TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 6th: Based on Graham Greene

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009.

1:15 AM Scandal in Paris, A (1946)
An elegant con man gets himself appointed chief of police so he can rob Paris at leisure. Cast: George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Carole Landis. Dir: Douglas Sirk. BW-100 mins, TV-PG

3:00 AM Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
A man woos and murders rich widows to support his invalid wife. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-119 mins, TV-PG

5:00 AM Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux (2003)
French director Claude Chabrol shares his impressions of Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux. Dir: Bernard Eisenschitz. BW-27 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #30 (2000)
TCM promotes two MGM Passing Parade informational shorts; "A Way in the Wilderness" (1940) and "Your Last Act" (1941). C-23 mins, TV-G, CC

6:00 AM Crowd, The (1928)
In this silent film, an office worker deals with the simple joys and tragedies of married life. Cast: James Murray, Eleanor Boardman, Bert Roach. Dir: King Vidor. BW-93 mins, TV-G

7:45 AM Hallelujah (1929)
A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man. Cast: Daniel Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine. Dir: King Vidor. BW-100 mins, TV-G

9:35 AM Short Film: Northward, Ho! (1939)
BW-10 mins,

9:45 AM Northwest Passage (1940)
True story of Rogers' Rangers and their fight to open up new frontiers for Colonial America. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan. Dir: King Vidor. C-127 mins, TV-G, CC

12:00 PM H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
A stuffy businessman livens things up by having a fling. Cast: Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Hedy Lamarr. Dir: King Vidor. BW-120 mins, TV-PG

2:00 PM Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life. Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



4:00 PM Meet John Doe (1941)
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-122 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



6:15 PM Executive Suite (1954)
When a business magnate dies, his board of directors fights over who should run the company. Cast: William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: BASED ON GRAHAM GREENE

8:00 PM Brighton Rock (1947)
A small-time hood tries to cover up his murder of a rival. Cast: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley. Dir: John Boulting. BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:45 PM Fallen Idol, The (1948)
A neglected child thinks the servant he idolizes has committed murder. Cast: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Bobby Henrey. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC



11:30 PM Quiet American, The (1957)
An American economist gets caught between Communists and colonialists in Indochina. Cast: Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Giorgia Moll. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. BW-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 AM End of the Affair, The (1955)
A married woman cheats on her husband in World War II London. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


3:45 AM Third Man, The (1949)
A man's investigation of a friend's death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-104 mins, TV-14, CC



5:35 AM Short Film: Cuban Rhythm (1941)
From the rhumba to the conga, Pete Smith gives a Cuban dancing lesson. Cast: Pete Smith Dir: Will Jason BW-9 mins,

5:45 AM Our Man in Havana (1960)
A salesman in Cuba takes up spying to support his spendthrift daughter. Cast: Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Noel Coward. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format