Sunday, October 13, 2013

Saturday, Oct. 12 - The Other

The Other (1972)

In the summer of 1935, 9-year-old twins Niles and Holland Perry live with their family on a Connecticut farm. Their loving grandmother Ada has taught them something called "the game." A number of accidents begin happening, and it seems to Niles that Holland is responsible. It is Ada who begins to see the truth, and she is the only one who can stop this macabre game of murder.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Wednesday, Oct. 9 - The Rising of the Moon

The Rising of the Moon (1957)

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about an little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece is called "1921" and is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape. Tyrone Power introduces each story.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Tuesday, Oct. 8 - Hell is Sold Out

Hell Is Sold Out (1951)

Mai Zetterling gives a convincing performance as an impostor who moves into the house of a successful author thought to have been killed in the War, posing as his widow. It also turns out that she has written 'his' last novel herself under his name. Then the author, played by Herbert Lom, returns home after all, to find himself with a 'wife' and two successful novels, neither written by himself.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Monday, Oct. 7 - Lovejoy: Goose Bumps

Lovejoy: Season 5, Episode 10 Goose Bumps (7 Nov. 1993)

In order to settle a dentist bill Lovejoy agrees to investigate the alleged drowning death of a man who reportedly fell or jumped from a ferry.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Sunday, Oct. 6 - Kidnap Syndicate

Kidnap Syndicate (1975) "La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori" (original title)

Colella, a struggling mechanic is raising his son Fabrizio since his wife died. The boy is friends with Antonio, the son of the extremely wealthy and unsavory Filippini. When criminals kidnap Antonio near his school, Fabrizio tries to help, but the kidnappers grab him, as well. They demand a huge ransom for the boys, but Filippini refuses to give in to criminals and put the lives of the boys at stake. Colella and the police are helpless.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Saturday, Oct. 5 - Innocent Bystanders

Innocent Bystanders (1972)

A scientist called Kaplan has escaped from a Siberian work-camp, and gone to ground in Turkey. Kaplan is close to perfecting a means of transforming arid desert into tropical rain-forests. U.S. Intelligence agency Group Three wants him but, fearing a security leak, cannot use its own men, so its head Blake ( Dana Andrews ) calls on Loomis ( Donald Pleasence ) of Britain's 'Department K'.

Loomis sends for John Craig, a tough, hard-as-nails agent who suffered torture on his last mission and is now considered expendable. He uses Craig as a decoy, while two other agents, Royce ( Derren Nesbitt ) and Benson ( Sue Lloyd ) carry out the assignment.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Friday, Oct. 4 - Lovejoy: The Peking Gun

Lovejoy: Season 5, Episode 9 The Peking Gun (31 Oct. 1993)

Two competing Tong bosses vie for a Ming Dynasty war cannon which Lovejoy is selling for a lady friend of Charlie's.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Thursday, Oct. 3 - Dual Alibi

Dual Alibi (1948)

Twin trapezists fall out over a lottery ticket and a worthless woman, but later extract a unique revenge.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Wednesday, Oct. 2 - Minder: The Smaller They Are...

Minder: Season 1, Episode 3 The Smaller They Are... (12 Nov. 1979)

Small-time crook Scotch Harry steals a suit-case from an airport, which contains a lot of money. The police are after him and Arthur agrees to broker a deal for its return, minus his expenses. It turns out that the case belongs to a less than friendly gang of international counterfeiters, who also join in the chase.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Tuesday, Oct. 1 - The Man Who Lived at the Ritz: Part 4

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1991)

The man who lived at the Ritz is an art student from the USA with an inheritance who remains in Paris despite the arrival of the Nazis and continues to enjoy the high life of the city available to those with the cash. He becomes a friend of Hermann Goering and advises on the authenticity of the paintings as well as helping the man to uncover a scam in which pictures are beings stolen. Other characters who the student meets include Edith Piaf, Man Ray and Pierre Monet, He becomes involved with the resistance via a love interest and has to go on the run. He is captured and brought to face Ackland who had come to regard the young man as his son after helping him to uncover the theft of artworks

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Monday, Sept. 30 - The Man Who Lived at the Ritz: Part 3

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1991)

An American art historian is living at the Hotel Ritz in Paris when the Germans occupy the country in 1940. He meets Hermann Göring in the elevator and becomes involved in the Nazi's obsession with acquiring masterpieces. The French underground also recruits the hero.