TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 13: Spotlight: Women at Work - The 1950s

We'll spend the entire day back in the 1950s: Westerns during the day, Women at Work this evening.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

12:00 AM Adam's Rib (1949)
A happily-married middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 AM Woman of the Year (1942)
Tess is a star reporter and Sam covers the sports pages at a major newspaper. When they fall in love and get married, Tess has a difficult time letting go of her workaholic ways and Sam feels neglected.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 AM Millions Like Us (1943)
A spoiled girl gets a new outlook on life as a factory worker during World War II.
Dir: Frank Launder Cast: Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Ambush (1950)
A westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

7:30 AM The Last Hunt (1956)
Two frontiersmen clash over the slaughter of a buffalo herd.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



9:30 AM The Painted Hills (1951)
A faithful collie protects a prospector from claim jumpers.
Dir: Harold Kress Cast: Lassie, Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:45 AM The Sheepman (1958)
A tough sheep farmer battles the local cattle baron for land and a beautiful woman.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley Maclaine, Leslie Nielsen
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:15 PM Wagon Master (1950)
Two wandering cowhands sign on to help a wagon train headed for Utah.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr.
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:45 PM The Command (1954)
A high-minded doctor suddenly finds himself leading a Cavalry troop through hostile territory.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Guy Madison, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



3:30 PM The Forty-Niners (1954)
A man poses as a gunman to learn the identity of three killers.
Dir: Thomas Carr Cast: Wild Bill Elliott, Virginia Grey, Henry Morgan
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:45 PM Hot Lead (1951)
A pair of cowboys take on train robbers.
Dir: Stuart Gilmore Cast: Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Ross Elliott
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 PM The Hanging Tree (1959)
A doctor saves a man from a hanging then tries to run his life.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Gary Cooper
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



What's on Tonight: Spotlight: Women at Work - The 1950s

8:00 PM The Best of Everything (1959)
Story follows a group of characters and their love lives centering on a successful female publishing executive whose free-wheeling sexual liaisons are starting to disappoint her and in return she makes life hell for her employees.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:15 PM Desk Set (1957)
An efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:15 AM Lucy Gallant (1955)
A fashion designer sacrifices happiness to build a string of clothing stores.
Dir: Robert Parrish Cast: Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC:



2:15 AM The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Carl Benton Reid
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:00 AM Bright Road (1953)
A school teacher seeks to win the trust and respect of a rebellious young boy.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Philip Hepburn, Harry Belafonte
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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5:15 AM The Wasp Woman (1960)
A woman takes some bug enzymes in the hope it will give her the secret to eternal youth, but things go wrong at night when she turns into a giant wasp and starts killing people.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y