TCM schedule for Monday March 22 - Guest Programmer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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TCM salutes Karl Malden by day (including "Time Limit", his only directing effort); in prime time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spotlights Bogie and the Duke in his guest programmer stint.

(all times Eastern)

6:15 AM Take The High Ground ! (1953)
A tough drill sergeant prepares green recruits for service in the Korean War. Cast: Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Russ Tamblyn. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:00 AM Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Major League star Jimmy Piersall fights to save his sanity. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore. Dir: Robert Mulligan. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:45 AM Time Limit (1957)
An officer is court-martialed under suspicion of collaborating with the North Koreans. Cast: Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, June Lockhart. Dir: Karl Malden. BW-97 mins, TV-PG

11:30 AM All Fall Down (1962)
A young drifter's romance with an older woman is threatened by his possessive mother. Cast: Warren Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, Angela Lansbury. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

1:30 PM Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)
True story of Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Thelma Ritter. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-149 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)
Card sharps try to deal with personal problems during a big game in New Orleans. Cast: Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson. Dir: Norman Jewison. C-103 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

5:44 PM Short Film: Cincinnati Kid Plays According To Hoyle, The (1965) BW-6 mins,

6:00 PM Murderers' Row (1966)
Secret Agent Matt Helm must recover a stolen 'helio-beam' with the power to destroy the earth. Cast: Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden. Dir: Henry Levin. C-105 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Big Sleep, The (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

10:00 PM Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet. Dir: John Huston. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

12:00 AM Shootist, The (1976)
A dying gunfighter tries to set his affairs in order. Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, James Stewart. Dir: Don Siegel. C-99 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:56 AM Short Film: John Wayne Bio (1962) BW-4 mins,

2:00 AM Stagecoach (1939)
A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, George Bancroft. Dir: John Ford. BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC

4:00 AM Directed By John Ford (2006)
Newly updated and re-edited version of the 1971 documentary chronicling the career of maverick director John Ford. Narrated by Orson Welles. Cast: Orson Welles Dir: Peter Bogdanovich BW-110 mins, TV-14, CC

[Staph]

1. Interesting choice by Kareem

I had read that he was a serious jazz fan, but I didn't realize he was knowledgeable about films as well.

Roger Murdock: Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
Captain Oveur: What?
Tower voice: Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.
Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
Tower voice: Tower's radio clearance, over!
Captain Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
Tower voice: Over.
Captain Oveur: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: Roger, over!
Roger Murdock: What?
Captain Oveur: Huh?
Victor Basta: Who?