TCM Schedule for Saturday, September 25 --- THE ESSENTIALS: BASED ON TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

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25 Saturday



6:00 AM The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Mae Clarke. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-65 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
A schoolteacher matches wits with a police detective when they both try to solve a pretty music teacher's murder. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-72 mins, TV-G

8:51 AM Short Film: Switzerland The Beautiful (1934)
In this "Traveltalk," we see the land, people, and culture of Switzerland. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-8 mins,

9:00 AM The Mouse That Roared (1959)
An impoverished nation declares war on the U.S. hoping to lose and score foreign aid. Cast: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell. Dir: Jack Arnold. C-83 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:30 AM Hold That Line (1952)
The Bowery Boys crash college when one of them lands on the football team. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Veda Ann Borg. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-64 mins, TV-G

11:35 AM Short Film: David O. Selznick: Your New Producer (1935)
BW-24 mins,

12:00 PM Duel In The Sun (1946)
A fiery half-breed comes between a rancher's good and evil sons. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten. Dir: King Vidor. C-144 mins, TV-14, CC

2:30 PM The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
A Cuban fisherman believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver. Dir: John Sturges. C-87 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM The Prisoner Of Zenda (1952)
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped. Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

5:45 PM Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
The famed 19th century hero defeats enemy fleets and courts an admiral's widow. Cast: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, James Robertson Justice. Dir: Raoul Walsh. C-117 mins, TV-G, CC


What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: BASED ON TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

8:00 PM A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden. Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:15 PM Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

12:15 AM Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
A dowager tries to buy a lobotomy to silence the woman who witnessed her son's murder. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM Sweet Bird Of Youth (1962)
A young gigolo returns to his southern hometown in search of the lost love of his youth. Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM Period Of Adjustment (1962)
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems. Cast: Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton. Dir: George Roy Hill. BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format