TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 24: Creepy Cinema: Demented Dudes with Mario

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Daytime's theme is Directed by John Sturges. As for nighttime...well, let's just say you'll want to keep the lights on this evening.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

12:45 AM The Art of Love (1965)
An American artist, living in Paris, has a hard time selling his work, so, with the help of his girlfriend, fakes his own death to increase its value.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:30 AM Fitzwilly (1967)
When an aging philanthropist goes broke, her butler robs from the rich so she can give to the poor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


4:30 AM Personal Property (1937)
The bailiff charged with disposing of a financially strapped widow's estate pretends to be her butler.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Reginald Owen
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM Right Cross (1950)
A boxer's ego battles his love for his manager's daughter.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: June Allyson, Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:45 AM The People Against O'Hara (1951)
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, Diana Lynn
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:30 AM Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:00 AM Mystery Street (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:45 PM The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
A Cuban fisherman believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Felipe Pazos Jr., Harry Bellaver, Spencer Tracy
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 PM Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
Runtime: 148 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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5:00 PM The Great Escape (1963)
Drama based on Paul Brickhill's factual account of the efforts of Allied prisoners to break out of Stalag Luft North during World War II.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Robert Graf, Nigel Stock, Angus Lennie
Runtime: 168 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CREEPY CINEMA: DEMENTED DUDES WITH MARIO

8:00 PM Magic (1978)
Magician's assistant Corky performs disastrously at his first solo appearance. He is given a ventriloquist dummy called Fats to improve his act and within a few years Corky is at the height of fame. However, Fats has developed a mind of his own and wants to control his master.
Dir: Richard Attenborough Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Burgess Meredith, Mary Munday, Ann-Margret
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N

10:00 PM Eyes Of Laura Mars (1978)
Photographer Laura Mars has made a name for herself by juxtaposing sex and violence in her glamorous photos. But at the height of her success, she begins to experience daydreams from the point of view of a serial killer as he relentlessly stalks and murders her associates.
Dir: Irvin Kershner Cast: Tom Lee Jones, Faye Dunaway, Paula Lawrence
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: N

12:00 AM The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
After a woman dies on the operating table, her husband exacts revenge on the doctor.
Dir: Robert Fuest Cast: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

1:45 AM Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
In an effort to revive his dead wife, a man sets out on a search to find the elixir of life.
Dir: Robert Fuest Cast: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror Rating: null CC: N

3:30 AM House of Wax (1953)
Ghoulish shenanigans, creepy goings-on, and bloody mayhem all register to full effect in the "Wax Museum."
Dir: Andre Detoth Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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5:15 AM House on Haunted Hill (1958)
The owner of a supposedly haunted mansion offers $10,000 to anyone dumb enough to attempt to spend the night there.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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