Sunday, May 3rd TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada
Helen of Troy (1955)
Menelaus and Agamemnon lead their Greek hordes against peaceful Troy to recapture the kidnapped queen (Rossana Podesta).
Drunken Angel (1948)
Akira Kurosawa's postwar allegory focusing on an alcoholic doctor's determination to cure a gangster of tuberculosis.
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
A 19th-century doctor meets with public resistance when she tries to establish a medical practice in Santa Fe.
Great Expectations (1946)
Dickens' orphan Pip (John Mills) goes to London to become a gentleman, thanks to his anonymous benefactor.
Nothing Sacred (1937)
A circulation-hungry newspaper brings a terminally ill Vermont woman to New York as a publicity stunt.
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
1930s singer/actress Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward) hits bottom after bad marriages, then joins Alcoholics Anonymous.
The Searchers (1956)
A Confederate veteran and his part-Cherokee partner search five years for a kidnapped girl.
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.
Charley Chase Silent Shorts Are Brunettes Safe?
Newspaperman Charley pretends to be his exact double to please an old lady hoping to see her son again; little does Charley realize his doppelgänger is wanted as a notorious criminal.
Forgotten Sweeties (1927)
When a man's ex-girlfriend moves into his building with her new husband, the man's wife is not happy about the situation.
Charley Chase Silent Shorts Bigger and Better Blondes
Charley is mistaken for a jewel thief by a socialite who tries to entrap him at a society party.
Anna and the Wolves (1972)
A foreign governess named Ana arrives at an isolated home to take charge of the education of the children of the family that lives in the mansion.
Cría cuervos (1976)
A little girl (Ana Torrent) and her sisters are placed with an aunt (Geraldine Chaplin) in Madrid after their father dies during adultery.
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
Astronauts attempt to thwart a plot to destroy Earth when they land on Venus and are captured by angry Amazons.
Satellite in the Sky (1956)
A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).