TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 14: Treacherous Spouses
Relationship tip: Do not marry a deranged killer. That is all.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
2:00 AM
BALLAD OF NARAYAMA, THE (1958)
Honoring an ancient custom in an impoverished Japanese village, a son leads his aging mother up a mountain top to leave her there abandoned.
Dir: Keisuke Kinoshita Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka , Teiji Takahashi , Yuko Mochizuki .
C-98 mins, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM
ARMY (1944)
A sickly young man from a military family fights to earn a place in the Japanese Army.
Dir: Keisuke Kinoshita Cast: Chishu Ryu , Ken Mitsuda , Kazumasa Hoshino .
BW-87 mins,
5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #25 (1955)
Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones perform in a clip from "The Firefly"; Dan Dailey introduces a clip from "Meet Me in Las Vegas." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-29 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
KING OF HOCKEY (1936)
A hockey star goes blind and has to fight for a new life.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Dick Purcell , Anne Nagel , Marie Wilson .
BW-55 mins,
7:00 AM
ALCATRAZ ISLAND (1937)
A prison inmate is framed for killing a con who once tried to kidnap his daughter.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Ann Sheridan , John Litel , Mary Maguire .
BW-63 mins, CC,
8:15 AM
MEN IN EXILE (1937)
Gun smugglers clash with an island dictator.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Dick Purcell , June Travis , Victor Varconi .
BW-58 mins,
9:15 AM
MISSING WITNESSES (1937)
Government investigators take on a powerful protection racket.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: John Litel , Dick Purcell , Jean Dale .
BW-61 mins,
10:30 AM
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN (1938)
An insurance man tangles with a fraud ring.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Ronald Reagan , Gloria Blondell , Dick Purcell .
BW-62 mins, CC,
11:45 AM
BROADWAY MUSKETEERS (1938)
Three childhood friends get mixed up with gangsters.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Margaret Lindsay , Ann Sheridan , Marie Wilson .
BW-63 mins,
1:00 PM
MYSTERY HOUSE (1938)
A detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Dick Purcell , Ann Sheridan , Anne Nagel .
BW-57 mins,
2:00 PM
OVER THE WALL (1938)
A prison chaplain tries to help a man framed for murder prove his innocence.
Dir: Frank MacDonald Cast: Dick Foran , June Travis , John Litel .
BW-67 mins,
3:15 PM
BLACKWELL'S ISLAND (1939)
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Dir: William McGann Cast: John Garfield , Rosemary Lane , Dick Purcell .
BW-71 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
FLIGHT COMMAND (1940)
A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Robert Taylor , Ruth Hussey , Walter Pidgeon .
BW-116 mins, CC,
6:30 PM
KING OF THE ZOMBIES (1941)
A mad scientist raises the dead to fight for Hitler in World War II.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Dick Purcell , Joan Woodbury , Mantan Moreland .
BW-67 mins,
7:49 PM
GLIMPSES OF CALIFORNIA (1946)
This short film takes the viewer to sunny California.
C-9 mins,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TREACHEROUS SPOUSES
8:00 PM
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
An ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged woman, then plots with his mistress to murder her.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Joan Crawford , Jack Palance , Gloria Grahame .
BW-111 mins,
10:04 PM
LAND OF THE TAJ MAHAL (1952)
This short film visits Bombay, India, touching on the local architecture, culture and politics of the day.
C-8 mins,
10:15 PM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland , Grace Kelly , Robert Cummings .
C-105 mins, CC,
12:15 AM
TWO MRS. CARROLLS, THE (1947)
A woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Barbara Stanwyck , Alexis Smith .
BW-99 mins, CC,
2:04 AM
CAVALCADE OF ARCHERY (1945)
In this short film, archer Howard Hill portrays William Tell and demonstrates his skill with various trick shots. Vitaphone Release 1424A.
Dir: Howard Hill
C-9 mins,
2:15 AM
EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944)
A small-town doctor tries to help a beautiful woman with a deranged husband.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Hedy Lamarr , George Brent , Paul Lukas .
BW-91 mins, CC,
3:49 AM
BIRDS AND THE BEASTS WERE THERE, THE (1944)
This short film focuses on three animal parks in Miami, Florida. Vitaphone Release 1288A.
Dir: André De La Varre Jr. Cast: Knox Manning ,
C-10 mins,
4:15 AM
STRANGER, THE (1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Loretta Young , Orson Welles .
BW-94 mins, CC,