Four-Star Films : ‘Atlantic City’

The people in this superb tale of love and crime on the Boardwalk of a typically American dream-capital are lovers, dreamers, misfits or criminals--and the story has a dreamy, hard-bitten mood all its own. Director Louis Malle and writer John Guare give it a sense of drifting, sweet unease punctuated with panic, as an old numbers-runner (Burt Lancaster, pictured) finds his life intersecting with some youngsters on the edge. With Susan Sarandon (pictured), Michel Piccoli, Kate Reid and Robert Joy (KCET Saturday at 9 p.m.).

Other Four-Star films airing this week:

Oliver! / Cinemax, Sunday, noon; Encore, Sunday, 8 p.m.; Showtime, Saturday, 2:20 p.m.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Disney, Monday, 9 p.m. and early Tuesday, 4 a.m.

Love Among the Ruins / KABC, early Tuesday, 1:05 a.m.

Paper Moon / AMC, Sunday, 7 p.m.; Bravo, Wednesday, 8:05 p.m. and Thursday, 9 a.m.

8 1/2 / Showtime, Friday, 10:15 a.m.

Rosemary’s Baby / USA, Friday, 9 p.m. and Saturday, 2:30 p.m.