TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 10: Director Robert Wise/Brian Donlevy

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

12:15 AM Confidential Agent (1945)
A Spanish spy and an American heiress battle fascists in England.
Dir: Herman Shumlin Cast: Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Katina Paxinou
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:30 AM Blood Alley (1955)
An American sailor breaks out of a Chinese jail and dodges Communist agents on the road to Hong Kong.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:30 AM Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
A runaway prince in disguise takes up with a taxi driver.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM Blood on the Moon (1948)
A gunslinger hired to drive off a rancher falls in love with the man's daughter.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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7:30 AM Mystery in Mexico (1948)
An insurance agent searches Mexico for a missing colleague.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:45 AM Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
A German officer tries to force a French laundress to become his mistress.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Simone Simon, John Emery, Kurt Kreuger
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 AM Criminal Court (1946)
An unorthodox lawyer accidentally kills a crooked nightclub owner, only to discover that his cabaret singer sweetheart has been arrested for the crime.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll, June Clayworth
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:15 AM The Set-Up (1949)
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:30 PM Born to Kill (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 PM Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
A brutal rancher has to soften his ways to win the woman he loves.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen Mcnally
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM Until They Sail (1957)
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for Allied sailors en route to World War II.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM This Could Be the Night (1957)
A schoolteacher gets a secretarial job at a gangster-run nightclub.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: Brian Donlevy

8:00 PM Wake Island (1942)
Marines stationed in the Pacific fight off the Japanese during World War II.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:45 PM Beau Geste (1939)
Three brothers in the French foreign legion fight off murderous Arabs and a sadistic sergeant.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:45 PM The Great McGinty (1940)
A bum is transformed into a political kingpin by a corrupt hoodlum, only to be destroyed by the same man when he decides to go straight.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:15 AM Impact (1949)
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:15 AM An American Romance (1944)
A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y