Tuesday, Feb. 28 - The Big Chase

The Big Chase (1954)

Plot has Korean-War vet Grayson returning and joining the L.A. Police Academy, which we learn in a flashback told by Police Lt. Ned Daggert to story-hunting reporter Milton Graves. We also learn that Pete's wife Doris is pregnant and concerned about her husband's safety. Meanwhile, in the state prison, inmates Brad Bellows and Jim Meggs are planning a big heist as soon as Brad gets out of prison. The caper they pull, and the resultant chase, all over Hollywood, Los Angelese and a large portion of Southern California, involving Grayson shows that his wife's concern was more than warranted.

Monday, Feb. 27 - David Harding, Counterspy

David Harding, Counterspy (1950)

Based on the long-running radio program created by Philips H. Lord, the film opens with a radio commentator blasting the U. S. government for the manner in which a certain foreign power has obtained secret information during WWII. The commentator is brought to the secret headquarters of "David Harding, Counterspy" where he learns that the story was deliberately planted with the commentator to fool the enemy. Harding them tells, in flashback, a specific story to illustrate how counter-espionage works. Jerry Baldwin, a U.S. Navy officer is brought to a city where torpedoes are manufactured for the Navy, and his assignment is to find out information is leaking out to the enemy.

Sunday, Feb. 26 - Foyle's War: The German Woman

Foyle's War (TV Series 2002– )

The German Woman
Oct. 27, 2002

The German wife of a rich and influential aristocrat exempted from wartime internment is found decapitated in the midst of anti-German feeling.

Saturday, Feb. 25 - Jericho of Scotland Yard: A Pair of Ragged Claws

Jericho (TV Series 2005)

A Pair of Ragged Claws

Jericho investigates the brutal murder of a young Jamaican in Notting Hill, and soon identifies it as a racial killing - but his work is interrupted when a wealthy businessman is kidnapped. But all is not as it seems - Sir Nicholas Wellesley has not been staying at his club or visiting his usual haunts.

Friday, Feb. 24 - Three Piece Suite

Three Piece Suite (TV Series 1977)

After You're Gone/Little Things... Parking/Wonderful Woman

Hearts and Flowers/Screen Night/Briefer Encounter

Diana Rigg was virtually the whole show on this flexible British anthology series. In each of the six half-hour episodes of Three Piece Suite, Rigg portrayed three different women in three separate sketches. The story material, written by some of British TV's top wordsmiths, ran the gamut from sentimental drama to gut-busting comedy.

Thursday, Feb. 23 - Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. To his dismay, he finds his house has been demolished and his papyrus scrolls stolen, the scrolls he needs to find the Pharoah's Tomb in Egypt, where the River of Life flows. After identifying the source of the papyrus theft, he packs and leaves for Egypt with his assistant Vulnavia, still intent upon awakening his dead wife Victoria. The parties responsible for the theft of Phibes' scrolls suffer an attrition problem as Inspector Trout chases him across the world.

Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Lady For a Day

Lady for a Day (1933)

"Apple Annie" is a near destitute street peddler who has invented the false identity of a wealthy matron of high society in letters to her daughter who has been raised in Spain. The ruse is threatened when the daughter becomes engaged to a Spanish nobleman's son, and his family insists upon meeting the daughter's family prior to the nuptials.

Tuesday, Feb. 21 - Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark (1989)

Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychotic killer.

Monday, Feb. 20 - We're Not Married

We're Not Married! (1952)

A bumbling justice-of-the-peace performs several illegal marriages. Thirty months later, he discovers his mistake and five couples must deal with the news that they're not married. Included: Ramona and Steve, who loathe each other but married to get a lucrative radio contract; the winner of the Mrs. Mississippi pageant; a couple who barely speak, while the husband dreams of former flames; an oil tycoon and a gold-digger after his wealth; and soldier Willie Fisher, about to ship out to the Korean War leaving his gorgeous spouse pregnant

Sunday, Feb. 19 - The Romantic Englishwoman

The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)

Glenda Jackson is Elizabeth, an Englishwoman who feels the need to escape from her marriage for a time. She goes to Baden Baden, makes a very brief acquaintance with a handsome young man, and returns to her husband. Her husband Lewis (Michael Caine) is a writer. He imagines that she has had an affair, and this imagined affair finds its way into the book he is writing. Then, out of the blue, the young German man (played by Helmut Berger) turns up in England. The husband invites him for lunch, and soon the young man is ensconced in the spare room.

Saturday, Feb. 18 - No Movie Tonight!

Friday, Feb. 17 - TV Noir: The System & The Bomb

Danger (TV series) – The System
Four Star Playhouse (TV series) – The Bomb

“The System,” a pulse-pounding 1951 episode of the series DANGER directed by Sidney Lumet; Blake Edwards writes and directs a real nail-biter, "The Bomb" starring David Niven from FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE.