Saturday, May 12 - The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair (1966)

Special agent Charles Dobbs (James Mason) is stunned to find out a man he interviewed and gave clearance for a high security position has committed suicide. Things at home aren't going so well for Dobbs either with an adulterous wife. Assigned a retired detective (Harry Andrews) to help investigate the suspicious death Dobbs begins to find out some sordid truths close to home.

Friday, May 11 - The Case of the Black Parrot

The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)

Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.

Thursday, May 10 - The History of Mr. Polly

The History of Mr. Polly (1949)

Alfred Poly is a timid young man who reads and enjoys a life of leisure. His daydreaming losses him job after job and he finds his daydreams all he's left with. After the death of his father he marries a girl because it seems the right thing to do and they plan to open a shop together. 15 years later he is married to an abusive spiteful wife and feeling trapped in his little life. Plans to burn his shop down and kill himself led him to become a hero and decide to strike out to make a new life for himself.

Wednesday, May 9 - Double Feature! Tales of the Unexpected: Mr. Botibol's First Love

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

Mr. Botibol's First Love
S2, Ep13
May 24, 1980

Mr. Botibol has built a small concert hall in his house where he conducts imaginary recitals to gramophone records. In a music shop he meets Irene, a fellow music lover, and invites her to join in one of his concerts. Unfortunately, she can genuinely play the piano, which sours the mood for Mr. Botibol. Imagination is all to him.

Wednesday, May 9 - Foyle's War: The French Drop

Foyle's War (2002– )

The French Drop
S3, Ep1
Oct. 24, 2004

February 1941: Foyle again pursues a position that would allow him to contribute more to the war effort. But a local murder investigation sidetracks this endeavor as Foyle finds himself caught between rival spy organizations. A mysterious body in an abandoned book shop draws him into an intricate web of SOE espionage and illusion where he must use all his ingenuity to avoid becoming fatally ensnared.

Tuesday, May 8 - Maniac

Maniac (1963)

An American painter has an affair with a bar owner is a French village and agrees to help her murderer husband escape from a prison for the criminally insane.

Monday, May 7 - Kill Me Tomorrow

Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)

Stodgy drama starring Pat O'Brien as a washed-up reporter who turns up at his ex-boss's house to ask for money to fund his son's operation, only to find him dead on the floor. Since O'Brien knows the identity of the culprit, he offers to take the rap in return for the money he needs.

Sunday, May 6 - France's Greatest Detective

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France's Greatest Detective
Season 1, Episode 18
(16 May 1955)

The true story of Alphonse Bertillon, a brilliant clerk for the French Police, who revolutionizes criminal investigation by instituting scientific methods to identify criminals. By studying and measuring bone structures and body features, his methods lead to the capture and conviction of over 7,000 criminals. His later attempts to use the ancient scientific method of fingerprinting for criminal investigations for the first time in France, soon proved to be even more effective in solving crimes.

Saturday, May 5 - Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)

Set against a violent labor strike, the narrative about life and lowlife in 1950’s Brooklyn winds between union big-shot Harry (Stephen Lang) involved in a clandestine affair with a drag queen (Alexis Arquette), an average working man whose oldest daughter is pregnant, and a local prostitute (Jennifer Jason Leigh) whose livelihood depends on rolling johns with her pimp boyfriend.

Friday, May 4 - Spin a Dark Web

Spin a Dark Web (1956)
Soho Incident (original title)

A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang.

Tuesday, May 1 - Thursday, May 3 - The Murder of Mary Phagan

The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
TV Mini-Series

From a true story. In Atlanta in 1913, a 13-year-old girl is murdered in the factory where she works. The factory manager, a Jew named Leo Frank, is convicted and sentenced to hang. Georgia Governor John Slaton suspects that Frank may have been railroaded by public desire for revenge and hatred of Frank's religion and northern (US) ties. But as a rising politician, Slaton also knows that to violate such strong public opinion by questioning the judgment would be political suicide.

Monday, April 30 - The Secret of Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray (1970)

Dorian Gray, from the great novel by Oscar Wilde, lives in London during 1960's. He's beautiful, he's charming and he's totally depraved. Just like in the book, but here there is much more of eroticism.