TCM Schedule for Sunday October 6, 2024 - George Roy Hill

Plus: Imports has a pair from Japanese director Nagisa Oshima.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-PG
A nerdy floral shop assistant invents a carnivorous monster plant that feeds on human blood.
Director: Roger Corman. Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles

7:15 AM A Bucket of Blood (1959)
1h 6m | Horror | TV-PG
A jealous Bohemian wannabe resorts to murder to perpetuate his new-found success as a sculptor.
Director: Roger Corman. Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone

8:30 AM The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
1h 21m | Horror | TV-PG
A scientist keeps his wife's severed head alive until he can find a new body for her.
Director: Joseph Green. Cast: Virginia Leith, Herb Evers, Adele Lamont

10:00 AM Detour (1945)
1h 8m | Suspense | TV-PG
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man's identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer. Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake

11:30 AM Deep Valley (1947)
1h 44m | Romance | TV-PG
A farmer's daughter helps an escaped convict.
Director: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Ida Lupino, Dane Clark, Wayne Morris

1:30 PM Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-G
Mother-and-daughter singers compete for the same role and the same man.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Ann Sothern, Jane Powell, Barry Sullivan

3:15 PM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
2h 12m | Horror | TV-PG
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Director: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono

5:45 PM A Face in the Crowd (1957)
2h 6m | Drama | TV-PG
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan. Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa

8:00 PM A Little Romance (1979)
1h 48m | Romance | TV-14
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Director: George Roy Hill. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, John Pepper

10:00 PM Slap Shot (1977)
2h 3m | Comedy | TV-MA
A failing hockey team bounces back when they switch to a more violent approach.
Director: George Roy Hill. Cast: Paul Newman, Lindsay Crouse, Ned Dowd

12:15 AM The White Sister (1923)
1h 44m | Silent | TV-G
Thinking her lover was killed in the war, a young woman becomes a nun.
Director: Henry King. Cast: Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane

2:45 AM The Ceremony (1971)
2h 3m | Drama | TV-14
Upon receiving a shocking telegram from his cousin, a man recounts his early life, as a member of a broad family full of dark secrets that slowly reveal themselves through the clan ceremonies.
Director: Nagisa Oshima. Cast: Kenzô Kawarazaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura

5:00 AM Empire of Passion (1978)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-MA
An affair between a young man and an older woman turns deadly.
Director: Nagisa Oshima. Cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura