Saturday, October 11 - Colonel Effingham's Raid

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

When retired Col. William Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn) comes back home to small-town Fredericksville, Ga., he finds little has changed in his absence of several decades, until he unwillingly becomes involved in local politics. Upon learning that corrupt mayor Edgar (Thurston Hall) and his cronies plan to knock down the historic town courthouse, the colonel becomes the star columnist at the local newspaper and attempts to rally the townsfolk to save their town's heritage.

Friday, October 10 - Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.

Thursday, October 9 - Teenage Rebel

Teenage Rebel (1956)

A sometimes sappy, yet effective melodrama about a woman who tries to make amends with her teenage daughter that she gave up at the end of an unhappy marriage. After Nancy Fallon's daughter, Dorothy, is sent to live with her and her new family after years of separation, the struggle to maintain some semblance of family quickly deteriorates. (Nancy's ex-husband was able to persuade the courts to let him keep the girl because the mother was seen as unfit.) Now Dorothy's father has an interest other than his daughter and to appease his new interest, he asks Nancy to take and raise their daughter. This begins a tumultuous time in Dorothy's life as well as her mother's.

Wednesday, October 8 - Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Polly Paris (Ginger Rogers) accidentally stumbles into motherhood after discovering an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage. Believing the baby is Polly's, department store owner J.B. Merlin (Charles Coburn) and his son David (David Niven) offer Polly a job -- but only if she takes responsibility for the child. Unemployed and in need of work, Polly accepts and all seems well, until her increasingly romantic relationship with David raises suspicions about the child's paternity.

Tuesday, October 7 - The Secret Partner

The Secret Partner (1961)

John Brent (Stewart Granger) may be a successful married businessman, but he's far from carefree. Blackmailed by someone who knows about his criminal past, Brent gets into even more trouble when a thief takes off with a fortune from the vault of his company. Now a key suspect in the robbery, Brent has Detective Frank Hanbury (Bernard Lee) on his tail, and is on terrible terms with his wife, Nicole (Haya Harareet). As the mystery of who robbed the vault unfolds, surprising revelations arise.

Monday, October 6 - Murder in the Blue Room

Murder in the Blue Room (1944)

Mystery writer Steve Randall (Donald Cook) has accepted an invitation by Nan Kirkland (Anne Gwynne) to the reopening of her mother's house. Nan tells Steve and her friends that the house is haunted by the ghost of her father, who committed suicide in the "blue room." Skeptical, Nan's former boyfriend insists on spending the night in the blue room, only to disappear. After a fruitless police investigation, Steve decides to spend the night in the blue room -- and promptly vanishes as well.

Sunday, October 5 - Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter (1949)

An heiress who is being courted by two gentlemen develops incurable hiccups after watching a comedic dinner-theater performance. Through a series of events she meets the shy star of a radio detective show [David Tomlinson] who is attracted by the fact that she isn't a fan-girl; however his attempts at courting are cut short by his overprotective mother. A series of attempts to cure her condition including watching a silent film sketch ultimately result in a visit to a haunted house where further hijinks ensue.

Saturday, October 4 - Honey West: Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me

Honey West: Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me (Season 1 Episode 22 - aired Feb 11, 1966)

Thieves target Honey's client list using a decoy who looks almost exactly like Honey. Honey and Sam have to figure out how the thieves are getting to their clients and then set a trap to catch the gang. Honey particularly wants a face-off with her double.

Friday, October 3 - The Strange Door

The Strange Door (1951)

Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 years after she married his brother (Cavanagh) instead, then passed away during childbirth. Maletroit is determined to have his revenge: the brother has been stowed away in the dungeon for two decades, while he's convinced his disreputable house guest will make a suitably hellish husband for his niece. As luck would have it, the young couple manage to fall in love, and with the help of manservant Voltan (Karloff), they try to make their escape, but not before a final confrontation with Maletroit in the dungeon's crushing deathtrap.

Thursday, October 2 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Horseplayer & Incident in a Small Jail

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Horseplayer (Season 6 Episode 22 - aired Mar 14, 1961)

Father Amian's church is in poor shape and needs an expensive new roof. At a mid-week service, a stranger leaves a $10 bill in the collection plate. The stranger becomes a regular attendee and continues to make generous donations. Turns out the stranger, Mr. Sheridan, has taken to praying for winners and, since doing so, has had nothing but success at the track, winning bet after bet. Sheridan convinces Father Amian to place a bet on a sure thing and Amian regrets his rash act as soon as it's done. Feeling guilty, he prays for the horse not to win, but with a surprising conclusion.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Incident in a Small Jail (Season 6 Episode 23 - aired Mar 21, 1961)

Leon Gorwald is a traveling salesman who stops in a small town to buy gas. He crosses the street against the light and a local policeman starts writing him a ticket for jaywalking. Gorwald tries to bribe the officer and is promptly arrested and put in a jail cell awaiting the return of the local judge. In the meantime, the local sheriff has arrested a stranger for murdering a local girl. Things get desperate when a local mob decide to lynch the stranger, but by now he has overpowered the sheriff and forced Gorwald to change clothes. The mob drags Gorwald away but things turn out OK for him, in more ways than one.

Wednesday, October 1 - Bourbon Street Beat: Green Hell

Bourbon Street Beat: Green Hell (Season 1 Episode 34 - aired May 30, 1960)

Posing as a journalist, Rex accompanies an expedition into the jungles of San Marco in search of the wreckage of a plane that crashed carrying a South American dictator and a mysterious cargo.

Tuesday, September 30 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Lady-Killer

Gideon C.I.D.: The Lady-Killer (Season 1 Episode 6 - aired Dec 5, 1964)

Robert Carne is a real charmer who marries ladies for their money.

Unfortunately he never seems to inherit the fortune after they mysteriously die. Somehow bad luck dogs Carne.

Frumpy but wealthy Marion Grove (Rosemary Leach) becomes wife number three.

However DCI Keen's girlfriend is rather suspicious of Carne. When Keen probes further he finds out some disturbing information.

Meanwhile Carne is rather keen to become a widower again.