The American Culture

This week:
* Monday—Storm and stress in La Bella Roma.
* Tuesday—They say confession is good for the soul.
* Wednesday—Samurai battles bandits, film at eleven (after midnight, actually).
* Thursday—Con gets conned—or falls in love, take your pick.
* Friday & Saturday—Nukes spawn flukes.
* Saturday—Smile though your heart is breaking.
* Sunday—Heat lightning and gasoline make a dangerous combination.  

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Monday—March 8th  

6:00 PM—Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
A recovering alcoholic film director tries for a comeback in Rome.  

11:30 PM—I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran faces inhuman conditions when he’s sentenced to hard labor.  

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Tuesday—March 9th  

1:15 AM—Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
An FBI agent risks his life to infiltrate Nazi sympathizers in the U.S.  

5:00 AM—Casablanca (1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.  

10:30 PM—Throne of Blood (1957)
Spurred by his wife and a witch’s prediction, a samurai murders his lord to steal the throne.  

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Wednesday—March 10th  

12:30 AM—The Hidden Fortress (1958)
In medieval Japan, a samurai fights to save a feudal lord’s daughter from bandits.  

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Thursday—March 11th  

5:15 PM—The Police Dog Story (1961)
After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.  

8:00 PM—The Lady Eve (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.  

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Friday—March 12th  

2:00 AM—Road to Singapore (1940)
A runaway tycoon and his sailor buddy try to con their way through the South Seas.  

10:15 AM—Psyche 59 (1964)
After being blinded in a mysterious fall, a woman fears her husband is involved with her younger sister.  

12:00 PM—The Collector (1965)
A disturbed young man kidnaps a woman he’s been stalking.  

2:15 PM—Return from the Ashes (1965)
A gigolo marries a wealthy widow, seduces her stepdaughter and plots to kill them both.  

6:15 PM—The Walking Stick (1970)
A beautiful polio victim is seduced into helping with a robbery.  

8:00 PM—The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.  

11:00 PM—The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
An earthquake unleashes a horde of giant prehistoric monsters.  

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Saturday—March 13th  

12:30 AM—Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.  

4:15 AM—Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
A man whose face is frozen in a horrible smile forces a doctor to treat him.  

8:30 AM—The Harder They Fall (1956)
A cynical press agent exposes inhuman conditions in the boxing game.  

8:00 PM—White Heat (1949)
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.  

10:00 PM—Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
A sophisticated crook mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank.  

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Sunday—March 14th  

12:00 AM—The Big Heat (1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster.  

1:45 AM—Heat Lightning (1934)
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.  

10:15 AM—Road to Zanzibar (1941)
A lady con artist scams two out-of-work entertainers into financing a safari.  

2:00 PM—All the King’s Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.  

—Mike Gray