TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 24th: TCM Prime Time Feature: Elevator Movies

[CBHagman]

Elevator movies?! Okay...

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

12:15 AM Great O'Malley, The (1937)
A ruthless cop gets mixed up with a man who's only turned to crime to help his crippled daughter. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-71 mins, TV-G

1:30 AM Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934)
A British family gets mixed up with spies and an assassination plot while vacationing in Switzerland. Cast: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-75 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:00 AM Blackmail (1929)
A shopkeeper's daughter fights off blackmail after she kills a young artist who had tried to rape her. Cast: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Cyril Ritchard. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-82 mins, TV-PG

4:30 AM Jamaica Inn (1939)
A young woman on the British coast stumbles onto a ring of bloodthirsty scavengers. Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Hay Petrie. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

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4:49 AM Short Film: Lady Fights Back, A (1944)
BW-10 mins,

6:30 AM Lady In The Lake (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective's viewpoint. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan. Dir: Robert Montgomery. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:30 AM Possessed (1947)
A married woman's passion for a former love drives her mad. Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC



10:30 AM Cast A Dark Shadow (1955)
A wife-killer marries an innocent barmaid and plots her death. Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh. Dir: Lewis Gilbert. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM Johnny Eager (1942)
A handsome racketeer seduces the DA's daughter for revenge, then falls in love. Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Van Heflin. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC

2:00 PM Big Sleep, The (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



4:00 PM Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 PM Gaslight (1944)
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion. Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury. Dir: George Cukor. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: ELEVATOR MOVIES

8:00 PM Big Clock, The (1948)
A corrupt publisher tries to frame a career-driven editor for murder. Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: John Farrow. BW-95 mins, TV-PG



9:45 PM Federal Man (1950)
A government agent tries to take down a powerful drug smuggler. Cast: William Henry, Pamela Blake, Movita. Dir: Robert Emmett Tansey. BW-67 mins, TV-PG

11:00 PM Dark Passage (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

1:00 AM Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
A reformed thief uncovers a spy ring while investigating a murder at sea. Cast: Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-60 mins, TV-G

2:15 AM Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)
When he's framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit. Cast: Chester Morris, George E. Stone, Constance Worth. Dir: Michael Gordon. BW-68 mins, TV-G

3:30 AM Horn Blows At Midnight, The (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

5:00 AM Block-Heads (1938)
Chaos erupts when a man tries to help an old war buddy. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Minna Gombell. Dir: John G. Blystone. BW-57 mins, TV-G

[Matilda]

1. The best, for my money, is on in the small hours.

I love "The Horn Blows At Midnight" - it's a wacky scenario, but the script is tight, and Jack Benny's timing and
delivery are perfect. And I love the coffee pot - don't know just how they did it, but it was very, very clever.