TCM Schedule for Monday December 26, 2022 - Directors' Final Films
After a Cary Grant triple bill in the morning, more last films from notable directors.
(all times Eastern)
6:45 am Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
A madcap heiress upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist.
Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
8:30 am The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
10:30 am My Favorite Wife (1940)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-G
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's remarriage.
Director: Garson Kanin. Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott
12:00 pm Plymouth Adventure (1952)
1h 45m | Epic | TV-PG
Epic dramatization of the Pilgrims' journey to the new world on the Mayflower.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Lowell Gilmore, Tommy Ivo, John Dehner
2:00 pm Ambush (1950)
1h 29m | Western | TV-G
A westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl
4:00 pm Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
1h 33m | War | TV-PG
A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Tab Hunter, Etchika Choureau, Marcel Dalio
6:00 pm A Distant Trumpet (1964)
1h 57m | Western | TV-PG
A West Pointer faces warring Indians and rival women at an 1880s Arizona fort.
Director: Raoul Walsh. Cast: Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, Diane Mcbain
8:00 pm Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
3h 5m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Lavish remake of the classic tale of the villainous Captain Bligh who drives his crew to revolt during a South Seas expedition.
Director: Lewis Milestone. Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris
11:15 pm Seven Women (1966)
1h 33m | Adventure | TV-PG
The women staffing an isolated Chinese mission fight to survive a bandit attack.
Director: John Ford. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton
1:00 am Madadayo (1993)
2h 14m | Drama
An aging college professor drops out of society to become a writer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa. Cast: Hisashi Igawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuo Matsumura
3:30 am The Liberation of L. B. Jones (1970)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-MA
A black undertaker stands against racism in a small Southern town.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne
5:30 am MGM Parade Show #1 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Judy Garland sings "You Made Me Love You" in a clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938"; Cyd Charisse introduces a clip from "It's Always Fair Weather." Hosted by George Murphy.