TCM movies in 2008 Note: all times EST, subtract 3 hours for Pacific
July 2008
26 Saturday 8:15 AM Prisoner Of Zenda (1937) An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped. Cast: Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Madeleine Carroll. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC 10:00 AM Gunga Din (1939) Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India. Cast: Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor McLaglen. Dir: George Stevens. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS 12:00 PM TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell: Under The Influence - Laurence Fishburne (2008) Cast: Dir: C-0 mins, 12:30 PM Western Union (1941) An outlaw goes straight to work for the telegraph company, which puts him in conflict with his lawless brother. Cast: Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger. Dir: Fritz Lang. C-95 mins, TV-PG, CC 2:15 PM Naked Spur, The (1953) A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter. Cast: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Ralph Meeker. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC 4:00 PM Ride The High Country (1962) Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town. Cast: Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley. Dir: Sam Peckinpah. C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format 6:00 PM Hour Of The Gun (1967) Wyatt Earp tracks down the survivors of the Clanton Gang after the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Jr., Robert Ryan. Dir: John Sturges. C-101 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format 8:00 PM Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952) An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS 10:15 PM Sweet Smell Of Success (1957) A crooked press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist break up his sister's romance. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format 12:00 AM All the King's Men (1949) A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted. Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge. Dir: Robert Rossen. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC 2:00 AM Rope (1948) Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend. Cast: James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-81 mins, TV-14, CC 3:30 AM Citizen Kane (1941) The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life. Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS 27 Sunday 6:00 AM Larceny, Inc. (1942) An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC 8:00 AM Dark Passage (1947) A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS 10:00 AM High Sierra (1941) An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC 12:00 PM Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS 2:30 PM Wackiest Ship In The Army, The (1961) The captain of a broken-down ship has to sneak an Australian spy into enemy waters during World War II. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, Patricia Driscoll. Dir: Richard Murphy. C-99 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format 4:30 PM Muscle Beach Party (1964) The beach gang goes head-to-head with the bodybuilders of a new gym that's interfering with their strip on the sand. Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi. Dir: William Asher. C-95 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format 6:15 PM Gidget (1959) A young girl dreams of winning acceptance from a gang of surfers. Cast: Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren. Dir: Paul Wendkos. C-95 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format 8:00 PM Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life. Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Lionel Stander. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC 10:00 PM Westerner, The (1940) A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport. Dir: William Wyler. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC 12:00 AM Wings (1927) In this silent film, romantic rivals fly against the enemy in World War I. Cast: Richard Arlen, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Clara Bow. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-139 mins, TV-PG 2:30 AM Shop on Main Street, The (1965) A Christian forges an unlikely bond with an elderly Jewish shopkeeper during World War II. Cast: Jozef Kroner, Ida Kaminska, Hana Slivkova. Dir: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos. BW-126 mins, TV-PG 4:45 AM Woman in Green, The (1945) Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke. Dir: Roy William Neill. BW-67 mins, TV-G 28 Monday 6:00 AM Cat's Paw, The (1934) A missionary's son gets mixed up in a Chinese clan war. Cast: Harold Lloyd, George Barbier, Una Merkel. Dir: Sam Taylor. BW-102 mins, TV-G 7:45 AM Man in the Vault (1956) Bank robbers force a locksmith to help them with a big heist. Cast: William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg. Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen. BW-73 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format 9:00 AM Monsoon (1943) A team of pearl fishers clashes over the discovery of a sunken treasure. Cast: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler. Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer. BW-74 mins, TV-G 10:30 AM When's Your Birthday? (1937) An astrologer trusts the stars to make him a championship boxer. Cast: Joe E. Brown, Marian Marsh, Edgar Kennedy. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-74 mins, TV-G 12:00 PM Some Like It Hot (1959) Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format 2:15 PM Three Came Home (1950) A woman fights to survive as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Sessue Hayakawa, Patric Knowles. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-105 mins, TV-14 4:15 PM Fighting Kentuckian, The (1949) A militiaman falls for a Frenchwoman and tries to protect her people from land grabbers. Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Oliver Hardy. Dir: George Waggner. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC 6:00 PM Wake Of The Red Witch (1949) A captain fights a Dutch shipping magnate for a treasure and the heart of a beautiful woman. Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC 8:00 PM TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell: Under The Influence - Quentin Tarantino (2008) Cast: Dir: C-0 mins, 8:30 PM Marrying Kind, The (1952) A judge forces a divorcing couple to think back on the problems that drove them apart. Cast: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy. Dir: George Cukor. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC 10:30 PM TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell: Under The Influence - Quentin Tarantino (2008) Cast: Dir: C-0 mins, 11:00 PM Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-113 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS 1:00 AM Paper Moon (1973) A fraudulent bible salesman reluctantly adopts a tough little girl who could be his daughter. Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn. Dir: Peter Bogdanovich. BW-102 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format 3:00 AM Nashville (1975) Country music stars get caught up in tangled affairs and an independent's political campaign. Cast: Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ronee Blakley. Dir: Robert Altman. C-158 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format 29 Tuesday 6:00 AM Gilda (1946) A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she's married to his new boss. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready. Dir: Charles Vidor. BW-110 mins, TV-PG 8:00 AM Marnie (1964) A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind. Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-130 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format 10:30 AM Fanny (1961) An old waterfront character tries to help his daughter when her lover leaves her pregnant. Cast: Charles Boyer, Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron. Dir: Joshua Logan. C-134 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format 1:00 PM Double Harness (1933) After tricking a playboy into marriage, a woman sets out to win his love honestly. Cast: Ann Harding, William Powell, Henry Stephenson. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-69 mins, TV-PG, CC 2:15 PM Thin Man, The (1934) A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS 4:00 PM Love Crazy (1941) A businessman concocts a series of harebrained schemes to keep his wife from divorcing him. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jack Carson. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC 6:00 PM Libeled Lady (1936) When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her. Cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS 8:00 PM Auntie Mame (1958) An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne. Dir: Morton Da Costa. C-144 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format 10:30 PM Gypsy (1962) A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom. Cast: Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-143 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format 1:00 AM Trouble With Angels, The (1966) Two free spirits cause problems at a convent school. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding. Dir: Ida Lupino. C-111 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format 3:00 AM Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows! (1968) A young progressive nun creates headaches for the Mother Superior. Cast: Stella Stevens, Rosalind Russell, Milton Berle. Dir: James Neilson. C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format 4:45 AM Mrs. Pollifax--Spy (1971) A society woman volunteers to root out enemy agents in Albania. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff. Dir: Leslie Martinson. C-110 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format 30 Wednesday 6:45 AM Bird of Paradise (1932) An island visitor falls for a Polynesian beauty slated for sacrifice to the gods. Cast: Dolores del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday. Dir: King Vidor. BW-82 mins, TV-PG 8:15 AM Most Dangerous Game, The (1932) A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey. Cast: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks. Dir: Irving Pichel. BW-63 mins, TV-PG 9:30 AM Number Seventeen (1932) A detective sets out to recover a necklace lifted by jewel thieves. Cast: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-61 mins, TV-PG 10:45 AM Old Dark House, The (1932) A storm strands travelers in a house full of dangerous eccentrics. Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton. Dir: James Whale. BW-72 mins, TV-G 12:00 PM Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) Two World War I veterans try help a comrade's orphaned daughter find her family. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Don Dillaway. Dir: George Marshall, Ray McCarey. BW-66 mins, TV-G 1:15 PM Kelly the Second (1936) A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer. Cast: Patsy Kelly, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Charley Chase. Dir: Gus Meins. BW-70 mins, TV-G 2:30 PM Sabotage (1936) An unhappily married woman discovers her husband is an enemy agent. Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-77 mins, TV-PG, CC 4:00 PM Buccaneer, The (1938) French pirate Jean Lafitte tries to redeem his name helping the U.S. in the War of 1812. Cast: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff. Dir: Cecil B. De Mille. BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC 6:15 PM Stagecoach (1939) A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, George Bancroft. Dir: John Ford. BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC 8:00 PM Glenn Miller Story, The (1954) The famed bandleader fights to establish himself and keep his family going. Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format 10:00 PM Benny Goodman Story, The (1956) The legendary band leader fights to make swing acceptable. Cast: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Gene Krupa. Dir: Valentine Davies. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC 12:00 AM Gene Krupa Story, The (1959) Legendary jazz musician Gene Krupa faces highs and lows along the path of his life. Cast: Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren Dir: Don Weis BW-101 mins, TV-PG 1:45 AM This Could Be The Night (1957) A schoolteacher gets a secretarial job at a gangster-run nightclub. Cast: Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format 3:30 AM High Society (1956) In this musical version of The Philadelphia Story, tabloid reporters invade a society wedding. Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra. Dir: Charles Walters. C-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS 5:30 AM Short Film: JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1938) In this short, the bandleader performs four of his best known songs. Cast: Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly, Evelyn Oaks. Dir: Lloyd French. BW-9 mins, 5:40 AM ARTIE SHAW AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN "SYMPHONY OF SWING" (1939) C-10 mins, 5:50 AM Short Film: OZZIE NELSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA #2 (1943) In this short, Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra perform several standards and novelty songs. Cast: Harriet Hilliard, Ozzie Nelson. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-9 mins, 31 Thursday 6:00 AM Jack And The Beanstalk (1952) A baby-sitter dreams himself and his best friend into the famous fairy tale. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer. Dir: Jean Yarbrough. C-78 mins, TV-G, CC 7:15 AM Tom Thumb (1958) A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks. Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas. Dir: George Pal. C-92 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS 9:00 AM 3 Worlds of Gulliver, The (1960) A physician lost at sea discovers lands populated by tiny warriors and giant kings. Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Basil Sydney, Jo Morrow. Dir: Jack Sher. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format 10:45 AM Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961) A Greek fisherman gets caught up in court intrigue in a land of scientific wonders. Cast: Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, John Dall. Dir: George Pal. C-90 mins, TV-G 12:30 PM Mysterious Island (1961) Escaped Civil War POWs end up on an island populated by giant animals. Cast: Michael Craig, Michael Callan, Joan Greenwood. Dir: Cy Endfield. C-101 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format 2:15 PM Son of Godzilla (1967) Scientists get caught in the middle when Godzilla fights to protect his newborn son from prehistoric monsters. Cast: Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda. Dir: Jun Fukuda. C-86 mins, Letterbox Format 3:45 PM Gorgon, The (1964) A mythical monster turns men to stone in a remote European village. Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco. Dir: Terence Fisher. C-83 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format 5:15 PM They Came From Beyond Space (1967) Scientists investigating a meteor shower uncover an alien invasion. Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin. Dir: Freddie Francis. C-85 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format 6:45 PM Killer Shrews, The (1959) A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast. Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Baruch Lumet. Dir: Ray Kellogg. BW-68 mins, TV-PG 8:00 PM Monte Walsh (1970) An aging cowboy faces changes in the West with the rise of civilization. Cast: Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance. Dir: William A. Fraker. C-99 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format 10:00 PM Bad Company (1972) Civil War draft dodgers head West to build new lives as outlaws. Cast: Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis. Dir: Robert Benton. C-93 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format 12:00 AM Man Called Horse, A (1970) A English lord kidnapped by Indians becomes a part of their tribe. Cast: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Manu Tupou. Dir: Elliot Silverstein. C-115 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format 2:00 AM High Plains Drifter (1973) A mysterious gunman signs on to protect a small town from bandits. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Mitch Ryan. Dir: Clint Eastwood. C-105 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format 4:00 AM Posse (1975) A U.S. marshal tries to use the hunt for a criminal to launch his political career. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins. Dir: Kirk Douglas. C-93 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox FormatNote: "The Wizard Of Oz" (1939) is showing over on TNT (Turner Network TV) this week
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