TCM Schedule for Saturday, January 12

[lavenderdiva]

12 Saturday



5:00 AM Show Boat (1951)
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Cast: Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson. Dir: George Sidney. C-108 mins, TV-G, CC

7:00 AM The Princess And The Pirate (1944)
A cowardly knight rescues a disguised princess from pirates . Cast: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan. Dir: David Butler. C-94 mins, TV-G, CC

9:00 AM Voice of the Whistler (1945)
A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure. Cast: Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, Rhys Williams. Dir: William Castle. BW-60 mins,

10:15 AM The Mysterious Intruder (1946)
A detective discovers the woman he's been hired to track down is the key to an unusual inheritance. Cast: Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale. Dir: William Castle. BW-62 mins,

11:30 AM Lassie Come Home (1943)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family. Cast: Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-89 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

1:15 PM The Yearling (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. Dir: Clarence Brown. C-128 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

3:30 PM Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger (1977)
When a witch turns a young prince into a baboon, Sinbad fights to save him. Cast: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Jane Seymour. Dir: Sam Wanamaker. C-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM 20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)
A crashed spaceship unleashes a rapidly growing monster from Venus. Cast: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia. Dir: Nathan Juran. BW-83 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: POW'S

7:00 PM The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma. Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa. Dir: David Lean. BW-162 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM The Hill (1965)
Prisoners fight to survive the grueling conditions in a North African military stockade. Cast: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Michael Redgrave. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-123 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM The Great Escape (1963)
Thrown together by the Germans, a group of captive Allied troublemakers plot a daring escape. Cast: James Garner, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough. Dir: John Sturges. C-172 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM Stalag 17 (1953)
A cynical serviceman in a World War II POW camp has to prove he's not an informer. Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC

[Longhorn]

1. Hmmm, interesting counter-programming.

POW movies for those not interested in football. :)