12 Sunday 6:00 AM Rich and Strange (1932)
An unexpected inheritance proves less than a boon to a young married couple. Cast: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-83 mins, TV-PG, CC
7:30 AM Baby Face (1933)
A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, John Wayne. Dir: Alfred E. Green. BW-76 mins, TV-PG, CC
9:00 AM Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956)
A novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence. Cast: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:30 AM Happy Go Lovely (1951)
A chorus girl becomes a star when gossip links her with a millionaire she's never met. Cast: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero. Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone. BW-97 mins, TV-G
12:15 PM The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Two bandleaders rise to the top then split up the act over sibling rivalry. Cast: Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair. Dir: Alfred E. Green. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC
1:47 PM Short Film: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (1938)
In this short, bandleader Jimmy Dorsey performs four of his best known songs. Cast: Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly, Evelyn Oaks Dir: Lloyd French BW-9 mins,
2:00 PM Gidget (1959)
A young girl dreams of winning acceptance from a gang of surfers. Cast: Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren. Dir: Paul Wendkos. C-95 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
3:49 PM Short Film: The House I Live In (1945)
Singer Frank Sinatra explains the importance of racial tolerance to a group of tough kids. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Teddy Infuhr, Merrill Rodin. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-10 mins, TV-G
4:00 PM High Society (1956)
In this musical version of The Philadelphia Story, tabloid reporters invade a society wedding. Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra. Dir: Charles Walters. C-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
6:00 PM The Miracle Worker (1962)
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson. Dir: Arthur Penn. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: WRITTEN BY JAMES AGEE 8:00 PM The African Queen (1951)
A grizzled skipper and a spirited missionary take on the Germans in Africa during World War I. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley. Dir: John Huston. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:00 PM The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw's widow in search of the man's hidden loot. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. Dir: Charles Laughton. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM The First Auto (1927)
In this silent film, a horse-loving father clashes with his auto-loving son at the turn of the century. Cast: Charles Emmett Mack, Russell Simpson, Barney Oldfield. Dir: Roy Del Ruth. BW-77 mins, TV-G
1:47 AM Short Film: Smart As A Fox (1946)
BW-10 mins,
2:00 AM Fires on the Plain (1959)
Japanese soldiers abandoned by their command fight to survive the last days of World War II. Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis. Dir: Kon Ichikawa. BW-104 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM Ambush Bay (1966)
During WWII, nine Marines try to escape from the Japanese. Cast: Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum. Dir: Ron Winston. C-109 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format