Monday, September 30, 2013

Sunday, Sept. 29 - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Saturday, Sept. 28 - Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge (1976)

A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is to steal and subsequently sell enough cars (sometimes the same car more than once) to buy a new Ferrari.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Friday, Sept. 27 - Special Branch: Hostage

Special Branch: Season 3, Episode 12 Hostage (27 Jun. 1973)

The daughter, Karen Stark, of the German ambassador, Michael Gambon, is kidnapped from her school by three Arab terrorists. They demand a quarter million pounds for her safe return. Special Branch gets the call and Detective Inspectors, George Sewell, Patrick Mower and Bill Rowland get the case

Friday, September 27, 2013

Thursday, Sept 26 - M Squad: The Platter Pirates & Force of Habit

M Squad: Season 2, Episode 39 The Platter Pirates (26 Jun. 1959)

A D.J threatens to reveal the influence of racketeers in the music industry. Before he can go to air with the information he is gunned down. M squad are brought in to solve the mystery of the death as well as the validity of the information he was going to reveal

M Squad: Season 2, Episode 6 Force of Habit (31 Oct. 1958)

Val Mooney, hiding out from the cops, sees the perfect opportunity to evade them. When his wife's brother is killed in a massive warehouse fire, he forces her to identify the body as-- VAL MOONEY.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Wednesday, Sept. 25 - Show Them No Mercy

Show Them No Mercy! (1935)

Taking refuge from a rainstorm in a deserted farmhouse, young married couple Joe and Loretta Martin (Edward Norris and Rochelle Hudson) soon discover to their horror that the house is being used as a hideout for a gang of kidnappers.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Tuesday, Sept. 24 - She Devil

She Devil (1957)

A terminally-ill woman will die unless an experimental drug is administered by a scientist who has developed a serum from fruit flies. Her life is saved, but she has developed extraordinary methods of survival and becomes seemingly indestructible.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Monday, Sept. 23 - M Squad: The Second Best Killer & Dead or Alive

M Squad (1957–1960)

The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit

M Squad: Season 3, Episode 17 The Second Best Killer (15 Jan. 1960) TV Episode

Herbie Ryder gains fame for stopping a bank robbery. After a media interview he is shot and killed. Ballinger is brought in in the belief that organized crime has ordered the hit.

M Squad: Season 2, Episode 2 Dead or Alive (26 Sep. 1958) TV Episode

A pair of gun crazy kids are loose in Chicago-- and a young reporter is defending them in the press against Ballinger and "police brutality".

Monday, September 23, 2013

Sunday, Sept. 22 - The House of the Seven Hawks

The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)

Robert Taylor stars as John Nordley, an opportunistic charter boat captain who’s always willing to skirt the rules if the price is right. When Nordley’s passenger dies on a clandestine voyage from England to Holland, the Dutch police want answers — as well as the cryptic map the dead man was carrying. Now, to clear his name, Nordley must team up with the man’s daughter, Constanta (Nicole Maurey), and follow a dangerous trail of clues to a fortune in sunken treasure.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Saturday, Sept. 21 - Mister 880

Mister 880 (1950)

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 10 years.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Friday, Sept. 20 - Special Branch: You Won't Remember Me

Special Branch: Season 3, Episode 11 You won't remember me (20 Jun. 1973)

A recently engaged couple is placed under heavy surveillance due to the groom-to-be's international ties. While Craven is skeptical of the girl's guilt, he doggedly purses the case nonetheless.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Thursday, Sept. 19 - The Right Side

The Right Side

Bill and Mary (Ann Savage) are young parents whose marriage is threatened by Bill's gambling habit. Embracing the church-going life saves the family.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Wednesday, Sept. 18 - Apology for Murder

Apology for Murder (1945)

Snappy "Daily Tribune" reporter Kenny Blake (Hugh Beaumont) falls hard for oddly attractive Toni Kirkland (Ann Savage) when he barges in her mansion to interview her tycoon husband, Harvey, and before you know it, she's suggesting he bump off her spouse. They rig the killing to make it look like an accident but when Kirkland's business partner is tried and sentenced to death for the murder, Kenny's editor gets a hunch something's not right and starts his own investigation