TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 6th: TCM Prime Time Feature: Western Icons

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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009.

12:15 AM Big Stakes (1922)
An American cowboy and a Mexican lawman clash over a beautiful woman. Cast: J.B. Warner, Elinor Fair, Les Bates. Dir: Clifford S. Elfelt. BW-67 mins,

1:30 AM In Old Arizona (1929)
The Cisco Kid's faithless lover plots to turn the bandit in for the reward. Cast: Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess. Dir: Irving Cummings. BW-99 mins, , CC

3:15 AM Gay Desperado, The (1936)
A Mexican bandit kidnaps a singing cowboy star to learn American ways. Cast: Nino Martini, Ida Lupino, Leo Carillo. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. BW-87 mins,

4:45 AM Viva Villa! (1934)
Rousing biography of the bandit chief who led the battle for Mexican independence. Cast: Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:45 AM Men Must Fight (1933)
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war. Cast: Robert Young, Diana Wynyard, May Robson. Dir: Edgar Selwyn. BW-72 mins, TV-G

8:00 AM Bataan (1943)
Thirteen U.S. soldiers risk their lives to hold a bridge against the Japanese. Cast: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell. Dir: Tay Garnett. BW-115 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 AM Three Comrades (1938)
Three life-long friends share their love for a dying woman against the turbulent backdrop of Germany between the wars. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Robert Taylor, Robert Young. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC



11:45 AM Guy Named Joe, A (1943)
A downed World War II pilot becomes the guardian angel for his successor in love and war. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-120 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

1:45 PM Good Earth, The (1937)
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements. Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



4:15 PM Green Pastures (1936)
God tests the human race in this reenactment of Bible stories set in the world of black American folklore. Cast: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie Anderson. Dir: William Keighley, Marc Connelly. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC

6:00 PM Runaway, The (1961)
A priest and a dog help a young delinquent find a new lease on life. Cast: Cesar Romero, Roger Mobley, Chick Chandler. Dir: Claudio Guzman. BW-85 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

7:30 PM Festival of Shorts #33 (2000)
TCM promotes two Ripley's Believe It or Not shorts from cartoonist/narrator Robert L. Ripley. BW-20 mins, TV-G, CC

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: WESTERN ICONS

8:00 PM Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)
A peaceful farmer turns vigilante when soldiers murder his family. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke. Dir: Clint Eastwood. C-136 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



10:30 PM Rio Bravo (1959)
A sheriff enlists a drunk, a kid and an old man to help him fight off a ruthless cattle baron. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson. Dir: Howard Hawks. C-141 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 AM High Noon (1952)
A retired Marshal must defend his town from a revengeful villain. Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-85 mins, TV-PG, CC



2:30 AM Man From Laramie, The (1955)
A wandering cowboy gets caught in the rivalry between an aging rancher's sons. Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM Western Union (1941)
An outlaw goes straight to work for the telegraph company, which puts him in conflict with his lawless brother. Cast: Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger. Dir: Fritz Lang. C-95 mins, TV-PG, CC