TCM Schedule for Monday January 17 - TCM Spotlight: Camelot

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Spend a night with King Arthur and the gang in Camelot. Plus, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a number of films dealing with prejudice in its many forms.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Green Pastures, The (1936)
God tests the human race in this reenactment of Bible stories set in the world of black American folklore. Cast: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie Anderson. Dir: William Keighley, Marc Connelly. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC

7:45 AM Crossfire (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man. Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:15 AM Jim Thorpe--All American (1951)
The famous Native American athlete fights prejudice in his pursuit of sports stardom. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Phyllis Thaxter, Charles Bickford. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:15 AM Something Of Value (1957)
Childhood friends end up on opposite sides of a bloody African uprising. Cast: Rock Hudson, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller. Dir: Richard Brooks. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:15 PM Defiant Ones, The (1958)
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other. Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel. Dir: Stanley Kramer. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier. Dir: Stanley Kramer. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM Glory (1989)
A green officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington. Dir: Edward Zwick. C-122 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

7:15 PM Laurence Fishburne (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-27 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court, A (1949)
A blow to the head sends an auto mechanic back to the days of Camelot. Cast: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke. Dir: Tay Garnett. C-108 mins, TV-G

10:00 PM Camelot (1967)
The romance between Guinevere and Lancelot destroys King Arthur's dream kingdom. Cast: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero. Dir: Joshua Logan. C-180 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

1:15 AM Prince Valiant (1954)
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne. Cast: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner. Dir: Henry Hathaway. BW-100 mins,

3:00 AM Knights Of The Round Table (1953)
Queen Guinevere is torn between love for her husband and Sir Lancelot. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-116 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

5:00 AM Siege of the Saxons (1963)
A knight must prove himself worthy of marrying King Arthur's daughter. Cast: Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Ronald Howard. Dir: Nathan Juran. C-85 mins, TV-PG