TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 17: Summer Under the Stars: Spencer Tracy
If you have not seen The Seventh Cross, be sure to view, record, or stream it. It's timelier than ever. Bonus: the chance to see the young Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn early in their careers.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
12:00 AM
Hannie Caulder (1972)
1h 25m | Western
A female victim of a brutal attack by three thugs learns to shoot and seeks revenge.
Director
Burt Kennedy
Cast
Jack Elam, Strother Martin, Ernest Borgnine
2:00 AM
100 Rifles (1969)
1h 49m | Adaptation
In the Old West, a sherriff, pursuing an Indian thief, ends up sympathizing with latter's cause.
Director
Tom Gries
Cast
Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds
4:00 AM
The Wild Party (1975)
1h 40m | Drama
A fading silent-era comic sinks his money into a comeback vehicle.
Director
James Ivory
Cast
James Coco, Raquel Welch, Perry King
6:00 AM
Fury (1936)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-G
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob and then returns for revenge.
Director
Fritz Lang
Cast
Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel
8:00 AM
San Francisco (1936)
1h 55m | Epic | TV-G
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake hits San Francisco.
Director
W. S. Van Dyke
Cast
Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy
10:00 AM
Edison, the Man (1940)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-G
Thomas Edison fights to turn his dreams into reality.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman
12:00 PM
Keeper of the Flame (1943)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
Top-notch reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a political hero.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf
2:00 PM
The Seventh Cross (1944)
1h 50m | War | TV-PG
Seven men escape from a concentration camp and fight their way to freedom.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead
4:00 PM
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
2h 18m | War | TV-PG
General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock
6:30 PM
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
1h 26m | Drama | TV-PG
A Cuban fisherman believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish.
Director
John Sturges
Cast
Felipe Pazos Jr., Harry Bellaver, Spencer Tracy
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8:00 PM
Adam's Rib (1949)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A happily married middle-aged husband and wife, both lawyers, find their marriage under strain while serving as prosecutor and defense in a trial.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
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10:00 PM
Pat and Mike (1952)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A promoter falls for a gym teacher he bills as the world's top woman athlete.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
11:45 PM
Cass Timberlane (1947)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-PG
An aging judge creates a scandal when he marries a younger woman from the wrong side of the tracks.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott
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2:00 AM
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
2h 7m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Director
Victor Fleming
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
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4:00 AM
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
1h 45m | Epic | TV-PG
Epic dramatization of the Pilgrims' journey to the new world on the Mayflower.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Lowell Gilmore, Tommy Ivo, John Dehner