|
FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER 1998 (TNT - ENGLISH VERSION)
9:45 Ivanhoe
(Ivanhoe)
Film - USA, 1952 106'
Robert Taylor: Ivanhoe
Elizabeth Taylor: Rebecca
Joan Fontaine: Rowena
Felix Aylmer: De Bois-Gilbert
George Sanders: Wamba
Emlyn Williams: Sir Hugh de Bracy
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Lavish adventure based on Sir Walter Scott's novel about the brave knight Sir
Wilfred of Ivanhoe. Upon his return from the Crusades, he fights for the honour
of King Richard, who is being held in an Austrian prison. One of the most
successful films of the early 1950s.
11:30 The Painted Veil
(The Painted Veil)
Drama - USA, 1934 90'
Greta Garbo
Herbert Marshall
George Brent
Warner Oland
Jean Hersholt
Beulah Bondi
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
A doctor and his wife working in China have marital difficulties when his
protracted absences lead his wife to have an affair with a political attache.
With the outbreak of a cholera epidemic the doctor has to travel to remote
regions of China with his wife and she realises that she does indeed love her
husband and they reconfirm their marriage vows.
13:00 The Reluctant Debutante
(The Reluctant Debutante)
Film - USA, 1958
Rex Harrison: Jimmy Broadbent
Angela Lansbury: Mabel Claremont
Kay Kendall: Sheila Broadbent
John Saxon: David Parkson
Sandra Dee: Jane Broadbent
Peter Myers: David Fenner
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Jimmy Broadbent wants his daughter, Jane, to make her society debut in London so
that she can meet some rich eligible young men. But Jane, who finds this too
boring, starts seeing an American dance-band drummer to the horror of her
parents. Their views change, however, when they learn that he has inherited an
Italian dukedom.
14:45 Skirts Ahoy!
(Skirts Ahoy!)
Film - USA, 1952
Esther Williams: Whitney Young
Vivian Blaine: Una Yancy
Joan Evans: Mary Kate Yarbrough
Barry Sullivan: Lt. Comdr. Paul Elcott
Keefe Brasselle: Dick Hallson
Dean Miller: Archie O'Conovan
Three navy girls, or WAVES, set their sights on three navy men in this lively
romance. Musical numbers include 'Oh By Jingo', sung by Debbie Reynolds and
Bobby Van, and 'Hold Me Close to You', sung by Billy Eckstine (all three play
themselves in the film).
16:45 The Strawberry Blonde
(The Strawberry Blonde)
Film - USA, 1941 95'
James Cagney: Amy Lind
Olivia de Havilland: T. L. "Biff" Grimes
Rita Hayworth: Virginia Brush
Alan Hale: Ticket Inspector On Boat
George Tobias: Josephine Miller
Jack Carson: William "Old Man" Grimes
Directed by Raoul Walsh
An affectionate drama about unrequited love focusing on a struggling dentist who
is about to meet a face from the past. Relishing the unexpected prospect of
treating the man who stole his girl a decade earlier, he relives the story of
his dashed hopes and of his marriage to another woman.
18:30 Gun Glory
(Gun Glory)
Film - USA, 1957 105'
Stewart Granger: Tom Earley
Rhonda Fleming: Jo
Chill Wills
James Gregory
Jacques Aubuchon
Directed by Roy Rowland
Gunslinger Tom Early returns home after three years to find his wife has died,
and his son has turned against him. But when the town is menaced by a corrupt
cattle baron, Early is the only man who can play the villain at his own game.
20:00 Ivanhoe
(Ivanhoe)
Film - USA, 1952 106'
Robert Taylor: Ivanhoe
Elizabeth Taylor: Rebecca
Joan Fontaine: Rowena
Felix Aylmer: De Bois-Gilbert
George Sanders: Wamba
Emlyn Williams: Sir Hugh de Bracy
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Lavish adventure based on Sir Walter Scott's novel about the brave knight Sir
Wilfred of Ivanhoe. Upon his return from the Crusades, he fights for the honour
of King Richard, who is being held in an Austrian prison. One of the most
successful films of the early 1950s.
22:00 The Password Is Courage
(The Password Is Courage)
Film - USA, 1963 115'
Dirk Bogarde: Sgt. Maj. Charles Coward
Maria Perschy: Irena
Alfred Lynch: Pope
Nigel Stock: Cole
Reginald Beckwith: Unterofficer
Richard Marner: Schmidt
Directed by Andrew L Stone
Drama about a British prisoner of war who spends all his time planning an
escape. The first effort involves lying with wounded German soldiers and being
taken to hospital, but his true identity is revealed. He also digs a tunnel, but
when that fails he plans to escape using a fire engine. Based on the true story
of Sergeant Major Charles Coward.
0:00 WCW Nitro on TNT
(WCW Nitro on TNT)
Sport - USA
The latest WCW wrestling action from the US.
2:35 WCW Thunder
(WCW Thunder)
WCW wrestling action from the USA.
4:30 Passage to Marseille
(Passage to Marseille)
Film - USA, 1944 110'
Humphrey Bogart: Matrac
Claude Rains: Paula
Michele Morgan: Captain Freycinet
Philip Dorne: Renault
Sydney Greenstreet: Major Duval
Peter Lorre: Marius
Directed by Michael Curtiz
War drama in which a journalist discovers that the leader of a British-based
Free French Air Force Squadron is an escapee from Devil's Island. Initially
bitter towards a France which has wronged him, the journalist is converted to
self-destructive patriotism with the Free French.
6:30 The Petrified Forest
(The Petrified Forest)
Film - USA, 1936
Humphrey Bogart: Duke Mantee
Bette Davis: Gabrielle Maple
Leslie Howard: Alan Squier
Dick Foran: Boze Hertzlinger
Genevieve Tobin: Mrs. Chisholm
Directed by Archie Mayo
Ruthless gangster Duke Mantee arrives with his henchmen at a rundown roadside
cafe in Arizona's renowned Petrified Forest and takes the occupants hostage.
Among the captives is an idealistic writer, who makes a bizarre pact with Mantee
- the gangster will kill him so that his insurance policy will pay out to his
girlfriend.
This was Bogart's first starring role in a film - he had already played the part
of Mantee on the Broadway stage.
8:00 Murder, She Said
(Murder, She Said)
Film - USA, 1962 83'
Margaret Rutherford: Miss Marple
Arthur Kennedy: Dr. Quimper
Muriel Pavlow: Emma
James Robertson Justice: Ackenthorpe
Charles Tingwall: Craddock
Thorley Walters: Cedric
Directed by George Pollock
Murder mystery featuring Agatha Christie's elderly sleuth Miss Marple, based on
the book '4.50 from Paddington'. After seeing a woman being strangled on a
passing train, the wily old lady informs the railway police, who think she is
imagining things.
Hindered by lack of evidence, Miss Marple takes on the case herself, posing as a
domestic servant at a large house near the murder scene in order to track down
the killer.
|
|