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SATURDAY MAY 23,1992 EVENING 6:00 20 “The Never Ending Story” (1984, Fantasy) Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver. A 10-year-old bookworm becomes an imaginary kingdom s last chance for survival. 'PG' Q (1 hr., 32 min.) 6:30 ® “Kentucky Moonshine” (1938, Comedy) The Ritz Brothers, Tony Martin. A case of false identity lands the Ritzes in trouble with the infamous Hatfield family. (1 hr., 25 min.) 7:00 ® ★* “This is the West That Was” (1974, Comedy) Ben Murphy, Matt Clark. Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill must deal with an angry gang of gunmen who have designs on their gold, and a fight between two feuding families. (1 hr., 30 min.) ® ★** “Backdraft” (1991, Drama) Kurt Russell, William Baldwin. Sibling rivalry fans the fire between two Chicago firefighters working overtime to keep a mad arsonist in check. (In Stereo) R' q (2 hrs., 16 min.) © ® **% “Till We Meet Again” (1989, Drama) (Part 2 of 2) Michael York, Courteney Cox. As World War II begins, Eve reveals a hidden cache of champagne to the devious Bruno and Freddy enlists in England’s Air Transport Auxiliary. (In Stereo) q (3 hrs.) ® ★★’/a “Toy Soldiers” (1991, Drama) Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton. Misfit students become amateur commandos when Colombian terrorists seize control of their Virginia prep school. (In Stereo) 'R' q (1 hr., 52 min.) ® *** “Treasure Island” (1990, Adventure) Charlton Heston, Christian Bale. The search for buried treasure throws young Jim Hawkins in with a band of 18th-century cutthroats. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. (2 hrs., 50 min.) ® ** “Nightmares” (1983, Horror) Christina Raines, Emilio Estevez. Commonplace items take on malevolent meanings in this anthology of terror tales. (2 hrs.) 63 ★* “Plymouth" (1991, Science Fiction) Cindy Pickett, Dale Midkiff. The inhabitants of a toxically contaminated Northwest town decide to re-establish their community on the moon. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs.) 7:05 ® “No Time for Sergeants” (1958, Comedy) Andy Griffith, Nick Adams. A naive Georgia boy joins the air force and creates mayhem. (2 hrs., 30 min.) 8:00 O ® ** “Deadly Force” (1983, Drama) Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls. A former cop is called upon to track down a psychopathic mass murderer. (2 hrs.) ® ★* “The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission” (1988, Adventure) Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine. A group of military prisoners is assembled to prevent the Nazis from establishing a Fourth Reich in the Middle East. (2 hrs.) O ® **’/z “Till We Meet Again” (1989, Drama) (Part 2 of 2) Michael York, Courteney Cox. As World War II begins, Eve reveals a hidden cache of champagne to the devious Bruno and Freddy enlists in England’s Air Transport Auxiliary. (In Stereo) q (3 hrs.) © “Frogs!” (1992, Adventure) Paul Williams, Scott Grimes. After a witch turns him into a frog, a teen-ager makes use of his scientific talents to reclaim a poisoned pond. A "WonderWorks Family Movie" presentation. (In Stereo) q (1 hr., 30 min.) ® ★** “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” (1963, Comedy) Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones. A son proves to be a clever cupid plotting to find the right wife for his widowed father. (1 hr., 57 min.) ® **’/2 “My Friend Irma Goes West" (1950, Comedy) Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn. Three Easterners journey to Hollywood under the belief that one of them has a guaranteed film role. (1 hr., 30 min.) 9:00 ® *V2 “Kickboxer 2: The Road Back” (1991, Drama) Sasha Mitchell, Peter

Boyle. An American martial artist reenters the ring to even the score with the manager who killed his two brothers. (In Stereo) R’ q (1 hr., 29 min.) 9:50 “ ® “Prophecy” (1979, Horror) Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire. A U.S. Health Service doctor comes face to face with a terrifying monster stalking the Maine woods. (1 hr., 40 min.) 10:00 CD *’/? “Ghosts Can’t Do It” (1990. Fantasy) Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn. A young widow embarks on a search for a man suitable to house the spirit of her dear, departed husband. (In Stereo) R' q (1 hr., 35 min.) ® ★★★ “Guys and Dolls” (1955, Musical) Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's adaptation of the Broadway hit about a notorious gambler's bet-inspired romance of a Salvation Army missionary. (2 hrs., 30 min.) ® * “Sorority Giris and the Creature From Hell” (1990, Horror) Eric Clark, Debbie Dutch. A murderous monster crashes a college graduation party at a remote mountain cabin. (2 hrs.) 10:30 © *★* “Full Moon in Blue Water" (1988, Comedy-Drama) Gene Hackman, Teri Garr. The owner of a financially strapped Texas eatery struggles to cope with his wife's death and his eccentric clientele. (2 hrs.) 10:35 ® “Grease” (1978, Musical) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John. A juvenile delinquent and his summer sweetheart meet again in their senior year of high school. Based on the Broadway show. (2 hrs., 15 min.) 11:00 O ® ** 1 A “The Hitcher” (1986, Suspense) C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer. A homicidal hitchhiker targets an unassuming young motorist for death. (2 hrs.) ® **'/z “Pals” (1987, Comedy) George C. Scott, Don Ameche. Two old Army buddies are pursued by mobsters and the FBI after stumbling upon $3 million in drug money. (1 hr., 40 min.) @ * “Spring Fever USA” (1989, Comedy) Darrel Guilbeau, Michelle Kemp. Two students get caught up with mobsters and bathing beauties on a whirlwind tour of the hottest Spring Break watering holes. R’ (1 hr., 31 min.) ® ** “Nightmares” (1983, Horror) Christina Raines, Emilio Estevez. Commonplace items take on malevolent meanings in this anthology of terror tales. (2 hrs.) S 3 ® “Reaching for the Moon” (1931, Comedy) Bing Crosby, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. A millionaire has been so engrossed in high finance that he's never allowed time for love, until he encounters a very charming woman. (1 hr., 10 min.) 11:30 ® **’/2 “The Reptile” (1966, Horror) Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel. A Cornish village is terrorized by a woman who can change into a snake-like creature. (2 hrs.) 11:40 CD **’/2 “Blind Fury” (1990, Adventure) Rutger Hauer, Brandon Call. A blind Vietnam vet uses his samurai skills to protect an old Army buddy's son from mobsters. (In Stereo) R' q(1 hr., 26 min.) 12:00 ® * “Hot Chili” (1985, Comedy) Charles Schillaci, Allan J. Kayser. Four teen-agers working at a Mexican resort find ways to bend the rules in order to fraternize with the guests. (2 hrs.) 12:30 Q ® **V2 “The North Avenue Irregulars” (1979, Comedy) Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris. A suburban minister unleashes an unlikely band of women against the mob. (2 hrs.) ® “The Littlest Rebel” (1935, Drama) Shirley Temple, John Boles. A young girl saves her father from imprisonment during the Civil War. Colorized version, q (1 hr., 13 min.) @ **★ “48 HRS.” (1982, ComedyDrama) Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy. A fast-talking convict is released from prison for 48 hours to help a detective catch two escaped killers. R’ (1 hr., 37 min.) @ ★★★ “Kentucky Moonshine”

Movies on TV

(1938. Comedy) The Ritz Brothers, Tony Martin. A case of false identity lands the Ritzes in trouble with the infamous Hatfield family. (1 hr., 25 min.) 12:50 ® *♦* “Saturday Night Fever" (1977, Drama) John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney. The frantic world of discos is the center of this story about a young man whose only escape from his humdrum existence is dancing. (2 hrs., 30 min.) 1:05 ® *★ “Body Chemistry” (1990, Suspense) Marc Singer, Lisa Pescia. An obsessed sex therapist terrorizes her happily married colleague after he succumbs to her wiles during a brief affair. (In Stereo) 'R' (1 hr., 25 min.) 1:30 ® *'/2 “The Snake Woman” (1961, Horror) Susan Travers, John McCarthy. A turn-of-the-century British village is terrorized by a scaly monster with lethal venom. (1 hr., 30 min.) 2:00 O © ** “The First Time” (1983, Romance) Tim Choate, Krista Erickson. A college freshman finds romance and love are more important than cheap thrills. (2 hrs.) (gj *** “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” (1963, Comedy) Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones. A son proves to be a clever cupid plotting to find the right wife for his widowed father. (1 hr., 57 min.) @ **% “My Friend Irma Goes West” (1950, Comedy) Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn. Three Easterners journey to Hollywood under the belief that one of them has a guaranteed film role. (1 hr., 30 min.) ® ★★ “The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II” (1988, Horror) Wendy Gazelle, Silvio Oliviero. A vampire is unwittingly resurrected on the set of a low-budget horror movie. (2 hrs.) 2:10 ® “Talent for the Game” (1991, Drama) Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco. A professional baseball scout searches for a new pitching talent before his job is phased out by the front office. (In Stereo) PG' (1 hr., 31 min.) 2:30 GD ★★’/z “Book of Love” (1991, Comedy) Chris Young, Keith Coogan. A recently divorced man reflects on his awkward high-school days. (In Stereo) PG-13' (1 hr., 27 min.) 3:00 ® *♦ “The Shanghai Cobra” (1945, Mystery) Sidney Toler, Benson Fong. Charlie Chan discovers ulterior motives behind a series of snake-bite murders. (1 hr., 30 min.) ® *** “Isadora” (1969, Biography) Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox. Karel Riesz's account of the career and turbulent personal life of modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan. (2 hrs., 30 min.) © QJ) **’/2 “Chamber of Horrors” (1966, Horror) Patrick O'Neal, Suzy Parker. Convicted and sentenced to hang, a homicidal maniac makes his escape and returns for revenge. (2 hrs.) 3:30 ® *★ “Bad Lands” (1939, Western) Guinn Williams, Noah Beery Jr. A posse is trapped and threatened by Apaches and a murderer. (1 hr., 10 min.) 3:40 © ★* “Wild Zone” (1990, Adventure) Edward Albert, Philip Brown. An ecologist races against time to save his father from African bandits. ‘R’ (1 hr., 30 min.) 4:00 O ® ** “Tarzan Triumphs” (1943, Adventure) Johnny Weissmuller, Frances Gifford. During World War 11, Tarzan defends his jungle domain against an invasion of Nazi paratroopers. (1 hr., 30 min.) SUNDAY MAY 24,1992 EVENING 6:00 ® ★** “The Princess Bride” (1987, Fantasy) Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin. A swashbuckling young swordsman seeks to rescue a kidnapped princess in this lighthearted fairy tale from Rob

Reiner. (In Stereo) PG q (1 hr., 38 min.) ® “Hell in the Pacific” (1969, Drama) Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune. Enemies in war unite when they are stranded on a Pacific island and need each other to escape. (2 hrs.) ® ★*% “Summer Magic” (1963, Musical) Hayley Mills, Burl Ives. A family can rent a house cheaply if they will only enshrine a picture of the owner's allegedly dead mother in the living room, q (1 hr., 40 min.) ® “Days of Heaven” (1978, Drama) Brooke Adams, Richard Gere. Three teen-age migrant farm workers cross paths with a wealthy wheat farmer. PG' (1 hr., 35 min.) ® ★ “Psychic” (1991, Horror) Zach Galligan, Catherine Mary Stewart. A clairvoyant is tormented by visions of the woman he loves being slain by a serial killer. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs.) 7:00 Q ® “Family Plot” (1976, Mystery) Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern. A shady medium and her boyfriend track down a wealthy client's heir. (2 hrs., 30 min.) © **’/2 “My Father’s House” (1975, Drama) Cliff Robertson, Robert Preston. A high pressure news magazine editor suffers a heart attack and recalls the gentler days of his youth. (2 hrs.) @ **’/2 “A Rage in Harlem” (1991, Comedy-Drama) Forest Whitaker, Robin Givens. A mortuary accountant gets sucked into a plot to sell a cache of stolen gold in 1956 Harlem. (In Stereo) R' q (1 hr., 48 min.) ® “The Guns of Navarone” (1961, Adventure) Gregory Peck, David Niven. Six Allied soldiers are assigned the hazardous task of destroying a Nazi fortress protecting the Aegean Sea. (3 hrs., 30 min.) ® **i/2 “The Woman in Black” (1989, Suspense) Adrian Rawlins, Pauline Moran. A macabre curse complicates a lawyer’s assignment to liquidate a deceased woman’s estate. (2 hrs.) 7:30 O ** 1 /2 “Bird on a Wire” (1990, Adventure) Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn. A federal witness is reunited with a former girlfriend on a cross-country journey to elude a vengeful criminal. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs., 30 min.) 8:00 (D *** “One Good Cop” (1991, Drama) Michael Keaton, Rene Russo. An honest New York cop is forced to compromise his ethics when he becomes the legal guardian of his slain partner's three young daughters. (In Stereo) R' q (1 hr., 45 min.) © ® “Who Is Julia?” (1986, Science Fiction) Mare Winningham, Jameson Parker. Rendered brain dead by a hemorrhage, a transplant recipient emerges from surgery confused about her identity. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs.) ® ** 1 /2 “Memphis Belle” (1944, Documentary) William Wyler’s tribute to the U.S. Air Force and their World War II bombing missions. (1 hr.) @ “The War Wagon” (1967, Western) John Wayne, Kirk Douglas. Two gunmen join forces to raid an armored covered wagon carrying gold for an unscrupulous land grabber. (1 hr., 41 min.) © ★* 1 /2 “Queenie” (1987, Drama) (Part 1 of 2) Mia Sara, Kirk Douglas. Based on Michael Korda’s thinly disguised best seller about the life of his aunt, actress Merle Oberon. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs.) 8:30 © ® ★*’/2 “Bird on a Wire” (1990, Adventure) Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn. A federal witness is reunited with a former girlfriend on a cross-country journey to elude a vengeful criminal. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs., 30 min.) 9:00 O ® ** 1 /2 “Who Is Julia?” (1986, Science Fiction) Mare Winningham, Jameson Parker. Rendered brain dead by a hemorrhage, a transplant recipient emerges from surgery confused about her identity. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs.) ® ★ “The Rain Killer” (1990, Suspense) Ray Sharkey, David Beecroft. A hard-boiled L.A. cop tracks a serial killer whose preferred prey is raindrenched women. (In Stereo) R’ (1 hr., 33 min.) 10:00 © ★★★ “Woman Obsessed” (1959, Drama) Susan Hayward, Stephen

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Boyd. A widow with an 8-year-old son struggles against the hardships of life on a frontier ranch. (1 hr., 42 min.) 10:30 (D ** “Disaster in Time” (1992, Science Fiction) Jeff Daniels, Ariana Richards. An Ohio innkeeper questions the motives behind a time-traveling tour group’s visit to his boring little town. PG-13' (1 hr., 38 min.) @ ***V2 “The Dirty Dozen” (1967, Adventure) Lee Marvin, Ernest Bcrgnine. A tough Army major manages to whip an unruly group of hardcore convicts into shape for a deadly mission in Nazi Germany. (3 hrs., 15 min.) 10:35 ® **% “Third Degree Burn” (1989, Mystery) Treat Williams, Virginia Madsen. A private detective stands accused of murder after succumbing to the advances of the woman he was hired to follow (In Stereo) q (1 hr., 37 min.) 11:00 @ “The Woman in Black” (1989, Suspense) Adrian Rawlins, Pauline Moran. A macabre curse complicates a lawyer’s assignment to liquidate a deceased woman's estate. (2 hrs.) 11:30 ® *★*% “Against the Wind” (1948, Suspense) Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret. Allied saboteurs parachute into occupied France to aid the World War II underground resistance. (2 hrs.) O ® **V2 “Queenie” (1987, Drama) (Part 1 of 2) Mia Sara, Kirk Douglas. Based on Michael Korda's thinly disguised best seller about the life of his aunt, actress Merle Oberon. (In Stereo) q (2 hrs.) 12:00 ® “Memphis Belle” (1944, Documentary) William Wyler's tribute to the U.S. Air Force and their World War II bombing missions. (1 hr.) ® ★★★★ “Citizen Kane” (1941, Drama) Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten. Orson Welles' Oscar-winning classic about an ambitious newspaper publisher’s rise to power. 'PG' (1 hr., 59 min.) ® ★★★ 1 /2 “Days of Heaven” (1978, Drama) Brooke Adams, Richard Gere. Three teen-age migrant farm workers cross paths with a wealthy wheat farmer. ’PG’ (1 hr., 35 min.) 12:15 (D ** “The Last of the Finest” (1990, Drama) Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano. Three undercover cops go outside the law to get the drop on their partner’s killers. (In Stereo) R’ q(1 hr., 46 min.) © “Streets” (1990, Suspense) Christina Applegate, David Mendenhall. A young Los Angeles prostitute is stalked by a homicidal motorcycle cop. (In Stereo) R' (1 hr., 23 min.) 1:00 o ® ★* “Marked for Murder” (1945, Western) Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien. The Texas Rangers become involved in a bitter feud between sheep herders and cattlemen. (1 hr., 15 min.) 1:45 © ★* “Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal” (1989, Comedy) Jewel Shepard, Patrick Day. A bubbly valley girl enrolls in business school to learn how to run her mother's health spa. 'R' (1 hr., 43 min.) ® “Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission” (1985, Adventure) Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine. Major Reisman leads another group of convicted Gls behind German lines in order to foil a plot to kill Hitler. (2 hrs.) 2:00 © ★★’/2 “The Slipper and the Rose” (1976, Fantasy) Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven. A valiant prince searches for the owner of a slipper left on the dance floor. ‘G’ (2 hrs., 8 min.) @ ★★★ “The War Wagon” (1967, Western) John Wayne, Kirk Douglas. Two gunmen join forces to raid an armored covered wagon carrying gold for an unscrupulous land grabber. (1 hr., 41 min.) © ® ** “Scalawag” (1973, Adventure) Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester. A onelegged pirate, an innocent young boy and his sister search for gold dubloons. (2 hrs.) 2:05 ® ★★ “Guns” (1990, Drama) Dona Speir, Erik Estrada. An arms smuggler and the daughter of a murdered federal agent face off in a duel to the death.