TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 25: TCM Spotlight: Studio Directors
Last call for TCM Spotlight: Studio Directors.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
12:15 AM Salt of the Earth (1954)
Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they continue to fight for better working conditions.
Dir: Herbert J. Biberman Cast: Will Geer, David Wolfe, David Sarvis
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM Boulevard Nights (1979)
Brothers Raymond and Chuco have a strong family bond. Raymond is a former gang member who hopes to leave the neighborhood behind and start a new life. Chuco is still immersed in the violent life of the gang, however, and the bond between these brothers is tested when a war between rivals erupts.
Dir: Michael Pressman Cast: Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta Dubois
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N
4:00 AM The Cisco Kid (1994)
The Mexican hero and his saddle sidekick foil crooks, officials and agents of Napoleon.
Dir: Glenn Wilder Cast: Jimmy Smits, Cheech Marin
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC:
6:00 AM MGM Parade Show #19 (1955)
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from Ziegfeld Follies. Host George Murphy introduces a clip from Ransom.
Dir: null Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, George Murphy
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
6:30 AM The Outriders (1950)
Rebel soldiers try to hijack a Union gold shipment.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:15 AM The Prodigal (1955)
Biblical story of a young man led astray by an evil priestess.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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10:15 AM Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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12:15 PM Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 PM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
As the family of a wealthy Southern patriarch informs his children that he is dying of cancer, lies and secrets surface that threaten to rip the family apart.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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3:45 PM Rome Adventure (1962)
A man falls in love with two women.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, Rossano Brazzi
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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6:00 PM The Gazebo (1960)
A suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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8:00 PM Oklahoma! (1955)
Film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical about the early settlers on the Oklahoma plain.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson
Runtime: 148 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC:
10:45 PM South Pacific (1958)
Two stories set side by side about love and loss set in the wartime tropics. Adaptation of the 1949 stage play.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr
Runtime: 171 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:30 AM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y