TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 18: TCM Special Theme: 100 Years of United Artists

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

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,

7:00 AM
YOURS, MINE AND OURS ( 1968)
A widow with eight children marries a widower with ten, then gets pregnant.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Lucille Ball , Henry Fonda , Van Johnson .
C- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 AM
CHILDREN'S HOUR, THE ( 1961)
A malicious student tries to destroy the teachers at a girls' school.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Audrey Hepburn , Shirley MacLaine , James Garner .
BW- 108 mins, CC,

11:00 AM
MIRACLE WORKER, THE ( 1962)
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Anne Bancroft , Patty Duke , Victor Jory .
BW- 107 mins, CC,

1:00 PM
INHERIT THE WIND ( 1960)
In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Fredric March , Gene Kelly .
BW- 128 mins, CC,

3:15 PM
HARD DAY'S NIGHT, A ( 1964)
A typical day in the life of the Beatles.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison .
BW- 87 mins, CC,

4:45 PM
R.F.D. GREENWICH VILLAGE ( 1969)
A couple tours around New York in this promotional short for corduroy clothing.
C- 11 mins,

5:00 PM
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD ( 1963)
A group of greedy clowns tears up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Milton Berle , Sid Caesar .
C- 159 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPECIAL THEME: 100 YEARS OF UNITED ARTISTS

8:00 PM
PINK PANTHER, THE ( 1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess' diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven , Peter Sellers , Capucine .
C- 115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
WEST SIDE STORY ( 1961)
A young couple from dueling street gangs falls in love.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Natalie Wood , Richard Beymer , Russ Tamblyn .
C- 154 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 AM
TOM JONES ( 1963)
In this adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel, a country boy in 18th-century England becomes a playboy.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Albert Finney , Susannah York , Hugh Griffith .
C- 122 mins, CC,

3:00 AM
MIDNIGHT COWBOY ( 1969)
A would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist form an unlikely friendship.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Dustin Hoffman , Jon Voight , Sylvia Miles .
C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 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