TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 19: TCM Guest Programmer: Joel Grey

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Stage and screen actor (and Academy Award winner!) Joel Grey drops by to showcase some of his favorite films, including, appropriately enough, Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

1:30 AM
Miniver Story, The (1950)
A brave family comes together in the face of post-war problems.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , John Hodiak .
BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:30 AM
Law And The Lady, The (1951)
A society jewel thief falls for one of her marks.
Dir: Edwin H. Knopf Cast: Greer Garson , Michael Wilding , Fernando Lamas .
BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC,



5:15 AM
Julius Caesar (1953)
An all-star adaptation of Shakespeare's classic about Julius Caesar's assassination and its aftermath.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: John Doucette , George Macready , Michael Pate .
BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:30 AM
Wildcat Bus (1940)
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
Dir: Frank Woodruff Cast: Fay Wray , Charles Lang , Paul Guilfoyle .
BW-64 mins, TV-G,

8:45 AM
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
A newspaperman serves as key witness in a circumstantial murder case.
Dir: Boris Ingster Cast: Peter Lorre , John McGuire , Margaret Tallichet .
BW-64 mins, TV-14, CC,



10:00 AM
River's End (1940)
In the Canadian wilderness, an accused murderer takes the place of a dead Mountie.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Dennis Morgan , Elizabeth Earl , George Tobias .
BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:15 AM
Man Who Talked Too Much, The (1940)
A defense lawyer sets out to topple a powerful gangster.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: George Brent , Virginia Bruce , Brenda Marshall .
BW-76 mins, TV-G,

12:45 PM
It All Came True (1940)
A gangster hides out in a boardinghouse full of eccentrics.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Ann Sheridan , Jeffrey Lynn , Humphrey Bogart .
BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:30 PM
Fugitive From Justice, A (1940)
An insurance investigator gets caught between cops and crooks when he hides the beneficiary of a million-dollar policy.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Roger Pryor , Lucile Fairbanks , Eddie Foy Jr. .
BW-53 mins, TV-PG,

3:30 PM
They Drive by Night (1940)
Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft , Ann Sheridan , Ida Lupino .
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:15 PM
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
A brave young policeman single-handedly takes on a vicious criminal gang.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Dennis Morgan , John Payne , Gloria Dickson .
BW-55 mins, TV-PG,

6:15 PM
Letter, The (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis , Herbert Marshall , James Stephenson .
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER: JOEL GREY

8:00 PM
Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946)
Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Myrna Loy , Fredric March , Dana Andrews .
BW-170 mins, TV-PG, CC,



11:00 PM
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney , Joan Leslie , Walter Huston .
BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC,



1:15 AM
On The Waterfront (1954)
A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando , Karl Malden , Lee J. Cobb .
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



3:15 AM
Call Northside 777 (1948)
A Chicago reporter re-opens a ten year old murder case.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: James Stewart , Richard Conte , Lee J. Cobb .
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:15 AM
TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell Under the Influence: Bill Murray (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-29 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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1. Best Years of Our Lives!

Great flick!

Harold Russell won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and an honorary Oscar for "bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans", the only case where two Oscar were awarded to an actor for a single role.

Harold Russell lost both hands in WWII. Here he is with his two Oscars:

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2. Man who talked too much

11:15 AM
Man Who Talked Too Much, The (1940)
A defense lawyer sets out to topple a powerful gangster.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: George Brent , Virginia Bruce , Brenda Marshall .
BW-76 mins, TV-G,

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3. It all came true. Solid cast. Not very well known

12:45 PM
It All Came True (1940)
A gangster hides out in a boardinghouse full of eccentrics.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Ann Sheridan , Jeffrey Lynn , Humphrey Bogart .
BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC,

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4. They Drive By Night. Another 1940. Great Raoul Walsh movie.

3:30 PM
They Drive by Night (1940)
Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft , Ann Sheridan , Ida Lupino .
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC,