TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 17: Star of the Month: Sidney Poitier

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Believe it or not, Sidney Poitier's Oscar-winning role is featured after 5 a.m.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

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,

5:51 AM
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GRANDEUR ( 1937)
The magnificent scenery of the Rocky Mountains is the star of this short film.
Dir: James H Smith
C- 8 mins,

6:00 AM
FIVE STAR FINAL ( 1931)
An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Marian Marsh , H. B. Warner .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

7:45 AM
IN THIS OUR LIFE ( 1942)
A neurotic southerner steals her sister's husband then vies with her for another man.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Bette Davis , Olivia De Havilland , George Brent .
BW- 97 mins, CC,

9:30 AM
ANGEL FACE ( 1953)
An unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Robert Mitchum , Jean Simmons , Mona Freeman .
BW- 91 mins, CC,

11:15 AM
DEAD RINGER ( 1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast: Bette Davis , Karl Malden , Peter Lawford .
BW- 116 mins, CC,

1:15 PM
FLAME OF THE WEST ( 1945)
A lawman turned doctor refuses to fight in his town.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Johnny Mack Brown , Raymond Hatton , Joan Woodbury .
BW- 71 mins, CC,

2:30 PM
BIG STAMPEDE, THE ( 1932)
A new sheriff faces the rustlers who killed his predecessor.
Dir: Tenny Wright Cast: John Wayne , Duke , Noah Beery .
BW- 54 mins, CC,

3:30 PM
STAR PACKER, THE ( 1934)
A U.S. Marshall takes on the job of defeating a mysterious criminal.
Dir: R. N. Bradbury Cast: John Wayne , Verna Hillie , George Hayes .
BW- 55 mins,

4:30 PM
PRAIRIE LAW ( 1940)
Cattlemen and farmers go to war over water rights.
Dir: David Howard Cast: George O'Brien , Virginia Hale , Dick Hogan .
BW- 59 mins, CC,

5:32 PM
ALL ABOUT HASH ( 1940)
In this short film, a gang of children put on a radio skit to teach their parents not to fight over cooking breakfast hash for dinner.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Buckwheat Thomas , Robert Blake , George McFarland .
BW- 11 mins,

5:45 PM
MAN FROM GOD'S COUNTRY ( 1958)
Dir: Paul Landres Cast: George Montgomery , Randy Stuart , Gregg Barton .
BW- 72 mins, CC,

7:00 PM
LAND BEYOND THE LAW ( 1937)
An innocent rancher gets mixed up with rustlers.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Dick Foran , Linda Perry , Wayne Morris .
BW- 54 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: SIDNEY POITIER

8:00 PM
TO SIR, WITH LOVE ( 1967)
A substitute teacher changes the lives of the slum children in his class.
Dir: James Clavell Cast: Sidney Poitier , Christian Roberts , Judy Geeson .
C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER ( 1967)
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Sidney Poitier , Katharine Hepburn .
C- 108 mins, CC,

12:00 AM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT ( 1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier , Rod Steiger , Warren Oates .
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
BEDFORD INCIDENT, THE ( 1965)
An American destroyer, with a journalist on board, pursues a Russian submarine during the Cold War.
Dir: James B. Harris Cast: Richard Widmark , Sidney Poitier , James MacArthur .
BW- 102 mins, CC,

4:00 AM
APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO ( 1946)
Military documentary about the U.S.'s recapture of the Philippines.
Dir: Maj. Jack Hively
BW- 55 mins, CC,

5:15 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,