TCM Schedule for Saturday, April 17 --- THE ESSENTIALS: FARLEY GRANGER

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17 Saturday



6:00 AM The Hardys Ride High (1939)
A small-town family inherits a fortune but has trouble adjusting to society life. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC

7:30 AM Young Tom Edison (1940)
As a precocious child, Tom Edison defies authority to develop his first inventions. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC

9:00 AM The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The famed sleuth tries to stop Professor Moriarty from stealing the Crown Jewels. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino. Dir: Alfred L. Werker. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC

10:30 AM News Hounds (1947)
When they get newspaper jobs, the Bowery Boys take on a sport-fixing mob. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Anthony Caruso. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-68 mins, TV-G

11:39 AM Short Film: No News Is Good News (1943)
BW-9 mins,

12:00 PM The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1970)
A problem student accidentally mind melds with a super computer. Cast: Bing Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn. Dir: Robert Butler. C-90 mins, TV-G, CC

1:39 PM Short Film: A Boy And His Dog (1946)
A young boy fights to save a dog from his cruel owner. Cast: Harry Davenport, Billy Sheffield, Russell Simpson. Dir: LeRoy Prinz. BW-21 mins, TV-G

2:00 PM The Yearling (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. Dir: Clarence Brown. C-128 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

4:15 PM Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
A beautiful woman takes over a turn-of-the-century baseball team. Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams. Dir: Busby Berkeley. C-93 mins, TV-G, CC

6:00 PM Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)
A baseball player faces terminal illness with the help of his closest teammate. Cast: Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, Vincent Gardenia. Dir: John D. Hancock. C-98 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

7:42 PM Short Film: On Location With Westworld (1973)
C-9 mins,

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: FARLEY GRANGER

8:00 PM Strangers On A Train (1951)
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly. Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 PM They Live by Night (1949)
After an unjust prison sentence, a young innocent gets mixed-up with hardened criminals and a violent escape. Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard da Silva. Dir: Nicholas Ray. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:41 PM Short Film: Radio Runaround (1943)
Leon Errol forgets his wedding anniversary and sets off a wild chain of events. Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Christy Dir: Lambert Hillyer BW-18 mins,

12:00 AM Roseanna McCoy (1949)
The Hatfield-McCoy feud heats up when one family's daughter elopes with the other's son. Cast: Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Charles Bickford. Dir: Irving Reis. BW-90 mins,

1:40 AM Short Film: A Panic In The Parlor (1941)
After sneaking away to Tiajuana, Leon Errol's wife teaches him a lesson. Cast: Leon Errol Dir: Charles Roberts BW-18 mins,

2:00 AM The North Star (1943)
Ukrainian villagers unite to fight off invading Nazis. Cast: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-106 mins, TV-PG

4:00 AM Edge Of Doom (1950)
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues. Cast: Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans. Dir: Mark Robson. BW-97 mins, TV-PG