TCM Schedule for Monday October 12, 2020 - Star of the Month: Peter Cushing

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Daytime is full or creature features: at night, this month's Peter Cushing tribute focuses on non-horror roles (mostly).

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM The Reptile (1966)
1h 30m | Horror | TV-PG
Indian snake worshippers turn an explorer's daughter into a hideous monster.
Director: John Gilling. Cast: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett

7:45 AM The Killer Shrews (1959)
1h 9m | Horror | TV-PG
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Director: Ray Kellogg. Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis

9:00 AM King Kong (1933)
1h 40m | Adventure | TV-PG
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
Director: Merian C. Cooper. Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

11:00 AM The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
1h 20m | Horror | TV-PG
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.
Director: Eugene Lourie. Cast: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway

12:30 PM Gojira (1954)
1h 19m | Drama | TV-PG
A 400-foot monster reptile with radioactive breath is revived, thanks to nuclear testing. It goes on a mad rampage, destroying Tokyo - how will they kill it?
Director: Ishiro Honda. Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata

2:00 PM Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
1h 19m | Horror | TV-PG
Scientists track a prehistoric monster in the South American jungle while it tracks them.
Director: Jack Arnold. Cast: Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning

3:30 PM Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)
1h | Comedy | TV-PG
A killer blames a legendary sea monster for his deeds and is surprised when the real beast shows up.
Director: Roger Corman. Cast: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Edward Wain

4:45 PM The Green Slime (1969)
1h 30m | Horror | TV-G
A mysterious fungus invades a space station and turns the inhabitants into monsters.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku. Cast: Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, Luciana Paluzzi

6:30 PM Night of the Lepus (1972)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-14
Husband-and-wife scientists unwittingly unleash a horde of giant man-eating rabbits.
Director: William F. Claxton. Cast: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun

8:00 PM Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
1h 20m | Adventure | TV-PG
Robin Hood infiltrates a gang of assassins to thwart the Sheriff of Nottingham's latest plot.
Director: Terence Fisher. Cast Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall Macginnis

9:30 PM Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
1h 25m | Sci-Fi | TV-G
The eccentric Time Lord and his companions help a peaceful race fight off murderous mutant robots.
Director: Gordon Flemyng. Cast: Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden

11:00 PM Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A. D. (1966)
1h 21m | Sci-Fi | TV-PG
A time-traveling mystery man helps future Earthlings fight off robot invaders.
Director: Gordon Flemyng. Cast: Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks

12:30 AM She (1965)
1h 44m | Drama | TV-PG
Explorers uncover a lost kingdom ruled by an immortal queen.
Director: Robert Day. Cast: Ursula Andress, John Richardson, Peter Cushing

2:30 AM Violent Playground (1958)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-PG
A delinquent's sister falls for a police officer.
Director: Basil Dearden. Cast: Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood, David McCallum

4:30 AM Corruption (1967)
1h 31m | Horror | TV-14
When a plastic surgeon accidentally disfigures his model girlfriend, he becomes obsessed with restoring her face.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis. Cast: Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen

[CBHagman]

1. You have to love the descriptions for today's roster.

Indian snake worshippers turn an explorer's daughter into a hideous monster.

A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant man-killing beast.

A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.

Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.

A 400-foot monster reptile with radioactive breath is revived, thanks to nuclear testing. It goes on a mad rampage, destroying Tokyo...

Scientists track a prehistoric monster in the South American jungle while it tracks them.

A mysterious fungus invades a space station and turns the inhabitants into monsters.

And all that is followed up by Dr. Who, Robin Hood, and "an immortal queen."

Oddly enough, that could work out to a "Forget your troubles; come on, get happy!" kind of schedule.