TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 18: Car Chases
Rise up! TCM's daytime theme is Uprising and Revolutions.
Start your engines! TCM's evening theme is, of course, Car Chases.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
1:15 AM Polly of the Circus (1932)
A small-town minister risks his career when he falls for a trapeze artist.
Dir: Alfred Santell Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:45 AM Going Hollywood (1933)
Struggling singer Billy Williams falls for French teacher Sylvia Bruce, but when Williams finds success on the big screen, Bruce follows him to Hollywood, becoming a movie star herself, and reuniting with the man she adores.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D'Orsay
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:15 AM Operator 13 (1934)
An actress signs up to spy for the Union, then falls for a Confederate officer.
Dir: Richard Boleslavsky Cast: Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, Jean Parker
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:00 AM A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A British lawyer sacrifices himself to save another man from the guillotine.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:15 AM The Journey (1959)
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards Jr.
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 AM Dragon Seed (1944)
Chinese peasants fight to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon
Runtime: 145 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:15 PM The Four Days of Naples (1962)
The citizens of Naples fight back against Nazi oppression.
Dir: Nanni Loy Cast: Raffaele Barbato, Charles Belmont, Regina Bianchi
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: N
3:30 PM John Paul Jones (1959)
One of the great heroes of the American Revolution, John Paul Jones struggles to convince the English colonies to build a navy during the Revolutionary War, then leads his rag-tag armada in stunning defeats of the vastly superior British fleet. After the War, Jones continues his fight to build a powerful seagoing force...
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:45 PM Revolution (1985)
The American Revolution as seen through the eyes of a common man and his young son, who get caught up in the fight for freedom.
Dir: Hugh Hudson Cast: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Robbie Coltrane
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CAR CHASES
8:00 PM The Blues Brothers (1980)
Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised.
Dir: John Landis Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: N
10:30 PM The Bank Dick (1940)
Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
Dir: Edward F. Cline Cast: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 AM It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
A group of greedy clowns tear up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar
Runtime: 192 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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3:00 AM Speedy (1928)
A young man helps his girlfriend save the family trolley business.
Dir: Ted Wilde Cast: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N
4:45 AM The Adventures of a Rookie (1943)
Idiot soldiers on leave get themselves trapped in an all-women's boarding house.
Dir: Lesile Goodwins Cast: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Richard Martin
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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