RetroPlex TV Schedule
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Time Show -
- 3:50am
Red CanyonA girl sets out to tame a famous wild stallion and enter it in a race. Western, starring Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, George Brent, Edgar Buchanan and John McIntire
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- in 22 mins
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Vertigo
Taut Hitchcock thriller, with James Stewart playing a flawed hero in contrast to his usual dependable roles. A policeman-turned-private eye with an aversion to heights is hired to trail his old college pal's seemingly possessed wife. However, he soon falls obsessively in love with her, and is drawn into a complex and destructive mystery. Kim Novak plays a dual role, while Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore take supporting parts
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- 7:35am
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The Delicate Delinquent
A New York patrolman sees police-academy potential in a klutz mistaken for a street-gang hoodlum.
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- 9:20am
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The High and the Mighty
A pilot loses his nerve when one of his plane's engines fails on a flight bound for San Francisco, leaving his washed-up co-pilot to fly the craft to safety and save the passengers' lives. Disaster thriller based on the novel by Ernest K Gann, starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day and Robert Stack
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- 11:50am
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A poker player plans to renounce his gambling ways and become a farmer to support his family. When he learns of a high-stakes game he cannot resist taking part, but ends up losing everything and suffering a heart attack. His wife steps into the breach to finish the game and try to win back her savings - but she has never played poker before. Western, starring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards
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- 1:30pm
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High Noon
There's a theory among film historians that if it hadn't been for High Noon, the likes of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns and various Clint Eastwood movies such as The Outlaw Josey Wales and Unforgiven might never have been made. The movie is known as the first so-called 'adult Western' thanks to its bleak outlook, and so it could be argued that it is the natural forerunner to the aforementioned films. Still regarded as a masterpiece over 50 years since it was first released, the plot focuses on Will Kane (Gary Cooper), a marshal whose wedding day is disrupted by the imminent arrival of a murderous criminal on the midday train. So why has it gained so many plaudits over the decades? Well, it's superbly directed by Fred Zinnemann, who arguably gained career-defining performances from Cooper and his co-stars Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges and Thomas Mitchell. A must-see movie for film fans everywhere
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- 3:00pm
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Gun for a Coward
Three brothers attempt to deal with a band of cattle rustlers attacking their herd, but personal differences soon prompt them to start fighting each other instead, causing heartache for their mother and placing their future in jeopardy. Middling Western, starring Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter and Dean Stockwell
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- 4:35pm
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The Delicate Delinquent
A New York patrolman sees police-academy potential in a klutz mistaken for a street-gang hoodlum.
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- 6:20pm
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Trail of the Pink Panther
An intrepid reporter investigates the mysterious disappearance of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Average comedy sequel made after star Peter Sellers' death, using out-takes and unused footage from previous Pink Panther films, with Joanna Lumley, David Niven, Herbert Lom and Burt Kwouk
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- 8:00pm
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High Noon
There's a theory among film historians that if it hadn't been for High Noon, the likes of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns and various Clint Eastwood movies such as The Outlaw Josey Wales and Unforgiven might never have been made. The movie is known as the first so-called 'adult Western' thanks to its bleak outlook, and so it could be argued that it is the natural forerunner to the aforementioned films. Still regarded as a masterpiece over 50 years since it was first released, the plot focuses on Will Kane (Gary Cooper), a marshal whose wedding day is disrupted by the imminent arrival of a murderous criminal on the midday train. So why has it gained so many plaudits over the decades? Well, it's superbly directed by Fred Zinnemann, who arguably gained career-defining performances from Cooper and his co-stars Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges and Thomas Mitchell. A must-see movie for film fans everywhere
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- 9:30pm
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The High and the Mighty
A pilot loses his nerve when one of his plane's engines fails on a flight bound for San Francisco, leaving his washed-up co-pilot to fly the craft to safety and save the passengers' lives. Disaster thriller based on the novel by Ernest K Gann, starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day and Robert Stack