Thursday, May 16th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada
Mame (1974)
Wiped out by the crash of '29, a woman (Lucille Ball) marries a Georgia millionaire (Robert Preston) and lives life to the fullest.
Pitfall (1948)
An insurance man's (Dick Powell) affair with a blonde (Lizabeth Scott) leads to guilt, murder and a confession to his wife (Jane Wyatt).
The Set-Up (1949)
An aging boxer (Robert Ryan) leaves his crying wife (Audrey Totter), then crosses the street for a fixed fight.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) encounters sundry characters (Mary Astor, Peter Lorre), all seeking a coveted statuette.
Lady in the Lake (1946)
Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) searches for a publisher's missing wife.
They Live by Night (1948)
Fugitive lovers Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell) and Bowie (Farley Granger) are doomed by fate from the start.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) and her husband (Kirk Douglas), who saw her kill her aunt, fear a childhood friend (Van Heflin) saw her too.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A drifter (John Garfield) stops at a Greek diner and helps the owner's (Cecil Kellaway) lusty wife (Lana Turner) become a widow.
The Mortal Storm (1940)
An Austrian farmer (James Stewart) and a professor's daughter (Margaret Sullavan) flee Nazi Germany on skis.
The Vanishing Virginian (1941)
Robert Yancey (Frank Morgan) serves his wife (Spring Byington), family and the public in early 20th-century Lynchburg, Va.
Flight Command (1940)
A Navy ensign (Robert Taylor) flirts with his commander's (Walter Pidgeon) wife (Ruth Hussey) while training with a squadron in San Diego.
The Spanish Main (1945)
Dutch pirates of Tortuga save the Mexican viceroy's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) from marriage to the governor (Walter Slezak).
Strange Cargo (1940)
An island convict (Clark Gable), his girlfriend (Joan Crawford) and other lost souls escape in a sailboat with a Christlike man (Ian Hunter).