The Public Television Feature Film Collection

Explore the work of legendary actors and actresses in some of their greatest cinema classics with the Public Television Feature Film Collection. These films, presented without interruption on CPTV and CPTV Spirit, feature an array of noteworthy performances.

Films airing in November 2024 include:

The Best Years of Our Lives

Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

Saturday, November 2 at 9 p.m. on CPTV
Sunday, November 3 at 3 p.m. on CPTV
Saturday, November 16 at 6 p.m. on CPTV Spirit

Chicago

Chicago is in the film adaptation of the hit musical about a couple of women who willfully achieve celebrity through sensational murder trials.

Saturday, November 9 at 9 p.m. on CPTV
Sunday, November 10 at 3 p.m. on CPTV
Saturday, November 23 at 6 p.m. on CPTV Spirit

Heaven Can Wait

When heavenly authorities discover that a pro quarterback's life was ended prematurely, he finds himself in the body of an unpopular millionaire whose wife is trying to kill him. He is baffled by those around him reacting to the bad deeds of his body's previous owner, and they are baffled by his sudden change of heart and interest in football.

Saturday, November 9 at 6 p.m. on CPTV Spirit
Saturday, November 16 at 9 p.m. on CPTV
Sunday, November 17 at 3 p.m. on CPTV

Murder on the Orient Express

Adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel about murder and intrigue on a train bound from Istanbul to Calais, with detective Hercule Poirot to the rescue. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Saturday, November 2 at 6 p.m. on CPTV Spirit
Saturday, November 23 at 9 p.m. on CPTV
Sunday, November 24 at 12:30 p.m. on CPTV