TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 12: Appearances as Themselves/Star of the Month: Ruth Roman

Today TCM offers familiar faces and dangerous places.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

12:30 AM Mean Streets (1973)
A young hood in New York's Little Italy contends with saving the neck of his hotheaded best friend from the local loan shark and struggles with the religious guilt prompted by his lifestyle.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

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2:30 AM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting to life at home, discovering that both they and their families have irrevocably changed.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #21 (1955)
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper perform in a clip from "The Champ," Russ Tamblyn introduces a clip from "The Last Hunt." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Russ Tamblyn
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Crazylegs (1953)
Story of the career of Los Angeles Rams football great, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch.
Dir: Francis D. Lyon Cast: Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Vohs
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-G CC: Y



7:30 AM Viva Knievel! (1977)
Daredevil motorcyclist Evil Knievel travels to Mexico for a stunt while a drug lord plots against him.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Gifford, Evel Knievel, Cameron Mitchell
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



9:30 AM Speedy (1928)
A young man helps his girlfriend save the family trolley business.
Dir: Ted Wilde Cast: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N



11:00 AM The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Jackie Robinson plays himself in this true story of the man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:30 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

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2:30 PM My Dinner with Andre (1981)
A conversation between a globe-trotting theater director and a playwright playfully explores ideas about art, theater, and daily life.
Dir: Louis Malle Cast: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, Jean Lenauer
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:30 PM A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A rock and roll mockumentary that follows "a day in the life" of those four lads from Liverpool who would go on to make music history as the Beatles.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

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What's on Tonight: Star of the Month: Ruth Roman

8:00 PM Strangers on a Train (1951)
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:00 PM Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released and struggles to adjust to the outside world.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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11:45 PM Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.
Dir: Arnold Laven Cast: Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:30 AM Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
An actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



3:15 AM Young Man With Ideas (1952)
A country lawyer moves his family to Los Angeles.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



5:00 AM Always a Bride (1940)
A society girl pushes her working class boyfriend into politics.
Dir: Noel M. Smith Cast: Rosemary Lane, George Reeves, John Eldredge
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y