Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 13th July 2020 306 | VIRGIN 445

Straight on Till Morning on Talking Pictures TV! Stars: , Tom Bell, Shane Briant, Annie Ross, James Bolam. Directed by Peter Collinson in 1972. Brenda Thompson, an unloved, ugly duckling, meets Peter, who makes her a proposition. If she will move in, cook, clean and tell him stories, he might give her a baby. Made by Hammer Studios, this clever film shifts between horror, romance, comedy and tragedy and Tushingham’s powerful performance carries real emotional weight. Airs Friday 17th July at 10:00pm.

Monday 13th July 12:35pm Tuesday 14th July 10:00pm High Tide at Noon (1957) The Man Who Could Drama. Directed by Philip Leacock. Cheat Death (1959) Stars: Betta St. John, Michael Craig, Horror. Directed by Terence Fisher William Sylvester. Returning to Nova Stars: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Scotia, Joanne Mackenzie’s gambler . An artist and husband squanders their savings. scientist in 1890 Paris stays young by Monday 13th July 6:00pm periodically replacing a gland with Johnny Come Lately (1943) that of a living person. Drama. Directed by William K. Howard. Wednesday 15th July 5:00pm Stars: James Cagney, Grace George The Grass is Greener (1961) and Marjorie Main. In 1906, a drifter Comedy. Director: Stanley Donen. arrives in Plattsville USA and takes over Stars: , , as editor of the local newspaper, taking , . on the town’s corrupt leading citizen, An encounter between an English W.M. Dougherty. countess and an American oil tycoon, Tuesday 14th July 7:20am set in an English stately home. The True Glory (1945) Wednesday 15th July 7:10pm Oscar winning documentary on the Escape From Zahrain (1962) Allied invasion of Europe. Directed Action. Director: Ronald Neame. by Carol Reed and Garson Kanin, Stars: Yul Brynner, Anthony Caruso, using commentary from the soldiers Sal Mineo, James Mason. An officer involved spoken by various actors in the security service of a despotic including , regime arranges to murder a jailed , John Laurie and revolutionary leader while he is Jimmy Hanley. being transferred between prisons. Tuesday 14th July 9:30am Wednesday 15th July 10:05pm Father’s Doing Fine (1952) Home of the Brave (1949) Comedy. Directed by Henry Cass. War. Director: Mark Robson. Stars: Richard Attenborough, Stars: Douglas Dick, Frank Lovejoy Heather Thatcher & Virginia Mckenna. James Edwards, Steve Brodie, Based on the play Little Lambs Eat Ivy, Lloyd Bridges. A group of men following the lives of an impoverished experience the hell of jungle combat upper-class family. against the Japanese in World War II. Tuesday 14th July 7:00pm Thursday 16th July 11:15am The Man Who Finally Died (1963) The Courtneys of Curzon Street Drama. Director Quentin Lawrence. (1947) Stars: , Peter Cushing Drama. Director: Herbert Wilcox and Georgina Ward. A mysterious call Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, summons Joe Newman to Bavaria in Gladys Young. Three generations of search of the father he believed dead the Courtney family, from the for 20 years. nineteenth century to WWII. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 13th July 2020 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

The Carpetbaggers on Talking Pictures TV! Stars: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Carroll Baker, Bob Cummings, Martha Hyer and Elizabeth Ashley. Directed by Edward Dmytryk in 1964. The ruthless rise to power of playboy Jonas Cord. George Peppard is Cord, based loosely on Howard Hughes and Alan Ladd plays his last role as a gunslinger turned actor. A landmark of the 1960s, based on the Harold Robbins novel. Airs Saturday 18th July 10:00pm.

Thursday 16th July 4:35pm Saturday 18th July 3:45pm Saloon Bar (1940) Fighting Coast Guard (1951) Thriller. Director: Walter Forde. Stars: Adventure. Directed by Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan & Joseph Kane. Stars: Brian Donlevy, Mervyn Johns. A group of pub locals Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines. set out to prove that a local is not A shipyard boss and his crew join a guilty of murder to prevent a hanging. Coast Guard commander in World Thursday 16th July 2:30pm War II South Pacific. The Eternal Sea (1954) Saturday 18th July 8:00pm War. Directed by John H. Auer. Dark City (1950) Stars: Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Thriller. Directed by William Dieterle. Ben Cooper, Dean Jagger. Stars: Charlton Heston, Dean Jagger, After an American naval officer loses , Viveca Lindfors, his leg, he continues in the service after Don DeFore. When the man kills learning to cope with his disability. himself after a poker game, his (AKA The Admiral Hoskins Story) brother looks for revenge. Friday 17th July 2:30pm Saturday 18th July 10:00pm One Good Turn (1954) The Carpetbaggers (1964) Comedy, directed by John Paddy Drama. Directed by Carstairs. Stars: Norman Wisdom, Edward Dmytryk. Joan Rice, Shirley Abicair, Thora Hird. Stars: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Norman is the oldest orphan at Carroll Baker, Bob Cummings, Greenwood Children’s Home ... Martha Hyer and Elizabeth Ashley. The ruthless and destructive rise to Friday 17th July 7:20pm power of playboy Jonas Cord. Conflict of Wings (1954) Drama. Directed by John Eldridge. Sunday 19th July 4:00pm Stars: Muriel Pavlow Green Fingers (1947) & Kieron Moore. Villagers take action Drama. Directed by John Harlow. when they find that a nearby RAF Stars: Robert Beatty, Carol Raye, station is taking over a bird sanctuary. Nova Pilbeam. A young man, after Friday 17th July 10:00pm returning from fighting in a war, discovers that he has what appear Straight On Till Morning (1972) Horror. Directed by Peter Collinson. to be healing powers. Stars: Rita Tushingham, Tom Bell, Sunday 19th July 6:40pm Shane Briant, Annie Ross, Flame of the Islands (1955) James Bolam. Brenda Thompson, an Thriller. Directed by Edward Ludwig. unloved, ugly duckling, meets Peter, Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Howard who makes her a proposition. If she Duff, Zachary Scott. A young will move in, cook, clean and tell him woman receives a windfall, stories, he might give her a baby. leaves New York and opens a Saturday 18th July 9:00am Bahamas casino. Another Shore (1948) Sunday 19th July 10:05pm Comedy Drama. Directed by Charles Girl With Green Eyes (1964) Crichton. Stars: Robert Beatty, Drama. Directed by Desmond Davis. Stanley Holloway & Moira Lister. Stars: , Rita Tushingham, A young Irishman comes up with an Lynn Redgrave and Julian Glover. unusual plan to get the money to An Irish Catholic farm girl moves emigrate to Tahiti. to Dublin for a more exciting life.