TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 30: Bernard Herrmann
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
12:15 AM
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-MA
A spoof about a filmmaker making a documentary about a once-famous, now almost forgotten B...
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael Mckean
2:00 AM
The Belly Of An Architect (1987)
2h 6m | Drama | TV-R
An architect's obsession with his work leads to his destruction.
Director: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson
4:15 AM
The Ritz (1976)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-14
Heterosexual Cleveland businessman Gaetano Proclo is hiding from his murderous mobster bro...
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Rita Moreno, Ben Aris, Paul B Price
6:00 AM
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
2h | Drama | TV-14
Algiers revolts against the French Foreign Legion.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag
8:15 AM
The Family Secret (1924)
1h 10m | Adaptation | TV-G
A destitute man tries to help a foundling, not realizing she's his daughter.
Director: William Seiter
Cast: Gladys Hulette, Edward Earle, Frank Currier
9:30 AM
The Square Peg (1958)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-PG
Norman and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when the...
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Cast: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman
11:00 AM
Evil Under The Sun (1982)
1h 42m | Mystery | TV-14
Hercule Poirot is called upon to discover who murdered stage star Arlena Marshall. But giv...
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin
1:15 PM
The China Syndrome (1979)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-MA
A TV reporter investigates the goings on in a shoddy nuclear power plant and ends up again...
Director: James Bridges
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Lewis Arquette
3:30 PM
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-PG
A young Union soldier fights to atone for a moment of cowardice during the Civil War.
Director: John Huston
Cast: Andy Devine, Robert Easton Burke, Douglas Dick
4:45 PM
Kidnapped (1948)
1h 21m | Adventure | TV-PG
After being kidnapped and sold into slavery, a young man fights to reclaim his birthright....
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O'Herlihy
6:15 PM
Flipper (1963)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-G
A young boy befriends a dolphin that comes to his rescue.
Director: James B. Clark
Cast: Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin, Kathleen Maguire
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8:00 PM
The Birds (1963)
2h | Horror | TV-14
An immense flock of birds descends upon a seacoast town, makes it their nesting ground, an...
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy
10:15 PM
Psycho (1960)
1h 49m | Horror | TV-PG
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
12:15 AM
Cape Fear (1962)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
Following a 6-year imprisonment for committing a sadistic sex crime, Max Cady arrives in a...
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen
2:15 AM
Sisters (1972)
1h 32m | Horror | TV-MA
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment acros...
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
4:00 AM
It's Alive (1974)
1h 30m | Horror | TV-14
A couple's use of an experimental fertility drug produces a monstrous infant.
Director: null
Cast: Guy Stockwell, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan
5:45 AM
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-14
During a cocktail party celebrating his engagement, a young Frenchman named Bliss is lured...
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet