TCM Schedule for Sunday August 20, 2023 - Summer Under the Stars: Barbara Stanwyck

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am The Purchase Price (1932)
1h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
A night-club singer on the lam becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot

7:15 am Illicit (1931)
1h 21m | Drama | TV-G
Young free-thinkers turn conventionally jealous when they marry.
Director: Archie Mayo. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Charles Butterworth

8:45 am The Woman in Red (1935)
1h 8m | Romance | TV-PG
A professional horsewoman fights prejudice when she marries into society.
Director: Robert Florey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Genevieve Tobin

10:00 am To Please a Lady (1950)
1h 31m | Romance | TV-G
A ruthless race-car driver falls for a crusading journalist out to clean up the sport.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou

12:00 pm Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A homemaking specialist who can't boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Director: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet

2:00 pm Ball of Fire (1942)
1h 51m
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend.
Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka

4:00 pm Double Indemnity (1944)
1h 46m | Crime | TV-PG
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death.
Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Fred Macmurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

6:00 pm The Violent Men (1955)
1h 35m
The wife of a crooked cattle baron plots his murder.
Director: Rudolph Maté. Cast: Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

8:00 pm Baby Face (1933)
1h 16m | Drama | TV-PG
A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire.
Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook

9:30 pm Executive Suite (1954)
1h 44m | Drama | TV-PG
When a business magnate dies, his board of directors fights over who should run the company.
Director: Robert Wise. Cast: William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck

11:30 pm Clash by Night (1952)
1h 44m | Romance | TV-PG
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband's best friend.
Director: Fritz Lang. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan

1:30 am Night Nurse (1931)
1h 12m | Drama | TV-G
A nurse discovers that the children she's caring for are murder targets.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell

3:00 am The Man with a Cloak (1951)
1h 21m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A mystery man tries to help a young innocent escape a murderous housekeeper.
Director: Fletcher Markle. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern

4:30 am Cry Wolf (1947)
1h 23m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
Director: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks