*WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PRIMETIME THEME -- STARRING LAURENCE HARVEY

[elleng]

8:00 PM -- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
2h 6m | Drama | TV-PG
A Korean War hero doesn't realize he's been programmed to kill by the enemy.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh

10:15 PM -- BUtterfield 8 (1960)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
A party girl ruins her life when she falls for a married man.
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher

Winner of an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Elizabeth Taylor

12:15 AM -- Of Human Bondage (1964)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
A medical student risks his future when he falls for a low-class waitress.
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Robert Morley

[Tikki]

1. To my way, he was a good-looking and awesome actor...

He smoked cigarettes...all the time and he died because of that.


Tikki
Butterfield 8 is a really good movie...dated, but good.

[First Speaker]

2. I've never seen any performer who was just ripped by everybody he worked with...

...I mean, everyone seemed to hate him. I dunno why. There have been other unlikeable types--Peter Sellers, Otto Preminger, Kathleen Battle--but Lawrence took the crown, from all I've read...

[CTyankee]

3. The original Manchurian Candidate was darker by far (to me) than the remake.

I rarely if ever dislike a movie with Meryl Streep but I did not like the remake. Maybe because I wasn't expecting the plot twist in the original and how evil Angela lansbury made her character.
Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra were both excellent.