Movies On TV August 1975 (New York City)
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1. Whirlpool (1950)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an attempt to cure her. Soon afterwards, she's found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there, and seemingly no way to prove her innocence.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford
Votes: 4,798
WNEW 5
2. Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical
Three navy men run into a shady producer who convinces them to invest into his new show. When they meet the show's female star attraction, they're sold. Have they become the latest showbiz players or just three more suckers?
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Jane Powell, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Sam Levene
Votes: 464
WOR 9
3. When Michael Calls (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Douglas, Al Waxman
Votes: 1,003
WABC 7
4. Unknown World (1951)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Scientists use a gigantic drilling machine for an expedition to the center of the earth.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Bruce Kellogg, Otto Waldis, Jim Bannon, Tom Handley
Votes: 1,296
WOR 9
5. The Family Kovack (1974 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A close-knit Chicago family rallies behind its eldest son, who is charged with trying to bribe a city health inspector.
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: James Sloyan, Sarah Cunningham, Andrew Robinson, Tammi Bula
Votes: 8
WCBS 2; WSFB 3
6. The Tribe (1974 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the last Ice Age, a family of Cro-Magnons battle a tribe of primitive Neanderthals for survival.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Victor French, Warren Vanders, Henry Wilcoxon, Adriana Shaw
Votes: 29
WABC 7; WTNH 8
7. The Black Scorpion (1957)
Approved | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas, Mario Navarro
Votes: 3,412
WCBS 2; WSFB 3
8. Destination Moon (1950)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson
Votes: 4,694 | Gross: $5.00M
WNEW 5
9. I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
The professional and romantic misadventures of an advertising executive in 1960s swinging London.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Oliver Reed, Orson Welles, Carol White, Harry Andrews
Votes: 1,077
WOR 9
10. Thunder in the East (1952)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, War
In a remote region of post-independence India, the love of a blind British woman pricks the conscience of an arms dealer.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer, Corinne Calvet
Votes: 411
WABC 7
11. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy
A meek tailor thinks his wooing will be helped if he assumes the identity of the famous Casanova...who's deeply in debt.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 1,144 | Gross: $7.63M
WCBS 2
12. Battle Taxi (1955)
82 min | Drama, War
In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and turn him into a team player.
Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson, Leo Needham
Votes: 268
WNEW 5
13. House of Numbers (1957)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
San Quentin prison inmate Arnie Judlow asks his twin brother Bill and his wife Ruth to assist him in a daring escape plan.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Jack Palance, Harold J. Stone, Edward Platt, Barbara Lang
Votes: 618
WNBC 4
14. Life with Blondie (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Family
The Bumstead family dog, Daisy, becomes a top dog-model, and receives so much acclaim that she comes to the attention of a gangster's girl friend, who persuades the gang to kidnap Daisy for ransom. Blondie and Dagwood go to Daisy's rescue.
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 217
WNEW 5
15. Annie Oakley (1935)
Passed | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Western
A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen
Votes: 1,896
WOR 9
16. The Devil Bat (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher
Votes: 3,449
WNEW 5
17. The Mysterious Desperado (1949)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Learning that Chito's wealthy uncle died without a will, Tim and Chito head for California. On arrival, they quickly learn that someone is out to kill Chito, and the other heir, Chito's ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Edward Norris, Movita
Votes: 156
WOR 9
18. The Mad Monster (1942)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Johnny Downs, George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Glenn Strange
Votes: 1,940
WNEW 5
19. Stolen Face (1952)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
A doctor repairs a female inmate's disfigured face to match the lovely woman who left him, and marries her, only to find out how abusive she is.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell, Mary Mackenzie
Votes: 835
WCBS 2
20. The Command (1954)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Western
An army doctor, with no combat experience, is forced to take command of a cavalry troop escorting a wagon train through hostile Indian country when the unit's commanding officer dies.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Guy Madison, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 651
WABC 7
21. The Mad Room (1969)
M | 93 min | Drama, Horror
Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave the mental institution where they were put as young children after they killed their parents.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Skip Ward, Carol Cole
Votes: 627
WNEW 5
22. Waterloo Road (1945)
76 min | Drama, Romance, War
A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: John Mills, Stewart Granger, Alastair Sim, Joy Shelton
Votes: 690
WOR 9
23. Les Misérables (1958)
210 min | Drama
Jean Valjean, convicted of a minor crime, spends the rest of his life being pursued by a cruel and unrelenting policeman, Javert.
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, René Fleur, Julienne Paroli
Votes: 1,781
WOR 9
24. Goodbye Again (1961)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 3,122
WNBC 4
25. Money from Home (1953)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When Herman promises the mob to fix a racing horse in order to pay off his debts, he selects his veterinarian cousin as a patsy to help him but things go awry.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley
Votes: 918
WABC 7; WTNH 8
26. Luv (1967)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Milt, who's having difficulties with his wife, runs into his friend Harry, who's about to kill himself. Milt asks Harry to stay with his wife Ellen while he goes off with his girlfriend. ... See full summary »
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Elaine May, Nina Wayne
Votes: 808
WCBS 2
27. Lost Command (1966)
Approved | 129 min | Action, Drama, War
French Army Colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrilla during the Algerian War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 2,277
WABC 7
28. The Naked Maja (1958)
111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari, Gino Cervi
Votes: 442
WNEW 5
29. The Wolf Man (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Claude Rains, Warren William, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 30,723
WOR 9
30. Count Your Blessings (1959)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Grace hastily marries a French aristocrat during WWII, but is separated by circumstance from him for almost nine years. And when reunited, Charles's philandering causes them to divorce and ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens
Votes: 387 | Gross: $1.77M
WNBC 4
31. You're My Everything (1949)
94 min | Comedy, Musical
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim's show rolls on to Chicago a ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 206
WCBS 2
32. Up from the Beach (1965)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, War
After the D-Day landings in June 1944, a US Army platoon liberates a small village in Normandy from German occupation.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons, Irina Demick, Marius Goring
Votes: 145
WABC 7
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