RetroPlex TV Schedule
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Time Show -
- 5:30am
Tender MerciesAn alcoholic failed country singer wakes up broke and hungover in a tiny Texas motel. Taking a job at the establishment, he ultimately marries the widowed owner and becomes a father figure to her son. However, when the chance to return to his musical career beckons, he is tempted to abandon his new family. Drama, starring an Oscar-winning Robert Duvall alongside Tess Harper and Ellen Barkin
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- in 25 mins
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The Big Fix
Comedy thriller, starring Richard Dreyfuss as a private detective hired by a campaign worker to investigate a series of anonymous leaflets which threaten to harm a political candidate's career. With Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia and John Lithgow
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- 8:55am
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The Rounders
Two modern-day cowboys are always on the lookout for a way to get rich, but their plans never seem to work out. When they are tricked into taking ownership of a horse that refuses to accept any rider, they see a chance to make a fortune by betting rodeo riders they cannot break in the animal. Comedy Western, starring Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Sue Ann Langdon, Hope Holiday and Chill Wills
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- 10:25am
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The Missouri Breaks
Irish bounty hunter Marlon Brando is called in to dispose of a gang of cattle rustlers led by Jack Nicholson, and becomes increasingly obsessed with finishing the job no matter what - even after he's fired. It's a bizarre Western adventure from director Arthur Penn, which failed to create a stir at the box office - but makes for fascinating viewing thanks to the clash of egos between Hollywood heroes Brando and Nicholson. Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd and Frederic Forrest co-star.
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- 12:35pm
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Family Plot
A phony psychic makes a lucrative living conning people with her fake powers, but when she is hired by a wealthy woman to find a nephew who was adopted many years ago - and who is now heir to a fortune - she finds herself embroiled in a real-life murder. Alfred Hitchcock's thriller and final film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane
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- 2:40pm
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Silverado
Energetic Western about a mismatched quartet teaming up to save a run-down town from an evil outlaw gang who will stop at nothing in their campaign of terror. The all-star cast includes Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover and Scott Glenn as the unlikely heroes, with Rosanna Arquette, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt and a cameo from John Cleese as a cowardly sheriff.
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- 4:55pm
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The Rounders
Two modern-day cowboys are always on the lookout for a way to get rich, but their plans never seem to work out. When they are tricked into taking ownership of a horse that refuses to accept any rider, they see a chance to make a fortune by betting rodeo riders they cannot break in the animal. Comedy Western, starring Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Sue Ann Langdon, Hope Holiday and Chill Wills
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- 6:25pm
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Tender Mercies
An alcoholic failed country singer wakes up broke and hungover in a tiny Texas motel. Taking a job at the establishment, he ultimately marries the widowed owner and becomes a father figure to her son. However, when the chance to return to his musical career beckons, he is tempted to abandon his new family. Drama, starring an Oscar-winning Robert Duvall alongside Tess Harper and Ellen Barkin
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- 8:00pm
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Family Plot
A phony psychic makes a lucrative living conning people with her fake powers, but when she is hired by a wealthy woman to find a nephew who was adopted many years ago - and who is now heir to a fortune - she finds herself embroiled in a real-life murder. Alfred Hitchcock's thriller and final film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane
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- 10:05pm
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The Missouri Breaks
Irish bounty hunter Marlon Brando is called in to dispose of a gang of cattle rustlers led by Jack Nicholson, and becomes increasingly obsessed with finishing the job no matter what - even after he's fired. It's a bizarre Western adventure from director Arthur Penn, which failed to create a stir at the box office - but makes for fascinating viewing thanks to the clash of egos between Hollywood heroes Brando and Nicholson. Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd and Frederic Forrest co-star.