The Wages of Fear (TNT Sunday at...

The Wages of Fear (TNT Sunday at 7 p.m.): One of the most suspenseful movies ever made, this 1952 H.G. Clouzot classic involves four men hauling nitroglycerin on primitive South American highways. Yves Montand and Charles Vanel star. (2:20)

Deadline U.S.A. (Cinemax Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.): Richard Brooks’ prophetic 1952 film is one of the best movies ever made about the newspaper business. Humphrey Bogart is the editor and Ethel Barrymore the publisher of a crusading metropolitan paper struggling to survive in the new era of TV. (1:30)

Rasputin (Bravo Thursday at 6:30 p.m.): Distinguished Russian director Elem Klimov’s 1976 film is as mesmerizing as its subject, rich in the kind of atmosphere and detail necessary in bringing alive its bizarre yet riveting saga of the self-proclaimed holy man whose hold on the Russian royal family helped bring about the revolution. Alexei Petrenko’s Rasputin is so convincing as to be downright scary. (2:00)