Recommended Movies on TV

Talking Pictures debuts this month, variable but all rarely seen on FTA



Thu 01 Oct 20 22:00 (recommended)
The Assassination Bureau 1969. Comedy. Director: Basil Dearden. Stars: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg & Telly Savalas. Before WWI, a journalist investigates the Assassination Bureau, which chooses its targets based on moral issues

Sat 03 Oct 21:05 (recommended)
The Day of the Locust 1975. Drama. Director: John Schlesinger. Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton & Burgess Meredith. In 1930s Hollywood an introverted accountant watches as a society collapse

Mon 05 Oct 20 23:00 (recommended)
HIT! 1973. Action. Director: Sidney J Furie. Stars Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton & Gwen Welles. A federal agent tries to destroy a drug ring after his daughter dies from a heroin overdose (okay this is a second showing as it's on right now!)

Sat 10 Oct 20 21:05
Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline 1979. Thriller. Directed by Terence Young. Stars Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason. a pharmaceutical heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set. This is a good example of that trashy sub-genre of "airport novel crammed with famous faces well past their prime directed by an aging hack"


Sun 11 Oct 20 22:00
Rough Cut 1980. Comedy. Directed by Don Siegel & Peter R Hunt. Stars Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven. Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.

Wed 14 Oct 20 23:45
Dead Man's Kit 1980. Thriller. Directed by Colin Bucksey and starring Larry Lamb, Cherie Lunghi, Philip Locke and Clive Merrison. An investigation into a strange death gets more complicated when another body appears (only throwing this in it's an Armchair Thriller 4 parter, they edited these
into film format for later distribution on VHS/DVD etc)

Sat 17 Oct 20 20:00
Islands In The Stream 1977. Drama. Director: Franklin J. Schaffner. Stars: George C. Scott, David Hemmings & Gilbert Roland. Ernest Hemingway's most powerful themes are captured in this adaptation of 'Papa,' his novel. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE). Looks good but lumpy and overacted.

Sat 17 Oct 20 22:10 (recommended)
Child's Play (1972) 1973. Drama. Director: Sidney Lumet. Stars: Beau Bridges, James Mason & Robert Preston. At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors.

Thu 22 Oct 20 16:45 (recommended)
The Immortal Orson Welles 2019. Documentary. Director: Chris Wade. Stars: Dorian Bond, Norman Eshley & Henry Jaglom. A documentary exploring the life and career of the esteemed Orson Welles.

Sun 25 Oct 20 22:00
Darling Lili 1970. Drama. Director: Blake Edwards. Stars: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson & Lance Percival. Lili Smith is the singing sweetheart who the troops adore. But she's really an enemy agent with a mission.