Movies on TV this week
Highlights for each day of the week
Wednesday, July 1
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Paul Mazursky based this comedy-drama about an aspiring actor in the 1950s on his own youth. Stars Lenny Baker, with Shelley Winters and Christopher Walken. 8:30 p.m., FMC
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Friday, July 3
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
In this suspenseful drama, a British captain hunts Nazi Germany’s most fearsome warship. Featuring Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, and a hit theme song. 6:15 a.m., AMC
Saturday, July 4
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Burn After Reading (2008)
An ex-CIA analyst’s memoir lures two gym employees into an ill-conceived scheme in this dark Coen brothers comedy. With John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt. 8 p.m., HBO
Tuesday, July 7
King Solomon’s Mines (1950)
Authentic African locations highlight this old-fashioned adventure yarn, which stars Stewart Granger as an intrepid explorer hired to find a woman’s missing husband. 10 p.m., TCM
Thursday, July 9
Dodge City (1939)
This rousing Western features Errol Flynn as a cowboy hired to clean up the titular frontier town. Olivia de Havilland and Ann Sheridan are the women in his life. 10:30 p.m., TCM
Saturday, July 11
Wanted (2008)
In this entertainingly over-the-top action thriller, an office worker learns that he’s actually the scion of a secret league of superhuman assassins. James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie star. 10 p.m., Cinemax
Sunday, July 12
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Stolen jewels enmesh a bungling criminal crew in this hilarious farce. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Kevin Kline. 9 p.m., IFC
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