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Murder most foul is the connection between Robert Osborne's selections tonight.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM Pilgrim, The (1923) In this silent film, an escaped convict poses as the new pastor of a small-town church. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-40 mins, TV-G
6:45 AM Limelight (1952) A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-132 mins, TV-G, CC
9:00 AM Man in the Iron Mask, The (1939) The Three Musketeers rescue the king's unjustly imprisoned twin. Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William. Dir: James Whale. BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC
11:00 AM Niagara (1952) Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters. Dir: Henry Hathaway. C-89 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:30 PM Short Film: Mighty Niagara (1943) C-9 mins,
12:45 PM Torn Curtain (1966) A U.S. scientist pretends to defect to follow his mentor behind the Iron Curtain. Cast: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
3:00 PM Roman Holiday (1953) A runaway princess in Rome finds love with a reporter who knows her true identity. Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert. Dir: William Wyler. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC
5:00 PM My Fair Lady (1964) A phonetics instructor bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady. Cast: Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway. Dir: George Cukor. C-172 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM Payment Deferred (1932) A milquetoast kills for money and finds it a hard habit to break. Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ray Milland. Dir: Lothar Mendes. BW-81 mins, TV-G
9:30 PM Big Clock, The (1948) A corrupt publisher tries to frame a career-driven editor for murder. Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: John Farrow. BW-95 mins, TV-PG
11:15 PM Crime and Punishment (1935) A young student murders for money then tries to escape his guilt and a brilliant detective. Cast: Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold, Marian Marsh. Dir: Josef von Sternberg. BW-88 mins, TV-14
12:47 AM Short Film: Strange Glory (1938) BW-11 mins,
1:04 AM Short Film: Three Smart Guys (1943) BW-11 mins,
1:15 AM Three Strangers (1946) Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Geraldine Fitzgerald. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC
3:00 AM Verdict, The (1946) A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring. Dir: Don Siegel. BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC
4:30 AM Island of Doomed Men (1940) A government agent infiltrates a prison island to build a case against its corrupt, sadistic warden. Cast: Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox. Dir: Charles Barton. BW-67 mins,
5:45 AM Short Film: Four Minute Fever (1956) BW-9 mins,
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