Monday, December 30 - The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (Original title: Le foto proibite di una signora per bene) (1970)

Minou (Lassander) is the wife of Peter (Pier), a financially-struggling businessman. She becomes the target of a menacing stranger who convinces Minou that her husband has murdered a business partner; unless she submits to a sadistic relationship with the stranger he will expose the husband to the police.

Sunday, December 29 - Made in Italy

Made in Italy (1965)

Vignettes of Italian life include a fickle widow (Virna Lisi), and a Roman mother (Anna Magnani) trying to cross a busy street

Saturday, December 28 - Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady: Part 1

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (TV Movie 1991)

1910. Mycroft Holmes asks his brother Sherlock and Dr. Watson to travel to Vienna and find the stolen plans and prototype for an electromagnetic bomb detonator. Once there, they are reunited with Irene Adler, who has once more taken up her former profession as an opera singer.

Friday, December 27 - The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups (1973)

The seven-ups are a secret, elite New York detective squad who are very effective in catching criminals, even if their tactics are questionable. However, what one of the detectives doesn't know is that one of his informants is mastermind of a plot to kidnap loan sharks. The kidnappers get to their victims by impersonating police officers. While investigating one of the disappearances, one of the seven-ups gets spotted and is killed. The situation puts the seven-ups in a precarious position because it looks like they are tied to the kidnappings. So now one detective has to find the murderers and clear the seven-ups' soiled reputation.

Thursday, December 26 - The Screaming Skull

The Screaming Skull (1973)

David McCallum is Luke Pratt, physician with an interest in research.

Estranged from his wife (Carrie Nye) after the death of her son, Pratt finds solace in alcohol. All that changes when the doctor’s brother, Ollie (Vincent Gardenia) shows up and plants a diabolical idea in his head. It doesn’t take long for Luke to come up with what he thinks will be a foolproof plan to kill his wife. It’s after his wife’s murder that spooky things start happening, first to Luke and then to his brother.

Wednesday, December 25 - Lovejoy: Last Tango in Lavenham

Lovejoy: Last Tango in Lavenham (Season 6 Episode 10 - aired Dec 4, 1994)

Tink announces his retirement from the antique trade to open up a pub, and advises Lovejoy to marry Charlotte. Lovejoy's imminent eviction from the Felsham barn for non-payment of rent is another reason he decides to pop the question. Charlotte at first hesitates, but finally says 'yes' during an auction in which she is selling a pack of Victorian love letters for him. Complications arise when Jane returns from America and contemplates buying Felsham Hall, and Charlotte's father is attacked by "nighthawks" who pillage archaeological digs.

Tuesday, December 24 - Colonel March of Scotland Yard: Passage at Arms

Colonel March of Scotland Yard: Passage at Arms (Season 1 Episode 26 - aired Sep 24, 1955)

Mrs. Pollard, a wealthy widow, tells March of her brief fling with a young Frenchman. She was much in love with him but after a few weeks, the cad dumps her, taking all of her expensive jewelry with him. She learned that he is a member of the French fencing team and is now in London to compete in a tournament.

Sadly, Mrs. Pollard is later found dead and Inspector Goron of the Surete comes to London to assist in the investigation.

Monday, December 23 - The Last Run

The Last Run (1971)

A former getaway driver from Chicago (George C. Scott) has retired to a peaceful life in a Portuguese fishing village. He is asked to pull off one last job, involving driving a dangerous crook and his girl-friend to France. However, the job turns out to be a double-cross and the trio are pursued back to Portugal where they make one last stand on the coast while the enemy assassins attempt to gun them down.

Sunday, December 22 - Dead End

Dead End (1937)

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin (Humphrey Bogart) returns home to visit to the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother (Marjorie Main), who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey (Claire Trevor), now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave (Joel McCrea), a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.

Saturday, December 21 - Hawaiian Eye: Second Fiddle

Hawaiian Eye: Second Fiddle (Season 1 Episode 25 - aired Mar 23, 1960)

Tom and Tracy are hired by a professional violinist to guard his very valuable violin. What the musician doesn't know, however, is that his ex-wife and his current wife's ex-boyfriend are out to kill him. They cause him to have a heart attack and then take away his medication, but Tracy gets him to the hospital and saves his life. Undaunted, the murderous duo plans another attempt on the violinist's life.

Friday, December 20 - Back from the Dead

Back from the Dead (1957)

After his new wife Mandy (Peggy Castle) has a seizure, Dick Anthony (Arthur Franz) finds that she has become possessed by the spirit of his first wife Felicia, who drowned six years earlier. Dick's sister-in-law Kate (Marsha Hunt) suspects that Felicia's mother is somehow responsible and goes to occultist Maitre Renall (Otto Reichow) for help.

Thursday, December 19 - The Outfit

The Outfit (1973)

A small-time criminal, named Macklin's released from prison, and discovers his brother has been killed by a pair of mob killers. What he didn't know was the bank his brother robbed was owned by the syndicate. When he's almost hit by a killer, he pays mobster, Jake Menner a visit and demands reparation.