TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 3: Mob City
Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, and Humphrey Bogart go to town today.
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
12:45 AM
Story of Film: An Odyssey, The: 1990s - The First Days of Digital: Reality Losing its Realness in America and Australia?, The (2011)
The fourteenth episode in this 15-part history of cinema talks Tarantino, the Coen Brothers, and of film in the English-speaking world in the 1990s.
C-64 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
Piano, The (1993)
A mute woman and her daughter adjust to life in the wilds of New Zealand.
Dir: Jane Campion Cast: Holly Hunter , Sam Neill , Harvey Keitel .
C-121 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
4:15 AM
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
When a jewelry heist goes wrong, the surviving crooks turn on each other.
Dir: Quentin Tarantino Cast: Harvey Keitel , Tim Roth , Michael Madsen .
C-99 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
Black Hand (1950)
In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Gene Kelly , J. Carrol Naish , Teresa Celli .
BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC,
7:35 AM
Visiting Italy (1951)
This short film takes the viewer on a tour of Italy, showcasing Rome, Assisi, Pisa and Florence.
C-7 mins,
8:00 AM
King Of The Underworld (1939)
A lady doctor gets mixed up with a criminal gang.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Kay Francis , James Stephenson .
BW-67 mins, TV-PG, CC,
9:08 AM
How To Figure Income Tax (1938)
In this comedic short, Robert Benchley explains how those income tax papers work...or tries to.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Robert Benchley ,
BW-8 mins,
9:30 AM
Doorway to Hell, The (1930)
Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Lew Ayres , Charles Judels , Dorothy Mathews .
BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC,
11:00 AM
Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
An undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob's secrets.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Jean Arthur , Chester Morris .
BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC,
12:30 PM
Last Gangster, The (1937)
When a notorious gangster gets out of prison, he vows revenge on the wife who left him.
Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Edward G. Robinson , James Stewart , Rose Stradner .
BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC
2:00 PM
Bullets Or Ballots (1936)
A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Joan Blondell , Barton MacLane .
BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC,
3:30 PM
Brother Orchid (1940)
After a failed hit, a mob chief recuperates in a monastery.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Ann Sothern , Humphrey Bogart .
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC,
5:00 PM
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 Jr. , Glenda Farrell .
BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC,
6:30 PM
Public Enemy, The (1931)
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: James Cagney , Jean Harlow , Edward Woods .
BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MOB CITY
8:00 PM
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, TV-PG, CC,
10:00 PM
Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
Three WWI Army buddies get mixed up with the mob in peacetime.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney , Priscilla Lane , Humphrey Bogart .
BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC,
12:00 AM
Big Heat, The (1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford , Gloria Grahame , Jocelyn Brando .
BW-90 mins, TV-14, CC,
1:37 AM
Cruise Of The Zaca (1952)
In this short film, Erroll Flynn takes a group of scientists on an expedition aboard his schooner, The Zaca.
Dir: Errol Flynn
C-18 mins,
2:00 AM
Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Edward G. Robinson , Lauren Bacall .
BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,
4:00 AM
Petrified Forest, The (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Leslie Howard , Bette Davis , Genevieve Tobin .
BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC,
5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #15 (1955)
George Murphy hosts a special Christmas show featuring Judy Garland performing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in a clip from "Meet Me in St. Louis."
BW-26 mins, TV-G,
