Friday, July 31st TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA HD
The Big House (1930)
Prison brings out the worst in a forger (Chester Morris), a killer (Wallace Beery) and a drunken driver (Robert Montgomery) in for manslaughter.
The Public Enemy (1931)
Two hoodlums, Tom and Matt, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both.
Smart Money (1931)
A small-town barber (Edward G. Robinson) turns big-city gambler, undone by luck and a weakness for blondes.
Two Seconds (1932)
A riveter (Edward G. Robinson) reviews his life in the time it takes for him to die in the electric chair.
Three on a Match (1932)
Bad luck happens to a rich man's (Warren William) wife (Ann Dvorak) and her two girlfriends from school.
The Beast of the City (1932)
A police chief (Walter Huston) fighting crime and corruption is betrayed by his brother (Wallace Ford) who falls for a gun moll (Jean Harlow).
Penthouse (1933)
A gangster, his lawyer (Warner Baxter) and an underworld mistress (Myrna Loy) topple a rival gangster together.
The Mouthpiece (1932)
A shaken prosecutor (Warren William) turns underworld lawyer after sending an innocent man to the electric chair.
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
An all-powerful New York gossip columnist (Burt Lancaster) gives a press agent (Tony Curtis) some dirty work.
Touch of Evil (1958)
A U.S. sheriff (Orson Welles) frames a man for a border-town murder and kidnaps a Mexican's (Charlton Heston) wife (Janet Leigh).
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank.
Point Blank (1967)
A ruthless crook seeks revenge against the partner who betrayed him and left him for dead on Alcatraz Island.
Mike's Murder (1984)
A Los Angeles bank teller (Debra Winger) probes her lover's (Mark Keyloun) brutal death with his partner (Darrell Larson), who may be next.
The concept allows the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made; the format changed to show edited versions of MGM films.
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
A man (Don DeFore) hires a private eye (Jack Carson) to watch his wife (Janis Paige) on a cruise, but the wife sends an impostor.
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
A World War I veteran (Gordon MacRae) makes his Indiana sweetheart (Doris Day) wait for marriage while he makes money.