TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 24: Sydney Greenstreet
Happy Thanksgiving Eve, Classic Films Group! While you bake pies or wrestle with the turkey, there's plenty to watch on TCM. Daytime's for the kiddies (theme: Children's Misadventures), and the night belongs once again to Sydney Greenstreet.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
12:00 AM
Solomon Northrup's Odyssey (1984)
2h | Drama
Based on his own writings, the drama follows the life of Solomon Northrup, who was kidnapped and enslaved.
Director
Gordon Parks
Cast
Avery Brooks, John Saxon, Mason Adams
2:00 AM
Gordon Parks: Moments Without Proper Names (1988)
1h | Documentary
A self-portrait of the life and career of photographer, writer, director and composer Gordon Parks.
Director
Gordon Parks
Cast
Roscoe Lee Browne, Gordon Parks, Joe Seneca
3:15 AM
Listen to a Stranger (1973)
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Director
Romas V. Slezas
Cast
Gordon Parks
3:45 AM
Three the Hard Way (1974)
1h 33m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-MA
Three martial arts experts take on a racist group out to destroy the African-American race.
Director
Gordon Parks
Cast
Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly
5:30 AM
The Split (1968)
1h 30m | Crime | TV-14
A gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
Director
Gordon Flemyng
Cast
Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine
7:15 AM
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
1h 30m | Adventure | TV-G
Mark Twain's classic troublemaker helps a runaway slave escape to the North.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley
9:00 AM
My Pal Wolf (1944)
1h 15m | Drama | TV-G
A little girl fights to keep her dog over her nanny's objections.
Director
Alfred Werker
Cast
Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, Una O'Connor
10:30 AM
Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
A young boy tries to liberate animals from the city zoo.
Director
Ivan Tors
Cast
Jay North, Martin Milner, Andy Devine
12:15 PM
Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
1h 32m | Adventure | TV-G
Highly intelligent dolphin Flipper rescues a British family who are being held for ransom.
Director
Leon Benson
Cast
Luke Halpin, Pamela Franklin, Helen Cherry
2:00 PM
Where The Lilies Bloom (1974)
1h 36m | Drama
Four children who live in the backwoods are orphaned when their father dies.
Director
William Graham
Cast
Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers, Sudie Bond
4:00 PM
From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-G
A young brother and sister run away and live in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Director
Fielder Cook
Cast
Sally Prager, Ingrid Bergman, Johnny Doran
Note: The alternative title is The Hideaways.
6:00 PM
A Little Romance (1979)
1h 48m | Romance | TV-14
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Director
George Roy Hill
Cast
Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Sally Kellerman
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8:00 PM
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1h 42m | Romance | TV-PG
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
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10:00 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A magazine writer whose public image as an ideal homemaker is at odds with her real life winds up hosting a war hero at a borrowed New England farmhouse.
Director
Peter Godfrey
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, S.Z. Sakall
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12:00 AM
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
1h 35m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Cast
Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson
2:00 AM
Between Two Worlds (1944)
1h 52m | Drama | TV-G
Passengers on a luxury liner realize they are en route to the afterlife.
Director
Edward A. Blatt
Cast
John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet
4:00 AM
The Velvet Touch (1948)
1h 37m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
Director
John Gage
Cast
Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor