TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 13th: TCM Spotlight: Critic's Picks

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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

1:00 AM One Foot In Heaven (1941)
A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century. Cast: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC

3:00 AM Bedtime Story (1942)
A stage star's dreams of retirement conflict with her playwright husband's need for a hit -- with her starring. Cast: Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley. Dir: Alexander Hall. BW-85 mins, TV-G

4:30 AM Make Me A Star (1932)
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Cast: Stuart Erwin, Joan Blondell, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-86 mins, TV-G

6:00 AM Alexander The Great (1956)
Biography of the ancient warrior who conquered the known world. Cast: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Danielle Darrieux. Dir: Robert Rossen. C-136 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

8:17 AM Short Film: Alfred The Great (1969)
C-5 mins,

8:30 AM Border G-Man (1938)
A government agent investigates gangsters training an army in South America. Cast: George O'Brien, Laraine Johnson, Ray Whitley. Dir: David Howard. BW-60 mins, TV-G

9:35 AM Short Film: Desert Regatta (1932)
BW-9 mins,

9:45 AM Painted Desert, The (1938)
A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine. Cast: George O'Brien, Laraine Johnson (later Laraine Day), Ray Whitley. Dir: David Howard. BW-59 mins, TV-G, CC

10:45 AM Arizona Legion (1939)
A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town. Cast: George O'Brien, Laraine Johnson, Chill Wills. Dir: David Howard. BW-58 mins, TV-G

11:45 AM Sergeant Madden (1939)
A police officer's son joins the force but goes bad. Cast: Wallace Beery, Tom Brown, Laraine Day. Dir: Josef von Sternberg. BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:15 PM Bad Man, The (1941)
A Mexican outlaw reforms to help an old friend and a pair of young lovers . Cast: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Ronald Reagan. Dir: Richard Thorpe. BW-70 mins, TV-PG, CC

2:30 PM Unholy Partners (1941)
A gangster helps pay a tabloid editor's debts to gain control of the paper. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Edward Arnold, Laraine Day. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC

4:15 PM Fingers At The Window (1942)
A magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lew Ayres, Laraine Day. Dir: Charles Lederer. BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:45 PM Yank On The Burma Road, A (1942)
The Pearl Harbor attack inspires a truck driver in the Far East to join the war effort. Cast: Barry Nelson, Laraine Day, Keye Luke. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC

7:00 PM Yanks Ahoy (1943)
Feuding sergeants wreak havoc on the Navy. Cast: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth. Dir: Kurt Neumann. BW-58 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: CRITIC'S PICKS

8:00 PM General, The (1927)
In this silent film, a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army. Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender. Dir: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman. BW-75 mins, TV-G



9:30 PM Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
An actress schemes to win back her married lover from his still virginal wife. Cast: Gunnar Bjornstrand, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. C-109 mins, TV-14



11:30 PM Something Wild (1961)
A rape victim runs away from her family and takes shelter with a romantic auto mechanic. Cast: Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock. Dir: Jack Garfein. BW-113 mins, TV-14

1:30 AM He Ran All the Way (1951)
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment. Cast: John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford. Dir: John Berry. BW-78 mins, TV-PG



3:00 AM Tension (1950)
A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it. Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Barry Sullivan. Dir: John Berry. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:35 AM Short Film: Land Of The Mayas (1946)
C-10 mins,

4:45 AM Maya (1966)
An American boy runs away in the Indian jungle after a fight with his father. Cast: Clint Walker, Jay North, I.S. Johar. Dir: John Berry. C-91 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format