TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 25: Christmas in July

Court is in session on TCM during the daytime (theme: I Accuse!).

And there's holiday romance (and redemption) in the air this evening for Christmas in July.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

12:00 AM The Swimmer (1968)
A tortured man reflects on past mistakes while "swimming" home through his neighbors' pools.
Dir: Frank Perry Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:00 AM Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
An underwater "Romeo and Juliet" involving two families--one Greek, the other WASP--who rival for the underwater territory that sustains their separate sponge gathering businesses.
Dir: Robert D. Webb Cast: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N


4:00 AM You Said a Mouthful (1932)
To sell his unsinkable bathing suit, an inventor passes himself off as a championship swimmer.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston S. Foster
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #6 (1955)
Greta Garbo performs in a clip from "Anna Christie"; Robert Taylor introduces a clip from "Quentin Durward." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Robert Taylor, Greta Garbo
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM The Invisible Menace (1938)
An Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:00 AM Along the Great Divide (1951)
A U.S. Marshall tries to get a rustler to trial before a vengeful rancher can kill him.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:30 AM Dog Daze (1939)
In this comedic short, a gang of children attempt to round up stray dogs... but are soon accused of dognapping.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: John Power, Lee Phelps, Eugene Lee
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:45 AM Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:45 AM A Covenant With Death (1966)
A lawyer defends a convicted man who killed his hangman before being cleared of the earlier crime.
Dir: Lamont Johnson Cast: George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:30 PM I Accuse! (1958)
True story of writer Emile Zola's defense of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer framed by anti-Semites.
Dir: Jose Ferrer Cast: Jose Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 PM I Confess (1953)
Based on a 1902 play, a Jesuit priest is wrongly accused of murder and cannot defend himself because he has vowed to protect the confession of the real criminal.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM Trial (1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Term of Trial (1962)
A schoolgirl obsessed with her teacher accuses him of molesting her.
Dir: Peter Glenville Cast: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CHRISTMAS IN JULY

8:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:45 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:00 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



3:30 AM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



5:30 AM Movie-Mania (1937)
A producer becomes a one-man production staff for a show.
Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: Caryl Gould, Dave Apollon, Yvonne Moray
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N