TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 7 --- THE ESSENTIALS: DIRECTOR DEBUTS

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7 Saturday



6:00 AM The Big Wheel (1949)
A mechanic alienates everyone who loves him when he becomes a champion race car driver. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Spring Byington. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-91 mins, TV-PG

7:33 AM Short Film: Mister Gardenia Jones (1942)
BW-13 mins,

8:00 AM The Man Between (1953)
An East Berliner helps a British woman trapped behind the Iron Curtain. Cast: James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-102 mins, TV-G

10:00 AM Family Plot (1976)
A phony psychic takes on a pair of kidnappers. Cast: Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-120 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM Tokyo Joe (1949)
An American in post-war Japan gets caught up in the black market. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Sessue Hayakawa, Alexander Knox. Dir: Stuart Heisler. BW-89 mins, TV-PG

2:00 PM The Fighting Seabees (1944)
World War II construction workers have to fight the enemy to get the job done. Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 PM Ten Tall Men (1951)
A Foreign Legion sergeant leads ten volunteers against a mighty Arab army. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Gilbert Roland, Kieron Moore. Dir: Willis Goldbeck. C-97 mins, TV-G

6:00 PM The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad (1973)
Sinbad battles a fiendish magician and his many monsters. Cast: John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker. Dir: Gordon Hessler. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: DIRECTOR DEBUTS

8:00 PM Take The Money And Run (1969)
An incompetent criminal becomes the subject of a documentary. Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire. Dir: Woody Allen. C-85 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

9:32 PM Short Film: Lionpower From Mgm (1967)
C-27 mins,

10:00 PM The Duellists (1978)
During the Napoleonic wars, two French officers fight a series of duels with each other. Cast: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney. Dir: Ridley Scott. C-100 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM Gumshoe (1971)
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case. Cast: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay. Dir: Stephen Frears. C-86 mins, TV-14, CC

1:30 AM Hard Times (1975)
A Depression-era drifter takes up street fighting to make his fortune. Cast: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland. Dir: Walter Hill. C-93 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM The Delinquents (1957)
When he's separated from the girl he loves, a teen turns to crime. Cast: Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Richard Bakalyan. Dir: Robert Altman. BW-72 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM The Young Stranger (1957)
A neglected teen gets into trouble with the law. Cast: James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: DIRECTOR DEBUTS

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1. The Duelists

is one of my all-time favorites. It's a gorgeous film, with a compelling story and terrific portrayals.