The Saturday 9:00pm showtime will be introduced by Filmmaker Bette Gordon.

A police officer seems to have committed suicide, but Detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) thinks there’s more to the story. After talking to the man’s mob-connected mistress, Bannion discovers far-reaching corruption that leads all the way from the police station to kingpin Mike Lagana (Alexander Scourby). But when the policeman’s lover is killed, it becomes clear that crossing Lagana is a dangerous thing to do. Soon Bannion finds himself marked for death and his family in mortal danger.

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Choose Your Own Double Bill

During Hollywood’s Golden Era, the double bill was a popular concept, offering two films for the price of one ticket.  The second feature — nicknamed B movie — was usually a smaller budget film, with actors lesser known than the studios’ biggest stars.  Columbia was famous for its gritty, inventive B movies, often crime films. In homage to that tradition, we also offer our take on a double bill:

Present your ticket to any one of these four “A” movies  – The Big Heat / Human Desire / In a Lonely Place / The Lady From Shanghai – for a free ticket to any one of the B movies – Murder by Contract / Scandal Sheet / So Dark the Night / Walk a Crooked Mile. 

The two films do not need to be on the same day, and the free ticket can only be redeemed in person at the Box Office.