TCM Schedule for Saturday, April 21, 2012 -- The Essentials: '70s Sci-Fi

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6:00 AM
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (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


7:30 AM
NOTHING SACRED (1937)

When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger.
C-74 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:00 AM
GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT (1938)

A gold strike in California triggers a bitter feud between farmers and prospectors.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains.
C-94 mins, TV-G, CC


10:45 AM
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH BOSTON BLACKIE (1943)

A reformed thief gets himself arrested fetching some jewels for a friend.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Chester Morris, Richard Lane, Ann Savage.
BW-65 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
TARZAN'S REVENGE (1938)

Tarzan saves Elenor from the evil grip of ruler Ben Alleu Bey.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier.
BW-70 mins, TV-PG


1:15 PM
THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (1940)

A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter.
BW-106 mins, TV-G


3:15 PM
LORD JIM (1965)

After turning coward, a naval officer tries to redeem himself by helping Asian natives stage a revolution.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens.
C-154 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


THE ESSENTIALS: '70s SCI-FI
8:00 PM
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man.
Dir: Steven Spielberg Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Terry Garr, Francois Truffaut.
C-135 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


10:30 PM
ROLLERBALL (1975)

The star of a bloodthirsty future sport tries to clean up the game before it kills him.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: James Caan, Ralph Richardson, John Houseman.
C-125 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


12:45 AM
LOGAN'S RUN (1976)

A future police officer uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan.
C-119 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


3:00 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, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


4:30 AM
SOYLENT GREEN (1973)

A future cop uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young.
C-97 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format