TCM Schedule for Saturday, September 15 -- The Essentials: Death Traps

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6:00 AM
TWENTY MILLION SWEETHEARTS (1934)

A promoter neglects his wife to make a singer a radio star.
Dir: Ray Enright
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers.
BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC


7:30 AM
THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LEGS (1935)

Perry Mason tries to stay on the wagon while investigating the murder of a crooked beauty contest promoter.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo
Cast: Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis.
BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC


9:00 AM
ONE MORE RIVER (1934)

An abused wife flees her husband and finds love, but at a price.
Dir: James Whale
Cast: Diana Wynyard, Colin Clive, Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
BW-88 mins, TV-14, CC


10:45 AM
VOICE OF THE WHISTLER (1945)

A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.
Dir: William Castle
Cast: Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, Rhys Williams.
BW-60 mins, TV-PG


12:00 PM
CAPTIVE GIRL (1950)

Jungle Jim fights to save a young innocent from treasure hunters and a witch doctor.
Dir: William Berke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Anita Lhoest.
BW-73 mins, TV-14


1:30 PM
NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS (1958)

A hillbilly draftee turns the Air Force upside down.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams.
BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


3:45 PM
THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966)

A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game.
Dir: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich.
BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
THE WHEELER DEALERS (1963)

Texas tycoons try to mix love with finance on a trip to New York.
Dir: Arthur Hiller
Cast: James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris.
C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


TONIGHT ON TCM: THE ESSENTIALS
DEATH TRAPS

8:00 PM
SUNRISE (1927)

In this silent film, a farmer's affair with a city woman almost destroys his life.
Dir: F. W. Murnau
Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG


10:00 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)

A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC


12:00 AM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC


2:00 AM
NIAGARA (1952)

Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife.
Dir: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters.
C-89 mins, TV-PG, CC


3:45 AM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)

Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman's older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett
Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC