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.

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.

Monday, May 11 - Ghost Squad: Hong Kong Story

Ghost Squad: Hong Kong Story (Season 1 Episode 3 - aired Sep 23, 1961)

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.

Sunday, May 10 - Honey West: Slay, Gypsy, Slay

Honey West: Slay, Gypsy, Slay (Season 1 Episode 24 - aired Feb 25, 1966)

When a wealthy man is kidnapped, Honey traces his whereabouts to a caravan of Gypsies whose leader, Darza, is more than he seems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Interpol Calling: You Can't Die Twice (Season 1 Episode 6 - aired Oct 18, 1959)

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.

Monday, May 4 - Highway Patrol: Double Cross

Highway Patrol: Double Cross (Season 2 Episode 35 - aired Jun 3, 1957)

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.

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

Gideon C.I.D.: The Tin God (Season 1 Episode 14 - aired Nov 7, 1964)

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.

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

Adam Adamant Lives!: Allah Is Not Always with You (Season 1 Episode 5 - aired Jul 21, 1966)

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.

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.

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

Prime Suspect: Tennison - Episode 5 (Season 1 Episode 5 - aired Jul 9, 2017)

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.

Prime Suspect: Tennison - Episode 6 (Season 1 Episode 6 - aired Jul 9, 2017)

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.

Wednesday, April 29 - Prime Suspect: Tennison: Episode 4

Prime Suspect: Tennison: Episode 4 (Season 1 Episode 4 - aired Jul 2, 2017)

The case escalates when Eddie Philips' body is discovered in the canal, and Bradfield suspects they're looking at a double murder.

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

Prime Suspect: Tennison (Season 1 Episode 1 - aired Jun 25, 2017)

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.

Prime Suspect: Tennison(Season 1 Episode 2 - aired Jun 25, 2017)

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.

Prime Suspect: Tennison(Season 1 Episode 3 - aired Jul 2, 2017)

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

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

Reilly: Ace of Spies: Prelude to War (Season 1 Episode 2 - aired Sep 7, 1983)

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.

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

A Touch of Frost: Mistaken Identity: Part 1 (Season 9 Episode 1 - aired Jan 27, 2002)

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?).

A Touch of Frost: Mistaken Identity: Part 2 (Season 9 Episode 2 - aired Jan 28, 2002)

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.

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

Wednesday, April 22 - Carry on Admiral

The Ship Was Loaded (Original title: Carry on Admiral - 1957)

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.

Tuesday, April 21 - Goliath and the Barbarians

Goliath and the Barbarians (Original title: Il terrore dei barbari - 1959)

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.

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.

Sunday, April 19 - Bourbon Street Beat: Interrupted Wedding

Bourbon Street Beat: Interrupted Wedding (Season 1 Episode 37 - aired Jun 20, 1960)

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.

Saturday, April 18 - Interpol Calling: The Long Weekend

Interpol Calling: The Long Weekend (Season 1 Episode 5 - aired Oct 11, 1959)

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.