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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 03:50 PM Jan 2023

TCM Schedule for Saturday, Jan. 28: Flower Drum Song, Performance, Blow-Up, Zabriskie Point



12:15 AM Twenty Plus Two (1961)
When a Hollywood secretary is found murdered, a detective is hired to investigate the murder.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman Cast: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 AM Funeral Parade of Roses (1970)

The story follows Eddie and a group of transvestites in Japan.
Dir: Toshio Matsumoto Cast: Peter, Osamu Ogasawara, Toyosaburo Uchiyama
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N


4:00 AM Performance (1970)





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Mick Jagger - Memo From Turner (from the "Performance" soundtrack)

A wounded mobster holes up in a reclusive rock star's decaying mansion.
Dir: Donald Cammell Cast: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


6:00 AM Young Man with a Horn (1950)





A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 AM Cartoon: Cellbound (1955)

A prisoner escapes Sing Song prison but has to avoid the warden with an array of disguises on the warden's wedding anniversary.
Dir: Tex Avery Cast: Paul Frees
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM Short: How to Start the Day (1937)

Robert Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Robert Benchley, Ernie Alexander, Jack Chertok
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:19 AM Short: Looking at Lisbon (1953)
This short film explores the local architecture, history, and culture of Lisbon, Portugal.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Hone Glendinning
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:28 AM The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)





A cast of little people helps a beautiful ranch owner fight off an evil rustler.
Dir: Sam Newfield Cast: Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray, Little Billy
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:30 AM Serial: The Batman: Chapter 6 - Poison Peril (1943)



Batman uses Alfred as bait for spies after a radium mine's owner.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer. Cast: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: I Don't Scare (1956) (TCM Premiere)
Knowing Olive is superstitious, Bluto pretends Thursday is really Friday the 13th, so she won't go out with Popeye. He causes a series of accidents to happen around her to prove that Popeye causes her bad luck. Just as Bluto's victory seems assured, Popeye's spinach saves the day.
Dir: Izzy Sparber Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:08 AM The Falcon and the Co-eds (1944)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls' school.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: Alice in Movieland (1940)



When a beauty queen tries to make it in Hollywood, she learns stardom comes at a price.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Jack Mower
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Flower Drum Song (1961)





A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:30 PM Larceny, Inc. (1942)





An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 PM The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
A reformed gunslinger's past keeps catching up with him.
Dir: Russell Rouse Cast: Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 PM The Three Musketeers (1973)
A country boy joins the famed musketeers and fights to protect the queen's name.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM The Black Swan (1942)




An adventurer lends a sword to his old comrade Henry Morgan when he is appointed governor of Jamaica, seconding the latter's bid to rid the Caribbean of buccaneers.
Dir: Henry King Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:45 PM The Black Rose (1950)



A 13th century English scholar journeys to the land of the Mongols, and after many adventures returns to a knighthood for his scientific discoveries.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubrey
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


NOIR ALLEY: 12:00 AM Highway 301 (1950)





A brutal bank robber fights internal divisions within his gang.
Dir: Andrew Stone Cast: Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby Andre
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:00 AM Zabriskie Point (1970)





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Jerry Garcia - Love Scene (music from "Zabriskie Point&quot

A young girl helps a student radical escape the police.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Rod Taylor
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:00 AM Blow-Up (1966)

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Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page during the time they were both in The Yardbirds in this scene from "Blow-Up"

A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


TCM At a Glance:
Saturday, January 28

- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
MGM Cartoons: Cellbound (1955)
How to Start the Day (1937) (short)
Looking at Lisbon (1953) (short)
Terror of Tiny Town, The (1938)
Batman Ch. 6: Poison Peril (1943)
(P) Popeye: I Don't Scare (1956)
Falcon and the Co-Eds, The (1944)
Alice in Movieland (1940) (short)
Flower Drum Song (1961) (Musical Matinee)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Fastest Gun Alive, The (1956)
Three Musketeers, The (1973)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TYRONE POWER
Black Swan, The (1942)
Black Rose, The (1950)
- NOIR ALLEY
Highway 301 (1950)
- TCM LATE NIGHT
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Blow-Up (1966)
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