Thursday, October 30 - Guilty Hands

Guilty Hands (1931)

Richard Grant is a lawyer who believes that murder under certain circumstances is justifiable. Richard's daughter, Barbara, takes her dad to a dinner party hosted by Richard's old friend, wealthy playboy, Gordon Rich. Gordon tells Richard that he and Barbara plan to marry. Richard threatens Gordon's life if he marries Barbara. Richard is unaware that Barbara has changed her mind and goes into Gordon's room, undetected, and kills him and stages a suicide.

After Marjorie West (Kay Francis), Gordon's mistress, discovers evidence that shows Richard was the killer, he threatens her life as well.

Wednesday, October 29 - Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady (1944)

Unhappily married Scott Henderson spends the evening on a no-name basis with a hat-wearing woman he picked up in a bar. Returning home, he finds his wife strangled and becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Every effort to establish his alibi fails; oddly no one seems to remember seeing the phantom lady (or her hat). In prison, Scott gives up hope but his faithful secretary, "Kansas," doggedly follows evanescent clues through shadowy nocturnal streets. . .

Tuesday, October 28 - Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Boxer Joe Pendleton is killed in a plane crash on the way to a championship fight. Unfortunately, Joe wasn't supposed to die and is brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel. The angel's boss, Mr. Jordan, sends Joe back to earth in the body of a murdered playboy to straighten out his life and resume his boxing career. Along the way, he meets an idealistic young woman and falls head over heels in love.

Monday, October 27 - After Office Hours

After Office Hours (1935)

Clark is take-no-prisoners-newspaper editor Jim Branch, who is determined to dig up a juicy story on a corrupt millionaire. He starts sucking up to the newspaper’s music reviewer, wealthy socialite Sharon Norwood (Bennett), when he discovers she is close to the impending story. After the millionaire’s wife turns up dead, Sharon and Jim disagree on the culprit. Jim becomes determined to crack the case and reunite with Sharon, whom he has now fallen in love with.

Sunday, October 26 - Highway Patrol: Reformation

Highway Patrol: Reformation (Season 2 Episode 30 - aired 1957)

An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.

Saturday, October 25 - The Naughty Flirt

The Naughty Flirt (1930)

Coquettish socialite Kay Elliott has set her cap for Alan Ward, an associate in her father's law firm. But while pursuing Alan, she must fend off the advances of a greedy fortune-hunter, who is aided and abetted by his equally voracious sister.

Friday, October 24 - The Great Jewel Robber

The Great Jewel Robber (1950)

Escaping from a Canadian prison farm, master thief Gerard Dennis (David Brian) makes his way to Buffalo with Peggy Arthur (Perdita Chandler), who supplies him with money needed for forged papers. Dennis, Peggy and a crooked bartender in a Buffalo hotel pull a robbery in which Dennis is almost caught, but he escapes to find his accomplices have deserted him. Later, confronting them, he is badly beaten and is taken to a hospital where he meets nurse Martha Rollins (Marjorie Reynolds), who falls in love with him. They go to New Rochelle where he is wounded attempting another robbery. Martha performs the necessary surgery, believing that he will give up his life of crime. When she finds him in New York with another girl, Martha gives the police his picture and hideout location, but he escapes the police trap. He flees to Los Angeles where he meets wealthy divorcee Mrs. Arthur Vinson (Jacqueline De Wit), whose confidence he wins in order to systematically rob her society friends' jewels. . .

Thursday, October 23 - Having Wonderful Crime

Having Wonderful Crime (1945)

Lawyer Malone's two zany friends embroil him in detective work once too often, and the police are after all three. So Malone must accompany Jake and beautiful Helene on their honeymoon at rustic Lenhart Lodge. There, they plunge into a broad burlesque of murder mystery cliches, with rapid-fire wisecracks, double takes, and every sight gag known to Hollywood.

Wednesday, October 22 - Stakeout on Dope Street

Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)

Three teenagers find a briefcase with a beat-up old can in it. They throw away the can and pawn the suitcase. When they read in the papers that the can was full of uncut heroin and belonged to a drug dealer who killed two narcotics agents in a shootout, they go back to look for the can, find it, and decide to go into the heroin-selling business. However, the drug dealer's gang also wants the heroin, finds out the boys have it, and sets out to hunt them down and get back their dope.

Tuesday, October 21 - Riptide

Riptide (1934)

Mary (Norma Shearer) is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford (Herbert Marshall) on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years. Then, a trip to the Italian Riviera unexpectedly reunites Mary with her former beau, Tommie (Robert Montgomery). After some vicious gossip makes Rexford distrust her, he begins work on a divorce. Mary must now choose between the man she has married and the man she once loved.

Monday, October 20 - My Partner the Ghost: Vendetta for a Dead Man

My Partner the Ghost: Vendetta for a Dead Man (Season 1 Episode 24 - aired Feb 27, 1970)

On the anniversary of his capture by the then flesh and blood Marty Hopkirk, violent criminal Eric Jansen escapes, swearing vengeance. Having discovered that Marty is now dead, he proposes to kill Jeannie as the next best thing. Jeannie is dating a man called Emil and hopes they can marry, although she is unaware that he already has a wife. Jansen catches up with them and abducts Jeannie, hotly pursued by Marty. They end up on the edge of cliffs where, exactly a year earlier, they had had the showdown resulting in Jansen's arrest.

Sunday, October 19 - Father Brown, Detective

Father Brown, Detective (1934)

When infamous jewel thief Flambeau announces his intention to steal stones from a diamond cross in Father Brown's church, the crime-solving cleric fights to retain the cross, and also to save the soul of the elusive Flambeau.

Saturday, October 18 - Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern (1945)

Saloonkeeper Archie (Ed Gardner) recruits performers for a block party to bail out veterans laid off by a factory.

Friday, October 17 - Rx Murder

Prescription for Murder (Original title: Rx for Murder) (1958)

American doctor Jethro Jones comes to a quiet English seaside resort to investigate the activities of its leading medical doctor, Henry Dysert. He learns from Miss Bettyhill, the town gossip, and others that 'the good doctor' might not be all that good, since each of his three former wives - Louise, Charlotte and Stella - had mysterious and tragic deaths. The other townspeople had regarded the three deaths, each of which left Doctor Dysert in better financial shape, as unfortunate personal tragedies. Jason has only a short time to prove that Dysert was a multiple wife-killer, since Kitty Mortlock appears to be the next designated victim, and Jason has fallen in love with her.

Thursday, October 16 - Callaway Went Thataway

Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

When marketing professionals Mike Frye (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah Patterson (Dorothy McGuire) put several Western films starring Smoky Callaway back on TV, audiences can't get enough of the classic actor. But when the studio demands new Smoky Callaway films, the advertising duo have a problem: Smoky has been missing for 10 years. In an attempt to cover up their mistakes, Mike and Deborah hire a look-alike to impersonate Smoky, and the act goes well -- until the real Smoky returns.

Wednesday, October 15 - Smarty

Smarty (1934)

Vicki Thorpe is happily married but with a habit of provocative teasing. One evening her teasing leads to a slap on the face from her husband. For this she engages her husband's friend and attorney Vernon to divorce him, marries Vernon, then begins to verbally tease him as well, wearing revealing clothes, and inviting her ex-husband over for dinner

Tuesday, October 14 - Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond has just returned to England. As he is driving home in the dark, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He misses her, but she falls to the ground. As he tries to revive her, he hears a shout for help, then gunshots. As he goes to investigate, the woman drives away with Drummond's car. He is soon able to trace her to nearby Greystone Manor, and when he goes there to meet her, she slips him a note urging him to help her get out of a desperate situation.

Monday, October 13 - Smooth as Silk

Smooth as Silk (1946)

An attorney engaged to an actress gains acquittal for a wealthy playboy accused of manslaughter. The actress, anxious to play the lead in a production backed by the playboy's uncle, neglects her fiancé in favor of the playboy. The enraged attorney kills the playboy's uncle and makes plans to kill the playboy.

Sunday, October 12 - Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs (1932)

The country of Klopstokia enters the Olympics, led by their president (W.C. Fields) who lifts weights.

Saturday, October 11 - Colonel Effingham's Raid

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

When retired Col. William Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn) comes back home to small-town Fredericksville, Ga., he finds little has changed in his absence of several decades, until he unwillingly becomes involved in local politics. Upon learning that corrupt mayor Edgar (Thurston Hall) and his cronies plan to knock down the historic town courthouse, the colonel becomes the star columnist at the local newspaper and attempts to rally the townsfolk to save their town's heritage.

Friday, October 10 - Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.

Thursday, October 9 - Teenage Rebel

Teenage Rebel (1956)

A sometimes sappy, yet effective melodrama about a woman who tries to make amends with her teenage daughter that she gave up at the end of an unhappy marriage. After Nancy Fallon's daughter, Dorothy, is sent to live with her and her new family after years of separation, the struggle to maintain some semblance of family quickly deteriorates. (Nancy's ex-husband was able to persuade the courts to let him keep the girl because the mother was seen as unfit.) Now Dorothy's father has an interest other than his daughter and to appease his new interest, he asks Nancy to take and raise their daughter. This begins a tumultuous time in Dorothy's life as well as her mother's.

Wednesday, October 8 - Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Polly Paris (Ginger Rogers) accidentally stumbles into motherhood after discovering an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage. Believing the baby is Polly's, department store owner J.B. Merlin (Charles Coburn) and his son David (David Niven) offer Polly a job -- but only if she takes responsibility for the child. Unemployed and in need of work, Polly accepts and all seems well, until her increasingly romantic relationship with David raises suspicions about the child's paternity.

Tuesday, October 7 - The Secret Partner

The Secret Partner (1961)

John Brent (Stewart Granger) may be a successful married businessman, but he's far from carefree. Blackmailed by someone who knows about his criminal past, Brent gets into even more trouble when a thief takes off with a fortune from the vault of his company. Now a key suspect in the robbery, Brent has Detective Frank Hanbury (Bernard Lee) on his tail, and is on terrible terms with his wife, Nicole (Haya Harareet). As the mystery of who robbed the vault unfolds, surprising revelations arise.

Monday, October 6 - Murder in the Blue Room

Murder in the Blue Room (1944)

Mystery writer Steve Randall (Donald Cook) has accepted an invitation by Nan Kirkland (Anne Gwynne) to the reopening of her mother's house. Nan tells Steve and her friends that the house is haunted by the ghost of her father, who committed suicide in the "blue room." Skeptical, Nan's former boyfriend insists on spending the night in the blue room, only to disappear. After a fruitless police investigation, Steve decides to spend the night in the blue room -- and promptly vanishes as well.

Sunday, October 5 - Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter (1949)

An heiress who is being courted by two gentlemen develops incurable hiccups after watching a comedic dinner-theater performance. Through a series of events she meets the shy star of a radio detective show [David Tomlinson] who is attracted by the fact that she isn't a fan-girl; however his attempts at courting are cut short by his overprotective mother. A series of attempts to cure her condition including watching a silent film sketch ultimately result in a visit to a haunted house where further hijinks ensue.

Saturday, October 4 - Honey West: Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me

Honey West: Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me (Season 1 Episode 22 - aired Feb 11, 1966)

Thieves target Honey's client list using a decoy who looks almost exactly like Honey. Honey and Sam have to figure out how the thieves are getting to their clients and then set a trap to catch the gang. Honey particularly wants a face-off with her double.

Friday, October 3 - The Strange Door

The Strange Door (1951)

Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 years after she married his brother (Cavanagh) instead, then passed away during childbirth. Maletroit is determined to have his revenge: the brother has been stowed away in the dungeon for two decades, while he's convinced his disreputable house guest will make a suitably hellish husband for his niece. As luck would have it, the young couple manage to fall in love, and with the help of manservant Voltan (Karloff), they try to make their escape, but not before a final confrontation with Maletroit in the dungeon's crushing deathtrap.

Thursday, October 2 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Horseplayer & Incident in a Small Jail

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Horseplayer (Season 6 Episode 22 - aired Mar 14, 1961)

Father Amian's church is in poor shape and needs an expensive new roof. At a mid-week service, a stranger leaves a $10 bill in the collection plate. The stranger becomes a regular attendee and continues to make generous donations. Turns out the stranger, Mr. Sheridan, has taken to praying for winners and, since doing so, has had nothing but success at the track, winning bet after bet. Sheridan convinces Father Amian to place a bet on a sure thing and Amian regrets his rash act as soon as it's done. Feeling guilty, he prays for the horse not to win, but with a surprising conclusion.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Incident in a Small Jail (Season 6 Episode 23 - aired Mar 21, 1961)

Leon Gorwald is a traveling salesman who stops in a small town to buy gas. He crosses the street against the light and a local policeman starts writing him a ticket for jaywalking. Gorwald tries to bribe the officer and is promptly arrested and put in a jail cell awaiting the return of the local judge. In the meantime, the local sheriff has arrested a stranger for murdering a local girl. Things get desperate when a local mob decide to lynch the stranger, but by now he has overpowered the sheriff and forced Gorwald to change clothes. The mob drags Gorwald away but things turn out OK for him, in more ways than one.

Wednesday, October 1 - Bourbon Street Beat: Green Hell

Bourbon Street Beat: Green Hell (Season 1 Episode 34 - aired May 30, 1960)

Posing as a journalist, Rex accompanies an expedition into the jungles of San Marco in search of the wreckage of a plane that crashed carrying a South American dictator and a mysterious cargo.

Tuesday, September 30 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Lady-Killer

Gideon C.I.D.: The Lady-Killer (Season 1 Episode 6 - aired Dec 5, 1964)

Robert Carne is a real charmer who marries ladies for their money.

Unfortunately he never seems to inherit the fortune after they mysteriously die. Somehow bad luck dogs Carne.

Frumpy but wealthy Marion Grove (Rosemary Leach) becomes wife number three.

However DCI Keen's girlfriend is rather suspicious of Carne. When Keen probes further he finds out some disturbing information.

Meanwhile Carne is rather keen to become a widower again.