TCM Schedule for Friday, June 28, 2024: Foreign Adventures / Pride Month Part 2 (Brokeback Mountain & more)

TCM kicks-off its second Pride Month prime time salute with Caged (1950) and buries the breakout film Brokeback Mountain (2005) at midnight. While the Lesbian themes in Caged are implied (Bette Davis turned down a role, calling it "a dyke movie"-- see the autostraddle link below) it's no Brokeback Mountain -- the film everybody would really like to see at 8:00 pm.

Other movies of note today: the first film adaptation of the novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, at 6:30 am, Purple Noon, To Have and Have Not at noon, in which Lauren Bacall steals the show in her film debut, and the Oscar-winning Casablanca at 6:15 pm. Happy viewing.


--------------------- MORNING & AFTERNOON (EST) ---------------------

6:00 AM | MGM Parade Show #13 (1955)
George Murphy introduces clips featuring Susan Hayward and Fernand Gravet from "The Great Waltz" and "I'll Cry Tomorrow".
Cast: Susan Hayward, Fernand Gravet, George Murphy

6:30 AM | Purple Noon (1961)
First film adaptation of the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. A man is sent to Italy to persuade an acquaintance to return to the Unites States, only to steal his identity ... and a lot more.
Dir: René Clément | Cast: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt

8:45 AM | Journey Into Fear (1942)
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents.
Dir: Norman Foster | Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio

10:00 AM | Looking at Lisbon (1953)
This short film explores the local architecture, history, and culture of Lisbon, Portugal.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick | Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)

10:15 AM | The Conspirators (1944)
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Dir: Jean Negulesco | Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet

12:00 PM | To Have and Have Not (1944)
An American expatriate aides the French resistance in WWII Martinique.
Dir: Howard Hawks | Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall

1:45 PM | Glimpses of Austria (1938)
This short film focuses on the landmarks, people and customs of Austria.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick | Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)

2:00 PM | The Third Man (1949)
A man's investigation of a friend's death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed | Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles

4:00 PM | Glimpses of Western Germany (1954)
Short film provides a tour of still WWII-ravaged Western Germany.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick | Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)

4:15 PM | Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur | Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin

6:00 PM | Glimpses of Morocco and Algiers (1951)
Short film visits the city of Algiers in Algeria and the cities in Morocco.

6:15 PM | Casablanca (1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

Trivia: Nominated for eight Academy Awards and winner of three: Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. Bogart and Claude Raines were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. The other nominations were for Best Cinematography -- Black-and-White, Best Film Editing, and Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.


------ PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, AND MORNING ------

8:00 PM | Caged (1950)
A young innocent fights to survive the harsh life in a women's prison.
Dir: John Cromwell | Cast: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby

Review by autostraddle.com: https://www.autostraddle.com/caged-1950-queer-lesbian-review/

10:00 PM | Happy Together (1997)
A gay couple, on vacation in Argentina, find their lives drift apart.
Dir: Wong Kar Wai | Cast: Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen



12:00 AM | Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The complex, romantic relationship develops between two American cowboys.
Dir: Ang Lee | Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid



2:30 AM | Some of My Best Friends Are ... (1971)
A group of gay men and lesbians meet at a bar on Christmas Eve 1971 to talk about their lives and relationships.
Dir: Mervyn Nelson, Barbara Rhodes | Cast: Tom Bade, James Murdock, Paul Blake



4:30 AM | Desert Hearts (1985)
A professor of literature in the middle of divorce is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
Dir: Donna Deitch | Cast: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley