Movies on TV

Highlights for each day of the week

Monday, Dec. 7

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Tuesday

Grease

This adaptation of the Broadway musical, set in the ’50s, became one of the highest-grossing films of the ’70s. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star. (1978) 8 p.m., AMC

Wednesday

The Roaring Twenties

In the last of the three films in which they co-starred, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart portray Army buddies who turn to bootlegging after World War I. (1939) 9:30 p.m., TCM

Thursday

The Hunt for Red October

Alec Baldwin portrays maverick CIA analyst Jack Ryan and Sean Connery is a renegade Soviet submarine commander in the film version of Tom Clancy’s techno-thriller. (1990) 5 p.m., AMC

Friday

Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton’s classic novel about race relations in South Africa became a powerful film thanks to sensitive performances by Canada Lee, Charles Carson, and Sidney Poitier. (1951) 8 p.m. TCM

Saturday

Kill Bill, Vol. 1

Uma Thurman stars as an assassin on a quest for vengeance in Part 1 of Quentin Tarantino’s vivid, violent homage to action-exploitation genres. (2003) Midnight, IFC

Sunday

The House on 92nd Street

The pseudo-documentary style of this film noir about the FBI’s pursuit of a Nazi spy ring influenced such later films as The Naked City. Charles Booth’s screenplay won an Oscar. (1945) 9 a.m., FMC