TCM Schedule for Monday July 2 - TCM Spotlight: Classic Adventure

[rdmtimp]

Mondays in July are all about classic adventure, with today's lineup heavy on African set films.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM TRADER HORN (1931)
An African trader and a white jungle goddess join forces against a hostile tribe. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Harry Carey , Edwina Booth , Duncan Renaldo . BW-122 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:15 AM SAFARI (1956)
While leading a wealthy couple on safari, a hunter tries to avenge his son's murder. Dir: Terence Young Cast: Victor Mature , Janet Leigh , John Justin . C-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM DRUMS OF AFRICA (1963)
Three adventurers fight the slave trade in turn-of-the-century Africa. Dir: James B. Clark Cast: Frankie Avalon , Mariette Hartley , Lloyd Bochner . C-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

11:45 AM RHINO! (1964)
A scientist is forced to join forces with an unscrupulous African hunter. Dir: Ivan Tors Cast: Harry Guardino , Shirley Eaton , Robert Culp . C-91 mins, TV-PG,

1:30 PM JUNGLE JIM (1948)
The famed explorer tries to protect a lady scientist searching the jungle for a polio cure. Dir: William Berke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Virginia Grey , George Reeves . BW-72 mins,

3:00 PM TARZAN AND THE LOST SAFARI (1957)
The jungle king saves five survivors of an airplane crash. Dir: Bruce Humberstone Cast: Gordon Scott , Robert Beatty , Yolande Donlan . C-81 mins, CC,

4:30 PM BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY (1949)
A photographer and his daughter discover a wild boy in the jungle. Dir: Ford Beebe Cast: Johnny Sheffield , Peggy Ann Garner , Onslow Stevens . BW-71 mins, TV-G,

6:00 PM KILLERS OF KILIMANJARO (1959)
An American engineer fights to build the first railroad through East Africa. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor , Anthony Newley , Anne Aubrey . C-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM MOGAMBO (1953)
In this remake of Red Dust, an African hunter is torn between a lusty showgirl and a married woman. Dir: John Ford Cast: Clark Gable , Ava Gardner , Grace Kelly . C-116 mins, TV-PG, CC,

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

12:00 AM STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE (1939)
An American newspaper searches Africa for a lost explorer. Dir: Henry King Cast: Spencer Tracy , Nancy Kelly , Richard Greene . BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:00 AM SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (1948)
A British commander fights to beat a Norwegian team in the search for the South Pole. Dir: Charles Frend Cast: John Mills , Harold Warrender , Diana Churchill . C-105 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 AM KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1950)
A spirited widow hires a daredevil jungle scout to find a lost treasure in diamonds. Dir: Compton Bennett Cast: Deborah Kerr , Stewart Granger , Richard Carlson . C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[Graybeard]

1. Mogambo a remake of Red Dust.

It is testimony to Clark Gable's enormous sex appeal that he was able to play the same romantic hero in both Red Dust (1931) and Mogambo (1953), twenty-two years apart!