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TCM Guest Programmer: Frank Miller - 12/10/08

8:00pm Naked City (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart. Dir: Jules Dassin. BW-96 mins, TV-14

10:00pm High Noon (1952)
A retired Marshal must defend his town from a revengeful villain.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-85 mins, TV-PG

11:30pm Bishop's Wife, The (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven. Dir: Henry Koster. BW-109 mins, TV-G

1:30am Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974)
Gunmen hold a New York subway train and its passengers for ransom.
Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam. Dir: Joseph Sargent. C-104 mins, TV-MA

anyone else going to tune in tomorrow night? i've only seen THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE but i plan to DVR the other three.

NoirFan

Naked City has wonderful cinematography but hammy Fitzgerald and bland Duff weaken the film. High Noon is a classic western, not much I can add to it's acclaim. I've never seen The Bishop's Wife. Pelham is tremendous fun. "Well it's the Taking of Pelham One Two Three/ If you want a doo-doo rhyme then come see me!"

CharlieK

For me, this is one of those rare movie finds. I had never heard of it and it just happened to come on TV after I had finished watching something else. It grabbed me almost immediately and I found myself enthralled through the very end. I love it when that happens. Can't wait to see it again.