TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 19: The South on Film - Part 3: Southern Outlaws

Well, no one's on the wagon today on TCM (theme: Raising the Bottle). There's a Robert Montgomery sighting, too.

And this evening TCM's heading south, in the company of some interesting outlaws. I can't believe Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law made tonight's schedule. In fact I'm not sure TCM has ever shown it before.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

12:45 AM The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
A professional poker player, with a "can't lose" reputation, is challenged to a game by another infamous rival.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:45 AM Mean Streets (1973)
A young hood in New York's Little Italy contends with saving the neck of his hotheaded best friend from the local loan shark and struggles with the religious guilt prompted by his lifestyle.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:45 AM I Promise to Pay (1937)
A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM Men Against the Sky (1941)
A famous flyer turns to drink but tries to straighten out to help with the war effort.
Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


7:30 AM The Clown (1953)
In this remake of The Champ, a drunken clown tries to make a comeback so he can keep his son.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:15 AM Way Back Home (1932)
A New England preacher shelters a young boy from his alcoholic father.
Dir: William Seiter Cast: Phillips H. Lord, Effie L. Palmer, Frank Albertson
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:45 AM A Free Soul (1931)
A hard-drinking lawyer's daughter falls for one of his underworld clients.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:30 PM The Divorcee (1930)
The double standard destroys a liberal couple's marriage.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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2:00 PM Night into Morning (1951)
After a fire kills his family, a college professor sinks into alcoholism.
Dir: Fletcher Markle Cast: Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Reagan
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:30 PM Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
The daughter of an iconic actor reunites with her father after a ten year estrangement.
Dir: Art Napoleon Cast: Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:45 PM Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
A husband and wife fight to conquer alcoholism.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE SOUTH ON FILM - PART 3: SOUTHERN OUTLAWS

8:00 PM Thunder Road (1958)
A fast-driving moonshiner locks horns with a Chicago gangster.
Dir: Arthur Ripley Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubochon
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



9:45 PM Cool Hand Luke (1967)
A brooding loner is sentenced to a prison chain-gang, stands up to the Nazi-like guards, and eventually becomes the leader of his fellow prisoners.
Dir: Stuart Rosenberg Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



12:00 AM Down by Law (1986)
A pair of petty thieves and losers end up in a jail cell with an Italian tourist. In a strange twist of luck, the three manage to escape and wander the backwoods in search of what to do next.
Dir: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y



2:00 AM The Defiant Ones (1958)
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



3:45 AM White Lightning (1973)
A convicted moonshiner helps police track down the bayou villains who killed his brother.
Dir: Joseph Sargent Cast: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Matt Clark
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-MA CC: Y



5:30 AM Fireball 500 (1966)
Two race car drivers vie for the same girl as they compete in a cross-country race.
Dir: William Asher Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Fabian
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: