Wednesday, July 1 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Coming, Mama

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Coming, Mama (Season 6 Episode 26 - aired Apr 11, 1961)

Lucy Baldwin rushes home when she hears her mother has taken ill but by the time she arrives, her mother seems fine. It seems that her mother is very possessive and the doctor confirms to Lucy that her mother faked the attack only because she was out with her friend, Arthur. It seems that her mother has done this before and Arthur, who very much wants to marry Lucy, tells her she has only until the next day to choose between him or her mother. Desperate to get out of her predicament Lucy decides to take drastic action, but with unanticipated results.

Tuesday, June 30 - The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

An oil baron (Eugene Pallette) stops his daughter, Jane Winfield (Bette Davis), from eloping to Las Vegas with a band leader (Jack Carson) by hiring hard-up charter plane pilot Steve Collins (James Cagney) to "kidnap" her for a tidy "ransom." Furious at her abduction, Jane attempts to parachute from the plane, forcing Steve to land in the desert near the town of Bonanza -- where, along with Pop, the town's lone inhabitant, Steve works to keep Jane grounded until he can collect his fee.

Monday, June 29 - The Dark Past

The Dark Past (1948)

When a detective scoffs at his suggestion that an 18-year-old criminal be referred for psychiatric examination Dr. Andrew Collins, the police psychiatrist, tells him the story of his encounter with Al Walker. Walker had a history of violence and killed the prison warden during an escape. He and his gang took the Collins family and their friends hostage. But, when Dr. Collins learns that Walker has a violent recurring dream, he offers to help him decipher the dream and determine exactly what has driven him to a life of crime and violence.

Sunday, June 28 - The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps (1951)

Released from prison after serving two years on a check-forging charge, Mildred Lynch changes her name to Diane Stuart and moves to Los Angeles. Parole officer Joan Willburn finds Diane a job at a hospital. However, Diane steals Joan's boyfriend Larry Collins and hides the relationship from Joan and her past from Larry. When Joan learns of the affair, she warns Diane that to marry, she must first seek approval from the parole board, which will be obligated to inform Larry.

Despite all of the help that she has received from Joan, Diane accuses Joan of trying to sabotage her romance and her parole after Diane is arrested for a drug theft at the hospital that she did not commit. Larry informs Diane that Joan has caused the charges to be dismissed.

Saturday, June 27 - Interpol Calling: Diamond S.O.S.

Interpol Calling: Diamond S.O.S. (Season 1 Episode 7 - aired Oct 25, 1959)

Duval is on the trail of a female con artist who poses as a celebrity buying jewellery, and escapes by being arrested by two fake policemen. After the embarrassment of trying to arrest a genuine princess, checking enquiries at a press agency gives Duval a new lead. A narrow escape in Rome sees the fraudster escape again, but abandon her luggage. Her expensive, tailor-made clothes give Duval another chance when she comes to Paris for replacements.

Friday, June 26 - Decoy: Shadow of Van Gogh & Tin Pan Payoff

Decoy: Shadow of Van Gogh (Season 1 Episode 34 - aired Jun 2, 1958)

Struggling artist becomes obsessed with Van Gogh, dressing like him and painting like him. When he is innocently coaxed into illegally copying a Van Gogh original, Casey, investigating the sale of the forgery, must find out who hired him.

Decoy: Tin Pan Payoff (Season 1 Episode 35 - aired Jun 9, 1958)

Casey investigates the murder of a songwriter.

Thursday, June 25 - The Footloose Heiress

The Footloose Heiress (1937)

Kay Allyn (Ann Sheridan) is the spoiled daughter of eccentric advertising tycoon John C. Allyn (Hugh O'Connell). To win a $5,000 bet with a friend, Kay must wed society boy Jack Pierson (William Hopper) before midnight on her 18th birthday. As Jack has no means of supporting himself, her father is not impressed, and tries to foil his daughter's plans with the aid of hobo Bruce 'Butch' Baeder (Craig Reynolds). Taking a shine to the young man, the tycoon creates a job for him as a radio copy man, and Kay eventually falls for him. An added attraction is that hobo Bruce turns out to be the son of a famous Boston advertising millionaire.

Wednesday, June 24 - Maigret: Murder in Montmartre

Maigret: Murder in Montmartre (Season 1 Episode 1 - aired Oct 31, 1960)

After a young woman reports a threat of murder to the police, Maigret finds himself mixing with Montmartre lowlifes to investigate the death of a stripper.

Tuesday, June 23 - Down to Their Last Yacht

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

After the stock market crash of 1929, the Colt-Stratton family is forced to rent their yacht to the nouveau riche at the behest of Nella Fitzgerald, including gambler Barry Forbes and his sidekick Freddy Finn. When Freddy rigs the yacht's roulette wheel to respond to his saxophone, he is caught, but moments later, Captain "Sunny Jim" Roberts runs the yacht aground on the South Sea Island of Malakamokolu, ruled by Queen Malakamokalu, a White woman, who takes the passengers as forced labor. Tiring them, she offers to release them if Barry stays to marry her. However, once she hears Freddy play his saxophone, she falls in love with him and plans to blow up the yacht with a bomb. Barry manages to rescue the passengers, not the boat, and they accept their new home in the tropics.

Monday, June 22 - Ghost Squad: The Broken Doll

Ghost Squad: The Broken Doll (Season 1 Episode 5 - aired Oct 7, 1961)

Beautiful British blondes keep turning up murdered in Marseilles, all were nightclub entertainers at a club who's owner is obsessed with blondes and making dolls of them.

Sunday, June 21 - The Golden Arrow

The Golden Arrow (1936)

A penniless reporter agrees to a marriage of convenience with a (supposed) wealthy socialite heiress to fend off her opportunistic suitors.

Saturday, June 20 - Adam Adamant Lives!: The Last Sacrifice

Adam Adamant Lives!: The Last Sacrifice (Season 1 Episode 8 - aired Aug 25, 1966)

Lord Pearmain's exclusive parties routinely end with sacrificial ceremonies and lead to blackmail of high ranking government employees. When Adamant investigates and Georgina takes a job as a domestic at Pearmain Hall, both end up in danger of being the next victim.

Friday, June 19 - Lucky Nick Cain

Lucky Nick Cain (Original title: I'll Get You for This - 1951)

American gambler Nick Cain arrives at the Mediterranean town of San Paola, and befriends an orphan Italian shoe-shine boy named Toni. He is puzzled by the reception and welcome he receives from the management of the casino until he finds he has been framed on a charge of murdering a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly and they flee to a deserted village where he leaves Kay to hide out. Nick gets aid from a mysterious character named Massine, whom he suspects of trying to collect the reward offered on his capture. Nick discovers that the men responsible for the agent's death are members of an international counterfeiting ring, using the casino to pass the bogus money.

Thursday, June 18 - Gideon C.I.D.: Fall High Fall Hard

Gideon C.I.D.: Fall High Fall Hard (Season 1 Episode 16 - aired Jan 16, 1965)

There is corruption in the building industry. It is being engineered by one of the co-owners of a building company and a henchman that he employs. A clerk for a building company had been murdered and another clerk is bribed to perjure himself in court. The other co-owner was unaware of what was going on and confronts his partner when he finds out. There is another murder as the criminals attempt to cover their tracks.

Wednesday, June 17 - The Green Buddha

The Green Buddha (1954)

International crook Wolf Frees and his partner, Percy Herbert, steal the "Green Buddah," a priceless eastern-art object, while it is on a display-exhibition in London. Frees double-crosses Herbert and forces Wayne Morris, the owner of a small charter-plane company to fly him to Glasgow. During the flight, the two men struggle and the plane crashes. Morris then sets out to find the Buddah and claim the reward to pay for his wrecked plane. During his search, Morris Meets and falls in love with nightclub singer Mary Germaine. The search for the fence who has the Buddah ends up a roller-coaster at an amusement park.

Tuesday, June 16 - The Man Is Armed

The Man Is Armed (1956)

Framed by another man BEFORE THE MOVIE STARTS, truck driver Johnny Morrison serves a year in prison BEFORE THE MOVIE STARTS. After his release, Johnny confronts the man HE THINKS FRAMED HIM, Mitch Mitchell, who plunges off a roof to his death.

Johnny then learns that his former employer, Hackett, was ACTUALLY the one who set him up as a fall guy. Hackett claims it was a test of loyalty, and since Johnny passed, he now stands to earn $100,000 for helping Hackett pull off the robbery of an armored transport company.

Johnny's old girlfriend, Carol Wayne, still has feelings for him, even though she has been seeing Mike Benning, a young doctor. While the death of Mitchell is investigated by police Lt. Coster as a homicide, Johnny and three other thugs pull off the heist.

Unable to get the loot to Hackett due to roadblocks, Johnny hides out. Hackett GETS THE MONEY FROM JOHNNY, THEN DOUBLE-CROSSES AND SHOOTS HIM and TRIES TO buries the money on his family farm, but the JOHNNY catches up to him. A wounded Johnny knocks out Mike and abducts Carol, GOES TO THE FARM, CAROL CONVINCES HIM TO GIVE HIMSELF UP, BUT HE collapses and dies after a few steps. Mike leads Carol away as the cops WHO ARE ALREADY THERE arrive.

Who writes this stuff? Don't you think if you're going to write the summary of a movie you should WATCH THE MOVIE!

Monday, June 15 - Mister Cinderella

Mister Cinderella (1936)

Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he's come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. He'll send barber Joe Jenkins in his place to a dinner party aimed at squeezing a few Merriweather millions. That Cinderella plan soon turns into a pumpkin coach with the wheels fallen off.

Sunday, June 14 - Highway Patrol: Hired Killer

Highway Patrol: Hired Killer (Season 2 Episode 37 - aired Jun 17, 1957)

A professional killer from Chicago comes into Dan Mathews' jurisdiction to murder the Santell brothers before they can testify against a racketeer.

Saturday, June 13 - Marry the Girl

Marry the Girl (1937)

The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. David "Party" Partridge, the general manager née flunky, has three tasks to get accomplished; he has to get Mike Forrester, the syndicates best cartoonist, on the water wagon and back to work; he must persuade Dr. Stryker, an eccentric writer on psychiatry, to sign a new contract' and, most importantly, he must prevent Virginia Radway, whom he loves him himself, from marrying Dimitri Kyeff, no shrinking violet in the eccentric department himself.

Friday, June 12 - Tokyo File 212

Tokyo File 212 (1951)

U.S. intelligence agent Jim Carter (Lee Frederick) is sent to Japan in 1951 to investigate a Communist cell supporting North Korea disguised as a reporter (Carter is in disguise, not the Commie cell). His college friend Taro Matsuto (Katsuhiko Haida) has been spotted at their rallies and both the American and Japanese governments want to stop him. He meets European immigrant Steffi Novak (Florence Marly) who now works as a "tour guide" (heh, heh. We're not real sure what all she does) for foreigners. As Carter works with Taro’s father Mr. Matsuto (Tatsuo Saitō) and ex-girlfriend Namiko (Reiko Otani) to find Taro, the commies plan continues to have deadly consequences.

Thursday, June 11 - Meet the Missus

Meet the Missus (1937)

Emma Foster (Helen Broderick) spends all her time entering contests and sweepstakes, much to the annoyance of her husband, Otis (Victor Moore). He ends up doing all the household chores but is too henpecked to say anything. When Emma finally wins a contest and is chosen to be an entrant in the Mrs. America competition, Otis must tag along and secretly do all the domestic tasks required of the contestants. But Otis may finally have been pushed too far.

Wednesday, June 10 - Bourbon Street Beat: Teresa

Bourbon Street Beat: Teresa (Season 1 Episode 39 - aired Jul 4, 1960)

Rex is asked by Jan Dennison to help find her brother Brad. Brad has been involved with Mara, owner of a casino and who has shady connections. The father of Jan and Brad is one of the wealthiest men in Louisiana, and is certain to disown Brad if he learns of Brad's relationship with Mara. It turns out Brad went to see Mara on her privately owned island -- where she has been hosting (for a $50,000 fee) two hoods who've pulled off a $250,000 bank robbery. Rex and Jan need to find Brad as Hurricane Teresa is bearing down on Louisiana -- and moving up the Mississippi River and heading toward Mara's island.

Tuesday, June 9 - Ghost Squad: High Wire

Ghost Squad: High Wire (Season 1 Episode 4 - aired Sep 30, 1961)

Elite undercover agent Nick Craig (played by Michael Quinn) goes deep undercover to investigate a criminal syndicate. He adopts the disguise of a daring "Wall of Death" motorcycle stunt rider. Using this thrilling cover, he successfully infiltrates a dangerous gang responsible for a string of highly audacious robberies.

Monday, June 8 - It Pays to Advertise

It Pays to Advertise (1931)

Eugene Pallette is a soap tycoon who tires of son Norman Foster's feckless carousing, and so pays big-eyed blonde secretary Carole Lombard to lure him into the world of work. Foster then enlists "Skeets" Gallagher's go-getting ad man to make his new '13 Soap' (which doesn't technically exist) the biggest brand in the country.

Sunday, June 7 - City of Shadows

City of Shadows (1955)

12-year-old Danny meets up with Big Tim. a hoodlum wannabe running slot machines. 10 years later, Big Tim is a mob kingpin and Danny is his consiglieri, although still in law school-but first love interferes with his budding mob career.

Saturday, June 6 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Alibi Man

Gideon C.I.D.: The Alibi Man (Season 1 Episode 15 - aired Apr 24, 1965)

A racing car driver accidentally kills his accountant over some missing money. With the help of his mechanic, the driver proceeds to cover up the crime by establishing alibis. Gideon knows that they're guilty, but proving it is difficult.

Friday, June 5 - The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher (1950)

A young man visits a bleak-looking mansion in the English countryside where his friend Lord Roderick Usher lives with his sister Lady Madeline. They are both mysteriously ill and he discovers that they are suffering from a curse caused by their father which will lead to them both dying shortly, resulting in the downfall and end of the ancient family of Usher.

Thursday, June 4 - Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat (1938)

Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, is the chief assistant to Rufus Trent, wealthy London loan broker. He has allowed himself to become engaged to the Rufus' daughter, Roberta, the match engineered primarily by socially-ambitious Mrs. Trent.

As Michael is closing the shop in the late afternoon, a man named Douglas takes out a large loan, using his niece's (Julie Evans) earring as a deposit. He scurries right off with the money but, to his dismay, Michael finds that the earrings are fastened to Julie's ears and can not be removed. Much to his socially-prominent position he is very disgusted as he must now keep a guard of her. Soon, he finds himself in jail and Julie has his flat keys.

Julie spends the night in his flat, and Michael gets out of jail in time to hurry home where Julie is just leaving. His fiancée Roberta shows up, and Roberta isn't thrilled to find another woman leaving Michael's apartment early in the morning, so the engagement is broken. This delights her father. Actually, it kind of delights Michael but he is a gentleman and wouldn't say so.

Wednesday, June 3 - The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch (1941)

John Hathaway is a professor of psychology at Digby College. His students are bored as he is with them. He leaves college to go to New York to have his manuscript on jealousy published. John and his wife Julie go to Elliott Morgan Publishing to discuss his book. Being that it is highly technical and boring, Nellie Woods wants to focus on the small part about couples that she thinks will sell. But it soon becomes apparent that everyone is more intrigued by Julie than the book. Elliott tries to make advances on Julie while Nellie is more interested in John than his book. Julie, however, is worried about John, while John, who wrote the book on jealousy, seems oblivious to it and thinks that he knows everything about jealousy.

Tuesday, June 2 - Adam Adamant Lives!: To Set a Deadly Fashion

Adam Adamant Lives!: To Set a Deadly Fashion (Season 1 Episode 7 - aired Aug 11, 1966)

The Italian Vice Consul's wife drops dead in Adam Adamant's arms, leading him to investigate a string of similar deaths. It soon transpires her dress was bugged and booby-trapped by fashion designer Roger Clair. But by the time Adam learns this, Georgina is already wearing one of Roger's creations.

Monday, June 1 - Confession

The Deadliest Sin (Original title: Confession - 1955)

The story follows Mike Nelson (Sydney Chaplin), a thief who returns home to England from America with stolen cash. He falls out with a fellow American gang member over the loot, resulting in a physical struggle and a fatal shooting.

A devastating chain of events is set off when a devout young man accidentally gets involved in the scuffle and confesses the crime to a Catholic priest, Father Neil. Bound by the absolute secrecy of the confessional seal, the priest cannot share what he knows with the police. As the real criminal realizes the priest holds his secret, Father Neil is marked for murder, creating an intense, ticking-clock conflict.

Sunday, May 31 - Edge of Fury

Edge of Fury (1958)

Confused, brittle, and psychopathic, young Richard Barrie (Michael Higgins) rents a beach cottage to share with a middle-aged woman (Lois Holmes) he just met three weeks earlier (in a supermarket) and her two daughters, sexy Louisa (Doris Lesette) and sweet Eleanor (Jean Allison)

A psychopathic young beachcomber pretends to befriend a mother and two daughters living at their summer home.

Saturday, May 30 - The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man (TV Movie 1964)

A gunman travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras to avenge his murdered friend. He devises a scheme to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible, only to realize he is being manipulated in a deadly double-cross.

The film is loosely based on Dorothy B. Hughes' 1947 novel Ride the Pink Horse

Friday, May 29 - By Candlelight

By Candlelight (1933)

Josef is the valet for Count von Rommer and well-trained in his master's philandering ways. Mistaken for the Count by Marie, a maid whom he thinks is an aristocrat, Josef shows her a merry time at the Count's Monte Carlo villa. Meanwhile, the Count escapes a situation with Countess von Rischenheim when her husband Count von Rischenheim makes an unscheduled appearance, by posing as the butler.

Thursday, May 28 - Affair in Reno

Affair in Reno (1956)

Bill Carter (played by John Lund) has been tasked by a wealthy tycoon to travel to Reno, Nevada. His mission is to carry $100,000 to bribe and dissuade an opportunistic gambler from marrying the tycoon's daughter. To protect Carter and the money, the tycoon also hires Nora Ballard (played by Doris Singleton), a sharp female detective. As they navigate various scrapes and complications in Reno, a romance begins to develop between the PR man and the detective.

Wednesday, May 27 - Honey West: The Fun-Fun Killer

Honey West: The Fun-Fun Killer (Season 1 Episode 25 - aired Mar 4, 1966)

Honey and Sam must solve the murder of a toy manufacturer killed by an oversize toy robot made by his own company.

Tuesday, May 26 - Mr. Lucky: The Gladiators

Mr. Lucky: The Gladiators (Season 1 Episode 20 - aired Mar 5, 1960)

Mr. Lucky and Andamo volunteer to be in charge of an up-and-coming,wealthy,Ivy League boxer until a charitable "Fight-Night" event is completed.The manager of the opponent does not want to take any chance of his fighter losing a title shot-Lucky's man must take a dive or else.

Monday, May 25 - Highway West

Highway West (1941)

Claire Foster (Brenda Marshall) elopes with George (Arthur Kennedy) after a brief courtship (and before the movie starts!), believing he is a wealthy businessman. Shortly after, she discovers he is actually a violent bank robber fleeing a nationwide manhunt. During a police shootout, George is wounded and sentenced to life in prison. Claire flees to California and operates a roadside motel and café on Highway 99, never mentioning her criminal husband and beginning to date a local man. Three years later, George escapes from prison and arrives at the motel to hide out, threatening to expose her if she doesn't cooperate.

Sunday, May 24 - Dulcy

Dulcy (1940)

Sweet but ditzy Dulcy Ward (Ann Sothern) is instantly taken with inventor Gordon Daly (Ian Hunter), and she's determined to help him sell his prototype for an airplane engine. As luck would have it, Roger Forbes (Roland Young), the father of her brother's fiancée, might be in the market for such an item. Dulcy invites Roger and his family for a getaway in the mountains, where she'll spring her sales pitch. Unfortunately, her scheme ends up jeopardizing her brother's marriage.

Saturday, May 23 - Doorway to Suspicion

Doorway to Suspicion (1954)

American band-leader in Germany marries girl working for "The Party". She is kidnapped into Eastern Zone, but in return the band-leader kidnaps the girlfriend of a Russian General.

Friday, May 22 - Crow Hollow

Crow Hollow (1952)

A story of a newly-wed wife of a young doctor who goes to live with him in an oppressive old house where various mysterious attempts are made on her life.

Thursday, May 21 - Guilt Is My Shadow

Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)

On the outskirts of the little village of Welford in Devon lives a young farmer. He lives alone, undisturbed by strangers and prefers it that way. But when his nephew, who is on the run from the police, arrives with his gentle young wife, a series of tragic events is set in motion.

After a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.

A woman is haunted by her conscience after she kills a man and hides the body.

Wednesday, May 20 - Adam Adamant Lives!: The Terribly Happy Embalmers

Adam Adamant Lives!: The Terribly Happy Embalmers (Season 1 Episode 6 - aired Aug 4, 1966)

The conveniently-timed deaths of a number of rich businessmen appear to have taken place shortly before they were due to receive large tax demands, arousing the suspicions of the Inland Revenue. The only common factor seems to have been their psychiatrist; Adam Adamant, posing as a harassed financier, makes an appointment with the man, who concludes from his patient's unusual mental history that he is suffering severe delusions and takes the opportunity to prescribe a stay at a sinister health resort.

Tuesday, May 19 - Bride for Sale

Bride for Sale (1949)

Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.

Monday, May 18 - Highway Patrol: Narcotics

Highway Patrol: Narcotics (Season 2 Episode 36 - aired Jun 10, 1957)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thursday, May 14 - Marilyn

Roadhouse Girl (Original title: Marilyn - 1953)

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.

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.