Thursday, October 15 - Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man (1946)

A nightclub singer is caught between a big-time gangster and a tough Broadway columnist.

Wednesday, October 14 - Public Hero #1

Public Hero Number 1 Original title: Public Hero #1 (1935)

Before the movie starts (!), ambitious FBI agent Jeff Crane (Chester Morris) accepts an undercover assignment in a federal penitentiary. Instructed to gather information on kingpin and fellow inmate Sonny "Dinkie" Black (Joseph Calleia), (and now the movie has started) Crane orchestrates a successful prison break and earns himself an invitation into Black's inner circle. 

As Crane moves up the ranks in Black's gang, his growing love for the ruthless gangster's straitlaced sister, Terry (Jean Arthur), further complicates an already dangerous job.

Tuesday, October 13 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Rhyme and the Reason

Gideon C.I.D.: The Rhyme and the Reason (Season 1 Episode 5 - aired Oct 24, 1964)

Winifred Norton is found stabbed to death after an argument with her boyfriend, Bill Rose. Bill is immediately targeted by police because his knife and footprints are found at the murder scene. Bill claims he is set up and judged unfairly because he is a Mod.

Bill's sister Mary—who is friends with Commander George Gideon's daughter—asks Gideon to look into the case. Gideon and Detective Chief Inspector David Keen dig deeper, uncovering witness inconsistencies and pointing toward Winifred's stepfather, Fred Norton.

Monday, October 12 - Maigret: The Cactus

Maigret: The Cactus (Season 1 Episode 12 - aired Jan 16, 1961)

When one of his men is wounded outside an apartment house, Maigret checks in as a guest so he can investigate undercover.

Sunday, October 11 - Bride by Mistake

Bride by Mistake (1944)

The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter (Laraine Day), a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood (Marsha Hunt), and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis (Alan Marshal), who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.

Saturday, October 10 - The Animal Kingdom

The Animal Kingdom (1932)

Successful and passionate publisher Tom Collier (Leslie Howard) marries socialite Cee Henry (Myrna Loy) despite loving his open-minded mistress, Daisy Sage (Ann Harding). As Tom becomes an established member of the upper class, his deceitful wife convinces him to publish books solely for profit and sacrifice his intellectual pursuits. When Daisy sees what Tom has become, she criticizes his transformation, forcing him to choose between staying with Cee and following his heart.

Friday, October 9 - One More Tomorrow

One More Tomorrow (1945)

Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the ownership of The Bantam, a liberal magazine which opposes everything his family represents. As Tom and Christie's relationship deepens, love blooms and he proposes to her. Realizing that she could never fit in with Tom's social circle, Christie says no, a decision she later regrets. But Tom isn't left alone for long--scheming gold-digger Cecelia Henry wastes no time in catching Tom on the rebound and forcing him into a disastrous marriage.

Thursday, October 8 - The Youngest Profession

The Youngest Profession (1943)

Lively teen Joan Lyons and her best friend, Patricia Drew, are dedicated autograph seekers who run around New York City attempting to meet celebrities. Deceived by trouble-making governess Miss Featherstone, Joan is distracted from her star-chasing by concerns over her parents' marriage. This leads Joan to hire a muscle man named Dr. Hercules to flirt with her mother, which only results in more misunderstandings.

Wednesday, October 7 - Having Wonderful Time

Having Wonderful Time (1938)

Office worker Teddy (Ginger Rogers) tries to get over a love affair turned sour by vacationing at a summer mountain resort. She pretends to be more cultured and sophisticated than she really is, but her act is challenged by a handsome waiter named Chick (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.). She also befriends Miriam (Lucille Ball) and Henrietta (Eve Arden), whose screwball personalities prevent Teddy from getting too full of herself. As everyone pursues romance, the resort soon becomes a hotbed of drama.

Tuesday, October 6 - Honey West: There's a Long, Long, Fuse A'Burning

Honey West: There's a Long, Long, Fuse A'Burning

Honey and Sam try to establish a retired robber's innocence when a copycat uses his old m.o. of diverting attention with a bomb blast

Monday, October 5 - The Saint: The Charitable Countess

The Saint: The Charitable Countess (Season 1 Episode 12 - aired Dec 20, 1962)

Simon Templar arrives in Rome and attends a high society charity ball hosted by Countess Kristina Rovagna, quickly suspecting the fund-raising efforts are a sham. After a young street thief named Franco is struck by a taxi driver named Marco de Cesari, Simon takes the boy in and learns from Father Bellini that the orphanage is receiving only a fraction of the donations. Simon identifies Aldo Petri as a central figure in the embezzlement and confronts the Countess with her vaudeville past. He wagers that he can steal her valuable necklace to cover the missing funds, pulling off a daring dinner party heist with the help of Franco and his gang.

Sunday, October 4 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Reluctant Witness

Gideon C.I.D.: The Reluctant Witness (Season 1 Episode 24 - aired Apr 26, 1966)

The Carter brothers run a garage but mainly deal in stolen cars. A nosy neighbour, Tiny Bray, is determined to catch them doing something illegal in revenge for being falsely imprisoned. He contacts Gideon with news of some important evidence but is severely beaten and killed by Syd Carter before he has a chance to give the information. A young woman is a witness but is too afraid to give evidence. Gideon and Keen lay a clever trap for him and he is arrested. Red Carter, his brother, swears revenge and sets out to have the witness killed and his brother released.

Saturday, October 3 - Interpol Calling: The Chinese Mask

Interpol Calling: The Chinese Mask (Season 1 Episode 12 - aired Nov 29, 1959)

A plane is hijacked by one of the passengers, flying it to an abandoned airstrip to steal its cargo of platinum. Duval flies to Hong Kong in search of the suspect, Chu Luan - but with the net closing in he manages to stay one step ahead of the authorities. When the trail leads to a dead end, Duval begins to wonder if the evidence is all it appears to be.

Friday, October 2 - The Saint: The Man Who Was Lucky

The Saint: The Man Who Was Lucky (Season 1 Episode 11 - aired Dec 13, 1962)

Simon Templar (Roger Moore) is asked by bookmaker Marty O'Connor to intervene after a criminal threat puts Marty and Cora in danger. Their trouble grows when gangster Lucky Joe Luckner's protection scheme targets their business and personal safety. Inspector Claude Teal investigates Luckner's activities but struggles to find enough evidence to stop him through official channels. Simon takes a personal approach, using strategy and pressure to challenge the criminal operation surrounding the frightened couple.

Thursday, October 1 - Maigret: The Experts

Maigret: The Experts (Season 1 Episode 11 - aired Jan 9, 1961)

Maigret is alarmed when American Mafia gangsters come to Paris to execute a hit.

Wednesday, September 30 - Practically Yours

Practically Yours (1944)

When a young pilot, Daniel Bellamy, is presumed dead after crash-bombing an enemy aircraft carrier, the footage of the crash and his presumably final reminiscence of walking in the park with 'Piggy' and kissing her on the nose is sent back home. A typographical error in transcribing his words becomes a tribute to heroism, while a girl who worked in his office, Peggy, is thought to be the object of his secret love. 

However, Dan returns home and in order to save embarrassment for both the girl and himself, he tries to maintain the pretense. Dan reveals that he was not speaking of a girl but of his dog. A series of comical mishaps ensue, leading to a resolution of the misunderstanding.

Tuesday, September 29 - Ghost Squad: Million Dollar Ransom

Ghost Squad: Million Dollar Ransom (Season 1 Episode 10 - aired Nov 11, 1961)

In Sweden to receive a Nobel Prize for physics, an American scientist is drugged and concealed in a car entered in a cross-Europe endurance race. The squad has to find them before it takes a turn into communist territory.

Monday, September 28 - The Saint: The Golden Journey

The Saint: The Golden Journey (Season 1 Episode 10 - aired Dec 6, 1962)

Simon Templar forces his friend's demanding fiancée on a grueling hundred-mile trek across rural Spain without privileges, to cure her vanity.

Sunday, September 27 - Gideon C.I.D.: Boy with Gun

Gideon C.I.D.: Boy with Gun (Season 1 Episode 23 - aired Feb 27, 1966)

The story follows Chris Kirk (played by Howard Knight), a timid, 15-year-old boy. He has been given a gun by his demanding police surgeon father who is trying to toughen him up. When a local hoodlum threatens Chris with a knife, the frightened boy shoots him. Thinking the hood may be dead, and terrified of his father's reaction, Chris runs away, prompting a police search led by Commander Gideon.

Saturday, September 26 Maigret: On Holiday

Maigret: On Holiday (Season 1 Episode 10 - aired Jan 2, 1961)

Mme. Maigret is hospitalized with appendicitis whilst on holiday. While visiting her, Maigret finds an anonymous note in his coat pocket asking him to check on a young female patient in room 15, leading him to investigate a dark local tragedy.

Friday, September 25 - The Saint: The Effete Angler

The Saint: The Effete Angler (Season 1 Episode 9 - aired Nov 29, 1962)

Simon Templar takes a fishing trip in Miami Beach with a flirtatious married woman and uncovers a smuggling operation orchestrated by her wealthy husband.

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.