TCM Schedule for Thurs, June 18, 2026: Horror / Legends Auction Promotion

I think TCM is promoting an upcoming auction of movie memorabilia, some items of which are linked to the prime time schedule. More info here: https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/articles/julien-s-and-tcm-presents-a-week-of-hollywood-legends

First up today: San Francisco, a continuation of the disaster theme from June 17th. Really good special effects for 1936. Gable nails the part of the saloon owner, of course.
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DAYTIME (listings EST)

7:15 AM San Francisco (1936)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy

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9:15 AM King Kong (1933)
A giant ape wreaks havoc on New York City. Groundbreaking special effects film.
Dir: Merian C. Cooper Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

11:15 AM Two on a Guillotine (1965)
A magician's estranged daughter must stay in his mansion for 7 nights to inherit his fortune.
Dir: William Conrad Cast: Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero

1:15 PM The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
A city is stricken by self-mutilations performed by women who appear to be in a trance.
Dir: George Blair Cast: Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson

2:45 PM Spider Baby (1964)
Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family.
Dir: Jack Hill Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker

4:15 PM Big Game Haunt (1968) TCM Premiere
Toon: Cool Cat gets chased by Colonel Rimfire into a haunted house
Dir: Alex Lovy Cast: Larry Storch

4:30 PM Night Watch (1973)
A housewife witnesses what she thinks is a murder through a neighbor's window.
Dir: Brian G. Hutton Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw

6:15 PM The Night Digger (1971)
A drifter with a deadly secret ignites passions in two lonely women.
Dir: Alastair Reid Cast: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM Viva Las Vegas (1964)
A race car driver whiles his time away in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for a new engine.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova

9:30 PM The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
A severely deformed man haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera.
Dir: Rupert Julian Cast: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry

11:15 PM Giant (1956)
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

2:45 AM The Great Escape (1963)
Based on a true story of Allied POW efforts to break out of a World War II prison camp.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough