suspects it had been engaged in the slave trade and flies to Mombasa to examine it, only to discover the reason for its abandoning - its human cargo had been dying of plague. The crew of the boat have made it back ashore, but those behind the trade are not taking any chances. When the body of a dead seaman - shot, but dying of plague - is discovered, Duval realises how ruthless they are.

Sunday, November 1 - Honey West: An Eerie, Airy, Thing

Honey West: An Eerie, Airy, Thing (Season 1 Episode 30 - aired Apr 8, 1966)

Sam's friend, Gordon Forbes, is threatening to jump from the ledge of his upper-storey hotel room, and the only person he wants to talk to is his estranged wife. Unfortunately, when Honey visits the Forbes home, she discovers Mrs. Forbes has been murdered.

Friday, October 30 - Treasure of Fear (Scared Stiff)

Scared Stiff (1945)

It's about a chess expert, an antique dealer, a lady detective and a boy prodigy, and the action takes place in a winery owned by a couple of elderly eccentrics. The latter have come into possession of a set of rare old chessmen, and, for one reason or another, all the others in the cast are out to get hold of the chessmen.

Thursday, October 29 - The Veil: Girl on the Road

The Veil: Girl on the Road (Season 1 Episode 2 - aired 1958)

John Prescott is driving back to Boston when he helps a stranded young woman named Lila Kirby , whose car has run out of gas.

John takes Lila to a local bar for a drink. When the bartender mentions or calls for a man named Morgan Debs, Lila panics and flees, though she promises to meet John later at a spot called Lookout Point.

At Lookout Point, John meets the wheelchair-bound Morgan Debs, who reveals a shocking truth. Lila had actually died three years earlier when she drove off the edge of Lookout Point—an accident that also left Debs disabled. John later finds Lila's wrecked car at the bottom of the cliff.

Wednesday, October 28 - Chamber of Horrors

Chamber of Horrors (Original title: The Door with Seven Locks - 1940)

The Door with Seven Locks by Edgar Wallace, the story blends "old dark house" tropes with macabre crime fiction. Upon his deathbed in 1928, the wealthy patriarch Lord Selford demands to be entombed alongside a massive fortune in family jewels. The tomb is secured by seven separate locks, and the seven accompanying keys are distributed among different trustees and descendants.

Ten years later, Canadian heiress June Lansdowne (played by Lilli Palmer) returns to England and receives a mysterious key, drawing her into a dangerous conspiracy. As she and a team of investigators try to unravel the mystery of the missing keys, they cross paths with Dr. Manetta (Leslie Banks), a devious and sadistic physician who operates a hidden underground torture chamber.