Monday, October 26 - Adam Adamant Lives!: The Village of Evil

Adam Adamant Lives!: The Village of Evil (Season 1 Episode 15 - aired Oct 6, 1966)

On holiday in the country, Adam comes to a mysterious old inn near a rundown village, where the residents are secretly members of a murderous coven of Satan-worshiping witches and warlocks.

Sunday, October 25 - King of the Zombies

King of the Zombies (1941)

During World War II, a small plane off the south coast of America is low on fuel and blown off-course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The easily-spooked manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts. Exploring, the three find a voodoo ritual in the cellar, where the doctor is trying to acquire war intelligence by transferring personalities into his zombies. But the interruption causes the zombies to turn on their creator.

Saturday, October 24 - Dead Men Walk

Dead Men Walk (1943)

The story involves a kindly small-town physician, Doctor Lloyd Clayton, who has secretly murdered his twin brother Elwyn, because of Elwyn's deep involvement in satanic occult practices. Only Elwyn's hunchback assistant Zolarr suspects the good doctor of doing away with his master and confronts him, but the doctor maintains that he only acted in self-defense when his brother had become a danger to society.

Meanwhile, because Elwyn had gone far with his study of the dark arts before his demise, he returns to life as an evil supernatural being who begins murdering the villagers by draining them of their blood. The doctor and his beautiful young niece, Gayle Clayton, and her fiancé Dr. David Bentley, soon discover that Elwyn is still alive, and are in peril for this knowledge.

Dr. Clayton realizes the only way he can help his niece is to kill Elwyn again, and plans to destroy him with fire. Clayton becomes trapped in the resulting conflagration, and along with Elwyn and Zolarr perishes in the flames of Elwyn's accursed library.

Friday, October 23 - The Veil: Vision of Crime

The Veil: Vision of Crime (Season 1 Episode 1 - aired 1958)

While on a boat trip to Paris, a man has a vision in which he sees his brother murdered. He returns to England to discover that his brother has been killed and that a man he knows isn't the murderer is the prime suspect.

Thursday, October 22 - Guest Wife

Guest Wife (1945)

Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing.

On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife.

In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.

Wednesday, October 21 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Nightlifers

Gideon C.I.D.: The Nightlifers (Season 1 Episode 26 - aired Jan 9, 1965)

A group of bored and rich young people go from endless pot and booze parties aboard a houseboat to violent crimes in the city. Their creepy leader has an obsessive hate for middle class morality, and calls their misdeeds "giggles".

Tuesday, October 20 - Night Into Morning

Night Into Morning (1951)

 Philip Ainley is a respected English professor whose life shatters when his wife and son die in a domestic fire explosion. Struggling with deep grief and refusing to open up, he turns heavily to alcohol. Despite support from his friend Tom and department secretary Katherine, Ainley spirals toward a drunk driving incident and an eventual suicide attempt before intervention saves him.

Monday, October 19 - Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)

Janet Smith (Gloria Talbott) learns that she is not only the daughter of the infamous Dr. Henry Jekyll, but is convinced by her guardian, Dr. Lomas (Arthur Shields), that she has inherited her father's transformative condition. Janet begins to believe that she turns into a monster after two local women are found horribly killed[2] and nearly takes her own life because of it. However, all is not what it seems.

Sunday, October 18 - Dead of Night

Dead of Night (1945)

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

Saturday, October 17 - The Seventh Victim

The Seventh Victim (1943)

When her older sister Jacqueline disappears, Mary Gibson is forced to leave her private school and decides to travel to New York City to look for her. A bit naive and out of her depth, she is not sure how to go about finding her. Eventually she meets Gregory Ward, her sister's husband, and a mysterious psychiatrist, Dr. Louis Judd, who claims to know of Jacqueline's whereabouts. What she doesn't realize is that her sister became involved with devil worshipers who now want to eliminate her for revealing their existence.

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.