TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 13: MPTF (Motion Picture and Television Fund)

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Wednesday, September 13th, 2017

2:00 AM
RUBY GENTRY ( 1952)

A tempestuous girl from the swamps ignites passions when she moves into the business world.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Jennifer Jones , Charlton Heston , Karl Malden .
BW- 82 mins, CC,

3:32 AM
NOSTRADAMUS SAYS SO! ( 1953)

This short film presents the life and several predictions made by Nostradamus.
Dir: Peter Ballbusch
BW- 11 mins,

3:45 AM
BEAT THE DEVIL ( 1953)

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Jennifer Jones , Gina Lollobrigida .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE: DREAM, THE ( 1956)

A young man's dreams about searching for his dead father fill his mother with fear.
BW- 26 mins,

6:00 AM
BUNCO SQUAD ( 1951)

Police try to get the goods on a phony seance racket.
Dir: Herbert I. Leeds Cast: Robert Sterling , Joan Dixon , Ricardo Cortez .
BW- 67 mins,

7:15 AM
CODE TWO ( 1953)

Three young men train to become motorcycle cops.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Ralph Meeker , Sally Forrest , Keenan Wynn .
BW- 69 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
SERGEANT MADDEN ( 1939)

A police officer's son joins the force but goes bad.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Wallace Beery , Tom Brown , Alan Curtis .
BW- 80 mins, CC,

10:00 AM
UNDER COVER OF NIGHT ( 1937)

A police detective and his wife try to solve a string of murders.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Edmund Lowe , Florence Rice , Nat Pendleton .
BW- 71 mins,

11:15 AM
FROM HEADQUARTERS ( 1933)

A police lieutenant uses scientific methods to solve a decadent playboy's murder.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: George Brent , Margaret Lindsay , Eugene Pallette .
BW- 63 mins, CC,

12:30 PM
RACKET, THE ( 1951)

A tough cop has to fight his superiors in order to battle the mob.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Robert Mitchum , Lizabeth Scott , Robert Ryan .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

2:15 PM
BULLETS OR BALLOTS ( 1936)

A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Joan Blondell , Barton MacLane .
BW- 82 mins, CC,

3:45 PM
BORDERLINE ( 1950)

A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred MacMurray , Claire Trevor , Raymond Burr .
BW- 88 mins, CC,

5:30 PM
TEAR GAS SQUAD ( 1940)

A brave young policeman single-handedly takes on a vicious criminal gang.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Dennis Morgan , John Payne , Gloria Dickson .
BW- 55 mins, CC,

6:30 PM
BEAST OF THE CITY, THE ( 1932)

A police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief.
Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Walter Huston , Jean Harlow , Wallace Ford .
BW- 86 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND

8:00 PM
HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY ( 2015)

This documentary follows one couple responsible for some of the greatest films in Hollywood history.
Dir: Daniel Raim
C- 94 mins, CC,

10:00 PM
CINDERELLA LIBERTY ( 1973)

A lonely sailor falls in love with a single mother during an extended liberty.
Dir: Mark Rydell Cast: James Caan , Marsha Mason , Kirk Calloway .
C- 117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM
MY FAIR LADY ( 1964)

A phonetics instructor bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Audrey Hepburn , Rex Harrison , Stanley Holloway .
C- 173 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM
VICTOR VICTORIA ( 1982)

An unemployed female singer poses as a female impersonator and becomes a star.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Julie Andrews , James Garner , Robert Preston .
C- 134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format