TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 14 --- THE ESSENTIALS: ROBERT CUMMINGS

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14 Saturday



6:00 AM Born Free (1966)
A game warden and his wife face a wrenching decision when the lion cub they've raised becomes too big to keep. Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen. Dir: James Hill, Tom McGowan. C-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:49 AM Short Film: Modern Guatemala (1945)
C-8 mins,

8:00 AM The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
During WWII, five brothers enlist in the Navy and are assigned to serve on the same ship. Cast: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-111 mins, TV-G, CC

10:00 AM White Heat (1949)
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic. Cast: James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien, Virginia Mayo. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

12:00 PM Thunder Road (1958)
A fast-driving moonshiner locks horns with a Chicago gangster. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith. Dir: Arthur Ripley. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:53 PM Short Film: Operation Raintree (1957)
BW-5 mins,

2:00 PM Oklahoma! (1955)
Pride and a lecherous ranch hand stand between an amorous cowboy and his farm girl sweetheart. Cast: Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Rod Steiger. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. C-140 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India. Cast: Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor McLaglen. Dir: George Stevens. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

6:30 PM 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special. BW-68 mins, TV-G, CC

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: ROBERT CUMMINGS

8:00 PM Saboteur (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence. Cast: Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 PM Heaven Only Knows (1947)
An angel lands in the wild West to save a gambler's soul. Cast: Robert Cummings, Brian Donlevy, Marjorie Reynolds. Dir: Albert S. Rogell. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC

12:00 AM Beach Party (1963)
An anthropologist studies the dating habits of the teens hanging out on a nearby beach. Cast: Robert Cummings, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello. Dir: William Asher. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM Tell It to the Judge (1949)
To win back her husband, a divorcee pretends to be married to a loser. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young. Dir: Norman Foster. BW-87 mins, TV-G

3:30 AM The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
A department store owner goes undercover as an employee to thwart union activists. Cast: Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Robert Cummings. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC

5:15 AM The Petty Girl (1950)
A cheesecake artist tries to get a college professor to pose for him. Cast: Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester. Dir: Henry Levin. C-88 mins, TV-G