TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 28: Epic Westerns
Spend the day on the islands with TCM, though I should warn you we're not talking tropical paradise here, then saddle up for a night of westerns.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
12:15 AM
HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT ( 1980)
True story of a divorced father in search of his children when his ex-wife enters the witness relocation program.
Dir: James Caan Cast: James Caan , Robert Viharo , Jill Eikenberry .
C- 92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:05 AM
AMAZING MISS CUMMINGS AN ACTRESS AT WORK AND PLAY, THE ( 1975)
This short film provides a behind-the-scenes look at child actress Quinn Cummings on the set of the movie "The Goodbye Girl" (1977).
Dir: William Riead
C- 9 mins,
2:15 AM
RABBIT, RUN ( 1970)
Unhappy with his life, a former high school athlete leaves his wife for another woman.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: James Caan , Anjanette Comer , Jack Albertson .
C- 94 mins, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM
FREEBIE AND THE BEAN ( 1974)
To police detectives try to save the crook they're tailing from a hit man.
Dir: Richard Rush Cast: Alan Arkin , James Caan , Loretta Swit .
C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
LAST OF THE PAGANS ( 1935)
Two South Sea islanders fight a series of natural disasters to be together.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Mala , Lotus , Telo A. Tematua .
BW- 70 mins,
7:15 AM
LITTLE HUT, THE ( 1957)
A neglected wife is shipwrecked on a desert island with her husband and her would-be lover.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Ava Gardner , Stewart Granger , David Niven .
C- 90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:50 AM
SYDNEY "PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA" ( 1938)
This short film takes the viewer to Sydney, Australia.
C- 9 mins,
9:00 AM
MEN IN EXILE ( 1937)
Gun smugglers clash with an island dictator.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Dick Purcell , June Travis , Victor Varconi .
BW- 58 mins,
10:06 AM
COLORFUL ISLANDS MADAGASCAR AND SEYCHELLES ( 1936)
This short film focuses on the customs and culture of Madagascar and Seychelles.
C- 8 mins,
10:15 AM
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS ( 1928)
An alcoholic doctor runs off to Tahiti, where he finds love with a native girl.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Monte Blue , Raquel Torres , Robert Anderson .
BW- 85 mins, CC,
11:45 AM
WHITE ZOMBIE ( 1932)
A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation.
Dir: Victor Halperin Cast: Bela Lugosi , Madge Bellamy , Joseph Cawthorn .
BW- 67 mins,
1:00 PM
MOST DANGEROUS GAME, THE ( 1932)
A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Joel McCrea , Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong .
BW- 63 mins, CC,
2:15 PM
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS ( 1933)
On a remote island, a mad scientist turns wild animals into human monsters.
Dir: Erle C. Kenton Cast: Charles Laughton , Richard Arlen , Leila Hyams .
BW- 70 mins, CC,
3:30 PM
LOST CONTINENT, THE ( 1968)
When a tramp steamer is attacked by a mass of living seaweed, the occupants are forced to take refuge on a strange island.
Dir: Michael Carreras Cast: Eric Porter , Hildegard Knef , Suzanna Leigh .
C- 83 mins,
5:00 PM
ISLE OF THE DEAD ( 1945)
The inhabitants of a Balkans island under quarantine fear that one of their number is a vampire.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Boris Karloff , Ellen Drew , Marc Cramer .
BW- 72 mins, CC,
6:15 PM
LORD OF THE FLIES ( 1963)
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Dir: Peter Brook Cast: James Aubrey , Tom Chapin , Hugh Edwards .
BW- 91 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: EPIC WESTERNS
8:00 PM
BIG COUNTRY, THE ( 1958)
Feuding families vie for water rights in the old West.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gregory Peck , Jean Simmons , Carroll Baker .
C- 167 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:00 PM
HOW THE WEST WAS WON ( 1962)
Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb .
C- 165 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
CIMARRON ( 1960)
A pioneer couple plays a major role in the settling of Oklahoma.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Glenn Ford , Maria Schell , Anne Baxter .
C- 147 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:45 AM
CHEYENNE AUTUMN ( 1964)
A reluctant Calvary Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Richard Widmark , Carroll Baker , Karl Malden .
C- 155 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
