TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 20: MPTF (Motion Picture and Television Fund)
TCM's daytime schedule is a tribute to writer-director-producer Anatole Litvak, and its evening roster once again spotlights the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
For more on Litvak, see the following links:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/114903%7C12076/Anatole-Litvak/filmography-with-synopsis.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514822/
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
12:00 AM
MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, THE ( 1956)
A public relations man must cope with revelations about a wartime romance.
Dir: Nunnally Johnson Cast: Gregory Peck , Jennifer Jones , Fredric March .
C- 153 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:45 AM
INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE ( 1954)
An American woman tries to break off her relationship with her Italian lover.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Jennifer Jones , Montgomery Clift , Gino Cervi .
BW- 63 mins, CC,
4:00 AM
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW ( 1963)
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren , Marcello Mastroianni , Aldo Giuffrè .
C- 118 mins, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE, THE ( 1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Claire Trevor , Humphrey Bogart .
BW- 87 mins, CC,
7:45 AM
SISTERS, THE ( 1938)
Three western girls make unhappy marriages at the turn of the century.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Errol Flynn , Bette Davis , Anita Louise .
BW- 99 mins, CC,
9:30 AM
ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO ( 1940)
A French nobleman falls in love with his children's governess.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Bette Davis , Charles Boyer , Jeffrey Lynn .
BW- 143 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
CASTLE ON THE HUDSON ( 1940)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: John Garfield , Ann Sheridan , Pat O'Brien .
BW- 77 mins, CC,
1:30 PM
'TIL WE MEET AGAIN ( 1940)
A dying woman shares a shipboard romance with a criminal on his way to the gallows.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Merle Oberon , George Brent , Pat O'Brien .
BW- 100 mins, CC,
3:15 PM
BLUES IN THE NIGHT ( 1941)
The members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their leader from drinking himself to death.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Priscilla Lane , Betty Field , Richard Whorf .
BW- 88 mins, CC,
4:45 PM
OUT OF THE FOG ( 1941)
A racketeer terrorizes a small fishing community until he falls in love with a fisherman's daughter.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: John Garfield , Ida Lupino , Thomas Mitchell .
BW- 85 mins, CC,
6:15 PM
LONG NIGHT, THE ( 1947)
A veteran tries to free his former love from a sadistic lover.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Henry Fonda , Barbara Bel Geddes , Vincent Price .
BW- 97 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MPTF
8:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT ( 1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier , Rod Steiger , Warren Oates .
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM
ROUSTABOUT ( 1964)
A female carnival owner hires a hot-blooded young singer to save her touring show.
Dir: John Rich Cast: Elvis Presley , Barbara Stanwyck , Joan Freeman .
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM
STONE KILLER, THE ( 1973)
A top detective is transferred to Los Angeles and uncovers a plot by a Sicilian mafioso.
C- 95 mins,
2:00 AM
STAR IS BORN, A ( 1937)
A fading matinee idol marries the young beginner he's shepherded to stardom.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Janet Gaynor , Fredric March , Adolphe Menjou .
C- 111 mins, CC,
4:00 AM
KLUTE ( 1971)
A small-town detective searches for a missing man linked to a high-priced prostitute.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Jane Fonda , Donald Sutherland , Charles Cioffi .
C- 114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format