TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 14: Star of the Month: Tough Guys

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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

12:30 AM
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Al Pacino , John Cazale , Carol Kane .
C-125 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



2:45 AM
400 Blows, The (1959)
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
Dir: Francois Truffaut Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud , Guy Decomble , Claire Maurier .
BW-100 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



4:30 AM
Masculin-Feminin (1966)
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud , Chantal Goya , Marlene Jobert .
BW-104 mins, TV-MA,

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6:15 AM
Cimarron (1931)
A husband and wife fight to survive in the early days of the Oklahoma Territory.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Richard Dix , Irene Dunne , Estelle Taylor .
BW-124 mins, TV-PG, CC,

8:30 AM
Giant (1956)
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Rock Hudson , James Dean .
BW-201 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
A woman with a past returns to 19th-century New Orleans for revenge.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gary Cooper , Ingrid Bergman , Flora Robson .
BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:15 PM
Stage Door (1937)
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Ginger Rogers , Adolphe Menjou .
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 PM
Show Boat (1936)
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."
Dir: James Whale Cast: Irene Dunne , Allan Jones , Charles Winninger .
BW-114 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 PM
So Big (1953)
A schoolteacher-turned-farmer fights to save the land and her son.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Jane Wyman , Sterling Hayden , Nancy Olson .
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:43 PM
Big Blue Goose (1956)
In this short, naturalist Van Campen Heilner travels to the Louisiana bayou country.
BW-8 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: TOUGH GUYS

8:00 PM
Kiss of Death, The (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Victor Mature , Brian Donlevy , Coleen Gray .
BW-99 mins, TV-14,

9:44 PM
Why Is It? (1948)
C-8 mins,

10:00 PM
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Dana Andrews , Gene Tierney , Gary Merrill .
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:45 PM
Point Blank (1967)
A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin , Angie Dickinson , Keenan Wynn .
C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 AM
Killer, The (1989)
Dir: John Woo Cast: Chow Yun-Fat , Sally Yeh , Kenneth Tsang .
BW-107 mins, Letterbox Format



3:15 AM
Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974)
Gunmen hold a New York subway train and its passengers for ransom.
Dir: Joseph Sargent Cast: Walter Matthau , Robert Shaw , Martin Balsam .
C-104 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format



5:00 AM
Secret Six, The (1931)
A secret society funds the investigation of a bootlegging gang.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Wallace Beery , Lewis Stone , John Mack Brown .
BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[longship]

1. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three!

A great crime drama gem. Matthau puts on his frumpy, dedicated cop persona. Shaw is always great value as the villain. Supporting cast are standouts, too.

Highly recommended over the remake. One is tempted to ask, why remake it when there's this version? Then again, since when has Hollywood had any original imagination.

Oh well. Watch this one. It's a great flick.