TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 23: Classroom Cinema: Teacher's Selections
TCM's daytime theme is Old Dark House Mysteries. 
Then it's time to calm your nerves with tonight's guest educator/programmer, Maria Schwab. Or is it? There are tense moments and even a bit of haunting going on in her film roster as well.
Watch and learn.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
12:30 am
The Mark of the Renegade (1951)
1h 21m | Action
In the early 1800's, after California became a territory of the newly born Republic of Mexico, many sought to take over the rich land for themselves.
Director
Hugo Fregonese
Cast
Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, J. Carrol Naish
2:00 am
Five Golden Hours (1961)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
A con artist who fleeces wealthy widows falls for his latest mark.
Director
Mario Zampi
Cast
Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse, George Sanders
3:45 am
Tension (1950)
1h 35m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
Director
John Berry
Cast
Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse
5:45 am
The Silencers (1966)
1h 44m | Comedy | TV-PG
In the first Matt Helm adventure, the over-sexed secret agent comes out of retirement...
Director
Phil Karlson
Cast
Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi
7:45 am
The Monster (1925)
1h 10m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-G
In this silent film, a mad scientist engineers car wrecks so he can experiment on the survivors.
Director
Roland West
Cast
Lon Chaney, Gertrude Olmsted, Hallam Cooley
9:15 am
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
1h 12m | Comedy | TV-G
Peace and quiet elude a writer hiding away in a mysterious country inn.
Director
Reginald Barker
Cast
Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Crauford Kent
10:30 am
The Unholy Night (1929)
1h 32m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A mad strangler haunts the London fog.
Director
Lionel Barrymore
Cast
Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian
12:15 pm
Before Dawn (1933)
1h | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Director
Irving Pichel
Cast
Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland
1:30 pm
The Phantom of Crestwood (1933)
1h 16m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
Director
J. Walter Ruben
Cast
Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise
3:00 pm
Mystery House (1938)
1h 1m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
Director
Noel Smith
Cast
Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel
4:00 pm
The Hidden Hand (1942)
1h 6m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
The body count rises during the competition for a family inheritance.
Director
Ben Stoloff
Cast
Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop
5:15 pm
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
1h 4m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A mystery writer runs into the real thing when he holes up at a deserted inn.
Director
Lew Landers
Cast
Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli
6:30
pm
The Bat (1959)
1h 20m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Director
Crane Wilbur
Cast
Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
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8:00 pm
Show Boat (1951)
1h 48m | Musical | TV-G
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel
10:00 pm
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
2h 19m | Musical | TV-PG
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Director
Irving Rapper
Cast
Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith
12:45 am
Wuthering Heights (1939)
1h 43m | Romance | TV-PG
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven
2:45 am
Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-PG
College students on spring break turn Palm Springs into a disaster area.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Ty Hardin
4:30 am
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
1h 6m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar's efforts to deliver a fortune in rare stamps are compl...
Director
Jack Hively
Cast
George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle