TCM Schedule for Sunday January 11, 2026 - Starring Melina Mercouri

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
1h 11m | Suspense | TV-PG
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Director: Ida Lupino. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman

7:15 AM Detour (1945)
1h 8m | Suspense | TV-PG
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man's identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer. Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake

8:30 AM D.O.A. (1950)
1h 23m | Suspense | TV-14
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Director: Rudolph Maté. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler

10:00 AM Crime of Passion (1957)
1h 24m | Suspense | TV-PG
An executive's wife barters sex for her husband's business success.
Director: Gerd Oswald. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr

11:45 AM Mrs. Parkington (1944)
2h 4m | Romance | TV-G
A lady's maid marries a man whose prospects push her into high society.
Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold

2:00 PM Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
2h 4m | Comedy | TV-PG
A redundant bank clerk attempts to find any means at his disposal to protect his crippled wife and family by bigamously courting and marrying rich women, securing their property and then returning home with the booty.
Director: Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan

4:15 PM Sadie McKee (1934)
1h 30m | Romance | TV-G
A working girl suffers through three troubled relationships on her road to prosperity.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone

6:00 PM Madame Bovary (1949)
1h 54m | Drama | TV-PG
A romantic country girl sacrifices her marriage when she thinks she's found true love.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan

8:00 PM Never on Sunday (1960)
1h 31m | Comedy | TV-14
An American scholar in Greece tries to reform a local prostitute.
Director: Jules Dassin. Cast: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, George Foundas

9:45 PM Topkapi (1964)
2h | Suspense | TV-PG
An international band of thieves plots to steal a priceless treasure from a heavily guarded museum.
Director: Jules Dassin. Cast: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell

12:00 AM The First Degree (1923)
50m | Drama | TV-G
A rural melodrama featuring downtrodden everyman Sam Purdy, whose string of personal and professional misfortunes is brought about by his jealous, blackmailing half-brother Will, who covets Sam's love interest, Mary.
Director: Edward Sedgwick. Cast: Frank Mayo, Sylvia Breamer, Philo McCullough

2:00 AM La Nuit de Varennes (1982)
2h 32m | Drama | TV-MA
During the French Revolution in 1791, a surprising company shares a coach, which follows shortly after the one that tried to transport Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to safety.
Director: Ettore Scola. Cast: Jean-louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla

4:45 AM Place de la République (1974)
1h 35m | Documentary | TV-14
Man-on-the-street interviews create an impression of Parisian life in 1972.
Director: Louis Malle. Cast: Louis Malle