TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 22: Star of the Month: Janet Leigh

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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014

1:30 AM
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
After a businessman is found dead, two detectives scramble to find the killer.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Paul Langton , Barbara Payton , Robert Shayne .
BW-77 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
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,

4:15 AM
Amazing Transparent Man, The (1960)
A gangster on the lam hooks up with a scientist who can make him invisible.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Marguerite Chapman , Douglas Kennedy , James Griffith .
BW-58 mins, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM
Edgar G. Ulmer--The Man Off-Screen (2005)
Interviews and film clips reveal how B-movie director Edgar G. Ulmer influenced a generation of filmmakers.
Dir: Michael Palm
C-77 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
100 Years At The Movies (1994)
This short documentary celebrates the centennial of American filmmaking through a montage of clips of influential motion pictures.
Dir: Chuck Workman
C-9 mins,

6:45 AM
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
A stenographer tries to save her boss from his divorcee girlfriend.
Dir: Paul Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Kenneth MacKenna , Basil Rathbone .
BW-80 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
Born to Love (1932)
A World War I pilot thought dead turns up after the mother of his child has married.
Dir: Paul L. Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , Paul Cavanagh .
BW-81 mins,

9:30 AM
Bed of Roses (1933)
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin .
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , John Halliday .
BW-67 mins,

10:45 AM
Our Betters (1933)
An American heiress marries into the British nobility.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett , Violet Kemble-Cooper , Phoebe Foster .
BW-83 mins, CC,

12:15 PM
After Office Hours (1935)
A society newspaperwoman tries to prove to her editor that she can crack a murder case.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Constance Bennett , Clark Gable , Stuart Erwin .
BW-72 mins, CC,

1:30 PM
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
BW-90 mins, CC,

3:00 PM
Smart Woman (1948)
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Dir: Edward A. Blatt Cast: Brian Aherne , Constance Bennett , Barry Sullivan .
BW-93 mins,

4:45 PM
Topper Takes a Trip (1939)
A glamorous ghost helps a henpecked husband save his wife from gold-digging friends.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Constance Bennett , Roland Young , Billie Burke .
BW-80 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
Merrily We Live (1938)
A society matron's habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants leads to romance for her daughter.
BW-95 mins, CC

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: JANET LEIGH

8:00 PM
Perfect Furlough, The (1958)
The Army assigns a female psychologist to chaperone a corporal who's won a date with a glamorous movie star.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Tony Curtis , Janet Leigh , Keenan Wynn .
C-93 mins, CC

10:00 PM
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
A cheating husband convinces his wife his flirtations are actually spy missions.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Tony Curtis , Dean Martin , Janet Leigh .
BW-114 mins, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM
Vikings, The (1958)
Viking half-brothers fight over a throne and a beautiful captive.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Kirk Douglas , Tony Curtis , Ernest Borgnine .
C-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:05 AM
Adventure In Filmmaking The Making Of The Blue Lagoon, An (1980)
This promotional short film presents the making of the motion picture, "The Blue Lagoon" (1980).
C-9 mins,

2:15 AM
Fog, The (1980)
Dead sailors use a deadly fog to haunt a coastal town.
Dir: John Carpenter Cast: Adrienne Barbeau , Hal Holbrook , Janet Leigh .
C-90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
One Is A Lonely Number (1972)
A pretty divorcee tries to build a new life.
Dir: Mel Stuart Cast: Trish Van Devere , Janet Leigh , Monte Markham .
C-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:49 AM
Lady Sings The Blues (Featurette) (1972)
This promotional short for the motion picture "Lady Sings the Blues" (1972) features behind-the-scenes footage of Diana Ross discussing her role as Billie Holiday.
C-10 mins,