Movies on TV
Highlights for each day of the week
Monday, April 26
Knife in the Water
One of the greatest directorial debuts in cinema, Roman Polanski’s first feature film is a taut thriller that begins when a husband and wife invite a young hitchhiker along on a boat ride. (1962) 8:35 a.m., IFC
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Tuesday
The Cobweb
Director Vincente Minnelli took a break from musicals for this offbeat satire, set in a psychiatric clinic. Its cast includes Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, and Charles Boyer. (1955) 4 p.m., TCM
Wednesday
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Primal Fear
Edward Norton first put himself on the map with an Oscar-nominated performance as an altar boy accused of murdering an archbishop. With Richard Gere. (1996) 11:30 a.m., Cinemax
Thursday
Moon
An ingenious science-fiction drama about a lonely astronaut on the far side of the moon, featuring a tour-de-force performance by Sam Rockwell. (2008) 2 p.m., Starz
Friday
Nocturne
George Raft is at his hard-boiled best in this film noir, as a detective who suspects that a Hollywood film composer’s supposed suicide was actually a murder. (1946) 11:15 p.m., TCM
Saturday
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Russell Crowe stars in this striking action film, adapted from one of Patrick O’Brian’s Napoleonic War novels. It won an Oscar for cinematography. (2003) 8 p.m., AMC
Sunday
Raid on Entebbe
Peter Finch’s final role was in this above-average TV movie, dramatizing Israeli commandos’ daring 1976 rescue of hostages hijacked to Uganda. (1977) 5:30 p.m., FMC
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