THURSDAY

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) U 1.05PM, MOVIES 4 MEN You can almost feel the tension between sub commander Clark Gable and officer Burt Lancaster (above, with Gable) in Robert Wise’s cracking war movie – one of many successes for Lancaster’s own production company. (Freeview 48, Freesat 304, Sky 325, Virgin 426) Broken Lance (1954) U 2.40PM, SKY SELECT A superior revenge western, with Robert Wagner as the half-Indian son of stern cattle rancher Spencer Tracy, who lands himself in trouble not once, but twice, for his dear old dad. King Lear Wild West-style, it may be slightly miscast, but features some stellar performances. The Cheating Pact (2013) 15 3.15PM, CH5 Three pals think they’ve found the perfect way to pass an exam – get someone else to take it for them. But when their patsy winds up dead, they go straight to the top of the suspect list. Wanted (2008) 18 10PM, E4 For his first US film, Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) comes out all guns blazing. Brit James McAvoy is the unlikely drone discovering his destiny, while Angelina Jolie (right) is the spectacularly tattooed assassin recruiting him for a deadly mission. The Usual Suspects (1995) 18 12.05AM, SKY GREATS Clever, game-changing neo-noir, about a group of small-time criminals (Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio del Toro, Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Pollak) brought together for a police line-up. Bryan Singer, now mainly known for X-Men, is the brains behind it.

Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past

(2009) 12 12.55AM, CH4 Matthew McConaughey’s forte has never really been comedy, but this formulaic romcom is a bit of fun. In a modern twist on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, he gets in a bit of a pickle at his brother’s wedding. Visited by the ghosts of the title (including Emma Stone), he realises that he shouldn’t have let one particular girlfriend get away...