Monday, Jan. 30 - The Big Boodle

The Big Boodle (1957)

Ned Sherwood, dealer in a Havana casino (pre-Castro), gets 500 counterfeit pesos from an anonymous, attractive blonde. Then he's beaten and wounded by two thugs trying to retrieve the bills. Then the police suspect him of being the counterfeiter. Then the real counterfeiter suspects him of having the missing plates. And someone is trying to kill Ned, who has little choice but to pursue the case himself, through a Cuban underworld where no one is what they seem.

Sunday, Jan. 29 - Rulers of the City

Mr. Scarface (1976)
I padroni della città

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Rick, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.

Saturday, Jan. 28 - Double Feature! Take Aim at the Police Van

Take Aim At the Police Van ( Sono gosôsha wo nerae: 'Jûsangô taihisen' yori) (1960)

At the beginning of Seijun Suzuki’s taut and twisty whodunit, a prison truck is attacked and a convict inside is murdered. The penitentiary warden on duty, Daijiro, is accused of negligence and suspended, only to take it upon himself to track down the killers.

Saturday, Jan. 28 - Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock (2010)

An adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel about a small-town hood who marries a waitress who witnessed him murdering a rival thug in order to keep her quiet. As his gang begins to doubt his abilities, the man becomes more desperate and violent.

Friday, Jan. 27 - Hell Bound

Hell Bound (1957)

A criminal gang plots the robbery of a ship carrying $2 million worth of surplus narcotics left over from World War II. The plan goes awry when the gang leader's girlfriend falls for an ambulance attendant who is an unsuspecting pawn in the scheme.

Thursday, Jan. 26 - The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death (1960)
Le Saint mène la danse (original title)

A French Saint film starring Felix Marten as Simon Templar. The film begins with a gangster being chased on foot by the police. As he tries to make his getaway he is struck by a passerby and falls. The gangster is then shot dead by the police. Fast forward to a year later and the passerby who helped the police kill the gangster has received threatening letters. The passerby it turns out is a very wealthy man who is afraid that a friend of the gangster has marked him for death. The wealthy man then contacts Templar, who he wants to hire to protect him from an unknown assassin. The Saint is sceptical but agrees to take the job for a hefty fee.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 - The Boss

The Boss (1956)

World War I veteran Matt Brady (John Payne) returns home and is given a government job by his brother Tim (Roy Roberts), boss of a local political machine. During a drinking binge, Matt alienates his fiancee and impulsively marries a complete stranger, angering his brother in the process. After Tim passes away from a heart attack, Matt assumes control of the political machine, his influence eventually reaching across the entire state. However, his ruthlessness and mob ties bode ill for his political survival.

Tuesday, Jan. 24 - The Runaway Bus

The Runaway Bus (1954)

When heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one among their number is the mastermind behind a bullion robbery at the airport... and particularly keen to escape the fog!

Monday, Jan. 23 - Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House (1954)

Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950's medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.

Sunday, Jan. 22 - Double Feature! Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection

Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection (1963)
Shin shinobi no mono (original title)

Picking up where the last film left off (with the hero, ninja Ishikawa Goemon, about to be boiled alive), this 1963 action classic follows Ishikawa as he stealthily hunts down the evil warlord who has long tried to kill him.

Sunday, Jan. 22 - The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. After a spell in jail the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself, and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.

Saturday, Jan. 21 - The Hucksters

The Hucksters (1947)

Victor Norman is just out of the service and looking for a job in advertising. By playing hard to get, he figures that he can get a good job and a large salary. The first thing he has to do is get a war widow to endorse Beautee Soap - a client of the Kimberly Agency. He meets with Kay Dorrance and gets the endorsement and Mr. Evans, the head of Beautee Soap is temporarily happy. Victors job is now to work with Mr. Evans, a man who is a strict and demanding client. Everything should be rosy, but Victor, a bachelor, finds himself more attracted to Kay, a widow, than young single Jean Ogilvie.