TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 20: Special Theme: Addiction and Recovery
If you took a look at the daytime schedule and were puzzled about the theme, set your mind at rest: It's Robert Mitchum Doing Comedy (lots of mail order brides, lots of people joining forces, lots of conflicting desires).
Tonight TCM turns the spotlight once again on a serious subject, namely substance use, which has been the focus of notable and even iconic films.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
12:30 AM
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
3h 26m | Drama | TV-MA
An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.
Director
David Lean
Cast
Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles
4:00 AM
This Happy Breed (1944)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-G
A middle-class family faces personal triumphs and tragedies when they move to a new home in the suburbs.
Director
David Lean
Cast
Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills
6:00 AM
Girl Rush (1944)
1h 4m | Musical | TV-G
Two vaudevillians try to round up some ready-made brides for gold prospectors.
Director
Gordon Douglas
Cast
Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford
7:15 AM
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
1h 17m | Comedy | TV-PG
A young woman sublets a Marine's apartment not knowing he's handed out keys to several of his friends.
Director
Joe May
Cast
Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry
8:45 AM
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
1h 33m | Western | TV-PG
A mail-order bride finds herself attracted to a handsome drifter.
Director
Norman Foster
Cast
Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum
10:30 AM
The Big Steal (1949)
1h 11m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A man is on the trail of a thief who stole a $300,000 Army payroll, but there is someone else in pursuit, too.
Director
Don Siegel
Cast
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix
12:00 PM
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
1h 29m | Drama | TV-G
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt
1:45 PM
The Sundowners (1960)
2h 13m | Drama | TV-PG
A nomadic family travels across 1930s Australia to pursue their dream of settling into a big farm.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
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4:15 PM
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
1h 31m | Comedy | TV-PG
Two aging cowboys, one a retired sherriff, the other an over-the-hill outlaw, join forces.
Director
Burt Kennedy
Cast
Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine
6:00 PM
The Wrath of God (1972)
1h 51m | Western | TV-14
A bootlegger and a defrocked priest join forces during a bloody Central American revolution.
Director
Ralph Nelson
Cast
Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SPECIAL THEME: ADDICTION AND RECOVERY
8:00 PM
The Man with the Golden Arm (1956)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-14
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Director
Otto Preminger
Cast
Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak
10:15 PM
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-MA
A boyfriend from hell, who happens to be a small-time crook, leads his decent girlfriend on the downhill path to heroin.
Director
Jerry Schatzberg
Cast
Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint
12:15 AM
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
1h 40m | Adaptation
An autobiographical account of poet and rock musician Jim Carroll's delinquent high school days.
Director
Scott Kalvert
Cast
John Vennema, Ernie Hudson, Lorraine Bracco
2:00 AM
Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971)
1h 31m | Crime | TV-MA
A semi-documentary featuring real addicts reliving their lives on-screen.
Director
Floyd Mutrux
Cast
Tip, Nancy, Beverly
3:45 AM
Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness (1972)
22m | Short | TV-14
Filmmakers trace the history of opium and its role in today's drug trade in this short film.
Director
William Templeton
Cast
Paul Newman, Vernon Hann, Sherman N. Kieffer
4:15 AM
Hollywood Party (1934)
1h 3m | Musical | TV-G
A movie star's gala celebration creates chaos.
Director
Allan Dwan
Cast
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante