TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 26th: Summer Under the Stars: Yul Brynner

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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

1:18 AM Short Film: Glimpses Of New Scotland (1947)
C-9 mins,

1:30 AM First Comes Courage (1943)
A Norwegian resistance fighter seduces a Nazi officer to learn enemy secrets during World War II. Cast: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond. Dir: Dorothy Arzner. BW-86 mins, TV-PG

3:00 AM Solomon And Sheba (1959)
Epic tale of the Biblical king's seduction by a pagan queen. Cast: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders. Dir: King Vidor. C-141 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM Journey, The (1959)
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Jr. Dir: Anatole Litvak. C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 AM Taras Bulba (1962)
A cossack leader clashes with his rebellious son. Cast: Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Christine Kaufmann. Dir: J. Lee Thompson. C-124 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

10:17 AM Short Film: King Of The Duplicators (1968)
C-12 mins,

10:30 AM Kings Of The Sun (1963)
A Mayan tribe emigrates northward but has to fight off Native Americans. Cast: Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field. Dir: J. Lee-Thompson. C-108 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM Triple Cross (1967)
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII. Cast: Christopher Plummer, Yul Brynner, Romy Schneider. Dir: Terence Young. C-126 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

2:42 PM Short Film: Lion Roars Again, The (1975)
An MGM promotional featurette advertising its resurgence into the movie industry in the mid-1970s. Showcased movies include "Logan's Run" (1976), "The Sunshine Boys" (1975), and "The Wind and the Lion" (1975). C-17 mins,

3:00 PM Adios, Sabata (1971)
A gunslinger searching for a hidden treasure gets mixed up with Mexican revolutionaries. Cast: Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Pedro Sanchez. Dir: Frank Kramer. C-105 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

4:47 PM Short Film: Rock, The (1967)
C-9 mins,

5:00 PM King and I, The (1956)
The king of Siam clashes with the British governess hired to teach his children. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno. Dir: Walter Lang. C-133 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format



7:18 PM Short Film: Serene Siam (1937)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the people, culture, and history of Siam. C-9 mins,

What's On Tonight: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: YUL BRYNNER

7:30 PM Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
Seven American gunmen hire themselves out to protect a Mexican village from bandits. Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson. Dir: John Sturges. C-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



9:45 PM Westworld (1973)
A future fantasy park turns deadly when robot workers go on a killing spree. Cast: Richard Benjamin, Yul Brynner, James Brolin. Dir: Michael Crichton. C-89 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM Futureworld (1976)
Reporters uncover deadly secrets behind a theme park where guests live their dreams. Cast: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Yul Brynner. Dir: Richard T. Heffron. C-107 mins, , Letterbox Format

1:15 AM Flight From Ashiya (1964)
A rescue service goes after a sinking cargo ship off the Japanese coast. Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris. Dir: Michael Anderson. C-102 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format