TCM for Wednesday, October 14th: TCM Prime Time Feature: Wheeler & Woolsey

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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

12:00 AM Northern Pursuit (1943)
A Mountie tracks a downed Nazi flyer through the Canadian wilderness. Cast: Errol Flynn, Helmut Dantine, Julie Bishop. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:37 AM Short Film: Northward, Ho! (1939)
BW-10 mins,

2:00 AM Torrid Zone (1940)
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan. Dir: William Keighley. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:45 AM Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Childhood friends on opposite sides of the law fight over the future of a street gang. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 AM James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)
Michael J. Fox hosts this documentary featuring film clips and rare behind-the-scenes footage that traces superstar James Cagney's rise to the top. Cast: James Cagney, Michael J. Fox, Jack Lemmon. Dir: Carl Lindahl. C-47 mins, TV-G, CC

6:30 AM MGM Parade Show #21 (1955)
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper perform in a clip from "The Champ"; Russ Tamblyn introduces a clip from "The Last Hunt." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-26 mins, TV-G

7:00 AM White Sister, The (1923)
Thinking her lover was killed in the war, a young woman becomes a nun. Cast: Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane. Dir: Henry King. BW-135 mins, TV-G

9:15 AM La Boheme (1926)
In this silent film, a starving artist falls in love with a sickly seamstress in 19th-century Paris. Cast: Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renee Adoree. Dir: King Vidor. BW-94 mins, TV-G

11:00 AM Scarlet Letter, The (1926)
In this silent film version of the classic tale, a single mother in Puritan New England bears her shame alone rather than expose the child's father. Cast: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Karl Dane. Dir: Victor Sjostrom. BW-98 mins, TV-G

12:45 PM Wind, The (1928)
In this silent film, a sheltered southern girl fights to adapt to the rough-and-tumble life of the wild West. Cast: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love. Dir: Victor Sjostrom. BW-82 mins, TV-PG

2:15 PM One Romantic Night (1930)
A princess engaged to a prince falls for her brother's tutor. Cast: Lillian Gish, Rod La Rocque, Conrad Nagel. Dir: Paul Stein. BW-108 mins,

3:45 PM Commandos Strike At Dawn, The (1942)
A Norwegian refugee leads the British in an attack against his country's Nazi invaders. Cast: Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish. Dir: John Farrow. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 PM Duel In The Sun (1946)
A fiery half-breed comes between a rancher's good and evil sons. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten. Dir: King Vidor. C-144 mins, TV-14, CC

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: WHEELER & WOOLSEY


8:00 PM Cuckoos, The (1930)
Two tramps-turned-fortune-tellers try to solve a kidnapping. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Jobyna Howland. Dir: Paul Sloane. BW-97 mins, TV-G

9:49 PM Short Film: Driver, The (1931)
BW-10 mins,

10:00 PM Hook, Line, and Sinker (1931)
Two insurance men try to help a runaway heiress run a hotel. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee. Dir: Edward Cline. BW-75 mins, TV-G



11:30 PM Caught Plastered (1932)
Stranded vaudevillians help save a small-town druggist from bankruptcy. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-69 mins, TV-G

12:45 AM Peach-O-Reno (1932)
Two divorce lawyers run a gambling joint by night. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-63 mins, TV-G

2:00 AM Arsene Lupin (1932)
A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa. Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC

3:30 AM Arsene Lupin Returns (1938)
A reformed jewel thief helps detectives track down a criminal. Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Warren William, Virginia Bruce. Dir: George Fitzmaurice. BW-81 mins, TV-G

5:00 AM Son Of Kong (1933)
Producer Carl Denham returns to Skull Island in search of more monsters. Cast: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher. Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack. BW-70 mins, TV-PG