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THE QUEST
Today, Rete 4, 9.30 p.m.

Chris embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery that spans the globe. Kidnapped and enslaved by gun smugglers, sold by pirates and thrust into the murky underworld of gambling and kickboxing, Chris's journey takes him to forbidding Muay Thai Island where deadly martial arts are taught. There he must face the ultimate test of his manhood in the fabled Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden Dragon.

THE MUMMY

Monday, Italia 1, 9.10 p.m.

An English librarian called Evelyn Carnahan becomes interested in starting an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. He gains the help of Rick O'Connell after saving him from his death. What Evelyn, her brother Jonathan (Hannah) and Rick is unaware of is that another group of explorers are interested in the same dig. Unfortunately for everyone, this group ends up unveiling a curse which has risen the dead High Priest Imhotep. Now The Mummy is awake and it's going to take a lot more than guns to send him back where he came from.

SERGEANT RUGLEDGE
Tuesday, Rete 4, 4 p.m.

Lieutenant Tom Cantrell is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge, a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder. The story begins in a courtroom and the story is told through flashbacks. This is a story of how a black soldier in the face of danger from the Indians can be so easily mistaken as a criminal.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

Wednesday, Rete 4, 9.10 p.m.

High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr idolises his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his bank account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tracks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4 million in bad cheques. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a paediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son.

ENEMY OF THE STATE
Thursday, RaiTre, 8.55 p.m.

Robert Clayton Dean is a successful lawyer based in Washington DC. He has a beautiful wife and adorable son with a nice house located in Georgetown. But things take a turn for the surreal, when a chance encounter with an old friend leaves him evidence of a politically-motivated murder. On the run from a treacherous NSA official and his men, he comes into contact with a former government operative and surveillance expert, who is his only way out.