March 19, 2017

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 21: March Malice

Vile behavior is on display this March, and not just at the White House. Settle in with some Junior Mints for a truly outstanding exhibition of badness.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

12:00 AM
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE (1955)

A bogus preacher marries an outlaw's widow in search of the man's hidden loot.
Dir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum , Shelley Winters , Lillian Gish .
BW-93 mins, CC,

1:45 AM
FACE IN THE CROWD, A (1957)

A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Andy Griffith , Patricia Neal , Anthony Franciosa .
BW-126 mins, CC,

4:00 AM
WESTWORLD (1973)

A future fantasy park turns deadly when robot workers go on a killing spree.
Dir: Michael Crichton Cast: Richard Benjamin , Yul Brynner , James Brolin .
C-89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Keir Dullea , Gary Lockwood , William Sylvester .
C-149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 AM
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932)

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fredric March , Miriam Hopkins , Rose Hobart .
BW-96 mins, CC,

9:45 AM
INVISIBLE MAN, THE (1933)

A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Claude Rains , Gloria Stuart , William Harrigan .
BW-72 mins, CC,

11:00 AM
M (1931)

The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Peter Lorre , Theo Lingen , Otto Wernicke .
BW-110 mins,

1:00 PM
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (1982)

A father returns to London after being deported to find out what happened to his wife and child.
Dir: Terry Hughes Cast: George Hearn , Angela Lansbury , Cris Groenendall .
C-141 mins, CC,

3:30 PM
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star's career and love life.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis , Anne Baxter , George Sanders .
BW-138 mins, CC,

6:00 PM
LITTLE FOXES, THE (1941)

An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis , Herbert Marshall , Teresa Wright .
BW-116 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MARCH MALICE

8:00 PM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Fred MacMurray , Barbara Stanwyck , Edward G. Robinson .
BW-108 mins, CC,

10:00 PM
DETOUR (1945)

A hitchhiker takes on a dead man's identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Tom Neal , Ann Savage , Claudia Drake .
BW-68 mins, CC,

11:19 PM
CAVE EXPLORERS (1957)

In this short film, a group of Austrian speleologists explore a newly-discovered cave.
Dir: Heinz Scheiderbauer
BW-8 mins,

11:30 PM
CAPE FEAR (1962)

An ex-convict plots to destroy the district attorney who sent him to prison.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast: Gregory Peck , Robert Mitchum , Polly Bergen .
BW-106 mins, CC,

1:30 AM
POINT BLANK (1967)

A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin , Angie Dickinson , Keenan Wynn .
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:06 AM
RELAXED WIFE, THE (1957)

A short industrial film that seeks to help working men and their wives deal with life's little problems.
C-13 mins,

3:30 AM
WHITE HEAT (1949)

A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney , Virginia Mayo , Edmond O'Brien .
BW-113 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
LITTLE CAESAR (1930)

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Douglas Fairbanks , Glenda Farrell .
BW-78 mins, CC,