Thursday, August 11 - Voices

Voices (1973)

After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. After her release, her husband takes her for a weekend at a secluded country mansion, hoping to help her recover. However, things at the mansion aren't quite what they seem to be, the couple begin to feel an uneasy and oppressive presence, and the mother starts to see things that may, or may not, be hallucinations.

Wednesday, August 10 - Riffraff

Riffraff (1947)

A plane takes off from Peru (in a long no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. The missing man had valuable oil-location maps; everyone who is after them must deal with Dan Hammer, combination private eye, agent, and con man, who can "fix" anything for a fee. Nightclub singer Maxine is on Dan's side... or is she? The rest is lighthearted, white-suited tropical intrigue.

Tuesday, August 9 - Neptune's Daughter

Neptune's Daughter (1949)

Aquatic dancer Eve Barrett (Esther Williams), now partnered with Joe Backett (Keenan Wynn) in a swimsuit design company, tries to prevent her sister, Betty (Betty Garrett), from falling in love with Jose O'Rourke (Ricardo Montalban), a suave South American polo player. Unbeknownst to Eve, Betty has actually fallen for Jack Spratt (Red Skelton), a masseuse who is posing as Jose. To protect her sister, Eve finds the real Jose, agrees to a date and also falls in love.

Monday, August 8 - Johnny Staccato: Double Feature

Johnny Staccato: Double Feature (Season 1 Episode 20 - aired Jan 28, 1960)

Johnny is accused of a murder committed by a look-alike hit man.

Sunday, August 7 - Red Light

Red Light (1949)

When army chaplain Jess Torno (Arthur Franz) is shot and killed, his brother, San Francisco businessman Johnny Torno (George Raft) sets out to discover who did it.... and to take vengeance before the police can stop him. His only clues are Franz's last words and a missing Gideon Bible.

Saturday, August 6 - Violent Road

Violent Road (1958)

An out-of-control test rocket causes death and destruction and requires the relocation of the rocket development plant. Trucker Mitch Barton (Brian Keith) assembles a team of several other men for a nearly suicidal mission to drive three trucks to move the rocket fuel—hydrazine, nitric acid, and concentrated hydrogen peroxide—safely over a rough mountain road within three days. Fuel developer George Lawrence (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) feels responsible for a safe passage and comes along.

The men take the dangerous job for an exorbitant fee of 5,000 dollars each and discuss what they will do with the money. When his brother Ben is too drunk to drive, race car driver Ken takes his place. Frank Miller, determined to provide for his nagging wife, takes the job. He prevents a possible explosion by closing a valve on a nitric oxide tank with his bare hand and dies of his injuries.

Detoured by breakdowns, fatigue and a treacherous terrain, plus a runaway school bus, Mitch and the men arrive at their destination and receive their pay.

Friday, August 5 - Naked Alibi

Naked Alibi (1954)

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows.

Thursday, August 4 - Escape Me Never

Escape Me Never (1947)

In 1900 Venice, Fenella is engaged to composer Caryl Dubrok until she hears that young widow Gemma and her baby are staying with a composer named Dubrok--then the engagement is off and so is she for the mountains. There she meets, and is intrigued by, Sebastian, not knowing that he is the composer with whom Gemma and baby are staying. When she learns about him, Gemma demands that Fenella choose (what?), but she cannot, so Gemma and Sebastian leave to be married. They go to England to write his ballet and Caryl and Fenella are re-engaged. But Fenella still loves the fun-loving Sebastian.

Wednesday, August 3 - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)

Cordelia Gray, the survivor of a partnership in a detective agency, is asked by the assistant of James Calendar to investigate the suicide of his son, Mark. About the same age as Mark, Cordelia is resourceful in her investigation, but smitten with the dead son and becomes obsessed with his memory and his increasingly suspicious death. She interviews his friend, Andrew, and his girlfriend, Isobel. She is also interested in James Calendar's assistant, Elizabeth Leaming, who seems to have a more than natural interest in Mark. She is thrown down an abandoned well and later chases her assailant, Andrew...

Tuesday, August 2 - Johnny Staccato: Night of Jeopardy

Johnny Staccato: Night of Jeopardy (Season 1 Episode 19 aired Jan 21, 1960)

A big time counterfeiter believes Johnny has his engraving plates. When he and Waldo are threatened Johnny is given 2 hours to find them.

Monday, August 1 - Croupier

Croupier (1998)

Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and against his better judgement, he takes a job as a croupier. He finds himself drawn into the casino world and the job gradually takes over his life; his relationship with girlfriend Marion begins to deteriorate. One gambler in particular catches his attention: Jani, whom he starts to see outside of working hours - a serious violation of casino rules. Jani is down on her luck; under pressure from her creditors she approaches Jack, asking him to be the inside man for a planned heist at the casino. Jack carefully considers the odds; it all looks so simple, but even a professional like Jack can't predict the cards he will be dealt.

Sunday, July 31 - Highway Patrol: Christmas Story

Highway Patrol: Christmas Story (Season 1 Episode 39 - aired Jun 25, 1956)

Laura Spaeth decides to leave her workaholic husband Ted just before Christmas. She takes their 6-year-old daughter Julie and leaves to spend the night at the Brentwood Motor Lodge before going on to spend Christmas at her sister's home. Julie is discovered missing from their cabin on Christmas Eve morning. Laura calls the Highway Patrol and Dan Mathews and Sergeant Corey initially grapple with a series of false leads. Ultimately, Dan deduces that Julie left the lodge on her own to mail her letter to Santa Claus. He decides to focus the search on any costume-wearing "Santas" in the area. Dan's hunch proves correct when Julie wanders to a nearby rescue mission and asks the bell-ringing "Santa" for help.