TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 10th: Playing the Ponies

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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

12:00 AM Killing Fields, The (1984)
An American journalist and his Cambodian adviser fight to survive the country's communist takeover.
Dir: Roland Joffe Cast: John Malkovich, Haing S. Ngor, Julian Sands.
C-142 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM Serenade (1956)
A rising opera star is torn between his wealthy benefactor and a poor innocent.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sarita Montiel.
C-122 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:45 AM Night at the Opera, A (1935)
Three zanies turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege's romance with the leading lady.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC,



6:30 AM Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart.
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC,

8:00 AM Sisters, The (1938)
Three western girls make unhappy marriages at the turn of the century.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Anita Louise.
BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:45 AM Confessions Of A Nazi Spy (1939)
An FBI agent risks his life to infiltrate Nazi sympathizers in the U.S.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders.
BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:30 AM Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
Three WWI Army buddies get mixed up with the mob in peacetime.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart.
BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 PM All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
A French nobleman falls in love with his children's governess.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn.
BW-143 mins, TV-PG, CC,



4:00 PM Journey, The (1959)
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards Jr..
C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM Eye of the Devil (1967)
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence.
BW-96 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PLAYING THE PONIES

8:00 PM My Brother Talks To Horses (1946)
A small boy's secret gifts help him pick racetrack winners.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: "Butch" Jenkins, Peter Lawford, Beverly Tyler.
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:45 PM Rocking Horse Winner, The (1949)
A young boy's talent for picking winning race horses threatens his life.
Dir: Anthony Pelissier Cast: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire.
BW-92 mins, TV-PG,

11:30 PM She Went To The Races (1945)
A pretty scientist with a system for horse-race betting falls in love with a trainer.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck Cast: James Craig, Frances Gifford, Ava Gardner.
BW-86 mins, TV-G,

1:00 AM Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
A young jockey goes crooked to land a valuable riding job.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Ronald Sinclair.
BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:30 AM Down The Stretch (1936)
A disgraced jockey's son fights to clear the family name.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Patricia Ellis, Mickey Rooney, Dennis Moore.
BW-66 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:45 AM Day The Bookies Wept, The (1939)
A taxi driver buys a beer-drinking race horse.
Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Joe Penner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane.
BW-63 mins, TV-G,



5:00 AM Boots Malone (1952)
A broken-down sports agent tries to use a promising jockey as his ticket back to the top.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: William Holden, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael.
BW-104 mins, TV-PG,