TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 21: Opposing Fascism/Star of the Month: George Raft

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Yes, TCM has chosen Opposing Fascism as its theme for the first full day of the Trump-Vance administration.

Opposing Fascism.

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

12:15 AM In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black detective teams up with a racist white sheriff to solve a murder in a small town in the South. Over time, they begin to find respect for one another.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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2:15 AM Freedom on My Mind (1994)
The dramatic story of the Mississippi Voter Registration project (1961-64) is told through the eyewitness accounts of several remarkable men and women.
Dir: Connie Field Cast: Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Pam Chude Allen, Marshall Ganz
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:15 AM Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
After years of segregation, the University of Alabama becomes the last U.S. college to open its doors to black students.
Dir: Robert Drew Cast: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F Kennedy
Runtime: 53 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:15 AM Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Story of the migration of a Gullah family, descendants of African slaves, from islands off the South Carolina coast, to the North in the 1900s. The film focuses on women as the transmitters of tradition and culture.
Dir: Julie Dash Cast: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara O
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

7:15 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:15 AM MGM Parade Show #23 (1955)
Gene Kelly and Jerry the Mouse perform in a clip from "Anchors Aweigh"; George Murphy, Dore Schary and Richard Brooks show a short film about the making of "The Last Hunt." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Dore Schary
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:45 AM Black Legion (1937)
During the Great Depression, Frank Taylor is passed over for a promotion that goes to Joe Dombrowski, a hard working Polish immigrant. Feeling cheated, Taylor joins a secret, racist organization called the Black Legion. With other members of the Legion, Taylor goes on a nighttime raid that drives Dombrowski and his family ...
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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10:15 AM Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
An FBI agent risks his life to infiltrate Nazi sympathizers in the U.S.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:00 PM The Mortal Storm (1940)
The Third Reich's rise tears apart a German family.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:45 PM The Great Dictator (1940)
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM The Seventh Cross (1944)
Seven men escape from a concentration camp and fight their way to freedom.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM Edge of Darkness (1943)
Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

What's on Tonight: Star of the Month: George Raft

8:00 PM Background to Danger (1943)
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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9:30 PM Johnny Angel (1945)
A sailor sets out to solve his father's murder.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:00 PM Nocturne (1946)
A police detective refuses to believe a composer's death was suicide.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:45 AM Race Street (1948)
A night-club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 AM Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The fantastic adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg who, to win a bet, journeyed around the world in the "record time" of 80 days using every mode of transportation from train to boat to elephant and balloon.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton
Runtime: 170 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y