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Lifeboat (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 7th - 12:15am

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:21:04 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 12:15am, December 7th for 105 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

It may not be one of Hitchcock's most famous films, but it's a fascinating exercise in tension and claustrophobia, as nine passengers from a stricken liner battle the freezing Atlantic. But is one of the nine a German sailor from the U-boat which sank their ship? Scripted by John Steinbeck.

A Medal for Benny (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 23rd - 2:45am

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:21:04 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 2:45am, December 23rd for 85 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Local troublemaker Benny is given a hero's send-off by his two-faced home town after being killed in action. But his dad and ex-girlfriend aren't buying into the cheap charade. John Steinbeck co-wrote the Oscar-nominated script from his own satirical story.

¡Viva Zapata! (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 27th - 4:05am

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:21:04 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 4:05am, December 27th for 115 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Biopic of the Mexican revolutionary seen by some as Elia Kazan's apology to the Left after naming names to McCarthy's witchhunters. Emiliano Zapata was the horse trader who took up arms against the corrupt government and lead his peasant farmers in battle.