TCM Schedule for Friday, October 10 -- Political Thrillers

[Staph]

It's an appropriate day for political thrillers here at DU, while we're arguing about the appropriateness of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. Congratulations, Mr. President, and enjoy! (And my apologies for being late and missing Thursday -- real life intervened this week.)


4:45am -- The Missing Juror (1944)
A detective tries to stop whomever is murdering the jurors on a notorious murder case.
Cast: Jim Bannon, Janis Carter, George Macready, Jean Stevens
Dir: Oscar Boetticher Jr.
BW-66 mins


6:00am -- Strategic Air Command (1955)
A baseball star takes to the air to help plan the U.S.' aerial defense.
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan
Dir: Anthony Mann
C-114 mins, TV-G


8:00am -- The Four Feathers (1939)
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Cast: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez
Dir: Zoltan Korda
C-115 mins, TV-PG


10:00am -- Elephant Walk (1954)
A rich planter's young bride tries to cope with life on a Ceylonese plantation.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch, Abraham Sofaer
Dir: William Dieterle
C-103 mins, TV-PG


12:00pm -- The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
A frontier scout rescues the daughters of a British colonial commander from renegades.
Cast: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot
Dir: George B. Seitz
BW-92 mins, TV-PG


1:33pm -- Short Film: Wells Fargo Days (1944)
C-20 mins


2:00pm -- The Far Horizons (1955)
Romanticized version of Lewis and Clarks voyage of discovery through the American West.
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
Dir: Rudolph Maté
C-108 mins, TV-PG


4:00pm -- The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
When a train's passengers are exposed to a deadly virus, it triggers an international incident.
Cast: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, Ava Gardner
Dir: George Cosmatos
C-129 mins, TV-14


6:15pm -- Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
An American engineer fights to build the first railroad through East Africa.
Cast: Robert Taylor, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Gregoire Aslan
Dir: Richard Thorpe
C-91 mins, TV-PG


What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: POLITICAL THRILLERS


8:00pm -- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
A Korean War hero doesn't realize he's been programmed to kill by the enemy.
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Dir: John Frankenheimer
BW-127 mins, TV-PG


10:15pm -- The Parallax View (1974)
A reporter uncovers the deadly conspiracy behind a political assassination.
Cast: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss
Dir: Alan J. Pakula
C-102 mins, TV-MA


12:00am -- The Boys From Brazil (1978)
A Nazi hunter tracks a mad scientist out to bring back Hitler.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer
Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner
C-125 mins, TV-MA


2:15am -- Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987)
Lovers vacationing in the woods unwittingly unleash a horde of demons.
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Danny Hicks, Kassie Depaiva
Dir: Sam Raimi
C-84 mins, TV-MA


3:45am -- Horror House (1969)
A wild teenage party turns deadly when someone starts killing the guests.
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Jill Haworth, Dennis Price.
Dir: Michael Armstrong
C-92 mins, TV-14


5:15am -- Short Film: More Dangerous Than Dynamite (1941)
A short safety film about the dangers of cleaning clothes at home with gasoline.
BW-10 mins


5:30am -- Time Out For Trouble (1961)
Filmmakers examine household accidents to determine their causes.
Cast: Bonnie Hammett, John Nesom, Stephen Bell.
Dir: David B. Glidden.
BW-19 mins, TV-PG