Friday, Dec. 11 - Dark Intruder

Dark Intruder (1965)

An amateur Victorian sleuth (Leslie Nielsen) meets a San Francisco socialite's (Mark Richman) monstrous twin.

Thursday, Dec. 10 - Nylon Noose

Nylon Noose (1963) "Die Nylonschlinge" (original title)

A group of stockholders holds a crucial meeting at an old manor house. Blackmail rears its ugly head when one of those present unearths a few corporate skeletons. Then the murders commence, as the stockholders are strangled one by one by an unknown assailant.

or...

A Scotland Yard inspector (Richard Goodman) tracks a killer of stockholders through the catacombs of a remote manor.

or maybe...

A company's stockholders hold their meeting at a lonely mansion. A mad doctor conducting experiments in the mansion starts to strangle them one at a time with a nylon noose. The survivors must figure out a way to stop him.

...none of the above?

Wednesday, Dec. 9 - Shadowed

Shadowed (1946)

Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.

Tuesday, Dec. 8 - I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

A husband and wife dancing team down on their luck finds some money that gets them into a lot of trouble - and the husband on death row for murder. His one pair of shoes condemns him. After an open-and-shut trial and conviction, the wife ends up taking on his case herself as the clock ticks toward his execution.

Monday, Dec. 7 - The Untouchables: Three Thousand Suspects

The Untouchables: Season 1, Episode 23 Three Thousand Suspects (24 Mar. 1960)

Just as a prisoner is about to turn stool pigeon, he is shot by someone on the inside. So Ness transfers a con from another prison to find the killer.

Sunday, Dec. 6 - Cavalcade

Cavalcade (1933)

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.

Saturday, Dec. 5 - Esther Waters & The Ring

Sin of Esther Waters (1948) "Esther Waters" (original title)

Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again.

The Ring (1952)

Teenager Tommy Cantanios (Lalo Rios) is tired of being treated like a second-class citizen because he is Mexican-American. When one too many bigots takes a shot at him, Cantanios decides to fight back, finding in the process that he has a gift for boxing. Utilizing his newfound skill, Cantanios becomes a professional boxer with the help of his manager, Pete Ganusa (Gerald Mohr), and trainer, Freddy Jack (Robert Osterloh). However, Cantanios still struggles to find genuine respect as a person.

Friday, Dec. 4 - No Man's Woman

No Man's Woman (1955)

A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her art studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead--among them a rich husband she wouldn't divorce unless he paid her a huge settlement, a lover she caused to be fired from his job and an assistant whose fiancé she tried to seduce.

Thursday, Dec. 3 - Hell's Highway

Hell's Highway (1932)

Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship, causing Duke Ellis to mastermind a mass riot.

Wednesday, Dec. 2 - Martin Kane: The Comic Strip Killer

Martin Kane: Season 4, Episode 25 The Comic Strip Killer (23 Apr. 1953)

The artist of a comic strip bases his latest story on an unsolved murder mystery where he claims he will provide the identity of the killer in the last cartoon. Before he inks the denouement, the cartoonist is murdered and Kane, who had urged him to abandon the project and provide his evidence to the police, feels obliged to solve both crimes.

Tuesday, Dec. 1 - The Great Profile

The Great Profile (1940)

John Barrymore stars as Evans Garrick, a renowned thespian with a lust for the bottle. After disappearing on a three-day bender, Garrick finds himself dropped by his movie studio, his agent (Gregory Ratoff), and his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) on the same evening. Luckily, fortune shines on the aging actor in the form of an inexperienced playwright (Anne Baxter) who provides him with a play and, more importantly, the financing to put it on. The girl’s script stinks on ice, but Garrick turns the show into a sensation by getting blotto on opening night and terrorizing the rest of the cast with explosive ad-libs.

Monday, Nov. 30 - Route 66: 93 Percent in Smiling

Route 66: Season 4, Episode 12 93 Percent in Smiling (20 Dec. 1963)

Tod and Linc are in Erie Canal,New York working in construction and living in a "mobile home court". Their know-it-all neighbor, who has moved his family to various cities because he cannot hold a job, suffers when his baby son disappears. Linc, playing detective, finds out the man's other two children are the cause.