Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Monday, May 18 - Highway Patrol: Narcotics


The owner of a centrally-located roadside diner is murdered so that heroin sellers can use his business as a "front" for distributing the drug to pushers.

Monday, May 18, 2026

Sunday, May 17 - End of the Road

End of the Road (1944)

A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder" is innocent of the crime. He believes he knows who the actual culprit is, and sets out to befriend the man and get enough evidence to prove that he is the real killer.

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Saturday, May 16 - The Lady Has Plans

The Lady Has Plans (1942)

Dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattooed them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Friday, May 15 - The Monkey's Paw

The Monkey's Paw (1948)

A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, and that wish is granted by a charm made from a severed monkey's paw.

Friday, May 15, 2026

Thursday, May 14 - Marilyn


Drifter mechanic Tom Price lusts after the seductive Marilyn, the young wife of an ill-tempered garage owner called George Saunders. When the mechanic (not the mechanic - the owner) is accidentally killed, a cover-up ensues.

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Wednesday, May 13 - The Scarlet Hour

The Scarlet Hour (1956)

An extramarital couple overhear two men plotting the robbery of a local mansion, Paulie begins spinning a web in her mind: she’ll coax Marshall into robbing the robbers as they leave the scene so the two of them can run away and live off the proceeds. Not unexpectedly, things take a deadly turn.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Tuesday, May 12 - Ruby Gentry

Ruby Gentry (1952)

Ruby (Jennifer Jones) is a poor Southern girl who hopes to marry a rich man. Her boyfriend, Boake (Charlton Heston), doesn't think she's the marrying type, but wealthy businessman Jim Gentry (Karl Malden) happily makes her his bride. After Gentry dies in a suspicious accident, Boake renews his interest in Ruby, even though it seems as if she was responsible. Her unstable brother, Jewel (James Anderson), however, believes she must atone for her sins.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Monday, May 11 - Ghost Squad: Hong Kong Story


Nick poses as a crooked navigator to join a sleazy airline crew that's been smuggling in the far east, and is quick to murder anyone, including their own men to stay in business.

Monday, May 11, 2026

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Saturday, May 9 - Larceny, Inc

Larceny, Inc (1942)

When ex-convict Pressure Maxwell (Edward G. Robinson) is denied the loan he was seeking in order to start his own business, he resolves to rob the bank instead. With the help of his pals Jug Martin (Broderick Crawford) and Weepy Davis (Edward Brophy), he engineers a car accident to raise enough money to buy the luggage store next to the bank. The group then begins burrowing through the basement into the bank, but their plans are disrupted by the unanticipated success of their business.

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Friday, May 8 - Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions (1945)

After receiving his military discharge, Monty Brewster (Dennis O'Keefe) learns that his deceased uncle has left him $8 million -- with the odd stipulation that he must spend $1 million of it before noon of his 30th birthday. With two months before the day, Monty, who must also remain single and keep the terms secret, mystifies and then angers his fiancée, Peggy (Helen Walker), by postponing their wedding before discovering just how difficult it can be to spend a million dollars.

Friday, May 8, 2026

Thursday, May 7 - The Story of Molly X

The Story of Molly X (1949)

After gang leader Rick is killed, his wife Molly takes over his gang but a robbery goes wrong and Molly finds herself in jail where she undergoes a personal transformation.

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Wednesday, May 6 - Kill Her Gently

Kill Her Gently (1957)

Two convicts who have just escaped from prison are picked up by a motorist. He recognizes the men from descriptions given of them on the radio, but instead of turning them over to the police, he proposes to hire them to murder his wife.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Tuesday, May 5 - Interpol Calling: You Can't Die Twice


A sailor is knocked down and killed in New York, where his papers show him to be a criminal known to be dead. When his true identity - a refugee last seen at a camp in Austria - is established, Duval suspects a people-trafficking ring may be at work. Anxious to expose the gang's methods, he enlists the help of an undercover detective to act as bait.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Monday, May 4 - Highway Patrol: Double Cross


Bonded messenger Henry Wigram is betrayed and murdered by John Grolier, his accomplice in a plot to steal a $20,000 payroll. Planning to abscond with all the money, Grolier is unpleasantly surprised to learn that Wigram had previously handed the money off to his wife Alma before the two men met to stage a fake "robbery". Dan Mathews and his officers are surprised when Alma seems more distracted than upset when she learns that her husband is missing and they deduce that she knows more about the situation than she is letting on. Alma underestimates Grolier's ruthlessness when she tries to use the money as leverage to learn her husband's whereabouts. When Dan finds Alma's murdered body at the Maple Leaf Motel, he realizes that Grolier has probably gone to the Wigram home to search for the money. Dan heads quickly to the Wigram home, where an armed confrontation with the frustrated and desperate Grolier becomes inevitable.

Monday, May 4, 2026

Sunday, May 3 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Tin God


Two criminals escape from Strangeways Prison with a carefully executed plan. One, Benson, is a violent gangster who kills a car park attendant during the escape. He has sworn vengeance on his wife for helping the police. His son, however, idolises him and believes he was falsely accused. The escapees are helped by their friends to get to London to help him with his plan of revenge. He abducts his son to make his wife sick with worry.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Saturday, May 2 - Adam Adamant Lives!: Allah Is Not Always with You


After a strange girl comes to Adam, dying, from a gambling club, he goes there, and Miss Jones takes a job as a waitress. The owner is scheming to next kill an Arab sheik and set his weak son up to replace him.

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Friday, May 1 - The Great Garrick

The Great Garrick (1937)

Celebrated 18th-century British actor David Garrick (Brian Aherne) receives an invitation from the Comédie-Française in Paris, but they mistakenly hear that he's planning to give them acting lessons. Insulted, the troupe arranges to stay at his inn and put on an outlandish performance to convince him of their acting skills. When Countess Germaine de la Corbe (Olivia de Havilland), who is fleeing an arranged marriage, shows up, Garrick thinks her romantic advances are part of the plot.

Friday, May 1, 2026

Thursday, April 30 - Prime Suspect: Tennison - Episodes 5 & 6


Jane plays the radio recordings to Bradfield, who diverts the whole team to carry out surveillance of the Bentleys, despite orders from his superior officer to stay focused on the murder case.


In the aftermath of explosion at bank vault, the police operation descends into pandemonium and panic. As Jane arrives at the scene, she is met with devastating news.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Tuesday, April 28 - Prime Suspect: Tennison: Episodes 1-3


When the body of teenager Julie Ann Collins is found in the underground car park of a Hackney housing estate, probationer WPC Jane Tennison becomes immersed in her first murder investigation.


The team establish that Julie Ann was last seen getting into a red Jaguar. This leads them to Homerton Hospital Drug Unit where they interview receptionist, Teresa O'Duncie.


Following the revelation of the red Jaguar in George and Mary Collins' garage, the pair protest their innocence about their daughter's final days.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Monday, April 27 - Reilly: Ace of Spies: Prelude to War


Despite his personal misgivings about the destabilizing effect of a war between Russia and Japan, Reilly is pressured into helping the Japanese in launching a surprise sneak attack against Port Arthur. His chief contribution to the operation is handing over the plans of the Russian mine fields guarding the harbor. He doesn't lose the opportunity that this insider information gives him, and he capitalizes on the knowledge by acquiring large stores of cement, coal, lumber, and other indispensable war materials. The master spy also is not surprised to find out that his neglected wife Margaret has been having an affair with his subordinate Greenberg.

Monday, April 27, 2026

Sunday, April 26 - A Touch of Frost: Mistaken Identity


An unidentified body is found in the local reservoir, and a couple fall victim to a ruthless killer in their own home. Meanwhile, Frost is assigned a new female partner who he fails to get along with (he actually gets along with her just fine. Who writes this crap?).


Frost uncovers two previous deaths associated with the case he has been investigating, but it turns out the initial suspect died in prison a year earlier.

Friday, April 24, 2026

Thursday, April 23 - The Reckoning

The Reckoning (1932)

Terry, a crook, and his moll Judy try to go straight, but Terry's boss will not release him. When Judy gets a regular job working for a millionaire, Terry's boss Doc robs his safe, but he is killed in the ensuing struggle. Judy and Terry are suspects until the detective, who witnessed the robbery, clears them

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Wednesday, April 22 - Carry on Admiral


Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Tuesday, April 21 - Goliath and the Barbarians


Set in the 6th century, it follows the start of barbarian invasions and deals with one group that attacks a village and destroys anyone and anything that is there. One man, Emiliano, son of the village leader, is away at the time of attack. He swears revenge and wages a one-man war against the evil tribes. He also is helped by the survivors and his sister Lynda. He wears a lion head mask to instill fear into the hearts of the barbarians.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Monday, April 20 - The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend Eddie, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. Helen admits her drunkenness caused their son's death. He pulls a gun on her but decides she's not worth it. Later, Helen is found dead and Johnny is the prime suspect.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Sunday, April 19 - Bourbon Street Beat: Interrupted Wedding


Rex is best man at a friend's wedding interrupted by a bomb threat meant for the bride's father. Rex and fellow PI, BJ, investigate twin brothers tied to the father's past.

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Saturday, April 18 - Interpol Calling: The Long Weekend


Duval is set to leave for the weekend when a puzzling report comes in: the body of a seaman has been found washed up at Dover, just seven days after being reported lost overboard in the Mediterranean. As more information comes in, Duval must piece together what happened to the late John Talbot; staying late in his office, the final clue comes from a bottle of wine.

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Friday, April 17 - Four's a Crowd

Four's a Crowd (1938)

Errol Flynn plays a PR dynamo who rigs a toy train race to win a grumpy millionaire (Walter Connolly) as a client -- and tries to win the millionaire's granddaughter (de Havilland) too. As big-city newspaper types, Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles join Flynn and de Havilland to make a madcap love quadrangle. All four end up in front of a justice of the peace, but who's with whom?

Friday, April 17, 2026

Thursday, April 16 - The Way Out

The Way Out (Original title: Dial 999 - 1955)

Greg Carradine tells his wife Terry that he has accidentally killed a man during a drunken fight. Terry tries to hide Greg, despite finding out that he in fact deliberately killed the man – a bookmaker to whom he owed money. Wanted by the police, Greg tries to flee the country via "The Way Out", a secret escape route for criminals. But he panics, and the police catch up with him.

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Wednesday, April 15 - The House in Marsh Road

The House in Marsh Road (1960)

A novelist and his sexy lover plot to kill the novelist's wife so he can inherit her fortune including her house that happens to be haunted.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Tuesday, April 14 - Ghost Squad: Bullet with My Name on It


In Rome, Craig changes places with an American soon to testify in a big racketeering trial back in the states, and the target of ruthless hit men.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Monday, April 13 - Mr. Lucky: The Tax Man


A company which has scheduled a party on the Fortuna II is undergoing an IRS tax audit. The owner, knowing fraud will be eventually discovered, decides to buy time by "tipping" the Tax Agent into starting an investigation of Lucky's.

Monday, April 13, 2026

Sunday, April 12 - Adam Adamant Lives!: The Sweet Smell of Disaster


Benjamin Kinthly steals a secret formula with the intention of making the entire UK addicted to the smell of his washing detergent 'Cloud 7'. Even Georgie and Simms become infatuated, leaving it to Adam Adamant to find the antidote before it's too late.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Saturday, April 11 - Subway in the Sky

Subway in the Sky (1959)

Baxter Grant, an American soldier in West Berlin, deserts and goes on the run when faced with false drug trafficking and murder charges. He takes shelter with cabaret singer Lilli Hoffman, whom he manages to persuade to help prove his innocence.

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Friday, April 10 - City of Chance

City of Chance (1940)

Girl reporter Julie Reynolds (Lynn Bari) attempts to infiltrate a crooked gaming establishment by pretending to be a naïve girl from Texas. Julie's plans go awry, however, when one of the owners, Steve Walker (Donald Woods), recognizes her as his childhood sweetheart. Although Steve's mentor, The Judge (C. Aubrey Smith), warns him of the consequences, the young man insists on resuming his relationship with Julie, a decision that almost costs him his life when rival gangster Marty Connors (Richard Lane) decides to move in on the operation. But Steve and Julie pull a fast one on Marty and The Judge skips the City of Chance on a floating casino.

Friday, April 10, 2026

Thursday, April 9 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Woman's Help


When Elizabeth Burton catches her nurse pulling double duty with her husband, she fires the nurse and demands that husband Arnold find new candidates. She gladly hires an elderly applicant, but still might get a surprise.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Wednesday, April 8 - The Sign of the Ram

The Sign of the Ram (1948)

The matriarch of an English family uses her disability to cynically manipulate all those around her. She coldly destroys a daughter's relationship with a man she truly loves, and her machinations almost drive the son's fiance to suicide. As the family realizes what she is doing, she becomes even more calculating - and mentally unbalanced.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Tuesday, April 7 - The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)

American scientist Frank Smith, played by Anthony Quayle, is honeymooning in London with his new bride Eve Trent (Zsa Zsa Gabor). What the authorities don't know is that Frank and Eve are secret agents, bound and determined to pick up germ-warfare information from Hungarian scientist Horvad (Leonard Sachs). By prearranged agreeement, Smith will relay this information, and the purpose of his mission, to one man and one man only. His self-enforced silence proves to be a severe handicap when Eve is murdered and Smith is unable to provide an alibi for himself. It is up to lady lawyer Mary Randall to defend the close-mouthed Smith in court.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Monday, April 6 - Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business (1941)

Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother, a mismatch which eventually grows into real love.

Monday, April 6, 2026

Sunday, April 5 - Interpol Calling: The Two-Headed Monster

Interpol Calling: The Two-Headed Monster (Season 1 Episode 4 - aired Oct 4, 1959)

Deported from the United States back to his native Italy, the police are convinced convicted racketeer Johnny Stefano is up to something - and call in Interpol when he appears to ally himself with gangsters from across Europe. Duval must find exactly how his protection racket works, and discovers a clue in Stefano's past - and in a minor break-in in Paris.

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Saturday, April 4 - The Big Punch

The Big Punch (1948)

New York City boxer Johnny Grant has been ordered by his manager to throw his next match, but Johnny double-crosses him and knocks out his opponent instead. To even the score, the manager kills a police officer and frames Johnny for the murder.

Johnny leaves town and hides out with pastor Chris Thorgenson in a small Pennsylvania town. Johnny phones his girlfriend Midge Parker and asks that she hire a private detective to clear his name. Chris helps him secure a bank job, but Johnny is blackmailed into robbing the bank. Johnny refuses and plots to run away, but Chris stops him.

A police chief identifies Johnny as the wanted killer. Karen Long convinces the chief to let them find the real murderer, and she and Chris travel to New York to help with the search. The real killer is revealed, and now that his name has been cleared, Johnny returns to New York.

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Friday, April 3 - Gideon C.I.D.: Gang War


Jerry Blake leads a gang of thugs that is determined to move into the territory of another gang lead by Frank Romano. They wreck the shop of barber Tony Mazzo and demand he change who he pays protection money to. Lead by his wife, Lollo, Frank seems reluctant to retaliate that upsets his gang members. Instead, Lollo wants to seduce Henry Waldo, who works at a bank and is in charge of burning old money. Gideon is brought in by the local constabulary to end the gang warfare, which could escalate when Blake stabs one of Romano's gang.

Friday, April 3, 2026

Thursday, April 2 - Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment (1950)

Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Hayward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married and leave for his ranch in the west. Kay makes one difficult adjustment after another as Chris' kids preside over the ranch. Then, an incident occurs with a neighbor that prompts Kay to return to her glamorous life in New York. But she soon finds that her heart is with Chris and his children.

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Wednesday, April 1 - Bourbon Street Beat: Reunion


A girl runs away from a girls' school to see her estranged father. The father turns out to be Big Tom Lanza, a prominent mobster. Lanza's enemies try to turn the situation to their advantage. Cal Calhoun has been hired to track down the girl but finds himself in the middle of more than he bargained for. Calhouns soon fins not only the girl but her principal are in peril -- and he may not survive the case, either.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Tuesday, March 31 - Take One False Step

Take One False Step (1949)

Prof. Andrew Gentling, in Los Angeles to help found a new college, is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive. Next day Catherine is missing, believed killed; friend Martha convinces Andrew that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested. But this only puts Andrew in a more deadly kind of danger.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Monday, March 30 - Ghost Squad: Ticket for Blackmail


Disguised as a rich Texas oil man, Craig takes a very exclusive French bus tour that has a track record of blackmail and murder for it's posh clientèle.

Monday, March 30, 2026

Sunday, March 29 - Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train (1945)

While in a train halted at a station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder committed in a nearby building. When she goes to the police they think she's read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help with her sleuthing.

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Saturday, March 28 - Adam Adamant Lives!: More Deadly Than the Sword


A highly placed intelligence officer has been jeopardised by oriental blackmailers. Adamant is sent to Tokyo and finds a geisha house where clients are regularly compromised by hidden cameras.