TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 9: Prize Fighters/Star of the Month: Bela Lugosi

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

2:00 AM The Heiress (1949)
A plain young woman's wealth makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 AM The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
A boxing champion falls for a gangster's moll.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



8:00 AM Gentleman Jim (1942)
Fanciful biography of 19th-century boxing champion Jim Corbett.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:00 AM The Joe Louis Story (1953)
In this biography, champion boxer Joe Louis fights to make a name for himself.
Dir: Robert Gordon Cast: Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart, Hilda Simms
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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11:45 AM The Champ (1979)
Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence, his young son, T.J. Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie, left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former ...
Dir: Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



2:00 PM Kid Galahad (1937)
A fight promoter trains up a talented kid, who falls in love with the promoter's younger sister. Angered at this, the promoter instructs the kid to throw a fight.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:00 PM Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM The Greatest (1977)
Muhammad Ali plays himself in the story of his remarkable boxing career and how he overcame obstacles to become the greatest boxer of all time.
Dir: Tom Gries Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Lloyd Haynes, John Marley, Robert Duvall
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



8:00 PM Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Count Dracula plots to put a simpleton's brain into the body of the Frankenstein monster.
Dir: Charles T. Barton Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney [jr.]
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



9:30 PM Zombies on Broadway (1945)
Two bumbling press agents seek a real zombie for a nightclub opening.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N



10:45 PM You'll Find Out (1940)
Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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12:30 AM Spooks Run Wild (1941)
A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.
Dir: Phil Rosen Cast: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N



1:45 AM Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
A gang of street toughs take on Nazi spies.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



3:00 AM The Death Kiss (1933)
A movie actor is killed while filming a scene.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 AM Scared to Death (1947)
A beautiful murder victim recalls how she met her untimely end.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: N



5:30 AM The Gorilla (1939)
Three screwball detectives try to protect a lawyer from a murderous gorilla.
Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y