TCM Schedule for Monday September 16, 2019 - Borderline Westerns

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By daytime it's Lauren Bacall's birthday; prime time brings westerns set on the border.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Confidential Agent ( 1945)
A Spanish spy and an American heiress battle fascists in England. Dir: Herman Shumlin Cast: Charles Boyer , Lauren Bacall , Katina Paxinou . BW- 118 mins, CC,

8:15 AM Blood Alley ( 1955)
An American sailor breaks out of a Chinese jail and dodges Communist agents on the road to Hong Kong. Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: John Wayne , Lauren Bacall , Paul Fix . C- 115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 AM Designing Woman ( 1957)
A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gregory Peck , Lauren Bacall , Dolores Gray .C- 118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM Sex and the Single Girl ( 1964)
A journalist sets out to expose a female sex expert but falls for her instead. Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Tony Curtis , Natalie Wood , Henry Fonda . C- 114 mins, CC,

2:30 PM To Have and Have Not ( 1944)
A skipper-for-hire's romance with a beautiful drifter is complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Walter Brennan , Lauren Bacall . BW- 100 mins, CC,

4:15 PM Big Sleep, The ( 1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall , John Ridgely . BW- 114 mins, CC,

6:15 PM Key Largo ( 1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane. Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Edward G. Robinson , Lauren Bacall . BW- 100 mins, CC,

8:00 PM Wonderful Country, The ( 1959)
A hired gun falls for a Texas Ranger's wife. Dir: Robert Parrish Cast: Robert Mitchum , Julie London , Gary Merrill . C- 98 mins, CC,

9:45 PM Major Dundee ( 1965)
Cavalry misfits cross the Mexican border to destroy an Indian outpost. Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Charlton Heston , Richard Harris , Jim Hutton . C- 136 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM Wild Bunch, The ( 1969)
A group of aging cowboys look for one last score in a corrupt border town. Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: William Holden , Ernest Borgnine , Robert Ryan . C- 145 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Train Robbers, The ( 1973)
A bandit's widow enlists a famed gunman to return the gold her husband had stolen. Dir: Burt Kennedy Cast: John Wayne , Ann-Margret , Rod Taylor . C- 92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM Rio Grande Patrol ( 1950)
A cowboy signs on to stop gunrunners from crossing the Mexican border. Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Tim Holt , Jane Nigh , Douglas Fowley . BW- 60 mins, CC,