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In Retro is HDNet Movies' showcase for memorable classic movies from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Bend of the River

Bend of the River

Rating: TV-PG
Year: 1952
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson
Director: Anthony Mann
Synopsis: James Stewart stars in this western classic about a man with a troubled past who establishes a settlement outside of Portland and must fight corrupt officials for food and supplies.
Run Time: 1:31

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Thu, Feb 23rd - 3:00 PM
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Rating: NR
Year: 1962
Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles
Director: John Ford
Synopsis: James Stewart leads an all-star cast as a young attorney trying to bring law and order to a wild west town terrorized by the outlaw Liberty Valance.
Run Time: 2:03

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Sat, Feb 25th - 3:00 PM
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The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

Rating: NR
Year: 1965
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer
Director: Henry Hathaway
Synopsis: Three men return home to attend their mother's funeral and take care of business with the man who swindled their parents into giving their inheritance away.
Run Time: 2:01

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Sun, Feb 26th - 6:00 PM
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Mon, Feb 27th - 12:05 AM
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El Dorado

El Dorado

Rating: NR
Year: 1967
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan
Director: Howard Hawks
Synopsis: A hired gunfighter rides into the town of El Dorado to aid in a land dispute between a cattle baron and the local farmers.
Run Time: 2:06

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Sun, Feb 26th - 8:05 PM
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Mon, Feb 27th - 2:15 AM
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Tue, Mar 6th - 3:00 PM
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Wed, Mar 14th - 3:00 PM
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Sun, Mar 25th - 8:45 PM
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Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn

Rating: PG
Year: 1975
Cast: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe
Director: Stuart Millar
Synopsis: When Eula's Indian village is attacked by thugs, she recruits the help of Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn to avenge her town and her father's death.
Run Time: 1:47

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Sun, Feb 26th - 10:15 PM
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The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

Rating: TV-PG
Year: 1955
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Ewell, Evelyn Keyes
Director: Billy Wilder
Synopsis: With his family away on vacation, a Manhattan husband and father is tempted by the freedoms of solitude, namely the voluptuous new blonde who just moved in upstairs.
Run Time: 1:44

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Mon, Feb 27th - 3:00 PM
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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Rating: Not Rated
Year: 1965
Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: David Lean
Synopsis: The revolutions and wars of early 1900s Russia influence the life of doctor/poet Yuri Zhivago as his brother Yevgraf, a KGB general, searches for Yuri's illegitimate child.
Run Time: 3:12

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Mon, Feb 27th - 5:00 PM
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Sun, Mar 11th - 3:00 PM
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Mon, Mar 12th - 2:45 AM
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Mon, Mar 19th - 3:00 PM
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Tue, Mar 20th - 2:35 AM
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Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Rating: TV-PG
Year: 1968
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
Director: Franklin Schaffner
Synopsis: When a crew of astronauts crash lands on a future planet, they discover a world where intelligent, talking apes rule and humans are oppressed slaves.
Run Time: 1:52

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Sat, Mar 3rd - 5:45 PM
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Sun, Mar 18th - 6:30 PM
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Sun, Mar 18th - 11:00 PM
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Mon, Mar 26th - 9:15 PM
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2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

Rating: G
Year: 1968
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Synopsis: A space crew is sent to explore the origins of an alien artifact found on the moon, thought to be from Jupiter. The expedition turns chaotic when the starship Discovery's HAL 9000 computer takes over the mission.
Run Time: 2:21

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Sat, Mar 3rd - 7:45 PM
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Sun, Mar 4th - 12:45 AM
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Tue, Mar 13th - 3:00 PM
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Sun, Mar 18th - 8:30 PM
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Mon, Mar 19th - 1:00 AM
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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Rating: TV-PG
Year: 1963
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Director: John Sturges
Synopsis: Based on a true story of a group of allied POWs and their massive escape from a Nazi prison camp.
Run Time: 2:52

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Sun, Mar 4th - 8:30 PM
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Mon, Mar 5th - 1:15 AM
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Thu, Mar 8th - 3:00 PM
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Mon, Mar 19th - 6:15 PM
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Mon, Mar 19th - 11:35 PM
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