TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 18: Star of the Month: Charlton Heston
During the daytime, TCM's theme is Autumn in the Air.
And tonight, history (and other things/people) are in the air as Star of the Month Charlton Heston returns.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
12:30 AM Poltergeist (1982)
In her family's suburban home, ghosts begin communicating with five-year-old Carol Anne through the static on the television screen. At first the spirits seem to be friendly, but using the television as their portal to enter the house, they kidnap Carol Anne. As her desperate family tries to rescue the little girl, they ...
Dir: Tobe Hooper Cast: Jobeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
2:30 AM The Blob (1988)
A strange lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows.
Dir: Chuck Russell Cast: Erika Eleniak, Charlie Spradling, Bill Moseley
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: N
4:15 AM Village of the Damned (1960)
After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
Dir: Wolf Rilla Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:45 AM Children of the Damned (1964)
Space invaders impregnate six women with super-powered offspring.
Dir: Anton M. Leader Cast: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
7:30 AM Dean Martin: King of Cool (2020)
The story of Dean Martin told through interviews and archival footage.
Dir: Tom Donahue Cast: Jerry Lewis, Bob Newhart, Angie Dickinson
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:30 AM Autumn Sonata (1978)
A concert pianist faces the daughters she's neglected for years.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N
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11:15 AM The Winds of Autumn (1976)
After his parents are murdered, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy travels across the Montana prairie to avenge their deaths.
Dir: Charles B Pierce Cast: Jack Elam, Jeanette Nolan, Andrew Prine
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: null CC: Y
1:15 PM Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
Runtime: 160 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 PM An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
In an increasingly Americanized postwar Tokyo, a father gives up his only daughter in marriage.
Dir: Yasujirô Ozu Cast: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
6:00 PM Autumn Leaves (1956)
A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Joan Crawford, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: CHARLTON HESTON
8:00 PM The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Pope Julius II persuades Michelangelo to leave his sculptures and paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento
Runtime: 140 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 PM A Man For All Seasons (1988)
An adaptation of Robert Bolt's play focusing on the conflict waged between King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More when the King broke with the Roman Catholic Church.
Dir: Charlton Heston Cast: Charlton Heston, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson
Runtime: 180 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:15 AM The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Epic scale chronicle of the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia
Runtime: 225 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:45 AM The Mountain Men (1980)
The story of two rowdy hunters living in the mountains, drinking and fighting off attacks.
Dir: Joe Canutt Cast: Daniel Knapp, Steve Chambers
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: null CC: Y
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