TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 18th.

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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007.

12:00 AM Lawman (1971) A by-the-books sheriff courts disaster when he takes on a corrupt town boss. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb. Dir: Michael Winner. C-99 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 AM Exodus (1960) A young Israeli activist fights to set up a homeland for his people. Cast: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo. Dir: Otto Preminger. C-208 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



5:16 AM Short Film: Passenger, The: Professional Reporter (1975) C-4 mins,

5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #54 (2007) Features the MGM Musical Revue short: Snow Gets In Your Eyes (1938). BW-22 mins, TV-G, CC

6:00 AM Bachelor Bait (1934) A romantic starts a marriage agency so he can play Cupid. Cast: Stuart Erwin, Rochelle Hudson, Pert Kelton. Dir: George Stevens. BW-75 mins, TV-G



7:30 AM Alice Adams (1935) A small-town girl with social ambitions falls in love with a local playboy. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Evelyn Venable. Dir: George Stevens. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC



9:15 AM Annie Oakley (1935) The famed female sharpshooter learns that you can't get a man with a gun when she falls for a rival marksman. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas. Dir: George Stevens. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC

11:00 AM Kentucky Kernels (1935) Two musicians try to get an orphaned heiress through hillbilly country to claim her inheritance. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Spanky McFarland. Dir: George Stevens. BW-75 mins, TV-G

12:15 PM Nitwits, The (1935) Two cigar-stand attendants get mixed up in a murder investigation. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Betty Grable. Dir: George Stevens. BW-82 mins, TV-G

1:45 PM Quality Street (1937) A woman masquerades as her own niece to get back at a neglectful suitor. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Fay Bainter. Dir: George Stevens. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC



3:12 PM Short Film: Silent Night: Judy Garland (1937) BW-2 mins,

3:15 PM Vivacious Lady (1937) After a whirlwind courtship, a nightclub singer has to adjust to her professor husband's conservative family. Cast: Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, Charles Coburn. Dir: George Stevens. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC

5:00 PM Romance In Manhattan (1935) A New York chorus girl helps an illegal immigrant build a new life in the big city. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Francis Lederer, Arthur Hohl. Dir: Stephen Roberts. BW-77 mins, TV-G, CC

6:30 PM Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) To annoy his family, a millionaire hires an out-of-work girl to pose as a gold digger. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Tim Holt. Dir: Gregory La Cava. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC

8:00 PM Raisin in the Sun, A (1961) A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. Dir: Daniel Petrie. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



10:15 PM Joker Is Wild, The (1957) Singer Joe E. Lewis fights to rebuild his life after gangsters slash his vocal cords. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain. Dir: Charles Vidor. BW-126 mins, TV-PG

12:30 AM National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) Unexpected guests and a run of bad luck turn Christmas into a season in hell. Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis. Dir: Jeremiah S. Chechik. C-97 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM Chicago Confidential (1957) A union president fights off organized crime only to find himself framed for murder. Cast: Brian Keith, Beverly Garland, Elisha Cook, Jr. Dir: Sidney Salkow. BW-73 mins, TV-G

3:45 AM Chicago Syndicate (1955) An accountant single-handedly tries to take down a powerful mobster. Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Stewart, Abbe Lane. Dir: Fred F. Sears. BW-84 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

5:11 AM Short Film: Night Life In Chicago (1948) In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the high-lights of Chicago's night life. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins,

5:27 AM Short Film: Holiday Greetings 1941 - Lewis Stone (1941) BW-2 mins,

5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #34 (1955) Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Three of "The Pirate" and a clip from "The Swan." These clips feature Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. BW-26 mins, TV-G