Friday, May 22, 2026

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.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

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


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.

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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.

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.