TCM schedule Saturday March 15 - Swing Time, The 39 Steps, A Raisin in the Sun, Gun Crazy, The Magnificent Seven

The Day At a Glance

TCM SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MIX-UPS
- FROM BAD TO WORSE
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Conversation, The (1974)
Blood Simple (1984)
39 Steps, The (1935)
Gay Falcon, The (1942)
Saturday, March 15
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Angel Baby (1961)
MGM Cartoons: The Little Goldfish (1939)
Can You Imagine? (1936) (short)
Color Scales (1932) (short)
Loose in London (1953)
Galloping Ghost Ch. 6: The Torn $500 Bill (1931) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Hello How Am I (1939)
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
College Hounds (1930) (short)
Swing Time (1936) (Musical Matinee)
Raisin in the Sun, A (1961)
Once a Thief (1965)
Badlands (1973)
- TCM PRIMETIME
HARRY BELAFONTE
World, the Flesh and the Devil, The (1959)
Bright Road (1953)
- NOIR ALLEY
Gun Crazy (1950)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: YUL BRYNNER
Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
Catlow (1971)

Full schedule

11:30 PM The Conversation (1974)
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on might be a target for murder.
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC:


1:30 AM Blood Simple (1984)
An owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Dir: Joel Coen Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


3:15 AM The 39 Steps (1935)
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed -- with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as "The 39 Steps."
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:45 AM The Gay Falcon (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM Angel Baby (1961)
Married promoters try to turn a faith healer into a gold mine.
Dir: Paul Wendkos Cast: Salome Jens, George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 AM The Little Goldfish (1939)
A little goldfish, longing for freedom, escapes his fishbowl for an adventurous trip to the sea.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Dunne, Melvin J. Gibby
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:10 AM Can You Imagine? (1936)
This short film presents various curiosities of people and nature across the United States.
Dir: null Cast: Ray Saunders, Dickie McCollin, William Shelton, Amos Emmanuel Kubick
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:20 AM Color Scales (1932)
Various species of tropical fish are shown in this documentary short filmed at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.
Dir: Zion Myers Cast: Pete Smith (narrator)
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 AM Loose in London (1953)
The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:35 AM The Torn $500 Bill (1931)
Chapter 6 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:05 AM Hello How Am I (1939)
Popeye meets himself walking down the street toward Olive's house, where he has been invited to a hamburger feast. Bewildered and then angry when Olive mistakes the masquerading Popeye for him, Popeye unmasks the fraud and discovers it's Wimpy, whose fondness for hamburgers knows no restraint of ethics or appetite.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, William Henning Cast: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:15 AM Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
A schoolteacher matches wits with a police detective when they both try to solve a pretty music teacher's murder.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM College Hounds (1930)
This Dogville comedy short spoofs American football movies.
Dir: Jules White Cast: Zion Myers, Jules White, Zion Myers
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM Swing Time (1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to get involved with his dancing partner.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 PM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. When the patriarch of the family passes away and each family member is handed a slice of the insurance payoff, their escape finally seems possible.
Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 PM Once a Thief (1965)
A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM Badlands (1973)
A teenager from a dead-end town decides to join a charming older boy on his shooting spree through Montana's badlands.
Dir: Terrence Malick Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:00 PM The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.
Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:15 PM Bright Road (1953)
A school teacher seeks to win the trust and respect of a rebellious young boy.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Philip Hepburn, Harry Belafonte
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 AM Gun Crazy (1950)
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 AM The Magnificent Seven (1960)
A group of seven tough gunslingers are hired by a Mexican village to put a stop to the vicious bandit and his gang who have been pillaging it for years.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 AM Catlow (1971)
An outlaw tries to avoid both his friend, the marshal, and a sadistic bounty hunter in order to hijack a mule train loaded with two million dollars in gold. Based on the novel by Louis L'Armour.
Dir: Sam Wanamaker Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y