Talking Pictures TV Thursday

Noel Cronin shares shows and films not be missed in the second half of September

The suave sleuth falls in love with an heiress he's supposed to be protecting from spies. Thriller, starring Ray Milland and Heather Angel

The happy unity of two families is destroyed by greed when their respective sons scoop a win on the football pools. Comedy, starring Jack Warner and Thora Hird

Italian saxophonist Riccardo Rauchi and his ensemble of musicians perform Okay Madison

A famous French swordsman swears an oath to battle a bitter rival. Swashbuckling adventure, starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders and Joan Bennett

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion are captivated by an Arab princess while battling rebels in north Africa. Action adventure, starring Ralph Meeker and Marla English

A neglected 13-year-old clashes with the authorities over her plans to build a garden in the ruins of a bombed-out church. Drama, starring Flora Robson

Part one of three. A trade union activist is accused of stirring up trouble on a picket line, and the defence argues a political motive behind his arrest

Part two of three. The judge rejects requests to make this a political trial, and a police officer is questioned over the reasons he was given for arresting the defendant

Part three of three. The defendant is goaded by the prosecution on his radical politics and whether he believes violence is acceptable as a tool of protest

Dr Martel is allowed to travel to France to obtain medical supplies, and Peter tries to persuade him to smuggle intelligence on German shipping to the Resistance

A Tribute to Alastair Sim, narrated by Richard Todd

An adventurer becomes embroiled in romance and intrigue on board a millionaire's yacht. Murder mystery, starring Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth

Brian becomes suspicious of Ann and Nicholas, and is so distracted that he overlooks a crucial clause in a contract. Mary inadvertently learns the firm is planning to go public

Someone at headquarters leaks vital information, leading to the mishandling of three cases - and Van der Valk's son Wim is connected to all of them

Adaptation of Deric Longden's comic autobiography, starring Thora Hird as his eccentric mother whose zestful attitude toward life is shattered by a stroke. With Pete Postlethwaite

Four crooks terrorise the owner of a magic shop, only to find to their cost that he really does have mystical powers. Fantasy thriller, starring Warren Mitchell and John Malcolm

The crew of a fishing boat salvage a derelict yacht, not realising it conceals a sinister cargo. Thriller, starring Chris Warfield and Sally Fraser

A publisher insinuates himself into the household of an elderly recluse to recover a series of love letters by a famous poet. Romantic drama, with Susan Hayward and Robert Cummings

A man has a chance encounter on a train with an old friend carrying a large sum of money, whom he later learns is a fugitive who embezzled from the train company. With David Niven

Noel Cronin shares shows and films not be missed in the second half of September

A man tries to improve the fortunes of his struggling company by creating an imaginary business partner. Comedy, starring Henry Kendall and Alistair Sim