Monday, November 29 - Man with a Gun

Man with a Gun (1958)

A £20,000 insurance claim is lodged by nightclub owner Harry Drayson (John Le Mesurier) after one of his premises is destroyed by fire. Claims investigator Mike Davies (Lee Paterson) is sent to make sure everything is above board before his company will pay out.

However, Davies soon learns that Drayson is being targeted by a Southampton crime lord known as Furlono who wants to buy the Stardust Club from Drayton so that he can muscle in on London's crime scene.

Davies dates his niece, Stella Rogers (Rona Anderson), who confides in him that she has suspected this for a long time. Taking a liking to Stella and her uncle, Davies agrees to hunt the mysterious Furlono down - nobody, it seems has ever seen him and his identity is a closely guarded secret.

Sunday, November 28 - The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.

Saturday, November 27 - Night After Night After Night

Night After Night After Night (1969)

There's a sadist killer at large in London, targeting attractive blond women between the ages 20 and 30. When Jenny, the wife of detective in charge Bill Rowan, becomes one of the victims, the grieving husband becomes obsessed with finding the culprit. He has a suspect but no evidence, and the more murders are being committed, the more it seems like Detective Rowan has a personal grudge against his suspect. Then there's also the even more fascinating sub plot of an extremely puritan judge – sort of like a modern day version of Witchfinder General, as described by one of the characters – who condemns every prostitute to a maximum penalty and considers himself to be on a one-man crusade to rid society of the cancer called sex. Ironically enough, he has an assistant who's a sex- addict and reads pornographic magazines in court...

Friday, November 26 - Turn Back the Clock

Turn Back the Clock (1933)

Joe and Mary run a tobacco store and are just scraping by. When old friend Ted comes into the store, they renew their friendship, even though Ted is now wealthy and married to Elvira, whom Joe could have married himself, and become the rich one. After a domestic squabble Joe is hit by a car, and when he wakes up he is 20 years younger and can rectify his error and marry Elvina and her money. He does, relives his life as a wealthy man who still remembers his 'other' life, and what happened during those years. In the end he realizes that he isn't as happy as he was formerly, and things come to a head when his 'new' life catches up with his old one.

Thursday, November 25 - Ring of Spies

Shadow of Treason - Original title: Ring of Spies (1964)

Henry Houghton (Bernard Lee) is a navy clerk who loathes his work and feels that his life lacks luster. So when a secret agent (William Sylvester) asks him to steal military secrets in exchange for a hefty fee, Houghton agrees. Before long, the newly minted spy is seducing a high-ranking secretary (Margaret Tyzack) to solicit classified files. This thrill-seeking couple relish their ill-gotten gains until the British government begins to close in.

Wednesday, November 24 - A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death (1967)

A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for.

A handsome Latino judge in a USA border town in the 1920s navigates two different cultures, not quite fitting into either, while trying to woo two different women in unconventional ways for either culture, to oversee an execution and, later, to officiate a murder trial.

Tuesday, November 23 - Never Let Go

Never Let Go (1960)

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself – and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.

Monday, November 22 - The Puzzle of the Red Orchid

Secret of the Red Orchid - Original title: Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee (1962)

Several rich people are murdered in London, and the murders are somehow connected with a gang of blackmailers. Since the crimes seem like the work of Chicago mobsters, American FBI Captain Allermann (Christopher Lee) comes to London to help the investigating Scotland Yard Inspector Weston (Adrian Hoven).

Sunday, November 21 - Mirage (1965)

Mirage (1965)

After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell (Gregory Peck) finds he can't remember the past two years of his life. Discovering that a rich humanitarian died after falling from the same building, and that there are shady gunmen out to get him, Stillwell must piece together the missing memories of his life. Enlisting the help of a rookie private eye (Walter Matthau) and a reluctant old flame (Diane Baker), Stillwell uncovers the mystery detail by unexpected detail.

Saturday, November 20 - Crossroads

Crossroads (1942)

An amnesiac French diplomat is blackmailed for crimes that he may or may not have committed before he lost his memory.

Friday, November 19 - The Mind of Mr. Soames

The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)

A 30-year-old man, who has been in a coma since birth, is finally restored to consciousness by a breakthrough brain operation. Although physically an adult, the man is 'reborn' in the eye of an infant; and the doctors caring for him must teach him to walk, talk and prepare for life in the outside world. Tension builds as he escapes from the hospital, wanders among people who do not realize his identity, and is hunted by the police.

Thursday, November 18 - The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge (1961)

When the film begins, George Radcliffe (Gary Cooper) is in court testifying in a murder case. Another man is subsequently convicted of the murder and the story jumps ahead several years. Now Radcliffe is rich and successful...and his wife receives an anonymous blackmail letter from a mail pouch that had been lost during a robbery several years earlier. The note would seem to indicate that George was the real murderer!

But she just can't make things add up, wavering between an increasing suspicion of her husband's possibly having committed an heinous murder while at the same time refusing to believe it could be true.