Wednesday, April 29 - A Cry in the Night

A Cry in the Night (1956)

Owen Marks, parked at Lovers' Loop with girlfriend Liz Taggart, surprises a peeping Tom, who knocks him out and kidnaps Liz. The police leap into action when they learn the victim is a cop's daughter. Kidnapper Harold Loftus, the unhinged product of a smothering mother, makes ineffectual advances toward Liz, who staves him off as the police close in, hindered as much as helped by her overprotective father Capt. Dan Taggart.

Tuesday, April 28 - Wanted! Jane Turner

Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)

Postal Investigators Tom and Doris follow a trail from a mail robbery on the East Coast to Los Angeles using a letter sent by General Delivery to "Jane Turner". When the letter (with loads of cash in it) is picked up by a woman whose name is also Jane Turner both the cops and the robbers are on her trail.

Monday, April 27 - The Stork Pays Off

The Stork Pays Off (1941)

Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club run by a rival, Stud Rocco, only to discover it is a nursery run by Irene Perry. All fall under the benign influence to the point where the three henchmen go to night school to be educated and Deak falls in love with Julie.

Sunday, April 26 - His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday (1940)

A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

Saturday, April 25 - Man-Trap

Man-Trap (1961)

During the Korean War, Matt saves the life of his buddy, Vince, who promises that someday he'll repay Matt by cutting him in on a million dollars. Eight years later Matt is in the midst of a rapidly disintegrating marriage to Nina, a man-hungry alcoholic. Vince suddenly reappears for a reunion with Matt, telling him that enemies of a Central American dictator have hijacked $3.5 million, and that he knows how he can get hold of the money and collect a large reward he'll share with Matt if he will help recover the money. Matt is skeptical, but after a particularly violent quarrel in which he leaves his wife, he agrees to go along with Vince, provided there is no gunplay.

Friday, April 24 - Waterfront

Waterfront Women (1950) "Waterfront" (original title)

A good-for-nothing sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. They make a go of their lives and the eldest daughter, now a woman, is none too pleased at her father's attempted return.

Wednesday, April 22 - More Than a Secretary

More Than a Secretary (1936)

When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.

Tuesday, April 21 - Ten Cents a Dance

Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay her -- "her" being downtrodden taxi dancer Barbara (Barbara Stanwyck). The only thing Barbara sells is her time, or at least that's the story she gives her jellyfish husband Eddie (Monroe Owsley). But when wealthy Carlton (Ricardo Cortez) starts making goo-goo eyes at Barbara, Eddie accuses his wife of infidelity. This, in Eddie's mind, provides him with an adequate excuse to steal money from Carlton, which action leads to the no-good husband's downfall. Barbara's fate is more merciful: she ends up with Carlton, with whom she has fallen in love.

Monday, April 20 - The Falcon's Brother

The Falcon's Brother (1942)

Gay Lawrence, amateur detective known as The Falcon, learns that his brother Tom has been reported murdered on a ship arriving from South America. Gay pursues the murderers, despite the fact that he knows his brother is still alive. When he is disabled, his brother Tom takes over the case, investigating a fashion magazine involved in secret activities with German infiltrators.

Sunday, April 19 - The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

Mrs. Fay Cheyney, a rich American widow, insinuates herself into London society. Two men in particular -- middle-aged Lord Kelton and Lord Arthur Dilling, a young playboy -- pursue her. All are present at a large weekend house party, and though both men press their suit, Fay seems to favor Kelton. Then Dilling sees Fay's butler lurking in the gardens, recognizes him as a jewel thief who was apprehended in Monte Carlo, and realizes that Fay is probably after the hostess's pearls. Fay does get hold of the pearls -- but before she can pass them to her accomplice, Dilling gets hold of her.

Saturday, April 18 - The Wreck of the Mary Deare & Sleepers: The Net Tightens

The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

In the English Channel John Sands, captain of a small salvage ship, finds the freighter Mary Deare drifting. Although there's only a little fire, the whole crew seems to have left the ship. John's already looking forward to a large salvage fee, but then he finds first officer Gerald Patch still on board, who sends him away. Although he doesn't understand yet what happened on the Mary Deere, Sands allows Patch to persuade him not to talk about what he saw on board and to drag out the official investigation of the incident.

Sleepers: Season 1, Episode 2 The Net Tightens (17 Apr. 1991)

Nina's arrival in London arouses the interest of the CIA, which only intensifies after the sports-obsessed London KGB chief is observed handing over a suspicious film. After their reunion, Jeremy and Albert return to their U.K. lives, but Albert panics when he senses his family is in danger.

Friday, April 17 - That's My Baby

That's My Baby! (1944)

Betty Moody (Ellen Drew) tries to cheer up her father (Minor Watson) who is feeling melancholy by gathering together entertainers to perform for him. A psychologist, Dr Svatsky (Leonid Kinsky) is also at hand to help in the proceedings.

Thursday, April 16 - Adventure in Manhattan

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Joel McCrea plays a hotshot reporter who thinks he knows everything and Jean Arthur plays an actress who puts one over on him. It turns out the financier of her play is a notorious art collector who steals what he can't buy and the play he's financing is just a front for a job he is planning.

Wednesday, April 15 - Revolt in the Big House

Revolt in the Big House (1958)

Gannon is an imprisoned racketeer kingpin who tries to manipulate his young cell mate into staging a riot and prison break, but the cell mate tries to back out when he realizes other inmates may be killed in the process.

Tuesday, April 14 - Fear

Fear (1946)

A medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money-- murders a loan sharking teacher. After the killing he is tormented by guilt over what he's done. A detective, who knows the student committed the crime but can't prove it, plays on the young man's guilt in order to get him to confess to the crime.

Monday, April 13 - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Foxhunter

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Season 2, Episode 10 The Secret of the Foxhunter (2 Apr. 1973)

When two European spies join a hunting party at an English country house, William Drew of the Foreign Office goes undercover to pursue his own type of prey. Drew suspects a traitor may be working with the spies, and soon learns they are more than willing to kill to get what they want.

Sunday, April 12 - West 11 & Sleepers: The Awakening

West 11 (1963)

Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) forgoes working for a living in this seedy district of London. He hangs out in jazz clubs and chases women, which makes him lose what little money he has remaining. Ex-Army veteran Richard Dyce (Eric Portman) shows up at the club, and the two directionless louts begin to talk. Richard wants his Aunt killed for her money, and Joe agrees to do the deed. He travels to the Aunt's house on the South Coast, but Joe loses his nerve. He accidently pushes the woman to her death, leaving a miniature chess kit behind as evidence he was at the scene of the crime. Richard denies everything, and a stool pigeon sings like a bird to the cops, putting Joe in a gilded cage of his very own.

Sleepers (1991– ) TV Series

Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counter-plots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.

Sleepers: Season 1, Episode 1 The Awakening (10 Apr. 1991)

In 1990, the Russians discover a secret room in the Kremlin that is a meticulous re-creation of London life in the 1960s. After savvy KGB agent Nina Grishina figures out that the room was used to train two agents who haven't been heard from since 1966, she sets off for England to lead the hunt.

Saturday, April 11 - What the Peeper Saw

What the Peeper Saw (1972) "Diabólica malicia" (original title)

Marcus is a twelve-year-old schoolboy whose mother recently died, leaving it up to his wealthy father Paul to look after him. He takes a sexual interest in his stepmother Elise. She notices his abnormal behaviour and investigates by visiting his school after discovering a torn-up letter from his headmaster. Elise is shocked by her findings. She becomes increasingly disturbed and wonders if Marcus is to blame for his mother's death. She enlists the help of psychiatrist, Dr Viorne to find answers.

Friday, April 10 - The Untouchables: The Artichoke King

The Untouchables: Season 1, Episode 8 The Artichoke King (3 Dec. 1959)

The mob is out to take control of the wholesale distribution of produce in New York City and Eliot Ness and the Untouchable are brought in on special assignment to deal with it. The mobster behind it all is Ciro Terranova, the Artichoke King. Ness is convinced that Terranova was behind the recent killing of a legitimate produce distributor. Terranova's collector Frankie Yale killed the man and is also out to get of a piece of his boss' empire. They now put the arm on the dead man's son, Tony Cestari, to pay up but he turns to Eliot Ness for help. Terranova's solution to the Frankie Yale problem is to bring in a hit man from Chicago.

Thursday, April 9 - Maigret: Maigret and the Maid

Maigret: Season 2, Episode 6 Maigret and the Maid (18 Apr. 1993)

When a one-legged retired clerk nicknamed "Pegleg" is found shot to death at close range in the bedroom of his house in a small provincial town, Maigret questions the middle-aged man's maid, an irreverent, independent and irascible young woman who is reluctant to co-operate with the inspector's inquiries. Her exact relationship with the victim is unclear and she, along with the dead man's brother and saxophonist nephew, become suspects.

Tuesday, April 7 - Force of Evil

Force of Evil (1948)

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

Monday, April 6 - The Untouchables: Mexican Stake-Out

The Untouchables: Season 1, Episode 7 Mexican Stake-Out (26 Nov. 1959)

After Eliot Ness and the Untouchables have spent a year of putting the case together, the federal prosecutor is finally ready to go after racketeer Ted Newberry. Their prime witness, Julius Imbry, is under police protection and living in a hotel. Newberry's top gunman Jerry Fanning botches a planned hit but crooked politicians at city hall, as worried as anyone else about what might be revealed, arrange for Imbry to leave town. Now both Fanning and Eliot Ness head to Mexico to find Imbry and either kill him or bring him back for the trial.

Sunday, April 5 - The Enchanted Cottage, Two-Gun Gussie & The Sweeney: Thin Ice

The Enchanted Cottage (1945)

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.

Two-Gun Gussie (1918)

A mild-mannered young man has left home, and is now playing the piano in a bar in the west. The dangerous criminal Dagger-Tooth Dan enters the bar where the young man is playing. Soon afterwards, the local sheriff also arrives, with some letters that he has received. Dan notices the letters, and he switches the information in them to make the sheriff think that the piano player is the dangerous one.

The Sweeney: Season 1, Episode 3 Thin Ice (16 Jan. 1975)

When villain Gerald Bishop skips the country to hide in France, he leaves behind his dog Archimedes. Regan believes that the dog can be used as a bait for which Bishop will return and has it put into a dog pound. However, associates of Bishop spirit it away and it is a race to see who can locate the dog first.

Saturday, April 4, Lady In Cement & The Sweeney: Jackpot

Lady in Cement (1968)

Tony Rome is a Miami based detective who while diving in the ocean finds the body of a young woman. He is hired by Gronsky to find her killer. Tony has to sift through a stack of suspects, plus trying to elude the police.

The Sweeney: Season 1, Episode 2 Jackpot (9 Jan. 1975)

Regan's flying squad falls under suspicion after they apprehend a gang of hijackers, but a bag with 35,000 pounds in it has somehow disappeared.

Friday, April 3 - Shopworn

Shopworn (1932)

In this melodrama from the Depression era, a wealthy young doctor falls in love with a humble waitress and asks for her hand. Unfortunately, the doctor's proposition is opposed by his snooty mother who wants to see him marry a girl with higher status. The manipulative mother insures this by convincing her friend, a judge, to sentence the waitress to a prison workhouse for three-months. The girl does her time and is released. She soon becomes a famous singer and she resumes her love affair with the doctor. At this point the mother finally gives in and bestows her blessing upon the happy couple.

Thursday, April 2 - Thriller: The Watcher

Thriller: Season 1, Episode 8 The Watcher (1 Nov. 1960)

Authorities in a resort community cover up the suspicious death of a teenager so tourism doesn't suffer. As summer fades, a deputy sheriff gains permission to quietly investigate the death. Meanwhile a rigid, controlling teacher visiting for the season, grows increasingly disturbed as he spies on the secret relationship between a young neighbor and a boatyard manager, who are both already squirming under the power of adults in the small town.

Wednesday, April 1 - Just Off Broadway

Just Off Broadway (1942)

Michael Shayne; a private detective serving on a jury trying a society girl for murder; suddenly becomes embroiled in the case when a witness is killed in the middle of the courtroom.

Tuesday, March 31 - Sinners' Holiday

Sinners' Holiday (1930)

A penny-arcade owner tries to frame her daughter's (Evalyn Knapp) boyfriend (Grant Withers) for a murder her bootlegger son (James Cagney) committed.