TCM Schedule for Thurs, Dec 18, 2025: Romantic Complications/Divine Intervention
DAYTIME (EST)
6:00 AM | A Summer Place (1959)
An adulterous couple discovers that their children are sexually involved.
Dir: Delmer Daves | Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee
8:15 AM | Written on the Wind (1957)
A young woman marries into a corrupt oil family then falls for her husband's best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk | Cast: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack
10:00 AM | All That Heaven Allows (1955)
A lonely widow defies small-town gossip when she falls for a younger man.
Dir: Douglas Sirk | Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
11:45 AM | Dear Heart (1964)
A middle-aged postmistress falls for an engaged man during a convention in New York.
Dir: Delbert Mann | Cast: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Michael Anderson Jr.
1:45 PM | Boys' Night Out (1962)
A psychology student researches infidelity by becoming a platonic kept woman for four buddies.
Dir: Michael Gordon | Cast: Kim Novak, James Garner, Tony Randall
3:45 PM | Sunday in New York (1963)
A chance encounter with a man threatens to derail the upcoming marriage of a young woman.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury | Cast: Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson
5:45 PM | A New Kind of Love (1963) TCM PREMIERE
High fashion and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding a mistaken impression.
Dir: Melville Shavelson | Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter
PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING
8:00 PM | Heaven Can Wait (1943)
A man reviews his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch | Cast: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn
10:00 PM | Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
The Devil sends a murdered gangster to Earth as a respected judge.
Dir: Archie Mayo | Cast: Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains
12:00 AM | Cabin in the Sky (1943)
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli | Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne
2:00 AM | The Story of Mankind (1957)
Satan and the spirit of mankind contend for the future of humanity.
Dir: Irwin Allen | Cast: Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx
3:45 AM | The Green Pastures (1936)
God tests the human race in this reenactment of Bible stories.
Dir: Marc Connelly | Cast: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie Anderson
5:30 AM | Heavenly Music (1943)
In this short film, a bandleader must prove his worth to enter the Hall of Music in heaven.
Dir: Josef Berne | Cast: Fred Brady, Lionel Royce, Eric Blore