TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 12: National Alfred Hitchcock Day/Star of the Month: Barbara Stanwyck

Damn. It just gets better and better: Hitchcock all day and Stanwyck in the evening, and there's even a sighting of our unofficial Classic Films patron saint, Robert Montgomery.



Wednesday, March 12, 2025

12:30 AM The Getaway (1972)
Steve McQueen stars as "Doc" McCoy - a convict who makes a deal to split his hidden loot with a corrupt politician in exchange for early release from prison--in this fast-paced tale of greed and betrayal. Once free, McCoy tries to uphold his part of the agreement, but he quickly learns there is no one he can trust as he ...tries to get to the Mexican border alive.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali Macgraw, Ben Johnson
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:45 AM The Anderson Tapes (1971)
After ten years in prison, a thief tries to adjust to improved surveillance methods.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:45 AM The Split (1968)
A gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
Dir: Gordon Flemyng Cast: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

TCM Daytime: National Alfred Hitchcock Day

6:30 AM Becoming Hitchcock - The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
A reflection on the development of Alfred Hitchcock's signature style, through the making of one of his benchmark films - Blackmail (1929).
Dir: Laurent Bouzereau Cast: Elvis Mitchell (narrator), Alfred Hitchcock
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:00 AM The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Miss Froy disappears on her return train trip from a vacation in the Balkans. However, Iris Henderson is the only person, on a train filled with suspicious and unsavory characters, who can attest that Miss Froy was ever on that trip.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 AM Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
A quarrelsome couple discovers their marriage isn't legal.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:00 PM I Confess (1953)
Based on a 1902 play, a Jesuit priest is wrongly accused of murder and cannot defend himself because he has vowed to protect the confession of the real criminal.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:00 PM The Wrong Man (1956)
Based on the true story of a musician wrongly accused of robbing an insurance company and the grave effect his predicament has on his family.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:00 PM Stage Fright (1950)
When witnesses see Jonathan Cooper fleeing the scene of a murder, Cooper asks his former girlfriend, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts student Eve Gill, for help. Believing him innocent, she uses her skills at stagecraft to prove the real murderer is chanteuse Charlotte Inwood. Now, as Eve plays a game of cat and mouse with Scotland Yard detective Wil Smith, she has no clue of the deadly secret her sleuthing will uncover.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Dial M for Murder (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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TCM Prime Time: Star of the Month: Barbara Stanwyck

8:00 PM The Lady Eve (1941)
A shy millionaire, homeward bound after two years collecting snakes in the Brazilian jungle, encounters a gold-digger aboard an ocean liner.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



9:45 PM Ball of Fire (1942)
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:45 PM Remember the Night (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:30 AM Meet John Doe (1941)
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



3:45 AM The Bride Walks Out (1936)
A model weds a struggling engineer then has her own struggles with domesticity.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:15 AM Breakfast for Two (1937)
A Texas heiress competes with a gold digger for the love of a playboy.
Dir: Alfred Santell Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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