Classic Films
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
12:15 AM
Breathless (1961)
1h 30m | Crime | TV-14
A small-time hood hides out from the cops with his American girlfriend.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Cast
Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Liliane David
2:00 AM
Le Beau Serge (1958)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
An ailing city dweller makes a therapeutic return visit to his home town in the country.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Cast
Gerard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michele Meritz
3:45 AM
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
1h 25m | Crime | TV-14
A concert pianist on the run gets mixed up with gangsters.
Director
François Truffaut
Cast
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
5:15 AM
Lola (1962)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-14
A cabaret singer and mother named Lola is courted by two men, yet her heart longs for her absent lover.
Director
Jacques Demy
Cast
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden
6:45 AM
Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-14
This film concentrates on two hours in the life of a French singer waiting on the results of a medical test.
Director
Agnès Varda
Cast
Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller
8:30 AM
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
1h 8m | Comedy | TV-G
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Director
Leslie Fenton
Cast
Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan
9:45 AM
Fast Company (1938)
1h 15m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Married book-dealers Joel and Gerda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival ...
Director
Edward Buzzell
Cast
Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd
11:15 AM
Accidents Will Happen (1938)
59m | Crime | TV-G
An insurance man tangles with a fraud ring.
Director
William Clemens
Cast
Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell
12:30
PM
Pitfall (1948)
1h 24m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A married insurance man falls for a criminal's girlfriend.
Director
Andre Detoth
Cast
Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt
2:00 PM
Roadblock (1951)
1h 13m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
An insurance agent's greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Director
Harold Daniels
Cast
Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
3:30 PM
Strange Bargain (1949)
1h 8m | Crime | TV-PG
A young bookkeeper is framed for his boss's murder.
Director
Will Price
Cast
Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Henry Morgan
4:45 PM
Mystery in Mexico (1948)
1h 6m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
An insurance agent searches Mexico for a missing colleague.
Director
Robert Wise
Cast
William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez
6:00 PM
Five Miles to Midnight (1963)
1h 50m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A woman tries to free herself from her husband by helping him fake his own death.
Director
Anatole Litvak
Cast
Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young
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8:00 PM
Border Incident (1949)
1h 36m | Drama | TV-PG
Police try to crack down on the illegal immigration racket.
Director
Anthony Mann
Cast
Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva
10:00 PM
The Badlanders (1958)
1h 25m | Western | TV-PG
Western outlaws join forces for a daring gold robbery in this remake of The Asphalt Jungle.
Director
Delmer Daves
Cast
Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado
11:45 PM
I Accuse! (1958)
1h 39m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of writer Emile Zola's defense of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer who was framed.
Director
Jose Ferrer
Cast
Jose Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors
1:45 AM
Mystery Street (1950)
1h 33m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on.
Director
John Sturges
Cast
Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett
3:30 AM
Deep in My Heart (1954)
2h 12m | Musical | TV-G
Life story of Sigmund Romberg, who grew to become one of Broadway's most prolific composers.
Director
Stanley Donen
Cast
Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel
6:00 AM
Dial 1119 (1950)
1h 15m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.
Director
Gerald Mayer
Cast
Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King