Monday, Dec. 30 - The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

One night in New York, beefy escaped convict Moose Malloy goes hunting for his ex-girlfriend Velma, leaving a trail of mayhem behind him. Velma seems to be well-hidden, and adventurer The Falcon, intrigued, investigates on his own, approaching the heart of the mystery via a varied sequence of shady characters and attractive women.

Sunday, Dec. 29 - City That Never Sleeps & Casting the Runes

City That Never Sleeps (1953)

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. During one crowded night, Angel Face decides she's had enough vacillation, and crooked lawyer Biddel has an illegal mission for Johnny that could put him in a financial position to act. But other, conflicting schemes are also in progress.

ITV Playhouse: Season 11, Episode 9 Casting the Runes (24 Apr. 1979)

After a journalist writes a scathing review of a book by Julian Karswell, he soon begins to become paranoid and feels he is being followed, within a month he is dead in gruesome circumstances. Fast forward 10 years and a TV company are producing a TV series that outs charlatans, mystics, fortune tellers etc.. their latest episode concerns witchcraft and lampoons the now reclusive Karswell. Prudence Dunning (Jan Francis) is one of the producers of the program and soon she is plagued by strange events in her life, through some investigating she is able to link her plight to Karswell and the death of the journalist a decade previous. Soon she realises she has only a month to live from the time the events began.

Saturday, Dec. 28 - The Walking Stick & Regan

The Walking Stick (1970)

Pretty but man-shy art-appraiser in London, alienated from the opposite sex due to one leg affected by childhood polio, is courted by a struggling artist and falls in love; soon after moving in with him, however, he demands her help in a burglary, leaving her unsure whether he ever loved her or perhaps was simply using her.

Armchair Cinema: Season 1, Episode 2 Regan (4 Jun. 1974)

This one-off TV play became the pilot episode of the British police series 'The Sweeney', and introduced the tough detective Jack Regan, whose hard, unconventional methods of detection bring him more trouble from his bosses than from criminals.

Friday, Dec. 27 - The Devil Makes Three

The Devil Makes Three (1952)

1947: Captain Jeff Eliott returns to Germany to thank the Lert family, who hid him during ww-ii when his plane was shot down over Munich. However he learns that the parents died when their house was bombed, only their daughter Wilhelmina, now 18, is still alive. He finds the pretty girl working as nightclub hostess and shortly after starts dating her. She doesn't tell him that an underground Nazi organization compels her to work for them, and soon gets Jeff involved in their machinations, too.

Thursday, Dec. 26 - Walk Softly, Stranger

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

A charming, smooth-talking gambler calling himself Chris Hale arrives in Ashton, home of the Corelli shoe factory. Claiming to have lived there as a boy, he soon ingratiates himself with the townspeople... including attractive heiress Elaine Corelli, wheelchair-bound since a recent accident. Chris, hoping to leave crime behind, seems to have excellent prospects; but of course, his past catches up with him.

Wednesday, Dec. 25 - I Can Get it For You Wholesale

I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)

A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.

Tuesday, Dec. 24 - Lovejoy: The Lost Colony

Lovejoy: Season 5, Episode 14 The Lost Colony (27 Dec. 1993)

When Lord Wakering, a descendant of Sir Walter Raleigh, sells his house and its contents, Lovejoy turns up, meeting Mary-John Lovejoy, his American cousin. Several valuable antiques from Raleigh's time disappear,along with Mary-John, and Lovejoy tracks her to the family mansion in North Carolina. Her brother Rutherford has an interest in raising treasure from sunken ships and Lovejoy slowly comes to realise the the brother and sister are operating a scam to give the impression that their family came to the New World in Elizabethan times and not later in order to claim an inheritance. When Lovejoy is thrown into jail Charlotte arrives to help him and the two face a watery grave as they work to bring the guilty pair to justice.

Monday, Dec. 23 - The Saint in Palm Springs

The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)

Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of priceless stamps, but the friend is killed and the stamps stolen.

Sunday, Dec. 22 - All Fall Down

All Fall Down (1962)

Berry-Berry Willart (Beatty) is a young, handsome hedonistic drifter who hates life and who has no trouble living off the women of all ages he seduces. When the women become too attached to him, his charm turns sadistic and frequently lands him in jail for battery. Berry-Berry is always on the road far from home, is rarely seen by his drunken father Ralph (Karl Malden), his controlling, manipulative mother, Annabel (Angela Lansbury), and his sixteen-year-old brother Clinton (Brandon deWilde). The story follows Clinton, who idolizes Berry-Berry but soon finds out his brother's darker side during the many times he has to bail Berry-Berry out of jail. Clinton is in love with a family friend, Echo O'Brien (Saint), and is forced to realize the type of person his brother is when Berry-Berry tragically sets his sights on Echo.

Saturday, Dec. 21 - Sixth and Main & The One Game: Monday

Sixth and Main (1977)

Monica Cord (Beverly Garland) is a wealthy socialite who is planning to write a book about the homeless. She observes the men who attend a rescue mission and shelter in downtown Los Angeles. Monica becomes intrigued by one particular derelict, a tall, quiet man known only as John Doe (Leslie Nielsen). His main friends among the transients are Doc, an unlicensed doctor; Skateboard, a legless tramp who operates a newsstand; and Peanut, a heroin addict and hooker. Monica secretly follows John and finds he lives in a battered trailer in a junkyard. She examines his shelter when he leaves and is startled to find it filled with handwritten manuscripts. She takes one and reads it. Amazed, she brings it to her friend Adair Callison, a noted book critic, who agrees it is a remarkable literary document. They go to the junkyard and seek out John. Monica offers to provide him a room and office in her own home so he can continue his writing...

The One Game: Season 1, Episode 4 Monday (25 Jun. 1988)

The battle of wits between Nick and Magnus reaches its end game. Everything will come down to one final realisation and then confrontation. For The One Game started many years before...

Friday, Dec. 20 - A Date With the Falcon

A Date with the Falcon (1942)

Waldo Samson has discovered how to create cheap synthetic diamonds that are nearly identical to actual diamonds, as he demonstrates to diamond industry representatives and New York Police Detective Mike O'Hara. Samson only wishes to provide them for the American defense effort, but O'Hara insists on providing him with a police guard. However, ruthless criminals abduct him to gain his secret. O'Hara recruits a reluctant Gay Lawrence, the "Gay Falcon", to search for him. Meanwhile, Helen Reed, the Falcon's fiancee, becomes increasingly frustrated as the crime solving interferes with her marriage plans.

Thursday, Dec. 19 - The One Game: Sunday

The One Game: Season 1, Episode 3 Sunday (18 Jun. 1988)

The stakes have been raised on The One Game. Nick has been imprisoned, shot at, fought sword battles, and found that every time his opponent is one step ahead. Magnus, his enemy. Formerly his best friend.