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Gun Crazy (1950) October 20: Ace in the Hole July 7 SEPTEMBER 8: FORCE OF EVIL NOVEMBER 3: KISS ME MILLICENT LIBRARY (1948) - An unethical lawyer, with an DEADLY (1955) - A doomed MOVIE NIGHT older brother he wants to help, becomes a female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer partner with a client in the numbers into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, racket. Starring John Garfield, directed by revolving around a mysterious "great Abraham Polonsky. 1 hour, 18 minutes. whatsit." Starring Ralph Meeker, directed by Robert Aldrich, based on JULY 7: GASLIGHT (1944) - SEPTEMBER 22: THEY LIVE BY the novel by Mickey Spillane. 1 hour, Years after her aunt was murdered 46 minutes. in her home, a young woman moves NIGHT (1948) - An escaped convict is back into the house with her new injured and is helped by a woman with husband. However, he has a secret whom he has an ill-fated relationship. NOVEMBER 17: TOUCH OF which he will do anything to protect, Starring Farley Granger, directed by EVIL (1958) - A stark, perverse even if that means driving his wife Nicholas Ray. 1 hour, 35 minutes. story of murder, kidnapping, and insane. Classic suspense starring police corruption in a Mexican border Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and OCTOBER 6: GUN CRAZY (1950) town. Starring Charlton Heston, Joseph Cotten. 1 hour, 54 minutes. directed by Orson Welles. - A well meaning crack shot husband is pressured by his beautiful marksman wife JULY 21: NIGHT OF THE to go on an interstate robbery spree, DECEMBER 1: THE NAKED HUNTER (1955) - A where he finds out just how deadly she KISS (1964) - The setup is pure religious fanatic marries a gullible really is. Starring Peggy Cummins, pulp: A former prostitute (a cracker- widow whose young children are directed by Joseph H. Lewis. 1 hour, 26 jack Constance Towers) relocates to reluctant to tell him where their real minutes. a buttoned-down suburb, determined daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a to fit in with mainstream society. But robbery. Brilliantly atmospheric OCTOBER 20: ACE IN THE HOLE in the strange, hallucinatory territory of writer-director-producer Samuel chiller starring Robert Mitchum and (1951) - A frustrated former big-city Shelley Winters. 1 hour, 33 minutes. Fuller, perverse secrets simmer be- journalist now stuck working for an neath the wholesome surface. 1 Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story hour, 30 minutes. about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump AUGUST 4: SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943) - A young woman start his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus. DECEMBER 15: LE discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" Starring Kirk Douglas, directed by Billy After may not be the man he seems to be. SAMOURAI (1967) - Starring Joseph Cotten, directed by Wilder. 1 hour, 51 minutes. killing a night-club owner, Alfred Hitchcock. 1 hour, 48 minutes. professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and AUGUST 18: LAURA (1944) - more and more he gets driven into a A police detective falls in love with corner. Starring Alain Delon, directed the woman whose murder he's by Jean-Pierre Melville. In French investigating. Starring Gene Tierney, with English subtitles. Rated PG. 1 directed by Otto Preminger. 1 hour, hour, 41 minutes. 28 minutes. .
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