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elleng

(137,209 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 03:16 AM 14 hrs ago

TCM today,

Last edited Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:38 AM - Edit history (1)

4:15 PM Agatha (1979)
1h 38m | Suspense | TV-PG
Based on the actual 11-day disappearance of famed mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1926, the film fictionalizes her whereabouts during that time.
Director: Michael Apted. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West

6:00 PM BUtterfield 8 (1960)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
A beautiful New York model and socialite moonlights as a call-girl, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.
Director: Daniel Mann. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher

10:15 PM The Dirty Dozen (1967)
2h 29m | War | TV-PG
During World War II, an American Major is given the task of recruiting 12 soldiers from an American military prison for a special guerrilla mission that will give them the chance to regain their honor.
Director: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson

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TCM today, (Original Post) elleng 14 hrs ago OP
I didn't know that about Agatha Christi. dmr 9 hrs ago #1

dmr

(28,677 posts)
1. I didn't know that about Agatha Christi.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:32 AM
9 hrs ago

Was she kidnapped? On a bender? A mental breakdown of some sorts?

It says the movie is fictionalized. Anyone know what really happened? I guess I should ask Google.

I definitely will watch The Dirty Dozen.

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