TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 27th: TCM Guest Programmer: Tommy "Tiny" Lister

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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009.

The other two big themes are Philo Vance and jungles, including the Jungle Jim series.

12:00 AM Boulevard Nights (1979)
A young Latino tries to escape gang life with little luck. Cast: Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta DuBois. Dir: Michael Pressman. C-102 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM Badge 373 (1973)
A suspended cop sets out to avenge his partner's murder. Cast: Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow. Dir: Howard W. Koch. BW-116 mins, TV-MA

4:00 AM Strangers in the City (1962)
When their father loses his job, members of a Puerto Rican family struggle to survive in New York. Cast: Robert Gentile, Camilo Delgado, Rosita De Triano. Dir: Rick Carrier. BW-80 mins,

5:30 AM John Leguizamo (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-28 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, The (1930)
A fishing trip leads Laurel and Hardy to a mansion where a murder has been committed. Cast: Frank Austin, Stanley Blystone, Robert 'Bobby' Burns. Dir: James Parrott. BW-30 mins,

6:30 AM Bishop Murder Case, The (1930)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a series of murders inspired by Mother Goose rhymes. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young. Dir: Nick Grinde. BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC

8:00 AM Kennel Murder Case, The (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show. Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-73 mins, TV-G, CC



9:15 AM Dragon Murder Case, The (1934)
Society sleuth Philo Vance looks into a murder near a mysterious "dragon pool." Cast: Warren William, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette. Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone. BW-67 mins, TV-PG

10:30 AM Casino Murder Case, The (1935)
Society sleuth Philo Vance takes on a series of murders at an aging dowager's mansion. Cast: Paul Lukas, Rosalind Russell, Alison Skipworth. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC

12:00 PM Garden Murder Case, The (1936)
Society sleuth Philo Vance suspects dirty doings behind a mysterious series of suicides. Cast: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Nat Pendleton. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-61 mins, TV-G, CC

1:15 PM Calling Philo Vance (1939)
Society sleuth Philo Vance tangles with foreign agents when he investigates the murder of an aircraft manufacturer. Cast: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill. Dir: William Clemens. BW-62 mins, TV-G, CC

2:19 PM Short Film: How To Be A Detective (1936)
Robert Benchley vainly tries to teach the audience what it takes to be a successful detective. Cast: Robert Benchley BW-9 mins,

2:30 PM Call of the Jungle (1944)
An amateur detective in the South Seas tries to track down a pair of jewel thieves. Cast: Ann Corlo, James Bush, John Davidson. Dir: Phil Rosen. BW-60 mins, TV-PG

3:31 PM Short Film: Jungle Safari (1950)
A short, promotional documentary about the challenges of on-location filming in the African wilderness for the adventure film "King Solomon's Mines" (1950). C-10 mins,

3:45 PM Jungle Jim (1948)
The famed explorer tries to protect a lady scientist searching the jungle for a polio cure. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, George Reeves. Dir: William A. Berke. BW-72 mins,

5:00 PM Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
The famed explorer leads an anthropologist to a lost civilization of giants. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Greene, Jean Willes. Dir: Lew Landers. BW-65 mins,

6:15 PM Jungle Manhunt (1951)
Jungle Jim searches for a famous football player lost in the jungle. Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Bob Waterfield, Sheila Ryan. Dir: Lew Landers. BW-66 mins,

7:30 PM Quentin Tarantino (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-28 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER: TOMMY "TINY" LISTER



8:00 PM Angel And The Badman (1947)
When a Quaker girl nurses a notorious gunman back to health, he tries to adopt her peaceful ways. Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey. Dir: James Edward Grant. BW-100 mins, TV-G



9:46 PM Short Film: Angel Of Mercy (1939)
BW-10 mins,

10:00 PM Shane (1953)
A mysterious drifter helps farmers fight off a vicious gunman. Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Brandon de Wilde. Dir: George Stevens. C-118 mins, TV-G, CC



12:15 AM Professionals, The (1966)
A corrupt rancher hires four soldiers of fortune to rescue his wife from kidnappers. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-118 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:20 AM Short Film: Passenger, The: Professional Reporter (1975)
Trailer for "Professione: reporter" (1975). C-4 mins,

2:30 AM It Happened One Night (1934)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:24 AM Short Film: Claudette Colbert Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,



4:30 AM There Goes My Heart (1938)
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk. Cast: Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-83 mins, TV-G