Sky Cinema Cult Classics HD Wednesday

A look ahead to the films now playing on Sky Cinema, plus other highlights showing on Sky

A dedicated by-the-book police officer pursues a gangland boss while investigating the murder of his wife. Fritz Lang's noir crime drama, starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame

A German ex-pat living in London is confronted by his past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is visiting London. Drama, starring Jeroen Krabbe and Susannah York

A private eye uncovers a gruesome secret when he investigates the husband of a wealthy socialite. Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning mystery, with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway

Conspirators hire renowned professional hitman the Jackal to assassinate President de Gaulle of France. Fred Zinnemann's thriller, starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale

After the murder of two of his colleagues, a law graduate discovers the company that has headhunted him is controlled by the Mafia. Thriller, starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman

A scientist tending a garden aboard a space station takes desperate action to save his plants when the installation is to be shut down. Sci-fi drama, with Bruce Dern and Cliff Pots

An astronomer struggles to convince anyone he has witnessed an alien spacecraft crash. Sci-fi adventure, starring Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush

The Enterprise crew faces a battle to the death against an old foe who has returned from exile seeking revenge. Sci-fi adventure sequel, with William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban

A soldier and an Egyptologist travel through a mysterious portal to a distant alien planet where they battle a tyrant. Sci-fi adventure, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader

A German ex-pat living in London is confronted by his past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is visiting London. Drama, starring Jeroen Krabbe and Susannah York

An Irish-Italian boy is taken under the wing of a mobster and rises through the ranks of the Mafia. Martin Scorsese's crime drama, starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci

A dedicated by-the-book police officer pursues a gangland boss while investigating the murder of his wife. Fritz Lang's noir crime drama, starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame

The Enterprise crew faces a battle to the death against an old foe who has returned from exile seeking revenge. Sci-fi adventure sequel, with William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban