Time Listings: Mar. 29, 1963

How the West Was Won. Cinerama turns from picture postcards to epic storytelling with a spectacle worthy of its wide-screen wonders. Sodbusters, Indians, outlaws, good guys, and a thousand thundering buffaloes, all but shake the balcony off its hinges.

The Wrong Arm of the Law. Sneaky Pete Sellers as a raffish Raffles heads a gang of candid-camera jewel robbers, meets his match when a rival gang, disguised as policemen, muscles in on the racket.

The Quare Fellow. In this movie version of his first successful play, Brendan Behan storms out against capital punishment. And, because Irishmen laugh when others might weep, he also laughs at the way men are made to live in jail, and condemned to die.

To Kill a Mockingbird. The Pulitzer Prize novel by Harper Lee has been made into an engaging movie that exchanges some of the novel's cuteness for a charm of its own—some of it supplied by the hero (Gregory Peck), most of it by three gumptious young 'uns (Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna).

The Trial. Orson Welles presents Kafka in chiaroscuro, an adaptation filled with wondrous Wellesian camera work, spectacularly haunting sets, and a troupe of actors who try to outdo themselves and—in some instances—end up by being undone.

Term of Trial. Sir Laurence Olivier matches skills with Simone Signoret; as a miserable married couple they make a sad little mess and a good little movie of their lives.

Love and Larceny. Vittorio Gassman is a gasser in a grab bag of disguises, ends up as a con man conned con amore.

A Child Is Waiting. This film takes an impassioned look at the problem of mental defectives (there are 5,700,000 of them in the U.S.), and makes some surprising recommendations. Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland and Bruce Ritchey play the principal parts with distinction.

Days of Wine and Roses. Remick-on-the-rocks with a twist of Lemmon is the recipe for this effective temperance lesson.

Lawrence of Arabia. Will run 'til the sands of the desert grow cold.

TELEVISION

Wednesday, March 27 Portrait (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).* An interview with Winthrop Rockefeller from his Arkansas farm, Winrock.

Thursday, March 28 Read a good book.

Friday, March 29 Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years

(ABC, 7:30-8 p.m.). Rerun of an excellent series. Tonight: "Gotterdammerung," the deaths of dictators and Germany's surrender.

Saturday, March 30

Exploring (NBC, 12:30-1:30 p.m.). The program includes a reading of Casey at the Bat and an explanation of why a baseball curves when thrown. Color.

Sports International (NBC, 3:30-5 p.m.). A study of British auto racing, which focuses on former Champion Speedster Stirling Moss. Color.

The Defenders (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). "A Book for Burning" concerns a self-appointed censor and a novel he considers pornographic. Cast includes Walter Abel, Sam Wanamaker and Georgann Johnson.

Saturday Night at the Movies (NBC, 9 p.m. to conclusion). Ten North Frederick, an adaptation of John O'Hara's undress address, with Gary Cooper, Diane Varsi, Suzy Parker and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Color.

Sunday, March 31