TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 19: TCM Spotlight: Order in the Court
Wow! What a schedule for Order in the Court.
That said, TCM needs to work on its plot descriptions. Anyone who remembers the Australian film Breaker Morant will scoff at the summary here. In any event, take your blood pressure medicine, everyone, and get ready to settle in for a roster of compelling movies.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
1:45 am
Fat Girl (2001)
1h 23m | Drama
Elena is fifteen years old and forced to drag along pudgy twelve-year-old Anais as she trolls for boys.
Director
Catherine Breillat
Cast
Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo
3:30 am
Sweetie (1989)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-MA
A young woman's life is torn apart by the sudden intrusion of her mentally disturbed sister...
Director
Jane Campion
Cast
Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos
5:15 am
Human Voice (2014)
25m | Drama | TV-PG
An aging beauty tries desperately to win back a lover drawn to a younger woman.
Director
Edoardo Ponti
Cast
Sophia Loren, Enrico Lo Verso
6:00 am
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
2h 6m | Adventure | TV-PG
Three prospectors fight off bandits and each other after striking it rich in the Mexican m...
Director
John Huston
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
8:15 am
Hell Drivers (1957)
1h 48m | Crime | TV-PG
An ex-con tries to go clean and gets a job working as a truck driver, but then he discovers...
Director
Cy Endfield
Cast
Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins
10:15 am
Jeopardy (1953)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-PG
A woman desperately seeks help to prevent her trapped husband from drowning.
Director
John Sturges
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker
11:45 am
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
1h 11m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Director
Ida Lupino
Cast
Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman
1:15 pm
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-PG
A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released and struggles to adjust...
Director
Felix Feist
Cast
Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle
3:00 pm
Detour (1945)
1h 8m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man's identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman...
Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast
Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake
4:15 pm
Gun Crazy (1950)
1h 27m | Crime | TV-PG
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Cast
Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger
6:00 pm
They Live by Night (1948)
1h 35m | Crime | TV-PG
After an unjust prison sentence, a young innocent gets mixed-up with hardened criminals...
Director
Nicholas Ray
Cast
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: ORDER IN THE COURT
8:00 pm
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
3h 10m | Drama | TV-14
An aging American judge presides over the trial of Nazi war criminals.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark
11:30 pm
Paths of Glory (1958)
1h 26m | Drama | TV-PG
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice...
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict
1:15 am
Breaker Morant (1980)
1h 46m | Drama | TV-MA
When his commanding officers make a mistake, an Australian soldier faces court-martial.
Director
Bruce Beresford
Cast
Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
3:15 am
The Rack (1956)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-14
A Korean War veteran is accused of cracking under enemy torture.
Director
Arnold Laven
Cast
Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon
5:15 am
I Accuse! (1958)
1h 39m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of writer Emile Zola's defense of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer framed for treason...
Director
Jose Ferrer
Cast
Jose Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors