TCM Schedule for Fri, Sept 26, 2025: UCLA Restored Films / Guest Programmer

DAYTIME: (EST)

6:30 AM Woman on the Run (1950)
A woman searches for her husband, who ran off after witnessing a mob hit.
Dir: Norman Foster Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith

8:00 AM Wanda (1970)
A rootless working class woman takes up with an abusive criminal.
Dir: Barbara Loden Cast: Michael Higgins, Barbara Loden, Frank Jourdano

9:45 AM Black Girl (1972)
An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Dir: Ossie Davis Cast: Brock Peters, Claudia McNeil, Leslie Uggams

11:30 AM Vanity Fair (1932)
Adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel. Two young women, a naive and well-to-do girl and a clever but ambitious orphan, navigate the social circles of England during the Napoleonic Wars. The first starring role for Myrna Loy.
Dir: Chester M. Franklin Cast: Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent

1:00 PM The Argyle Secrets (1948)
Reporter Harry Mitchell tracks down papers that will show that some leading Americans collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd

2:30 PM The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
This documentary focuses on the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay councilor.
Dir: Robert Epstein Cast: Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Harvey Fierstein

4:00 PM The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
A circus girl is manipulated into becoming a governor's lover. When the governor kills the former circus boss, the girl takes the blame to hide the truth and faces the electric chair.
Dir: Phil Goldstone Cast: Zita Johann, John Miljan, Alan Dinehart

5:30 PM The Magnificent Matador (1955) ) TCM PREMIERE
In Mexico City, rich American Karen Harrison falls in love with famous bullfighter Luis Santos, who hides a personal secret regarding his young protégé Rafael Reyes.
Dir: Budd Boetticher Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas

7:30 PM The Battle of the Century (1927)
A fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his pugilist and arranges an accident so that he can collect in this short silent comedy.
Dir: Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCarey Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jack Adams



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM Running on Empty (1988)
The '60s are past, and the Vietnam War they struggled against is long over, but the Popes have been on the run from the FBI for fifteen years, choosing to live as family of fugitives rather than be separated. Now 17-year-old musical prodigy Danny Pope must decide whether to accept a scholarship to Julliard or deny his talent ...
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, River Phoenix

10:15 PM Midnight Run (1988)
An ex-cop becomes a bounty hunter and tracks down an embezzler.
Dir: Martin Brest Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto

12:30 AM The French Connection (1971)
A tough-talking New York City detective and his partner uncover an international drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider

2:30 AM The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Algiers revolts against the French Foreign Legion.
Dir: Gillo Pontecorvo Cast: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag

4:45 AM The Searchers (1956)
A veteran returning to Texas after the Civil War discovers that Comanche Indians have killed his family and kidnapped his niece, and sets out on a journey to find her.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles