Silver Bears on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Michael Caine, Louis Jourdan, Stéphane Audran, David Warner, Tom Smothers and Martin Balsam
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Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 4th May 2020 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Silver Bears on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Michael Caine, Louis Jourdan, Stéphane Audran, David Warner, Tom Smothers and Martin Balsam. Directed by Ivan Passer, released in 1978. This sophisticated thriller involves double dealing in the world’s silver market, with Caine as a sharp Las Vegas money expert. Comedy, adventure and romance on a grand scale - with everybody winning eventually – or almost everybody! Airs on Saturday 9th May at 5:45pm. Monday 4th May 8:10am Wednesday 6th May 11:30am Crossroads to Crime (1960) King Creole (1958) Crime. Director: Gerry Anderson Musical Drama. Stars: Anthony Oliver, Arthur Rigby. Directed by Michael Curtiz. A policeman suspects a gang of Stars: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, lorry hijackers of vehicle thefts. Walter Matthau. A rebellious young man takes a job as a nightclub Monday 4th May 11:30am singer, attracting the attention of Personal Affair (1953) a local crime boss. Drama, directed by Anthony Pelissier. Stars: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn and Wednesday 6th May 5:30pm and Glynis Johns. A teenager, who is in love Sunday 10th May 10:45am with her teacher, disappears after a Let George Do It (1940) confrontation with his wife, prompting Comedy. Directed by Marcel Varnel. the police to investigate the teacher, Stars: George Formby, amidst rumours of rape and murder. Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Bernard Lee, Coral Browne. A spy Monday 4th May 10pm posing as a ukelele player dies while The Fan (1981) playing in Norway. George is sent Thriller. Directed by Edward Bianchi. to take the dead man’s place. Only Stars: Lauren Bacall, Michael Biehn, when the ship docks in Bergen, does James Garner & Maureen Stapleton. he realize his predicament ... A famous stage and film actress is stalked by a violent, deranged fan, Wednesday 6th May 7:10pm who begins killing those around her. Bless This House (1972) Directed by Gerald Thomas. Tuesday 5th May 7:50pm Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland Small Hotel (1957) & Sally Geeson. Sid Abbot wants to Comedy, directed by David Mcdonald. build an illegal whisky still. Stars: Gordon Harker, Marie Lohr, John Loder, Billie Whitelaw, Irene Wednesday 6th May 10:05pm Handl, Janet Munro, Francis Matthews, Houdini (1953) Ruth Trouncer. At a small, hotel, Albert, Drama. Directed by George Marshall. an aged but very shrewd waiter, is a Stars: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, past master at the art of fiddling. Torin Thatcher. The spectacular career of illusionist Harry Houdini. Tuesday 5th May 10pm Madness of the Heart (1949) Thursday 7th May 7:55am Drama, directed by Charles Bennett. The Divided Heart (1954) Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Drama, directed by Charles Crichton. Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron and Stars: Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Maxwell Reed. Lydia Garth’s romance Mitchell and Armin Dahlen. After is plagued by her complaint of WW2 an orphan is adopted by recurring spells of blurred vision. a German couple. When he turns 10 he hears his mother is alive. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 4th May 2020 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 The Man Who Fell To Earth on Talking Pictures TV Stars: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark. Science-fiction fantasy, directed by: Nicolas Roeg in 1976. The mysterious and complex Thomas Jerome Newton, appears in New York. Despite his frail physical presence, the strength of his intellect and scientific knowledge transcend contemporary human experience. Airs on Saturday 9th May at 9:50pm Thursday 7th May 2:30pm Saturday 9th May 3:55pm Thunder in the East (1953) The Importance of being Earnest War Drama. Directed by Charles (1952) Vidor. Stars: Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Comedy, directed by Anthony Charles Boyer. In 1947 India, Asquith. Stars: Michael Redgrave, Europeans scramble to evacuate Richard Wattis, Michael Denison. Ghandahar, which is besieged by a Algernon discovers that his friend, local warlord but sought-after by an Ernest has a fictional brother and American arms dealer. poses as the brother. Thursday 7th May 10pm Saturday 9th May 5:45pm The Cotton Club (1984) Silver Bears (1978) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Thriller, directed by: Ivan Passer. Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Michael Caine, James Remar, Bob Hoskins. Louis Jourdan, Stéphane Audran, A young 1920’s cornet player saves the David Warner, Tom Smothers and life of a much-feared mobster and finds Martin Balsam. Double dealing in himself being drawn into his world. the world’s silver market. Friday 8th May 9:35am Saturday 9th May 8pm Scotland Yard Investigator (1945) Timeslip (1955) Directed by George Blair. Crime, directed by: Ken Hughes. Stars: C. Aubrey Smith, Stars: Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Stephanie Bachelor, Erich von Stroheim. Joseph Tomelty, Charles Hawtrey, During the Second World War the Mona Peter Arne, Donald Gray. A body Lisa is moved to a London gallery, where is recovered from the Thames and a German art collector tries to steal it. reporter Delaney identifies the man as being a nuclear physicist. Friday 8th May 11:30am School for Secrets (1946) Sunday 10th May 6:55pm War Drama, written and directed Hello Down There (1969) by Peter Ustinov. Stars: Ralph Comedy Science-Fiction, directed Richardson, David Tomlinson, by: Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning. Richard Attenborough. Story of the Stars: Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, scientists who developed radar, Roddy McDowall. A marine scientist avoiding invasion of Britain in 1940. volunteers his family to live in an underwater home. Friday 8th May 7pm and Sunday 10th May 4pm Sunday 10th May 10pm Danger Within (1959) Personal Services (1987) War Drama, directed Comedy directed by: Terry Jones. by Don Chaffey. Stars: Richard Todd, Stars: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Shirley Stelfox, Danny Schiller, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Victoria Hardcastle, Tim Woodward. Donald Houston, William Franklyn. A waitress runs a brothel for British prisoners attempt to escape middle-aged men with kinky from an Italian POW camp. requirements..