TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 20: Special Theme: Black Independents
Greetings, classic movie fans.
Your daytime TCM roster features Star of the Month Dana Andrews and a Tay Garnett Triple Feature. We've got communists! We've got cannibals! We've got international spies!
And the evening is devoted to Black independent films—and storytelling and performances you may not have had a chance to see at your local cinema or even on another cable channel!
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
12:00 AM
Curse of the Demon (1958)
1h 35m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon.
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Cast
Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
2:00 AM
Zero Hour! (1957)
1h 21m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
When a flight crew falls ill, the only man who can land the plane is afraid of flying.
Director
Hall Bartlett
Cast
Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden
3:30 AM
Three Hours to Kill (1954)
1h 17m | Western | TV-PG
After escaping a lynch mob, an innocent man returns to find out who framed him for murder.
Director
Alfred Werker
Cast
Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster
5:15 AM
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
1h 52m | Western | TV-PG
In this movie set in 1880, a suffragette doctor travels from Boston to establish a new practice in Santa Fe, where she meets with opposition.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell
7:15 AM
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
1h 20m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
Director
Fritz Lang
Cast
Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer
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8:45 AM
Enchanted Island (1958)
1h 33m | Drama | TV-PG
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Director
Allan Dwan
Cast
Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins
10:30 AM
Comanche (1955)
1h 27m | Western | TV-PG
A frontier scout tries to protect an Indian tribe from a bigoted Cavalry officer.
Director
George Sherman
Cast
Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva
12:00 PM
Spring Reunion (1956)
1h 19m | Romance | TV-G
An alumni reunion spells romance for former college lovers.
Director
Robert Pirosh
Cast
Dana Andrews, Betty Hutton, Jean Hagen
1:30 PM
The Fearmakers (1958)
1h 23m | Drama | TV-PG
A Korean War veteran discovers his Washington-based PR firm has been taken over by Communist infiltrators.
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Cast
Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Marilee Earle
3:00 PM
Joy of Living (1938)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
A Broadway musical star falls for an eccentric millionaire.
Director
Tay Garnett
Cast
Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks, Alice Brady
4:45 PM
My Favorite Spy (1942)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-G
Bandleader Kay Kyser leaves his bride at the altar to help catch international spies.
Director
Tay Garnett
Cast
Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman
5:00 PM
My Favorite Spy (1942)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-G
Bandleader Kay Kyser leaves his bride at the altar to help catch international spies.
Director
Tay Garnett
Cast
Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman
6:15 PM
Soldiers Three (1951)
1h 27m | Adventure | TV-PG
Three British officers look for adventure in 19th-century India.
Director
Tay Garnett
Cast
Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven
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8:00 PM
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-MA
An aspiring African-American actor tries to fight against stereotyping.
Director
Robert Townsend
Cast
Michael LaViolette, Tony Edwards, Myra J
9:45 PM
Cane River (1982)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-14
A forbidden romance develops in rural Louisiana.
Director
Horace Jenkins
Cast
Horace Jenkins, Richard Romain, Carol Sutton
11:45 PM
Losing Ground (1982)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-14
A philosophy professor responds to her husband's philandering by pursuing fulfillment on her own.
Director
Kathleen Collins
Cast
Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones
1:30 AM
The Watermelon Woman (1995)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-MA
Cheryl, a twenty-something black lesbian, is struggling to make a documentary about a beautiful and elusive 1930s film actress, popularly known as the Watermelon Woman.
Director
Cheryl Dunye
Cast
Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson
3:00 AM
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
1h 37m | Comedy | TV-MA
A New York street artist befriends an orphaned girl and in turn becomes one of the city's homeless.
Director
Charles Lane
Cast
Nicole Alysia, Darnell Williams, Trula Hoosier
4:45 AM
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
1h 14m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A woman fights to intercept a letter in which her husband tries to prove her guilty of murder.
Director
Tay Garnett
Cast
Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling