TCM Schedule for Monday December 16, 2024 - TCM Spotlight: How to Throw A Party

Daytime features sci-fi from the 1970's.

(all times Eastern)

7:15 AM MGM Parade Show #22 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald perform in a clip from "Maytime"; Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz introduce a clip from "Forever Darling." Hosted by George Murphy.
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Lucille Ball

8:00 AM The Terminal Man (1974)
1h 54m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
A scientist decides to undergo an experimental surgery in the hopes that it will control his violent tendencies.
Director: Mike Hodges. Cast: George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart

10:00 AM The Omega Man (1971)
1h 38m | Science Fiction | TV-14
The only human survivor of a biological war fights to end a plague that has turned everyone else into monsters.
Director: Boris Sagal. Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash

11:45 AM Westworld (1973)
1h 31m | Science Fiction | TV-MA
A future fantasy park turns deadly when robot workers go on a killing spree,
Director: Michael Crichton. Cast: Richard Benjamin, Yul Brynner, James Brolin

1:30 PM Soylent Green (1973)
1h 37m | Science Fiction | TV-MA
A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Director: Richard O. Fleischer. Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson

3:30 PM Logan's Run (1975)
1h 58m | Science Fiction | TV-MA
A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Director: Michael Anderson. Cast: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter

5:30 PM Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
2h 15m | Science Fiction | TV-MA
Several civilian people are drawn to a remote corner of the US where aliens land in their spaceship and parley with US officials.
Director: Steven Spielberg. Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr

8:00 PM Auntie Mame (1958)
2h 23m | Comedy | TV-G
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Director: Morton Da Costa. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne

10:30 PM Metropolitan (1990)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-14
A group of friends from New York's haute-bourgeoisie gather together during the holiday season.
Director: Whit Stillman. Cast: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman

12:15 AM Rope (1948)
1h 20m | Suspense | TV-14
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger

1:45 AM Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
2h 11m | Drama | TV-MA
An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest.
Director: Mike Nichols. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal

4:00 AM Il Posto (1961)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
A young man fights to become a cog in the big business machine.
Director: Ermanno Olmi. Cast: Sandro Panzeri, Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich

5:45 AM Lady with a Past (1932)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-PG
A good girl raises her popularity when she pretends to be bad.
Director: Edward H. Griffith. Cast: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, David Manners