Thursday, April 2nd TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
Background to Danger (1943)
A U.S. spy (George Raft) goes by train to Turkey and joins Russian agents against a Nazi spy (Sydney Greenstreet).
Betrayed (1954)
A Dutch intelligence officer (Clark Gable) trains a shady woman (Lana Turner) for the underground, then thinks she's a Nazi spy.
Above Suspicion (1943)
Honeymooners (Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray) spy for the British in 1939 Germany to learn more about the Nazis' new magnetic mine.
Assignment in Brittany (1943)
A French captain (Pierre Aumont) poses as a Nazi leader to pinpoint a U-boat base off the coast.
Sabotage Agent (1943)
A British spy (Robert Donat) helps the Czech underground blow up a Nazi poison-gas factory in Prague.
Hotel Berlin (1945)
An escapee (Helmut Dantine) from Dachau, an actress (Andrea King) and others hide in a grand hotel as the Third Reich falls.
Looney Tunes Oily Hare
Bugs's home falls in the middle of an oil field that is owned by a stubborn business tycoon. This triggers a hilarious tug of war over the property rights to the space.
Giant (1956)
A cattleman (Rock Hudson) and his spoiled wife (Elizabeth Taylor) watch an upstart oilman (James Dean) try to take over Texas.
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The lives of high schoolers (Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges), a debutante (Cybill Shepherd) and others overlap in a dying 1950s Texas town.
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
Four teens rile residents of a tiny town off Highway 91 with their decision to relocate in Los Angeles.
Brewster McCloud (1970)
A birdlike boy (Bud Cort) lives in the Houston Astrodome, advised by his guardian angel (Sally Kellerman).
Seven Days in May (1964)
An aide (Kirk Douglas) discovers his general's (Burt Lancaster) Pentagon plot and tells the president (Fredric March).
Lucky Me (1954)
A songwriter (Robert Cummings) finds a singer (Doris Day) and her stranded troupe working in a Miami hotel's kitchen.