The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

starring Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White

directed by Richard Fleischer

71 minutes

Detective Sergeant Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) escorts Mrs. Neall (Marie Windsor), the wife of a deceased mob boss, from Chicago to Los Angeles so that she can provide testimony to a grand jury. They travel by train and are pursued by at least two hit men who are aboard the same train as them.

Brown flirts with Ann Sinclair (Jacqueline Sinclair), another passenger on the train who is traveling with her young son and a nanny.

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley

directed by Edward Dmytryk

95 minutes

Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) finds himself caught between opposing forces when he tries to work two different cases only to discover that they are interrelated. First, Moose Malloy hires Marlowe to find Velma, his girlfriend from years ago. Second, less that a day later, Lindsay Marriott hires Marlowe to help him facilitate the payment of a ransom for a stolen necklace.

Marriott turns up dead. Marlowe gets knocked out and gets caught between various parties who want the missing jade necklace. One of those parties is Helen Grayle (Claire Trevor) the rightful owner of the missing necklace, who hires him to find it but then pulls a disappearing act.

Raw Deal (1948)

Raw Deal (1948)

starring Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt

directed by Anthony Mann

79 minutes

Pat (Claire Trevor) helps Joe (Dennis O'Keefe), her boyfriend, break out of prison. They have to abandon their car when it runs out of gas. They turn to Ann (Marsha Hunt), Joe's attorney for help. She tries to encourage Joe to return to prison but that's out of the question as far as he and Pat are concerned.

Joe and Pat take Marsha with them as they head for San Francisco. They have tickets on a ship that's headed to South America. Joe has plans to stop and see Rick (Joe's business partner who managed to evade capture when Joe went to prison) on his way to Frisco. Rick hears about Joe's escape from prison and sends some of his men to kill Joe.

Tales of the Unexpected 1.04

Lamb to the Slaughter

starring Susan George, Brian Blessed

directed by John Davies

Mary Marney (Susan George) comes home from the local market and finds Patrick, her husband, dead. She calls the police. Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan (Brian Blessed) is in charge of the team that shows up. 

The team of policemen survey the scene and determine that Patrick Marnie must have been killed by a blow to the head. There is no sign of forced entry and no one's fingerprints are found except Mary's and Patrick's.

Mary tells them what she recalls but she doesn't tell them everything. She leaves out the part where Patrick told her that he was leaving her for another woman and the part where she bashed him over the head with a frozen leg of lamb.

She cooks the leg of lamb while the policemen are working. She invites them to have some. They haven't had a chance to eat dinner and are more than happy to dig in.

Bleach 25 / 2.05

Penetrate the Center with an Enormous Bombshell?

Kūkaku lauches Ichigo, Ganju, Inoue, Yoruichi, Chad, and Uryū in a giant cannonball using Flower Crane Archery Second Style. Ganju takes control of guiding them towards the Seireitei but he and Ichigo get to arguing so much that he is unable to concentrate.

The canonball crashes into the shield that protects the Seireitei. It breaks through and everyone is separated as the cannonball loses its shape. They fall in different directions as Shinnigami captains, lieutenants, and others watch from below.

Thoughts

I didn't remember that that Ichigo and the others would enter the Seireitei quite so soon after they arrived in the Soul Society. Yoruichi warned them that they needed to stick together so naturally the first thing that happened is that they got split up.

The Long Season 1.12

Episode 12

Hualin, 1997. Family and friends come over to Wang Xiang and Luo Meisu's apartment after Wang's body has been found. Xiang fusses over where to hang the picture of Wang. Meisu doesn't want to talk to him.

Ma Desheng stops by during the meal. He talks briefly to Xiang in private. He explains that all evidence seems to indicate that Wang committed suicide. Xiang refuses to accept that.

Ma Desheng returns to the office, dressed in a uniform. He wants to take a look at the case again but his boss has the file and refuses to give it to him. His boss tells him that he needs to get back to work. Ma Desheng takes off his uniform and quits.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.05.01

Revenge of the Cybermen - Part One

The Doctor, Sarah, and Harry arrive in the aft control room on Space Station Nerva. It is much earlier in time than when they left. The TARDIS isn't there. The Doctor decides that they should have a look around while they wait for the TARDIS to catch up to them. 

They head for the forward control room. Walking through the hallways they discover dead bodies everywhere. They encounter a locked door. The Doctor unlocks it which trips a silent alarm.

The only other humans aboard Nerva are talking things over when the alarm goes off. Three of them are crew and the other is a civilian. Commander Stevenson and Lester take weapons and head for the forward control room.