What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Thursday 25 May 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
03:00
Morituri
Second World War drama, with Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner
1965 – Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Movie cast
A German army deserter is recruited by British intelligence for an undercover mission. He must impersonate an SS officer and board a cargo ship travelling from Japan to Germany, so he can help the British Navy capture the vessel and its cargo. However, the captain of the ship is suspicious of his passenger. Second World War drama, with Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner and Trevor Howard
05:30
One Step Beyond
S01E05
A woman has visions of her husband in terrible danger
06:00
Honey West
S01E27
The private eye is hired to protect a gated community from burglars
06:30
Derek Fowlds: A Part Well Played
The actor looks back on his 60-year career
07:10
Holy Matrimony
Comedy, starring Gracie Fields
1943 – Comedy, Drama
Movie cast
A painter tries to shun publicity by assuming the identity of his dead butler and marrying a lonely widow – a situation which inevitably leads to complications. Comedy, starring Gracie Fields and Monty Woolley
09:00
Black Saddle
S02E02
Clay helps Marshal Scott to capture three escaped convicts
09:30
Murder in Soho
Drama, starring Jack La Rue
1939 – Crime, Drama
Movie cast
A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband. Drama, starring Jack La Rue, Sandra Storme and Bernard Lee
10:50
A Doll’s House
Drama, starring Claire Bloom
1973 – Drama
Movie cast
A woman commits forgery in the early days of her marriage for the benefit of her unwitting husband. Years later, she finds herself the target of blackmail by someone aware of the secret, and is gripped by the fear that if the truth comes out it will destroy her husband’s career. Drama, based on Henrik Ibsen’s play, starring Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson and Denholm Elliott
12:40
The March Hare
Racing comedy, starring Peggy Cummins
1956 – Comedy
Movie cast
A penniless Irish baronet is forced to sell his land, but gets mistaken for the estate’s groom and stays on to help train a colt for a prestigious race. Comedy, starring Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan and Cyril Cusack
14:20
Look at Life
The problems caused by a rise in the number of cars on the roads
14:30
Crown Court
S02E20
Part two of three. A police officer takes the stand
15:00
Stowaway
Drama, starring Trevor Howard
1957 – Drama
Movie cast
16:50
The Queen of Spades
Horror drama, starring Anton Walbrook
1949 – Drama, Fantasy
Movie cast
A poor captain hears of a countess who has sold her soul to win at cards, so he becomes keen to find her and join her at the gaming tables. Horror drama, starring Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Ronald Howard
18:35
The Switch
Crime drama, starring Anthony Steel
1963 – Crime
Movie cast
20:00
The Saint
S03E13
Simon pursues a con man who abandoned his girlfriend and their baby
21:00
Justice
S03E12
A doctor is accused of hastening the death of a patient
22:00
Eyewitness
Thriller, starring William Hurt
1981 – Thriller, Drama
Movie cast
A janitor is obsessed with a TV reporter, and when she covers a murder in the office where he works, he pretends to have witnessed the crime to get her attention. However, his ruse also catches the eye of the killer, who is convinced the caretaker really did see the crime and must be killed before he can talk. Thriller, starring William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer and James Woods
00:05
Gloria
Thriller, starring Gena Rowlands
1980 – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Movie cast
Gangsters kill their accountant and his family after he is caught feeding information to the FBI, but his six-year-old son manages to escape. It becomes the job of a tough-talking former showgirl to protect him from the hitmen determined to complete the bloody task they so ruthlessly started. John Cassavetes’ thriller, starring Gena Rowlands, John Adames, Buck Henry and Julie Carmen
02:30
How I Won the War
Second World War comedy, starring Michael Crawford
1967 – Comedy, War
Movie cast
An inept army commander leading one of the British army’s worst units ill-advisedly tries to set up a cricket pitch behind enemy lines – with disastrous results. Second World War comedy, starring Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear and Lee Montague
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