TCM Schedule Saturday Sept. 27: The Third Man, Silk Stockings, The French Connection
THE DAY AT A GLANCE
GUEST PROGRAMMER:
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
Midnight Run (1988)
French Connection, The (1971)
Battle of Algiers, The (1966)
Searchers, The (1956)
Saturday, September 27
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story, The (1950) (7 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: The Flying Bear (1941)
So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952) (short)
Believe It or Not #8 (1932) (short)
Play Girl (1932)
Mystery Mountain Ch. 1: The Rattler (1934) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle (1941)
Falcon's Brother, The (1942)
Knight Is Young, The (1938) (short)
Silk Stockings (1957) (Musical Matinee)
36 Hours (1964)
Covenant with Death, A (1967)
Cape Fear (1962)
- TCM PRIMETIME
DIRECTOR CAROL REED
Third Man, The (1949)
Our Man in Havana (1960)
- NOIR ALLEY
Berlin Express (1948)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: AGATHA CHRISTIE
Agatha (1979)
Murder She Said (1961)
MGM Parade Show #29 (1955)
THE FULL DAY SCHEDULE
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
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC:
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
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
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
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: N
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
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:00 AM The Flying Bear (1941)
As an army air corp mechanic, Barney Bear designs his own plane and takes it out for its first flight.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Non-Speaking Role
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:10 AM So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)
Joe McDoakes and his wife magically swap bodies.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: George O'Hanlon
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:25 AM Believe It or Not #8 (1932)
This short entry in Robert L. Ripley's "Believe It or Not" series showcases such sights as the largest book in the world. Vitaphone Release 1362.
Dir: Alfred J. Goulding Cast: Robert L. Ripley
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:35 AM Play Girl (1932)
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Winnie Lightner, Loretta Young, Norman Foster
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:40 AM The Rattler (1934) (TCM Premiere)
Chapter 1 of the Mystery Mountain 1934 serial. Railroad detective Ken Williams is dispatched to catch the mysterious Rattler, who is disrupting construction of a new railroad line and interfering with a stagecoach line run by Jane Corwin. The Rattler remains a mystery with his skill at disguising himself to look like other people.
Dir: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Syd Saylor
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC:
10:15 AM Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle (1941)
Popeye takes pity on old Rip, who doesn't appreciate the sailor's interest in him.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman Cast: Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:25 AM The Falcon's Brother (1942)
A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir: Stanley Logan Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:30 AM The Knight Is Young (1938)
A woman, afraid to leave her apartment because she has not paid her rent, is rescued in this musical short film. Vitaphone Release B141-142.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: June Allyson, Hal Le Roy, Earlyne Schools
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM Silk Stockings (1957)
A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by the charm of Paris and a high-stepping film producer.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:15 PM 36 Hours (1964)
Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over.
Dir: George Seaton Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:15 PM A Covenant with Death (1967)
A lawyer defends a convicted man who killed his hangman before being cleared of the earlier crime.
Dir: Lamont Johnson Cast: George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Cape Fear (1962)
A released convict decides to menace and wreak havoc on the family of his defense lawyer.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 PM The Third Man (1949)
A man's investigation of a friend's death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
10:00 PM Our Man in Havana (1960)
A salesman in Cuba takes up spying to support his spendthrift daughter.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 AM Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM Agatha (1979)
Based on the actual 11-day disappearance of famed mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1926, the film fictionalizes her whereabouts during that time.
Dir: Michael Apted Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM Murder She Said (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #29 (1955)
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Three of "Captains Courageous" and a clip from "Tribute to a Badman."
Dir: null Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y