Also this Sunday—we’re going to start a new feature here on
the blog that I’ve decided to call "Sunday Night at the MOVIES!" because I simply
have no imagination. Each Sunday, I’ll
post a rundown of what will air this week on the new Fox affiliate digital
sub-channel, much in the same way “Coming Distractions” looks at what’s
scheduled monthly on The Greatest Cable Channel Known to Mankind™. So, here’s what to expect this week:
Today, September 15
08:40am Kidco
(1983)
11:00am Homicidal
(1961)
12:55pm Charlie Chan
in Honolulu (1938)
02:20pm A Message to
Garcia (1936)
04:10pm Blind Fury
(1989)
06:00pm Destination
Gobi (1953)
08:00pm The Bridge on
the River Kwai (1957)
11:30pm The Bridge on
the River Kwai (1957)
03:05am Lisa
(1962)
05:25am The Big Town
(1987)
Monday, September 16
08:00am Take a Hard
Ride (1975)
10:10am Cripple Creek
(1952)
11:50am 7th Calvalry
(1956)
01:30pm Mysterious
Island (1961)
03:40pm The Naked
Prey (1966)
05:45pm Murphy's War
(1971)
08:00pm Hatari!
(1962)
11:25pm Hatari!
(1962)
02:50am The Day the
Earth Stood Still (1951)
04:50am Cripple Creek
(1952)
Tuesday, September 17
06:30am Charlie Chan
in Honolulu (1938)
08:25am Kidco
(1983)
10:40am Boeing-Boeing
(1965)
12:55pm Teacher's Pet
(1958)
03:30pm The Rat Race
(1960)
05:45pm Diamond Head
(1963)
08:00pm The Big
Picture (1989)
10:10pm Pretty Baby
(1978)
12:35am The Big
Picture (1989)
02:45am Pretty Baby
(1978)
05:05am Against All
Odds (1984)
Wednesday, September 18
08:00am The
Jayhawkers (1959)
10:10am Murphy's War
(1971)
12:25pm Nightmare
Alley (1947)
02:45pm The Star
Chamber (1983)
05:05pm Hush...Hush,
Sweet Charlotte (1964)
08:00pm Come Back to
the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
10:25pm Flaming Star
(1960)
12:25am Come Back to
the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
02:40am Flaming Star
(1960)
04:40am Reprisal!
(1956)
Thursday, September 19
06:15am The Guns of
Fort Petticoat (1957)
08:00am Comanche
Station (1960)
09:35am 7th Calvalry
(1956)
11:15am Homicidal
(1961)
01:10pm The Gambler
(1974)
03:30pm Dead Heat on
a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
05:50pm Runaway
(1984)
08:00pm The Italian
Job (1969)
10:10pm The
Assassination Bureau (1969)
12:35am The Italian
Job (1969)
02:50am The
Assassination Bureau (1969)
05:15am The Molly
Maguires (1970)
Friday, September 20
08:00am Hatari!
(1962)
11:25am The Lords of
Discipline (1983)
01:25pm The
Assassination Bureau (1969)
03:45pm Road House
(1948)
05:50pm The Big
Picture (1989)
08:00pm Tap
(1989)
10:25pm Lady Sings
the Blues (1972)
01:40am Tap
(1989)
04:05am Lady Sings
the Blues (1972)
Saturday, September 21
08:00am Mothra
(1962)
10:00am Kids Programming (FCC-mandated)
01:00pm Boeing-Boeing
(1965)
03:15pm The Family
Jewels (1965)
05:30pm Sabrina
(1954)
08:00pm Teacher’s Pet
(1958)
10:35pm Do Not
Disturb (1965)
12:50am Teacher’s Pet
(1958)
03:25am 711 Ocean
Drive (1950)
05:35am Nightmare
Alley (1947)
Whoever's in charge of picking the movies at MOVIES! has chosen some great obscure titles, like The Assassination Bureau and Murphy's War. I'd love to see the original The Italian Job again.
ReplyDeleteNice line-up for early Sunday AM too, starting with that Edward O'Brien noir 711 Ocean Drive and following it up with the second-darkest film Tyrone Power ever made: the superb Nightmare Alley.
I also enjoyed your review of Inferno, though I have to disagree with you about a few points.
First, I doubt Fleming's character was ever in love with Ryan, just his money. Even if he's an obnoxious twit, her willingness to leave him to suffer a lingering, horrible death (if he didn't blow his brains out, first) argues pretty strongly that she never had any real feelings for him. Whether her attraction to Lundigan was ever more than surface-deep is an open question, too.
I see her as more passive-aggressive than merely passive. Even if Lundigan came up with the scheme on the spur of the moment, I'd bet the two of them were daydreaming about doing away with Ryan long before they got their chance. I can easily imagine her hinting around about how great it would be if Ryan had a fatal accident, while leaving it up to Lundigan to work out the details.
Given the circumstances, it makes far more sense for Lundigan to have been the one who thought to take advantage of Ryan's bad luck. With his specialized knowledge of the desert and especially how aerial searches were organized -- remember: he's a pilot -- he's the only one who likely could have come up with the idea of misdirecting the searchers, and stood any chance of carrying it off. It just wouldn't have been as believable, if Fleming had been the mastermind.
Obviously, Robert Ryan's presence is going to overshadow just about any other male lead, but I still think Lundigan did a better job here than you're giving him credit for. His situation is a lot like Walter Neff's, in Double Indemnity: a man who's trapped by his own greed and lust and turned into a murderer. He has an odd sort of integrity -- it's Fleming who betrays him, not the other way around -- and you can almost at times find yourself feeling a bit of sympathy for him in his growing desperation.