TV Guide Talking Pictures TV Thursday

The ruthless leader of a band of thieves manages to evade the clutches of the police in the labyrinthine Casbah of Algiers, until he falls for a beautiful Parisian tourist, and resolves to leave his lair to declare his love. Romantic musical, starring Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Yvonne de Carlo and Marta Toren. Directed by John Berry

A respectable solicitor is taken aback to find his wealthy girlfriend is actually married to a well-known racing driver - who is trying to kill her to get his hands on her money. Thriller, starring John Bentley, Donald Houston, Mona Anderson, Doris Yorke, Tonia Vern and J Trevor Davis

Six train robbers hide from the law in a deserted monastery off the Cornish coast, where disguising themselves as monks proves the perfect way of lying low while carrying on with various criminal activities. But the crooks have a hard task keeping up the pretence when two real monks visit the island - especially since one of the gang is a woman. Comedy, with Ronald Fraser, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfrid Brambell and Davy Kaye

The crusty barrister is charged by Judge Oliphant with contempt of court and faces disbarment, so Hilda persuades Sam Ballard to defend him. Courtroom drama, with Leo McKern, Marion Mathie and Peter Blythe

A working-class pupil is sent to public school as part of an educational experiment, and horrifies the establishment with his uncouth behaviour and bad manners. Drama, starring Richard Attenborough, Cecil Trouncer, Bernard Miles and Sheila Sim