Thursday, September 24 - The Affairs of Martha (1942)

The Affairs of Martha (1942)

A small, affluent suburb is abuzz with reports that a tell-all book has been written by a servant in the community. Sophia (Spring Byington) doesn't think it's any of her staff, but the author is, in fact, her kind maid, Martha (Marsha Hunt). Sophia also doesn't know that Martha was secretly married to her son, Jeff (Richard Carlson), who has been on a research trip and now returns wanting a divorce so that he can marry Sylvia (Frances Drake). However, Martha still has feelings for him.

Wednesday, September 3 - Adam Adamant Lives!: The League of Uncharitable Ladies

Adam Adamant Lives!: The League of Uncharitable Ladies (Season 1 Episode 13 - aired Sep 22, 1966)

A series of mysterious deaths involving important government men leads Adam Adamant to investigate the Gentlewomen's Charity League.Key Events. 

Georgina Jones takes a job in the club's cloakroom to help investigate, but despite Adamant acting as a bodyguard, the secretive women's league still manages to target and execute their next victim.

Tuesday, September 22 - Gideon C.I.D.: Morna

Gideon C.I.D.: Morna (Season 1 Episode 22 - aired Feb 24, 1966)

After a beautiful blonde is found murdered, her story is unraveled in flashbacks about her relationship to her posh girl's school friends and instructors, her troubled beau, and with a drug pusher seething with contempt.

Monday, September 21 - Maigret: The Mistake

Maigret: The Mistake (Season 1 Episode 9 - aired Dec 26, 1960)

The body of a murdered girl is found and Maigret is called in. His inquiries involve a distinguished doctor who lives with his wife in the same house as the murdered girl.

Sunday, September 20 - Framed: Episode 1

Framed: Episode #1.1 (Season 1 Episode 1 - aired Nov 27, 1992)

Whilst on holiday in Spain, DC Lawrence Jackson is alarmed when he believes he has spotted none other than Eddie Myers, a figurehead turned informant who was wanted for his involvement in a bank robbery some years previously. However, Myers was believed to be long since dead after his wife identified a corpse found in Italy. 

Convinced that he has seen Myers, Jackson investigates, obtains Myers’ fingerprints, then calls his team back home and soon enough, they arrive on the island to find Myers living it large. Myers is arrested and deported back to England, however he refuses to talk to anyone but Jackson. Myers is kept in a confinement cell, and DCI Jimmy McKinnes assigns Jackson the task of living with Myers until he can obtain information to the whereabouts
of the other suspects involved in the bank robbery.

Saturday, September 19 - Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

The seduction plans of novelist Malcolm Niles go awry when actress Vivian Herford brings her mother along to a candlelight dinner in his New York apartment. When they talk of marriage, Malcolm decides to make a tour promoting his new book, and in a small southern town he meets Nancy Briggs at an autographing session at the local bookstore.

Nancy is getting married that night, but her fiancé, working in New York, doesn't come back for the wedding, so her family gives her the fare to go to New York to find him. At the same time, Malcolm gets a wire from his publisher and friend, Robert Hanson, telling him to come home because Vivian has left town.

Traveling to New York on the same train, Nancy proves to be a pest whom Malcolm hopes to avoid once they arrive, but when Nancy can't find her fiancé, she goes to Malcolm, since he's the only one she knows in the city. He is about to kick her out when Vivian returns, so he uses Nancy as an excuse to get rid of Vivian.

In the ensuing days, Nancy cooks and cleans for both Malcolm and Robert, who lives next door. Trouble begins when Robert falls in love with Nancy and Malcolm finds that he is jealous.

Friday, September 18 - Snowed Under

Snowed Under (1936)

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!

Thursday, September 17 - Mr. Lucky: Big Squeeze

Mr. Lucky: Big Squeeze (Season 1 Episode 21 - aired Mar 12, 1960)

An old friend of Mr. Lucky's is planning a major heist and asks for help with the getaway by using the Fortuna II to leave for Cuba afterwards. Lucky turns him down but, after getting the blame for the crime, decides to track down the thieves with Andamo in danger and Lt. Rovacs hot on his heels.

Wednesday, September 16 - Ghost Squad: Death from a Distance

Ghost Squad: Death from a Distance (Season 1 Episode 9 - aired Nov 4, 1961)

Recruited into the GS team on a special mission to ensure the safety of a visiting president. Det. Insp. Brett's methods raise a few eyebrows - none higher than than Craig's, who asks if the newcomer is all that he seems.

Tuesday, September 15 - The Arnelo Affair

The Arnelo Affair (1947)

A lawyer's wife starts an affair with a mobster but is confronted by his other flame who ends up murdered and the adulterous wife is set up to take the blame for the killing.

Monday, September 14 - Say It in French

Say It in French (1938)

A couple with money woes arrange a financially motivated marriage between their golf-pro son and a wealthy heiress. Little do they know, their son has already been wed while playing a tournament in France.

Sunday, September 13 - We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again (1934)

In Santa Barbara, California, the formerly wealthy Page family tries to stave off bill collectors and repossessors for three days until Carolyn marries a rich man.

Saturday, September 12 - I Want You

I Want You (1951)

In the "early summer of 1950", Martin Greer is the engineer for a small construction company, Greer and Sons, working with his father. An Army combat engineer for four years during World War II, he and wife Nancy have two young children. Employee George Kress asks Martin to write a letter to the Selective Service System stating that his son, George Jr., is "indispensable" for their company and thus exempt from the draft. Martin reluctantly refuses, and George Jr. joins the Army at the beginning of the Korean War.

Martin's younger brother Jack is in love with college student Carrie Turner, daughter of a judge who is on the local draft board. Despite a trick knee that got him deferred once before, he is drafted. Jack suspects that her father, who feels his daughter can do better, is the reason. Jack and Martin's mother, who lost a son during the last war, asks Martin to write an "indispensable" letter for his brother; he seriously considers it, but does not do so, and Nancy criticizes Jack for his reluctance to serve. Jack joins the Army, where he briefly sees George Jr. before the latter goes to Korea.

George Jr. is listed as missing in action, although his fate isn't revealed, and his father drunkenly blames Martin. Harvey Landrum, Martin's commander in World War II, reenlists and asks Martin to join him, as engineers who know how to build airstrips are scarce. Eligible for exemptions, he initially declines, then agrees, over his wife's objections. Jack and Carrie marry during a furlough before he also goes overseas.

Friday, September 11 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Millionaire's Daughter

Gideon C.I.D.: The Millionaire's Daughter (Season 1 Episode 21 - aired Nov 20, 1966)

A rich American family arrives in London with a charming boyfriend for their daughter they met on the trip over. They never suspect he's part of an elaborate plot to kidnap their daughter until it's too late, and the parents are conflicted as to calling in Scotland Yard for help.

Thursday, September 10 - The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs (1938)

Well-to-do gentleman Paul Wagner seeks to romance attractive Rosalind Brown, while her wealthy father will not allow it. Therefore, Paul manipulates a resident skullery maid to gain access to the Brown household and appear to Rosalind. However, the scullery maid falls in love with Paul and, ultimately, he her.

Wednesday, September 9 - There Goes My Girl

There Goes My Girl (1937)

Jerry and Connie, ace reporters for rival newspapers, get engaged, and their employers try every trick in the book to break them up. When they are sent to cover a murder case, their professional competition threatens to drive them apart.

Tuesday, September 8 - The Get-Away

The Getaway Original title: The Get-Away (1941)

To get to the bottom of a string of bank heists, FBI agent Jeff Crane (Robert Sterling) goes deep undercover in a federal penitentiary. There, he earns the respect of hardened convict Sonny Black (Dan Dailey Jr.) by instigating a riot. After assisting in a daring jailbreak, the lawman is closer than he's ever been to learning the identities of Black's criminal associates. But Crane gets in over his head when he falls for Black's beautiful sister, Terry (Donna Reed).

Monday, September 7 - Blondie on a Budget

Blondie on a Budget (1940)

Blondie Bumstead is having trouble balancing the family budget, particularly as she wants to buy a new fur coat. Her husband Dagwood also needs money for the membership fee of a fishing club he wants to join.

Blondie becomes jealous when she finds Dagwood with an overfamiliar old friend, Joan Forrester, and begins to suspect that they are having an affair. After Dagwood wins money in a competition he decides to buy Blondie a fur coat, but uses Joan to try it on for size.

Blondie sees them in the shop together and mistakenly thinks he is buying it for Joan. She decides to leave Dagwood for good, only to have a last minute change of heart.

Sunday, September 6 - Adam Adamant Lives!: Beauty Is an Ugly Word

Adam Adamant Lives!: Beauty Is an Ugly Word (Season 1 Episode 12 - aired Sep 15, 1966)

A deadly virus has been discovered by accident and naturally it is almost immediately stolen. Adamants only clue requires him to witness the tail end of a beauty contest won by none other than Georgina Jones. Sinoda, owner of the Café Val Deum and organizer of the monthly contest offers Georgie a chance to build the world anew after the virus cleanses it of ugliness.

Saturday, September 5 - The Richest Girl in the World

The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

Dorothy Hunter (Miriam Hopkins), the richest girl in the world, has never shown her face to the public. When she arrives in America, Dorothy switches places with her secretary, Sylvia (Fay Wray), to avoid the press. But after Dorothy's fiancé (George Meeker) proclaims his love for another woman, she wonders if any man can love her for more than her money. Still disguised as a secretary, Dorothy falls for Tony (Joel McCrea) and puts him through a series of tests to prove his affections.

Friday, September 4 - Romance in Manhattan

Romance in Manhattan (1934)

Young Czech immigrant Karel Novak (Francis Lederer) loses the small amount of money he has when he attempts to enter the United States and ends up penniless on the streets of New York at the height of the Great Depression. Sympathetic chorus girl Sylvia Dennis (Ginger Rogers) and her teenage brother, Frank (Jimmy Butler), take pity on the young man, but their attempts to help him cause unwanted trouble for themselves that could get the orphaned Frank sent to a foster home.

Thursday, September 3 - Wetbacks

Wetbacks (1956)

About to lose his sole possession, his boat, for lack of payments, ex- Coast Guardsman Jim Benson takes a gamble on a fishing charter and removes the boat from the dock despite a sheriff's seizure order. But Jim finds himself with a loudmouthed drunk, Shanks, and his companion, Sally. To avoid paying for the fishing excursion, Shanks stages a fight with Jim and, when Jim puts him ashore at a small Mexican port, Shanks takes off, stranding both Jim (who is out of gas as well as cash) and Sally.

The two begin to become "friends in need" and are put up by Alfonso, local innkeeper who is a friend of Jim's. But the town is the base of operations for a gang, led by Bodine and Ortega, who smuggle illegal aliens into California for a profit. Learning of Jim's plight, they offer him money to run 'just one' shipment of these 'wetbacks' across the border - then blackmail Jim to continue working for them. Sally tries to persuade him to tell the police, but he is too afraid and plans to run away, so Sally reveals a secret which she intends to make him want to stay and fight to clear his name.

Wednesday, September 2 - Love on the Run

Love on the Run (1936)

In the company of reporter Michael Anthony, American heiress Sally Parker flees her planned wedding to Prince Igor; Sally is unaware of Mike's detestable occupation. The two steal an airplane that is part of a spy plot and discover secret plans. They are pursued by the spies as well as by Mike's pal Barnabas, who wants a piece of the hot news story.

Tuesday, September 1 - It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

Private eye Guy Johnson (James Stewart) is charged with tracking every move of boozing tycoon Willie Heyward (Ernest Truex) -- and ensuring that the mogul comes to no harm. But Guy runs into trouble when, after a bender, Heyward is accused of murder and Guy gets roped in as an accessory. Desperate to prove his innocence, Guy makes a daring escape from a prison train and, while on the run, kidnaps poet Edwina Corday (Claudette Colbert), who gradually warms to his cause.

Monday, August 31 - Maigret: My Friend the Inspector

Maigret: My Friend the Inspector (Season 1 Episode 8 - aired Dec 19, 1960)

On the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles, a shabby old drunk is murdered after boasting of his friendship with Inspector Maigret. Maigret remembers him as a small-time pimp he once arrested, long ago - but who killed him?

Sunday, August 30 - The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride (1934)

Gold-digging chorus girl Mary marries the head of a bootlegging syndicate, gangster "Shoots" Magiz, but his illegal liquor business goes down the drain when Prohibition is repealed, and Shoots is knocked off by rival Daniel Dingle.

Mary, looking for a new sugar daddy, hooks up with Dingle, and when Dingle is removed from the scene by Mickey "The Greek" Mikapopoulis, transfers her attention to him in return for a "trust fund."

All the time, fast-talking straight-shooter Jimmy "Office Boy" Burnham, Shoots' former bodyguard and errand boy, has looked after Mary, passing her advice and snappy remarks whenever needed. In the end, Mary and Office Boy end up together but only after "Merry Widow Mary" gives away all the dirty money she was given.

Saturday, August 29 - Highway Patrol: Rabies

Highway Patrol: Rabies (Season 2 Episode 39 - aired Jul 1, 1957)

Widow Alice Marshall and her little girl Kathy are traveling on an extended vacation in their station wagon. Kathy is bitten on the cheek by a puppy at a gas station and the bite goes unreported until the dog shows symptoms of rabies four days later. Because of the proximity of the wound to the little girl's brain, Dr. Elliott of the health department advises Dan Mathews that it is critical that they locate Kathy immediately in order to begin emergency life-saving inoculations. Their task takes on increasing difficulty and urgency because of the ever-changing nature of Alice and Kathy's trip and the rural character of the area, which provides few indications as to their destination or whereabouts. Finally, a tip from a snack stand operator leads them to a remote fishing camp where Alice Marshall had enjoyed a final vacation with her late husband.

Friday, August 28 - Honey West: Just the Bear Facts, Ma'am

Honey West: Just the Bear Facts, Ma'am (Season 1 Episode 28 - aired Mar 25, 1966)

After a stunt woman dies in a suspicious accident on a studio lot, Honey is hired to take her place as well as investigate her death. Soon Honey herself becomes the target of a series of so-called accidents. Sam also goes undercover wearing a bear costume.

Thursday, August 27 - Interpol Calling: Air Switch

Interpol Calling: Air Switch (Season 1 Episode 10 - aired Nov 15, 1959)

The appearance of a valuable antibiotic on the black market poses a mystery for Interpol when the American manufacturer insists none has gone missing. Duval examines the stock delivered to Sweden: apparently intact, correctly sealed and all accounted for, he finds the packages containing nothing but bottles of water. He has the next consignment closely watched to try and uncover where, how and by whom the substitution has been made.

Wednesday, August 26 - Cinderella Jones

Cinderella Jones (1946)

Struggling singer Judy Jones (Joan Leslie) discovers she's entitled to a multimillion-dollar fortune -- as long as she can live up to the terms of her late uncle's will. To collect her inheritance, Jones must marry a genius. Jones ditches her boyfriend, humble bandleader Tommy Coles (Robert Alda), and matriculates at an elite university for the super-intelligent. On campus, Jones struggles to win the heart of a dashing professor, Bartholomew Williams (William Prince).

Tuesday, August 25 - Ghost Squad: Assassin

Ghost Squad: Assassin (Season 1 Episode 8 - aired Oct 28, 1961)

The Prime Minister of a small eastern European country is assassinated and an Innocent American is being framed for it. Craig, under cover as a (tractor) salesman, finds that a cabinet minister is plotting a communist takeover.

Monday, August 24 - Party Girl

Party Girl (1958)

Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks. Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise.

Sunday, August 23 - Jeopardy

Jeopardy (1953)

Helen and Doug Silwin go on a holiday to Mexico with their young son Bobby. They spend a night in Tijuana and then gas up in Ensenada before they begin the long drive to the very tip of the Baja peninsula. Doug wants to take his family to a special beach he and an old army buddy once stayed at.

The countryside is desolate and they only people they meet are at a police road block but they get little information and are soon on their way. They get to the beach safely but in a strange turn of events, Doug finds himself trapped when part of the pier collapses and he is unable to free his foot.

With the tide coming in, Helen sets off to find some help and thinks she's found it when she runs into an American, Lawson. She soon realizes that Lawson is on the run from the law and that he will demand a high price from her to help them.

Saturday, August 22 - Too Many Wives

Too Many Wives (1937)

Seeking a reporter job to impress society girl Betty (Anne Shirley), dog-walker Barry Trent (John Morley) bursts into the office of editor Mansfield (Dudley Clements) demanding work -- but is instead hired to deal with irate clients. Having exaggerated his qualifications and told a few lies in order to appear mature, Barry is mortified when Mansfield informs Betty's wealthy father that he's married and has a family. But Barry is forced to continue lying to keep his job and stay near Betty.

Friday, August 21 - Gideon C.I.D.: A Perfect Crime

Gideon C.I.D.: A Perfect Crime (Season 1 Episode 20 - aired Mar 6, 1966)

A stockbroker, Todd, has joined forces with a safe cracker, Casey, and are breaking open the safe of a wealthy couple when they are disturbed by the Italian au pair. Todd beats the woman seriously and she eventually dies. The next night, they are disturbed by the police committing another robbery and Casey is arrested. His wife goes after Todd looking for the money Casey is owed but then she is killed. The problem is getting Casey to grass on his accomplice. It becomes more complicated when he has a self-inflicted injury, which his lawyer blames on Gideon.

Thursday, August 20 - Maigret: A Man of Quality

Maigret: A Man of Quality (Season 1 Episode 7 - aired Dec 12, 1960)

The story follows Inspector Maigret as he travels to a small town called Sancerre to solve a mystery. A man named Emile Gallet has been found shot dead. As Maigret digs deeper, he discovers that the victim was living a double life and went to extreme lengths to protect his family's lifestyle.

Wednesday, August 19 - The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay (1940)

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt (George Raft) sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda (Joan Bennett), testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma (Lloyd Nolan), who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan (Walter Pidgeon), who knows nothing about her past.

Tuesday, August 18 - Weekend for Three

Weekend for Three (1941)

A young married couple's weekend is interrupted by the arrival of a brash, loud-mouthed acquaintance of the wife, who knew her before her marriage. He immediately proceeds to turn their life upside-down, despite their best efforts to politely get rid of him. Complications ensue.

Monday, August 17 - Highway Patrol: Hostage Copter

Highway Patrol: Hostage Copter (Season 2 Episode 38 - aired Jun 24, 1957)

Ted Ellis and Ed Kane's planned robbery of Ralph O'Shea's roadside diner goes awry when Ellis nervously shoots O'Shea after he sees him reaching for a gun. The two are forced to flee, taking O'Shea's 22-year-old daughter Kathy along as a hostage. The area is rough and mountainous, so Dan Mathews elects to use the Highway Patrol helicopter to pursue the two felons and their hostage. When Ellis and Kane see that they are being followed, they abandon Kathy and steal another woman's convertible in a panic-stricken attempt to escape the helicopter. After Dan finds that the women are unharmed, he forces a showdown with Ellis and Kane by ordering the helicopter to land on a dirt road just ahead of their stolen vehicle.

Sunday, August 16 - Honey West: Little Green Robin Hood

Honey West: Little Green Robin Hood (Season 1 Episode 27 - aired Mar 18, 1966)

Hired to protect a gated community after a rash of burglaries, Honey and Sam discover a deluded burglar who actually believes that he is Robin Hood. They decide to humor him not only because they fear he will only confess the location of the hidden jewels to someone he trusts but also because they suspect that someone is directing the weak-minded thief.

Saturday, August 15 - The Sun Sets at Dawn

The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)

A young man faces execution in a state's brand-new electric chair while maintaining his innocence. As reporters gather and technical glitches delay the execution, a twist reveals the real killer just in time.

Friday, August 14 - Interpol Calling: Dead on Arrival

Interpol Calling: Dead on Arrival (Season 1 Episode 9 - aired Nov 8, 1959)

The body of a Nato courier is found on the Istanbul-Paris express on its arrival, setting Interpol the problem of solving exactly where in one of half a dozen countries the crime was committed. Duval suspects the killer wanted only one thing - the courier's identity and uninterrupted passage through to Paris. He retraces the dead man's journey on the same train, and is surprised to find the courier was not alone - information that someone wants to keep from Duval at all costs.

Thursday, August 13 - He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife (1940)

T.H."Randy" Randall and Valerie Randall are divorced but friendly, but not to the extent she doesn't have him jailed for non-payment of alimony. His attorney, Bill Carter, suggests that the only way out of his financial strain is for him to get Valerie married off to someone else.

Dizzy matron Ethel thinks that is a good idea and arranges a week-end party at which Valerie is to be paired off with likely-prospect Paul Hunter. Plans are disrupted when free-loading Freddie crashes the party and makes a heavy move on Valerie, and she likes it, mostly because Randy doesn't.

Carter can't see any problem - a husband is a husband - but Randy is so certain that Freddie is bad news that he decides to win her back and remarry her himself, since he has also decided that he still loves her.

Wednesday, August 12 - Thirty Day Princess

Thirty Day Princess (1934)

On her way to New York to find financial backing for her impoverished country, the Ruritanian Kingdom of Taronia, Princess "Zizzi" Catterina (Sylvia Sidney) falls ill with the mumps and has to be quarantined for a month. In desperation, financier Richard Gresham (Edward Arnold), who is planning to issue $50 million in Taronian bonds, hires unemployed lookalike actress Nancy Lane (also portrayed by Sidney) to impersonate the princess, and offers her a large bonus if she changes the mind of the chief opponent of the financial transaction, newspaper publisher Porter Madison III (Cary Grant).

Tuesday, August 11 - Adam Adamant Lives!: Death by Appointment Only

Adam Adamant Lives!: Death by Appointment Only (Season 1 Episode 11 - aired Sep 8, 1966)

Adamant's investigation of the murder of several businessmen leads him to investigate the Eve Escort Agency. Against his wishes, Georgie also tries to infiltrate the agency as an employee.

Monday, August 10 - Maigret: Liberty Bar

Maigret: Liberty Bar (Season 1 Episode 6 - aired Dec 5, 1960)

Superintendent Maigret is sent to Antibes to elucidate the murder of William Brown, a rich Australian who regularly disappeared to indulge in formidable drinking binges. In his footsteps, Maigret makes the rounds of bars until discovering the Liberty Bar, its welcoming patroness La Grosse Jaja and its equivocal clientele. It is without a doubt here that the key to the murder is to be found.

Sunday, August 9 - A Tragedy at Midnight

A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)

This Republic murder mystery starts with a radio broadcast by Greg Sherman who solves cases on the air that the local police cannot solve. As he names the perpetrator of a recent murder we see the criminal, who is listening to the show, become alarmed and start to make his escape. The scene shifts to the police department where the chief, fearing for his job, assigns officers to get something, anything, on Sherman and get him off the air.

Meanwhile, Greg and his pretty wife Beth are parting company. He's going to a party and she's going to visit her pregnant sister in the hospital. The next morning Greg wakes up and nudges his sleeping wife. When she doesn't respond, he pulls off the covers and finds not his wife but a strange woman, dead and with the murder knife still sticking up out of her back.

While he's still recovering from the shock, Beth walks into the bedroom. Thinking that she has discovered her husband with another woman, she leaves and calls the police. The police are delighted of course, but Greg escapes as they are arresting him. Now he must solve the mystery by himself.

(Apparently, Jim the reviewer fell asleep at this point, because Sherman doesn't actually have to solve the mystery by himself; he and his wife get back together and solve it together. I fell asleep a bit later, so I can't report on anything beyond this point, either.)

Saturday, August 8 - They Made Me a Killer

They Made Me a Killer (1946)

After his brother is killed in an accident, Tom Durling quits his job and drives across country. He gives an attractive girl a ride and is subsequently forced at gun point to be the driver in a bank robbery. During the crime another innocent man, Steve Reynolds, is involved and killed in the escape. After a high-speed chase, the car crashes and Durling is knocked unconscious. The bandits get away, the police arrest Durling and refuse to believe that he isn't one of the robbers.

Durling escapes the police then later teams with Reynolds' sister in an attempt to prove his innocence. The trail leads to a small roadside diner where the two end up finding the gang hiding out in the building's basement. They go undercover, she as a waitress and Durling joining the gang. In the end, they trick the criminals into confessing their crimes. Durling's reputation is saved, and the criminals, led by a Ma Barker-type mom, get shot up.

Friday, August 7 - Ghost Squad: Still Waters

Ghost Squad: Still Waters (Season 1 Episode 7 - aired Oct 21, 1961)

The jewels from a series of robberies around the world are known to be sent to Amsterdam to be recut before being sold on. Craig joins the organisation as a diamond cutter.

Thursday, August 6 - The Long Night

The Long Night (1947)

The narrative unfolds through an intricate web of flashbacks—and even flashbacks within flashbacks. The story centers on Joe Adams, a WWII veteran and factory worker who shoots and kills a dapper, mysterious traveling magician named Maximilian. Following the shooting, Joe barricades himself inside his third-floor apartment as police surround the building. Pinned inside during the overnight siege, Joe reflects on the tragic twists of fate and overlapping love triangles that drove him to murder, specifically involving a naive young woman and a worn-out showgirl.