TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 11: TCM Special Theme: 100 Years of United Artists
Now here's a roster with variety!
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
12:00 AM
PATCH OF BLUE, A ( 1965)
A blind white girl falls in love with a black man.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Sidney Poitier , Shelley Winters , Elizabeth Hartman .
BW- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
LILIES OF THE FIELD ( 1963)
An itinerant handyman in the Southwest gets a new outlook on life when he helps a group of German nuns build a chapel.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Sidney Poitier , Lilia Skala , Lisa Mann .
BW- 94 mins, CC,
3:45 AM
ALL THE YOUNG MEN ( 1960)
A black sergeant is forced to take command when his lieutenant is killed during the Korean War.
Dir: Hall Bartlett Cast: Charles Quinlivan , Alan Ladd , Ingemar Johansson .
BW- 86 mins, CC,
5:15 AM
SHIP THAT DIED, THE ( 1938)
This short film looks at the mystery of the Mary Celeste, a ship that was discovered abandoned for no discernible reason.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Leonard Penn , Rhea Mitchell , Edward Kilroy .
BW- 10 mins,
5:30 AM
LONG SHIPS, THE ( 1964)
Viking seamen battle a Moorish prince for possession of a golden bell.
Dir: Jack Cardiff Cast: Richard Widmark , Sidney Poitier , Rosanna Schiaffino .
C- 126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:43 AM
PHANTOMS, INC. ( 1945)
This short film focuses on fake "spiritualists" and psychics who con innocent people out of their money.
Dir: Harold Young Cast: Arthur Shields , Crane Whitley , King Baggot .
BW- 17 mins,
8:00 AM
TOPPER RETURNS ( 1941)
A beautiful ghost enlists a henpecked husband to track down her killer.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Joan Blondell , Roland Young , Carole Landis .
BW- 88 mins, CC,
9:30 AM
STORY OF G.I. JOE, THE ( 1945)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II to learn what battle is really about.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Burgess Meredith , Robert Mitchum , Freddie Steele .
BW- 109 mins, CC,
11:30 AM
LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, THE ( 1943)
An aging military man looks back on the loves and friends who shaped his life.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Deborah Kerr , Roger Livesey , Anton Walbrook .
C- 164 mins,
2:15 PM
WESTERNER, THE ( 1940)
A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper , Walter Brennan , Fred Stone .
BW- 100 mins, CC,
4:00 PM
GREAT DICTATOR, THE ( 1940)
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Jack Oakie .
BW- 125 mins, CC,
6:15 PM
PATHS OF GLORY ( 1958)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Fred Bell , John Stein , Harold Benedict .
BW- 88 mins, CC,
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8:00 PM
12 ANGRY MEN ( 1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda , Lee J. Cobb , Ed Begley .
BW- 96 mins, CC,
9:45 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.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Burt Lancaster , Tony Curtis , Susan Harrison .
BW- 97 mins, CC,
11:30 PM
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE ( 1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw's widow in search of the man's hidden loot.
Dir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum , Shelley Winters , Lillian Gish .
BW- 93 mins, CC,
1:15 AM
MARTY ( 1955)
A lonely butcher finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Ernest Borgnine , Betsy Blair , Esther Minciotti .
BW- 90 mins, CC,
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3:00 AM
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS ( 1956)
A Victorian gentleman bets that he can beat the world's record for circling the globe.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Cantinflas , Finlay Currie , Robert Morley .
C- 182 mins, CC, Letterbox Format