TCM Schedule for Saturday, January 24 --- BIG LOVE

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24 Saturday



6:00 AM The Magic Carpet (1951)
A dethroned ruler becomes a masked avenger to win back his throne and his ladylove. Cast: Lucille Ball, John Agar, Patricia Medina. Dir: Lew Landers. C-83 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Thief of Damascus (1952)
A young man assembles a band of adventurers to take on an evil sultan. Cast: Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell. Dir: Will Jason. C-79 mins, TV-G

9:00 AM Trapped (1937)
In the tenth chapter of Zorro Rides Again, the swashbuckler's great grandson is caught in an exploding tunnel. Cast: John Carroll, Helen Christian, Noah Beery. Dir: John English, William Whitney. BW-17 mins,

9:00 AM Tunnel of Terror (1937)
In the ninth chapter of Zorro Rides Again, the swashbuckler's great grandson tries to escape a train going over a cliff. Cast: John Carroll, Helen Christian, Noah Beery. Dir: John English, William Whitney. C-17 mins,

9:45 AM The Big Heat (1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster. Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-90 mins, TV-14

11:20 AM Short Film: Old Natchez On The Mississippi (1939)
C-9 mins,

11:30 AM The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Classic Mark Twain story of a young troublemaker who tries to help a runaway slave. Cast: Eddie Hodges, Tony Randall, Archie Moore. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

1:30 PM Major Dundee (1965)
Cavalry misfits cross the Mexican border to destroy an Indian outpost. Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, James Coburn. Dir: Sam Peckinpah. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM The Far Horizons (1955)
Romanticized version of Lewis and Clarks voyage of discovery through the American West. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed. Dir: Rudolph Mat. C-108 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Elephant Walk (1954)
A rich planter's young bride tries to cope with life on a Ceylonese plantation. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch. Dir: William Dieterle. C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:46 PM Short Film: Glimpses Of Java And Ceylon (1937)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the land, people and customs of Java and Ceylon. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins,

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: BIG LOVE

8:00 PM Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder. Cast: Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM The Man Between (1953)
An East Berliner helps a British woman trapped behind the Iron Curtain. Cast: James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-102 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM Micki & Maude (1984)
When both of his wives get pregnant, a bigamist struggles to keep them from meeting. Cast: Dudley Moore, Amy Irving, Ann Reinking. Dir: Blake Edwards. C-118 mins, , Letterbox Format

2:15 AM The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
During World War II, a 4F tries to help the woman he loves cover up a surprise pregnancy. Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest. Dir: Preston Sturges. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 AM The Captain's Paradise (1953)
A ferryboat captain keeps different wives at each end of his line. Cast: Alec Guinness, Celia Johnson, Yvonne de Carlo. Dir: Anthony Kimmins. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 AM Short Film: Pacific Paradise (1937)
BW-10 mins,

5:48 AM Short Film: La Gazza Ladra Overture (1954)
C-9 mins,

[CBHagman]

1. Ooh, a James Mason film I haven't seen.

I'll have to catch The Man Between. In fact I'm not sure I'd ever heard of that one...