TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 23, 2012 -- The Essentials: Natalie Wood

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6:00 AM
THE GREAT AMERICAN PASTIME (1956)

A mild-mannered lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he takes over a little league team.
Dir: Herman Hoffman
Cast: Tom Ewell, Anne Francis, Ann Miller.
BW-90 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format


7:30 AM
THE BLACK SCORPION (1957)

Giant prehistoric scorpions terrorize the Mexican countryside.
Dir: Edward Ludwig
Cast: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:15 AM
CRIME OF PASSION (1957)

An executive's wife barters sex for her husband's business success.
Dir: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr.
BW-86 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


10:45 AM
FOR THE LOVE OF RUSTY (1947)

A dog helps a boy and his father sort out their differences.
Dir: John Sturges
Cast: Ted Donaldson, Tom Powers, Ann Doran.
BW-69 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
DICK TRACY: THE FIRE TRAP, THE DEVIL IN WHITE, and BROTHERS UNITED (1937)

In the final chapters of Dick Tracy, the famed detective must escape a dark room where's he's the only target, fights to escape a burning ship, and criminals try to turn the famed detective evil.
BW-17 mins, 21 mins, and 17 mins, TV-G


1:15 PM
THE BAD SEED (1956)

A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC


3:30 PM
HARRY AND TONTO (1974)

When his apartment house is condemned, a retired man goes searching for his place in the world.
Dir: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Josh Mostel, Ellen Burstyn, Art Carney.
C-115 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


5:30 PM
THE SUNDOWNERS (1960)

An Australian sheepherder and his wife clash over their nomadic existence and their son's future.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Deborah Kerr , Robert Mitchum , Peter Ustinov .
C-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

THE ESSENTIALS: NATALIE WOOD

8:00 PM
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

An alienated teenager tries to handle life's troubles and an apron-wearing dad.
Dir: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo.
C-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


10:00 PM
SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (1964)

A journalist sets out to expose a female sex expert but falls for her instead.
Dir: Richard Quine
Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda.
C-114 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


12:00 AM
CASH MCCALL (1960)

A corporate spoiler makes a play for a failing company and the owner's daughter.
Dir: Joseph Pevney
Cast: James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch.
C-102 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


2:00 AM
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)

Sexual repression drives a small-town Kansas girl mad during the roaring twenties.
Dir: Elia Kazan
Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle.
C-124 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


4:15 AM
KINGS GO FORTH (1958)

Two American soldiers vie for the same woman in World War II France.
Dir: Delmer Daves
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood.
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC