Friday, February 6, 2026

Thursday, February 5 - Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall (1950)

Larry Nelson, pardoned after serving nearly half of his 30-year sentence for manslaughter, leaves Eastern State Penitentiary but faces difficulty settling into the outside world. Determined to avoid any further trouble with the law, he takes a job as a lab assistant in a country sanitarium, where he falls for attractive nurse Charlotte.

Larry recognizes one of the patients in the sanitarium as Jack Bernard, another ex-convict who has just executed a million-dollar heist. Bernard offers Larry money if he will deliver some of the heist money to his ex-wife. When Larry attempts to give her the money, she mobilizes her gang to seize the rest of the loot. Sweet, wholesome nurse Ann helps Larry escape the dangerous situation.

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Wednesday, February 4 - Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire (1946)

In the delta county of Louisiana, Johnny Duval is haunted by recurring nightmares of his wartime experiences.

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Monday, February 2 - Dangerous Intruder

Dangerous Intruder (1945)

An actress, Jenny (Veda Ann Borg), is hitchhiking across the country when she is accidently struck by a car. The driver, Max Ducone (Charles Arnt), offers to take her into his home until she can resume traveling. Later Ducone's wife is murdered and Jenny determines to find the killer. With the aid of detective Curtis (Tom Keene as Richard Powers), she discovers that Ducone is the murderer, having killed his wife in order to have the funds to finance his antique collection.

Monday, February 2, 2026

Sunday, February 1 - Nightbeat

Nightbeat (1947)

Following the Second World War, the two comrades go their separate ways; one joins the Metropolitan Police while the other begins a police career but becomes a racketeer in post-war London.

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Saturday, January 31 - Gideon C.I.D.: Subway to Revenge


A man tries to push an accountant, James, off a crowded subway platform. Only his friend, Ellen from personnel, is worried and contacts Gideon and kept after him to take it seriously. It turns out that there have been three sudden deaths from the same company, Chinnery Chemicals, all in different ways. The solving of the crimes all hinge on why a woman had defrauded the company and subsequently committed suicide.

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Friday, January 30 - Rough Shoot


After retired U.S. officer Robert Taine (Joel McCrea) believes he has accidentally shot and killed a poacher, he comes upon two strangers, Hiart (Marius Goring) and his driver, Diss, and is unaware that they are spies who have actually murdered the man. Polish operative Sandorski (Herbert Lom), a British intelligence aide, recruits Bob and his wife, Cecily (Evelyn Keyes), to prevent Hiart, Diss and their British contact, Magda, from reaching a scientist vital to foreign enemy interests.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Thursday, January 29 - The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

Hot-headed Winifred "Freddie" Jones is a saloon singer in the Old West who catches her boyfriend, gambler Blackie Jobero, flirting with another woman and takes a shot at him with the six-shooter she always carries. Unfortunately, she hits a judge in the rear end instead, so her friend Conchita and she take it on the lam. When they get to a tiny hole-in-the-wall town, Freddie and Conchita are mistaken for the new schoolmarm and her Indian maid. They meet the local muckety-mucks, including wealthy Charles Hingelman, owner of a valuable gold mine, who starts to romance Freddie. When Blackie shows up while tracking Freddie down, complications and hilarious chaos ensue.

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Wednesday, January 28 - Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Joe Pendleton is a football quarterback preparing to lead his team to the Superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he was not ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. Another body must be found without his death being discovered, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the Los Angeles Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl. At the same time, he falls in love with an English environmental activist who disapproves of his policies and actions.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Tuesday, January 27 - Fifth Avenue Girl

Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)

Troubled with union problems in his business and lonely on his birthday because his wife, Martha, is out with a playboy, millionaire Timothy Borden meets unemployed and hungry Mary Grey in a park and convinces her to help him celebrate at a nightclub. Much to his surprise the following morning, Mary has slept in the guest room for the night. Not unmindful that Martha's interest in Timothy seems renewed, he hires Mary to stay at the house as an employee and they go out on the town virtually every night. Mary meanwhile has a positive effect on other members of the household: daughter Katherine is in love with Michael, the communism-spouting chauffeur, and seeks her advice; and son Tim is forced to take over the neglected business to keep it from running downhill, which Timothy had been trying unsuccessfully to get him to do. Complications arise with the various family members' love interest struggles,. and Mary is caught in the middle.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Monday, January 26 - The Capture

The Capture (1950)

Badly injured and hunted by the police, Lin Vanner takes refuge in a priest's home, and tells him what has happened. When Vanner was working in a Mexican oil field, he shot and captured a man who was suspected of a payroll robbery, but then felt responsible when the man died in police custody. As a result of the incident, Vanner's fiancée broke off their engagement, and he resigned from his job. He later felt compelled to visit the dead man's widow, and ended up working on her ranch. But, as he now explains to the priest, the past has quickly caught up with him.

Monday, January 26, 2026

Sunday, January 25 - Terror at Midnight

Terror at Midnight (1956)

Neal Rickards (Scott Brady), a young police detective, is investigating a big interstate hot car racket. His fiancée Susan Lang (Joan Vohs) becomes a victim of circumstances involving the owner - who is mixed up with the racketeers - of a garage where she has had her car repaired. There are two successive killings, and the trail of evidence leads to Joan.