TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 12: Studio Contract Players: Cagney, Flynn, Raft
This Wednesday the Warner Brothers festival continues on TCM, with studio contract players featured in films of various genres. 
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
12:15 AM The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
A man's infatuation with a gold-digging beauty continues after his marriage.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:30 AM Princess O'Rourke (1943)
A flying ace's romance with a princess creates diplomatic problems.
Dir: Norman Krasna Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:15 AM City for Conquest (1940)
A truck driver risks his eyesight when he boxes to pay for his brother's education.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:15 AM Nora Prentiss (1947)
An ambitious singer ruins a doctor's life.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:15 AM Union Depot (1932)
An out-of-luck con artist discovers a suitcase full of money at a train station.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N
9:30 AM Parachute Jumper (1933)
A gangster victimizes three friends trying to get jobs.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:15 AM They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he's killed an opponent in the ring.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:00 PM Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:15 PM Passage to Marseille (1944)
Devil's Island escapees join up with the Allies during World War II.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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5:15 PM Mr. Skeffington (1945)
A flighty beauty marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STUDIO CONTRACT PLAYERS: JAMES CAGNEY, ERROL FLYNN, GEORGE RAFT
8:00 PM White Heat (1949)
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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10:30 PM Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
The life story of dancing vaudevillian George M. Cohan.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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12:45 AM Gentleman Jim (1942)
Fanciful biography of 19th-century boxing champion Jim Corbett.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:45 AM The Sea Hawk (1940)
A British buccaneer holds the Spanish fleet at bay with the covert approval of Elizabeth I.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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5:00 AM Manpower (1941)
Power linemen feud over the love of a sultry nightclub singer.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:45 AM Background to Danger (1943)
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y