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Salute to James Cagney. It has been said that Cagney is one of a handful of actors whose last name instantly evokes recognition and respect. (Among the others: Bogart, Brando, Chaplin.) Tonight, the American Film Institute honors him with its second annual lifetime achievement award. If last year's AFI salute to John Ford is any indication, the ceremony (which CBS is broadcasting in condensed form five days after it occurred) will be boring and corny. Last year, legions of Hollywood celebrities tripped over themselves and President Nixon trying to outdo each other in paying soapy homage to Ford. Nixon...
Casablanca (1942). Bogart and Bergman. Play it again. Ch. 56, 9 p.m. B/W, 2 1/2 hours...
...Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). The story of greed and gold, directed by John Huston (who also wrote the script). Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt play prospectors after treasure (and eventually each other). Ch. 56, 9 p.m. B/W, 2 1/2 hours...
...Oklahoma Kid is another oddity: Bogart and Cagney as cowboys, so to speak. Bogart runs the House of Entertainment and wears the black hat; Cagney, though an outlaw, wears a white one. The first time I saw The Oklahoma Kid, I predicted I would finally see Cagney speak his memorable line ("You dirty rat. You killed my brother.") at the end of the last reel. But he doesn't, and my Cagney Fan Club sources tell me he never said it in any movie...
THURSDAY: Marlowe. 1970. One of a legion of films made from Raymond Chandler's private-eye novels, this one falls flat in the fast company. James Garner is just not a very credible Marlowe for those who have seen Bogart in "The Big Sleep." For good Marlowe, see Elliott Gould in "The Long Goodbye" at the Harvard Square this week. CH.7. 11:30 p.m. Color...