Brute Force (1947)

Brute Force (1947)

starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford

directed by Jules Dassin

Collins (Burt Lancaster) is the leader of the 6 men imprisoned together in one of the cell blocks of Westgate Prison. One of them was recently killed. Collins has just been released from solitary confinement and allowed to return to the cell block where he usually resides. He was put in solitary after a knife was found among his possessions. It was planted by Wilson, another prisoner, and one of Collins first orders of business is to reward Wilson for his betrayal.

Gallagher (Charles Bickford) runs the prison newspaper. He has no interest in trying to escape until he learns that all opportunities for parole have been suspended indefinitely. 

Born to Kill (1947)

Born to Kill (1947)

starring Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Walter Slezak

directed by Robert Wise

screenplay based on the novel Deadlier than the Male by James Gunn

Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) is getting ready to leave Reno, after getting divorced, when an acquaintance gets murdered. She finds the body but decides against notifying the police and heads to the train station where she crosses paths with Sam (Lawrence Tierney), the killer, for the second time. She met him earlier that night in a casino. He was throwing dice. She first bet on him and then she bet against him.

Helen and Sam are both headed to San Francisco. They spend the train trip together. Sam is interested in staying in touch but Helen doesn't seem to feel the same. Helen returns to the home where she lives with Georgia, her foster sister. It isn't long before Sam shows up. He takes an interest in Georgia when he finds out that Helen is engaged and that her sister is single and rich.

Abbott Elementary 1.04

New Tech

The teachers are given tablets to help them track how well their students are doing and to help them teach. Janine hopes that the new tablets will give her a chance to help Barbara. 

Jacob gets help from Melissa teaching his class about labor unions.

Thoughts

This episode didn't exactly do it for me. There was potential here but it fell short. The funniest moment was the one that Gregory and Janine shared in the hallway and it was only tangentially related to the main subplot.

Russian Doll 2.02

Coney Island Baby

Nadia returns to the present after getting into an argument in 1982 with Vera, her grandmother, over the stolen money. She tracks down Chez in the present. She wants to know what he did with the money. He explains that he doesn't have it. She leaves after getting a hint as to where she can find him in 1982.

Nadia returns to 1982 and tracks down Chez at a sports club where he plays racquet ball. She asks him for the money. He tells her that she (Nora)  has it. He gave it to her last night. He insists that he doesn't have it. Nadia realizes Nora must have spent it on the Alfa Romeo.

Outlaw Star 1.20

Cats and Girls and Spaceships

The Outlaw Star is on its way to Symka 5 space station when it is attacked by another ship. Gene thinks he can take the other ship but he quickly discovers that the other ship is more powerful than he thought. He creates a diversion and then runs away in the end.

Gene and Jim find a mechanic to repair the Outlaw Star once they get to Symka 5. Gene and Melfina go looking for a bar. Aisha and Suzuka each go their separate ways while the ship is being worked on. Jim meets a girl named Hanmyo.

Jim meets up with Hanmyo a second time. They spend time in a park together. Once the Outlaw Star is repaired they take off even though Jim had plans to meet up with Hanmyo a third time. The Outlaw Star encounters the mystery ship that attacked them before.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.02.03

The Invisible Enemy - Part Three

The clones of the Doctor and Leela find themselves in the Doctor's body. They make their way to the mind/brain area of the Doctor's head. They are attacked along the way by various parts of the Doctor's body.

Leela and K-9 stand guard while Professor Marius and his two assistants keep an eye on the Doctor. Lowe comes for the Doctor with his three followers. K-9 kills one of them but then the virus spreads to him. He is ordered to attack Leela. She slips and falls just as he is about to shoot her. She hits her head and is knocked out.

Storm Warning (1951)

Storm Warning (1951)

starring Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day

directed by Stuart Heisler

93 minutes

Marsha Mitchell (Ginger Rogers) stops in Rock Point where Lucy (Doris Day), her recently married sister, lives. Marsha arrives at night and is unable to get a cab. She walks through town looking for her sister and witnesses a White man get lynched by the KKK. The Klansmen don’t see her but a couple of them aren’t wearing hoods and she sees their faces.

She later learns that the faces she saw were those of Hank Rice (Steve Cochran), her brother-in-law, and Charlie Barr, the head Klansman. The murdered man was a reporter from out of town. Burt Rainey (Ronald Reagan), a lawman from the county government, investigates the murder. No one in town wants Rainey’s investigation to succeed.