TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 26: The South on Film - Part 4: Southern Tensions

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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


6:00 AM Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Lavish remake of the classic tale of the villainous Captain Bligh who drives his crew to revolt during a South Seas expedition.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris
Runtime: 185 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:15 AM The Shining Hour (1938)
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:45 AM She Loved a Fireman (1937)
A ne'er-do-well learns the hard way that there's more to fire fighting than lying around the bunkhouse.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Robert Armstrong
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 PM ...one third of a nation... (1939)
After rescuing a boy from a tenement fire, a wealthy young man learns he owns the run-down building.
Dir: Dudley Murphy Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erikson, Myron McCormick
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


1:30 PM Run of the Arrow (1957)
A bitter Confederate veteran joins a Sioux tribe to keep his war against the Union going.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Rod Steiger, Sarita Montiel, Brian Keith
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:00 PM Flowing Gold (1940)
A fugitive from justice tries to get work in a western oil field.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:30 PM Ring of Fire (1961)
A group of delinquents hold a sheriff hostage in the middle of a forest fire.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast: David Janssen, Joyce Taylor, Frank Gorshin
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM Fury (1936)
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE SOUTH ON FILM - PART 4: SOUTHERN TENSIONS

8:00 PM To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
In 1932 Alabama, a widowed lawyer with two small children defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:15 PM In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black detective teams up with a racist white sheriff to solve a murder in a small town in the South. Over time, they begin to find respect for one another.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



12:15 AM All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:15 AM The Phenix City Story (1955)
A crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



4:00 AM A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y