TCM Schedule for Sunday June 14, 2026 - Ladder to the Top

(all times Eastern)

6:15 AM 21 Days (1940)
1h 15m | Romance | TV-PG
After accidentally killing his mistress' husband, a man must decide whether to let another man hang for his crime.
Director: Basil Dean. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier

7:45 AM That Hamilton Woman (1941)
2h 8m | Romance | TV-G
Naval hero Lord Nelson defies convention to court a married woman of common birth.
Director: Alexander Korda. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray

10:00 AM Blackout (1954)
1h 27m | Crime | TV-PG
An American in London finds himself caught up in a murder plot.
Director: Terence Fisher. Cast: Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies

12:00 PM Twentieth Century (1934)
1h 31m | Comedy | TV-G
A tempestuous theatrical director tries to win back the star he created and then drove away.
Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly

2:00 PM Same Time, Next Year (1978)
1h 59m | Romance | TV-MA
Although married to others, a man and a woman embark on an annual affair.
Director: Robert Mulligan. Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar

4:15 PM On the Town (1949)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Director: Gene Kelly. Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett

6:00 PM Adam's Rib (1949)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday

8:00 PM The Apartment (1960)
2h 5m | Comedy | TV-PG
An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for the big chief's mistress.
Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

10:15 PM The Secret of My Success (1987)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-14
An ambitious Kansas youth comes to New York determined to climb to the top of the corporate ladder.
Director: Herbert Ross. Cast: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan

12:15 AM A Modern Musketeer (1917)
1h 8m | Comedy | TV-G
A young man from Kansas is inspired by the legendary Three Musketeers.
Director: Allan Dwan. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Kathleen Kirkham

2:00 AM Ariel (1988)
1h 14m | Comedy | TV-14
A series of unfortunate events befall a Finnish coal miner.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki. Cast: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää

3:30 AM César (1936)
2h 21m | Drama |TV-G
After letting his son be raised by another man, a retired seaman tries to rebuild his family.
Director: Marcel Pagnol. Cast: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin