Sunday, May 11 - Crime Traveller: Sins of the Father

Crime Traveller: Sins of the Father (Season 1 Episode 5 - aired Mar 29, 1997)

Slade is determined to find out if his convicted father is innocent, when he too is accused of robbery he didn't commit.

Saturday, May 10 - Secret Agent: The Professionals

Secret Agent: The Professionals (Season 1 Episode 2 - aired May 22, 1965)

Mrs Pearson's upset when her husband, Desmond, seems to have disappeared from Prague. The man at the British embassy is unsympathetic, but the ambassador knows Desmond's an M9 agent. Drake's bright in to find out what's happening, by posing as an embassy employee with a weakness for spirits. As Drake digs into the social life of Prague by going to a party being organised by Milos Kaldor, he's drugged and arrested for drunk driving and seriously injuring a pedestrian. It appears Kaldor is in charge of a blackmail ring and has been keeping Desmond as a hostage. Drake has to get him and his family out of Prague before, Desmond's value drops to nil, but there's more to it than it first appears.

Friday, May 9 - The Hospital

The Hospital (1971)

Herbert Bock (George C. Scott), the chief of medicine in a New York City teaching hospital, is contemplating suicide; he's impotent, his wife has left him, and his children aren't speaking to him. His hospital is also suffering from a recent spate of inexplicable deaths. In the midst of these setbacks, Bock is romantically drawn to the much younger Barbara (Diana Rigg), whose father is a patient. As Barbara restores Bock's will to live, it turns out that the hospital deaths are murders.

Thursday, May 8 - The Hit

The Hit (1984)

Ex-gangster Willie Parker (Terence Stamp) has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance. But one day, ten years later, two hitmen (Braddock (Sir John Hurt) and Myron (Tim Roth)) show up and kidnap Willie. They are ordered to escort him back to Paris where he should stand trial. But it is a long way to Paris.

Wednesday, May 7 - The Mad Magician

The Mad Magician (1954)

Don Gallico is a master at devising magicians' illusions and tries to establish his own stage show as Gallico the Great. His performance is interrupted mid-show by his employer Ross Ormond who has obtained a court injunction to stop him. Gallico had long ago signed an exclusive contract with Ormond to provide him with any illusions he might create. Gallico sets out to get his revenge against those who have wronged him, including Ormond, his ex-wife Claire, who happens to be Ormnond's wife and magician The Great Rinaldi who is Ormond's business partner and the main beneficiary or Gallico's new magic tricks. A clever young detective, Lt. Alan Bruce, uses a new identification technique, fingerprints, to identify the killer.

Tuesday, May 6 - Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

This romantic comedy stars Barbara Stanwyck as Elizabeth Lane, a woman who writes a lifestyles column for a popular magazine. Her publisher commands that she host and prepare a dinner for Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan), a sailor who was lost at sea for eighteen days. Because Miss Lane's own lifestyle is a literary fabrication, she resorts to an elaborate ruse. Her deception has consequences that complicate matters, leading to both romance and comedy.

Monday, May 5 - Dangerous Holiday

Dangerous Holiday (1937)

Ronnie Kimball is a child prodigy when it comes to playing the violin. He enjoys it but his relatives and agent want to overwork him and exploit his talents while making a hefty percentage of his earnings. Also, his aunts don't want him swimming or playing football with his friends because he might get hurt. Frustrated by this, Ronnie takes off on his own for a bit and ends up on a 'dangerous holiday'.

Sunday, May 4 - New York Confidential

New York Confidential (1955)

Nick Magellan works for the corrupt businessman Charlie Lupo, who presides over an influential crime syndicate in Manhattan, New York. New York senators belong to the realm of this syndicate. Charlie has a recalcitrant daughter, Kathy Lupo. She is in love with Nick. Nick protects Kathy against her father when she leaves her parental home. Charlie always knows not to be judged, but when one of the senators talks too much during a television interview, he is in the center of a massive fraud research by the law.

Saturday, May 3 - Hawaiian Eye: Typhoon

Hawaiian Eye: Typhoon (Season 1 Episode 29 - aired Apr 27, 1960)

Cricket, Tracy and Tom take refuge from a typhoon in the home of a retired army colonel. They are soon joined by a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law.

Friday, May 2 - Killer Dill

Killer Dill (1947)

The film finds Erwin playing a lingerie salesman in the 1930s. He is a bit of a wimp and sees that ladies don't like this--the rage is tough gangster-types. So, on a lark, he decides to act tough and see what happens. Through some strange series of events, he not only is noticed by the ladies but the mob...and soon he's on trial for murder!

Thursday, May 1 - The Champions: Full Circle

The Champions: Full Circle (Season 1 Episode 26 - aired Mar 26, 1969)

British agent Paul Westerman is remanded in prison on suspicion of having stolen a micro-film from the Columbrian embassy, jeopardising an arms treaty, but noone can find the film. Craig goes to jail as his cellmate and the two men escape, thanks to Richard, disguised as the padre. They are caught by Mr. Booker, who is being paid by Columbrian ambassador Garcian to secure the film but means to double-cross him and keep it for himself. Craig and Westerman swap identities and Booker tortures Craig to get the film. If there ever was a film. . . Fortunately Richard is on his way to help.

Wednesday, April 30 - Hot Millions

Hot Millions (1968)

This British caper follows Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov), a con man just out of prison. After assuming the identity of a computer whiz, Pendleton lands a corporate job and starts smuggling money into fake companies he has set up throughout Europe. Meanwhile, Pendleton has fallen for the secretary, Patty (Maggie Smith). When he finds out Patty is pregnant, he escapes with her to Rio. Unfortunately, Pendleton's scheme has been uncovered, and his boss is hot on his trail.