TCM Schedule for Sunday, July 26 --- ESSENTIALS, JR. : IN REAL TIME

[lavenderdiva]

26 Sunday



6:15 AM Pier 5, Havana (1959)
An American in Cuba tries to thwart a bombing plot aimed at Castro. Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Allison Hayes, Eduardo Noriega. Dir: Edward L. Cahn. BW-68 mins, TV-PG

7:30 AM Personal Affair (1953)
When a teenaged student disappears, her teacher is suspected of killing her. Cast: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Glynis Johns. Dir: Anthony Pelissier. BW-82 mins,

9:00 AM The Horn Blows At Midnight (1945)
An angel is sent to destroy the earth with a trumpet blast. Cast: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC

10:30 AM Topper (1937)
A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband. Cast: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC

12:14 PM Short Film: This Is...Julie Christie (1965)
BW-1 mins,

12:15 PM Billy Liar (1963)
An emotionally stunted clerk retreats into his fantasies. Cast: Tom Courtenay, Mona Washbourne, Julie Christie. Dir: John Schlesinger. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM Boys' Night Out (1962)
A psychology student researches infidelity by becoming a platonic kept woman for four buddies. Cast: James Garner, Kim Novak, Tony Randall. Dir: Michael Gordon. C-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Alice (1990)
An unhappy wife turns to an acupuncturist for mystical solutions to her problems. Cast: Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, Judy Davis. Dir: Woody Allen. C-106 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960)
A drama critic and his family try to adjust to life in the country. Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige. Dir: Charles Walters. C-111 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

What's On Tonight: ESSENTIALS, JR. : IN REAL TIME

8:00 PM 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

9:30 PM The Set-Up (1949)
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight. Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-73 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:45 PM Rope (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend. Cast: James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-81 mins, TV-14, CC

12:15 AM Souls for Sale (1923)
In this silent film, a young woman turns Hollywood upside down in her search for stardom. Cast: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr. Dir: Rupert Hughes. BW-90 mins, TV-G

2:00 AM Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
Two peasants try to make their fortune during a civil war. Cast: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka. Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi. BW-97 mins, TV-14

3:50 AM Short Film: London Can Take It! (1940)
Despite the nightly Nazi air raids, London's citizens are shown to be courageous and determined. Cast: Quentin Reynolds BW-9 mins,

4:00 AM Thunder Rock (1942)
A disillusioned writer moves into a lighthouse where some ghostly visitors restore his faith. Cast: Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen, James Mason. Dir: Roy Boulting. BW-107 mins, TV-G

5:48 AM Short Film: Looking At London (1946)
C-10 mins,

[CBHagman]

1. I always forget that "High Noon" is Fred Zinnemann's.

What a wonderful body of work he left behind.