TCM Schedule for Sunday November 22, 2020 - Revolutionary Comedies

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Plus: an early Hitchcock film on Silent Sunday, while Imports has a pair from director Tony Richardson.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am Born to Dance (1936)
1h 48m | Comedy | TV-G
A sailor on leave helps a young dancer make it to the top on Broadway.
Director: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce

8:00 am The Gay Divorcee (1934)
1h 47m | Comedy | TV-G
An unhappily married woman mistakes a suitor for the gigolo hired to end her marriage.
Director: Mark Sandrich. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady

10:00 am Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
1h 44m | Drama | TV-PG
Detective Mike Hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the Mob.
Director: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart

12:00 pm The Thin Man (1934)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Director: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'sullivan

1:45 pm Woman of the Year (1942)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-PG
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Director: George Stevens. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter

3:45 pm Splendor in the Grass (1961)
2h 4m | Drama | TV-14
Sexual repression drives a small-town Kansas girl mad during the roaring twenties.
Director: Elia Kazan. Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle

6:00 pm Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
1h 46m | Comedy | TV-14
Three sisters deal with their tangled relationships amidst the wonders of New York City.
Director: Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Moses Farrow

8:00 pm Bananas (1971)
1h 21m | Comedy | TV-14
A New York nebbish gets mixed up in a South American revolution to impress the woman he loves.
Director: Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban

9:30 pm Duck Soup (1933)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
When he's named dictator of Freedonia, a con artist declares war on the neighboring kingdom.
Director: Leo Mccarey. Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx

11:00 pm Cracked Nuts (1931)
1h 5m | Comedy | TV-G
Friendly idiots become rivals in a mythical kingdom's revolution.
Director: Edward Cline. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee

12:15 am Downhill (1927)
1h 14m | Drama | TV-G
After being blamed for a friend's misbehavior, an expelled schoolboy sees his life fall apart.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Ivor Novello, Ben Webster, Norman Mckinnel

2:00 am A Taste of Honey (1961)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-14
Deserted by her mother, a pregnant teen turns to a gay friend for help.
Director: Tony Richardson. Cast: Dora Bryan, Rita Tushingham, Robert Stephens

4:00 am The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
1h 44m | Drama | TV-14
A boy from the Irish slums reviews his troubled past while training for a school race.
Director: Tony Richardson. Cast: Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, Avis Bunnage