Thursday, June 28 - The Price of Fear

The Price of Fear (1956)

The co-owner of a racetrack discovers that his partner has sold out to a gangster. The gangster plans to take sole control of the track and plans to get rid of his new partner. The partner's problems are just beginning, though, as he finds himself involved with a beautiful woman who, unknown to him, was involved in a hit-and-run and is trying to set him up for the crime.

Wednesday, June 27 - The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Tuesday, June 26 - Play For Today: Dinner at the Sporting Club

Play for Today (1970–1984)
TV Series

Dinner at the Sporting Club
Season 9, Episode 4
(7 Nov. 1978)

John Thaw plays Dinny Mathews a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience as to whether or not to provide a fighter for a Sporting Club promotion, a fighter he knows is unfit against an opponent who is way out of his league. However Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!

Monday, June 25 - You Have to Run Fast

You Have to Run Fast (1961)

Dr. Roger Condon is in the process of trying to save a man badly beaten by two gangsters who he later identifies to the police. When their victim dies and the charge becomes murder and Condon hightails it to the far woods where he finds a job as clerk Frank Harlow in a sporting-goods store. Condon's plan is to lay low until the gangsters forget about him. But complications arise from two different sectors. First, Condon falls in love with the local beauty Laurie Maitland and second, the murderers find out where he is hiding.

Sunday, June 24 - Collision: Parts 4 & 5

(see below)

Saturday, June 23 - The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat (1959)

On a vacation in France from his nondescript job and life, John Barratt encounters a titled but impoverished French nobleman who looks exactly like him. The nobleman gets John drunk, and switches places with him to get a breather from his failing business and too-complicated life. John tries to convince everyone he is not whom they think he is, but he begins to get more and more involved with the family, including an unhappy wife, domineering mother, lonely but talented young daughter, bitter spinster sister and the expected mistress. As John gets to know them he feels he can help them with their problems, but is also becoming used to his borrowed life, which has given him a purpose for the first time.

Thursday, June 21 & Friday, June 22 - Collision, Parts 1-3

Collision (2009)
TV Mini-Series

The story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives.

Wednesday, June 20 - George Gently: Gently Evil

Inspector George Gently (2007)

Gently Evil
S3, Ep1
Sep. 26, 2010

When the body of a loose young woman is found murdered, Gently and Bacchus find themselves investigating a family with unimaginable secrets. Initially it appears that the woman's estranged husband, and father of young daughter, is responsible for the killing. But as they further investigate this disturbed family they discover a far more alarming truth.

Tuesday, June 19 - Bewitched

Bewitched (1945)

A young woman has two distinct personalities, one of whom is evil and constantly gets her in trouble.

Monday, June 18 - A Close Call For Boston Blackie

A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)

Blackie and the Runt rescue a woman (Lynn Merrick) who's been attacked in the street right in front of their building. They carry in the unconscious woman, who is quickly identified as Gerry Peyton, one of Blackie's old flames. Nothing much new so far, but when they open the bedroom door we see the main twist that this series entry has to offer: a baby! Rather quickly, the rest of the plot is set into motion — Gerry's husband, a gunshot from around the corner of a doorway, some doubts about the identity of the baby and the honesty of Gerry.

Sunday, June 17 - Travels With My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt (1972)

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts to rescue an old lover.

Saturday, June 16 - The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters (2007)
Die Fälscher (original title)

The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard.