TCM Schedule for Friday, February 22---31 Days of Oscar--The 70's

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22 Friday


3:00 AM--- Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
True story of Annette Kellerman, the world's first great swimming star. Cast: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-110 mins, TV-G, CC


5:00 AM---- This Sporting Life (1963)
A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships. Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel. Dir: Lindsay Anderson. BW-134 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


7:30 AM---- Pride Of The Yankees, The (1942)
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success. Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:45 AM---- Champion (1949)
An unscrupulous boxer claws his way to the top. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Ruth Roman. Dir: Mark Robson. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC


11:30 AM---- Grand Prix (1966)
Auto racers find danger and romance at the legendary European road race. Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand. Dir: John Frankenheimer. C-176 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


2:32 PM---- Short Film: Touche, Pussycat (1954)
C-7 mins,


2:45 PM---- Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Cliff Osmond. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


5:00 PM---- Heaven Can Wait (1978)
When a football player dies early, he gets a second chance in the body of a crooked industrialist. Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason. Dir: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry. C-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


6:45 PM---- Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
A dancer discovers her runaway boyfriend has sublet her apartment to an aspiring actor. Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings. Dir: Herbert Ross. C-111 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


8:45 PM---- Manhattan (1979)
A TV comedy writer falls for his best friend's girl. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep. Dir: Woody Allen. BW-96 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


10:30 PM---- Love Story (1970)
Students from opposite sides of the tracks fight for their love. Cast: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland. Dir: Arthur Hiller. C-100 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


12:15 AM---- Equus (1977)
A psychoanalyst tries to help a young man who blinded a stable full of horses. Cast: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Joan Plowright. Dir: Sidney Lumet. C-138 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


2:45 AM---- Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
A New York City housewife faces a midlife crisis that forces her to re-consider her way of life. Cast: Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney. Dir: Gilbert Cates. C-88 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

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