Sunday, November 16th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
A U.S. soldier (John Sweet), a British sergeant and a London girl (Sheila Sim) see minor miracles and catch a prude (Eric Portman).
High and Low (1963)
An executive on the outs with his company gets in deeper when he pays off kidnappers who have abducted the wrong boy.
Brief Encounter (1945)
A married British woman (Celia Johnson) and a doctor (Trevor Howard) meet first at a train station, then fall in love but decide to part.
Royal Wedding (1951)
A brother (Fred Astaire) and sister (Jane Powell) take their act to 1947 London. Includes Astaire's famous dance on the ceiling.
The Rounders (1965)
Two cowboys (Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda) get drunk, cavort with women and take bets on a bucking stallion that likes corn mash.
The Birds (1963)
A San Francisco playgirl (Tippi Hedren) follows a bachelor (Rod Taylor) to Bodega Bay where, for no apparent reason, flocks of birds begin killing the populace.
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Bowling buddies become involved with a multimillionaire and his family wanted by mobsters in 1990s Los Angeles.
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Two piano-playing brothers hire a gorgeous singer to revive their small-time lounge act.
The Cheat (1915)
After a wealthy man (Sessue Hayakawa) brands a woman (Fannie Ward) for revoking their loan agreement, she shoots him, and her husband (Jack Dean) takes the blame in court.
The Life of Oharu (1952)
A 50-year-old prostitute (Kinuyo Tanaka) reviews her life of love, servitude and hardship in 17th-century Japan.
Lola (1982)
A cabaret singer (Barbara Sukowa) corrupts a stuffy city planner (Armin Mueller-Stahl) in 1957 Germany.
Ring of Fire (1961)
Two hoodlums and a bad girl (Joyce Taylor) take a deputy sheriff (David Janssen) hostage, followed by a forest fire.
Man Hunt (1936)
A cub reporter (William Gargan), a schoolteacher (Marguerite Churchill) and G-men hunt a bank robber (Ricardo Cortez).