TCM Schedule for Friday, January 12, 2024--The Saint, Dentists in Love, and Guest Programmer Chad Stahelski
DAYTIME: TCM starts with all eight entries in The Saint series produced from 1938 through 1943 and airs them in order of production date! Three different actors appear in the role of Simon Templar—Louis Hayward, George Saunders, and Hugh Sinclair.
DENTISTS IN LOVE: A pre-code romance and the musical remake, aired back-to-back.
PRIMETIME: Two films presented by guest programmer Chad Stahelsk, American stuntman and film director of the 2014 film John Wick and its three sequels.
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6:15 AM | The Saint in New York (1938)
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York's mob kingpins.
Dir: Ben Holmes | Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Rumann
Runtime: 72 mins | Genre: Suspense/Mystery
7:45 AM | The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
The Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
Dir: John Farrow | Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jerome Cowan
Runtime: 64 mins | Genre: Suspense/Mystery
9:00 AM | The Saint in London (1939)
The Saint's investigation of a counterfeiting ring uncovers a nest of spies.
Dir: John Paddy Carstairs | Cast: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns
Runtime: 72 mins | Genre: Suspense/Mystery
10:30 AM | The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templer lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Dir: Jack Hively | Cast: George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale
Runtime: 68 mins | Genre: Suspense/Mystery
11:45 AM | The Saint Takes Over (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who's been framed on bribery charges.
Dir: Jack Hively | Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale
Runtime: 69 mins | Genre: Suspense/Myster
1:00 PM | The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar's efforts to deliver a fortune in rare stamps are complicated by murder.
Dir: Jack Hively | Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery
2:15 PM | The Saint's Vacation (1941)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templer vies with Nazi agents for possession of a mysterious music box.
Dir: Leslie Fenton | Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery
3:30 PM | The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
The Saint infiltrates a small English village run by smugglers.
Dir: Paul Stein | Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod
Runtime: 70 mins | Genre: Suspense/Mystery
5:00 PM | One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
A small-town dentist longs for revenge on an old friend who stole his love, but discovers there's no need.
Dir: Stephen Roberts | Cast: Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Neil Hamilton
Runtime: 70 mins | Genre: Romance
6:15 PM | The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
A man's infatuation with a gold-digging beauty continues after his marriage. Remake of One Sunday Afternoon from 1933.
Dir: Raoul Walsh | Cast: James Cagney, Olivia De Havilland, Rita Hayworth
Runtime: 97 mins | Genre: Muscial Comedy
--- 8PM EST, Guest programmer Chad Stahelski ---
8:00 PM | Bullitt (1968)
Nonconformist San Francisco cop searches for the facts behind the murder of a witness under his protection.
Dir: Peter Yates | Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
Runtime: 114 mins | Genre: Crime
10:00 PM | Singin' in the Rain (1952)
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Dir: Gene Kelly | Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
Runtime: 103 mins | Genre: Musical
12:00 AM | The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
Dir: Kenji Misum | Cast: Shintaro Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryuzo Shimada
Runtime: 95 mins | Genre: Action
2:00 AM | Eyes in the Night (1942)
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann | Cast: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed
Runtime: 80 mins | Genre: Suspense/Mystery
3:30 AM | Night Song (1947)
A socialite pretends to be blind to win the love of a blind concert pianist.
Dir: John Cromwell | Cast: Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore
Runtime: 102 mins | Genre: Drama