TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 11: What Happens in Vegas...

Daytime theme: Tough Guys.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

12:00 AM La Cage Aux Folles (1979)
A gay couple has to straighten out their act when their son gets engaged to a noted conservative's daughter.
Dir: Edouard Molinaro Cast: Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Michel Galabru
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: N

2:00 AM Flower Drum Song (1961)
A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:30 AM Carefree (1938)
When lovely singer Amanda Cooper has trouble accepting the marriage proposals of her beau, Stephen Arden, he calls upon his psychiatrist friend Dr. Tony Flagg to analyze her. Though Tony initially tries to maintain a typical doctor/patient relationship, it's not long before he's falling for Amanda.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM It May Happen to You (1937)
In this short film, mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Rollo Lloyd, Ralph Dunn, King Baggot
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


6:30 AM Brute Force (1947)
Tough, disgruntled prisoners plan a daring, possibly bloody escape while on a drain pipe detail.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



8:15 AM Jeopardy (1953)
A woman desperately seeks help to prevent her trapped husband from drowning.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:30 AM Crime Wave (1954)
A reformed parolee is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Dir: Andre Detoth Cast: Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


11:00 AM Best of the Badmen (1951)
A band of notorious outlaws help a friend against a corrupt federal agent.
Dir: William D. Russell Cast: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:30 PM The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Two aging cowboys, one a retired sherriff, the other an over-the-hill outlaw, join forces to fend off a band of younger thugs who threaten a small town.
Dir: Burt Kennedy Cast: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 PM El Condor (1970)
The fabled El Condor lures two adventurous fortune seekers.
Dir: John Guillermin Cast: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:00 PM Point Blank (1967)
A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


5:45 PM Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS...

8:00 PM Ocean's Eleven (1960)
A group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



10:15 PM The Las Vegas Story (1952)
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:00 AM Bugsy (1991)
New York mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel leaves New York City to dip into the glamour of Hollywood, CA and to build up syndicate gambling rackets. Bowled over by actress Virginia Hill, the dapper Siegel courts her, despite having a wife and children. Obsessed with creating a gambling haven, Siegel takes racketeering to ...
Dir: Barry Levinson Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y



2:30 AM Machine Gun McCain (1970)
A gangster defies the mob by going ahead with a casino job they had called off.
Dir: Giuliano Montaldo Cast: John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:30 AM Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
A ballerina becomes a gambler's lucky charm.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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