TCM Schedule for Saturday, January 16 --- THE ESSENTIALS: VAN JOHNSON

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16 Saturday



3:00 AM Henry V (1944)
Shakespeare's tale of the warrior king who learns the meaning of heroism during a daring invasion of France. Cast: Sir Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks. Dir: Sir Laurence Olivier. BW-137 mins, TV-PG

5:18 AM Short Film: Glimpses Of Old England (1949)
C-9 mins,

5:30 AM Murder She Said (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues. Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Hickson. Dir: George Pollock. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

7:00 AM Billy The Kid (1941)
A misunderstood youngster turns into one of the West's most notorious outlaws. Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter. Dir: David Miller. C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:36 AM Short Film: Aeronutics (1941)
Pete Smith Specialty about learning to fly, and a young trainee soon realizes he's in over his head. Cast: Pete Smith BW-10 mins,

9:00 AM Last Train From Gun Hill (1959)
A Western Marshall discovers the man who raped and murdered his wife is his best friend's son. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones. Dir: John Sturges. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:42 AM Short Film: Wagon Wheels West (1943)
BW-17 mins,

11:00 AM Man Of The West (1958)
A reformed outlaw is among the hostages when his former colleagues rob a train. Cast: Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb, Julie London. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:43 PM Short Film: Natural Wonders Of The West (1938)
C-9 mins,

1:00 PM Rio Grande (1950)
A cavalry unit located on the Mexican border must control Indian uprisings. Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson. Dir: John Ford. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:00 PM Big Jake (1971)
A rancher leads the posse out to recover his kidnapped grandson. Cast: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne. Dir: George Sherman. C-110 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: VAN JOHNSON

5:00 PM Battleground (1949)
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge. Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

7:15 PM Miracle In The Rain (1956)
When a lonely woman's wartime lover dies, her loneliness threatens her life. Cast: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Eileen Heckart. Dir: Rudolph Mate. BW-107 mins, , CC

9:15 PM The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
A womanizing author of children's books borrows a son to woo his illustrator. Cast: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC

11:00 PM Scene Of The Crime (1949)
A detective tries to solve a policeman's murder. Cast: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven. Dir: Roy Rowland. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC

12:38 AM Short Film: A Criminal Is Born (1938)
BW-20 mins,

1:00 AM Easy To Wed (1946)
In this remake of Libeled Lady, a tough newspaper editor hires a gigolo to compromise a woman suing his paper for libel. Cast: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball. Dir: Edward Buzzell. C-111 mins, TV-G, CC