TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 7 --- THE ESSENTIALS: HARD TIMES

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7 Saturday



6:00 AM Treasure Island (1934)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young boy out to foil pirates and find a buried treasure.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore.
BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC,

7:45 AM A Day On Treasure Island (1939)
C-10 mins,

8:00 AM Captain Kidd (1945)
An infamous pirate tries to double cross the King of England.
Dir: Rowland V. Lee Cast: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton.
BW-81 mins, TV-G,

9:30 AM The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Sherlock Holmes uncovers a plot to murder the heir to a country estate.
Dir: Sidney Lanfield Cast: Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie.
BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:00 AM The Phantom Plane (1939)
In Chapter Five of Buck Rogers, Killer Kane's men ambush Buck and his crew.
BW-20 mins, TV-G,

11:30 AM The Unknown Command (1939)
In Chapter Six of Buck Rogers, Killer Kane uses a mind-zapping ray to brainwash Prince Tallen.
BW-19 mins, TV-G,

12:00 PM Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
When a circus kidnaps Boy, Tarzan and Jane follow him to New York City.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Sheffield.
BW-71 mins, TV-PG,

1:19 PM Fishing Feats (1951)
BW-10 mins,

1:30 PM The Charge At Feather River (1953)
A platoon of army misfits tries to rescue two women kidnapped by Indians.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Guy Madison, Frank Lovejoy, Helen Westcott.
C-97 mins, TV-PG,

3:15 PM Dodge City (1939)
A soldier of fortune takes on the corrupt boss of a Western town.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan.
C-104 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:15 PM Back From Eternity (1956)
When an airliner crashes in the jungle, the repaired plane can only hold five of the survivors.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger.
BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:00 PM The Attack of the Small Screens (2010)
In Episode Six of this seven-part documentary, addressing the years 1950 to 1960, filmmakers respond to the growing threat of television by making widescreen epics and 3-D spectacles.
C-60 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: HARD TIMES

8:00 PM The Bicycle Thief (1948)
A working man's livelihood is threatened when someone steals his bicycle.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell.
BW-89 mins, TV-G,

9:44 PM Basketball Headliners (1956)
BW-15 mins,

10:00 PM Salt Of The Earth (1954)
The wives of striking mineworkers fight to keep the union going.
Dir: Herbert J. Biberman Cast: Will Geer, David Wolfe, David Sarvis.
C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:45 PM The Southerner (1945)
A sharecropper fights the elements to start his own farm.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 AM Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
An impoverished girl masquerades as a boy to run with a gang of young hobos.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson.
BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:45 AM Sounder (1972)
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks.
C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM Knock On Any Door (1949)
A crusading lawyer fights to save a juvenile delinquent charged with murder.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Humphrey Bogart, George Macready, Allene Roberts.
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC,