By David in TN
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning is Pale Flower (1964)
Pale Flower is a Japanese film. Released from prison, a murderous gangster forms a mutually destructive relationship with a mysterious woman.
At 6:15 p.m. ET, TCM shows John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) with Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor and John Vernon.
A ruthless crook (Marvin) seeks revenge against the partner (Vernon)who betrayed him and left him for dead on Alcatraz Island.
Friday, June 20, 2025 at 7:46:00 PM EDT
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TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:30 and 10 a.m. ET is Anatole Litvak's Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) with Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Harold Vermilyea.
Film Noir Guide: "Stanwyck plays a 'cardiac neurotic,' a wealthy hypochondriac whose mental illness has caused her to become, in her words, 'a helpless invalid.' Lancaster plays her henpecked, but independent-minded husband. One evening, while Lancaster is out of town, Stanwyck, thanks to a coincidental crossing of telephone wires, overhears a couple of thugs talking about murdering a woman later that night."
"Frantic, she telephones the police but they dismiss her as a kook. Via flashback, we see how Stanwyck stole Lancaster away from his girl (Richards) and how they eventually married over the objections of her father, pharmaceuticals tycoon Begley. After Lancaster becomes involved with vicious gangsters and industrial espionage, the D.A.'s office starts closing in on him and his reluctant chemist partner (Vermilyea)."
"Between flashbacks, we are treated to Stanwyck's increasingly hysterical outbursts over the telephone, her only means of communication with the outside world, as she come to believe that SHE's the intended murder victim. Veteran character actor Corey has a small role as Stanwyck's doctor."
"Stanwyck, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance, is outstanding as the neurotic and domineering wife, and Lancaster is brilliantly cast against type as the pathetic milquetoast who seeks to break from his financial dependence on his wife and antagonistic father-in-law. Based on a radio drama starring Agnes Moorehead, Sorry, Wrong Number is a classic film noir that shouldn't be missed."
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