TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 30th: Guest Programmer John Singleton

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008.

12:00 AM West Side Story (1961)
A young couple from dueling street gangs falls in love. Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno. Dir: Robert Wise. C-152 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 AM Apartment, The (1960)
An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for the big chief's mistress. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



5:00 AM Fort Massacre (1958)
A possibly mad cavalry commander leads his troops through dangerous Indian territory. Cast: Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker, Susan Cabot. Dir: Joseph M. Newman. C-81 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:30 AM Star Packer, The (1934)
A U.S. Marshall takes on the job of defeating a mysterious criminal. Cast: John Wayne, Verna Hillie, George 'Gabby' Hayes. Dir: Robert N. Bradbury. BW-55 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Wake Of The Red Witch (1949)
A captain fights a Dutch shipping magnate for a treasure and the heart of a beautiful woman. Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:18 AM Short Film: Ship That Would Not Die!, The (1945)
BW-7 mins,

9:30 AM Rio Grande (1950)
A cavalry unit located on the Mexican border must control Indian uprisings. Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson. Dir: John Ford. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:30 AM Quiet Man, The (1952)
An Irish ex-boxer retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife. Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: John Ford. C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC



1:45 PM Tea And Sympathy (1956)
A faculty wife risks her marriage to help a troubled teen tormented by his fellow students. Cast: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



4:00 PM Count Your Blessings (1959)
After a wartime separation, an Englishwoman discovers her French husband is a womanizer. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Maurice Chevalier, Rossano Brazzi. Dir: Jean Negulesco. C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM Journey, The (1959)
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Jr. Dir: Anatole Litvak. C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER: JOHN SINGLETON

8:00 PM 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

9:45 PM Meet John Doe (1941)
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-122 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

12:00 AM High Noon (1952)
A retired Marshal must defend his town from a revengeful villain. Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-85 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:30 AM Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India. Cast: Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor McLaglen. Dir: George Stevens. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.



3:30 AM Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #10 (1955)
George Murphy introduces clips from "A Guy Named Joe" and "Guys and Dolls." BW-26 mins, TV-G