TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 31 --- THE ESSENTIALS: COUNTDOWN

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6:00 AM Go West (1940)
Three zanies tackle outlaws and Indians when they head westward.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:30 AM At The Circus (1939)
The Marx Bros. team up to keep a circus from going bankrupt.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:00 AM Room Service (1938)
Three zany producers try to extend their hotel credit until they can get a play mounted.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-79 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:30 AM A Day At The Races (1937)
A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho [Marx] , Chico [Marx] , Harpo [Marx] .
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:30 PM A Night at the Opera (1935)
Three zanies turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege's romance with the leading lady.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:15 PM Animal Crackers (1930)
Three zanies try to recover a stolen painting during a madcap house party.
Dir: Victor Heerman Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx .
BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 PM Monkey Business (1931)
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
Dir: Norman McLeod Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx .
BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC,

5:30 PM Horse Feathers (1932)
In an effort to beef up his school's football team, a college president mistakenly recruits two loonies.
Dir: Norman McLeod Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx .
BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:45 PM Duck Soup (1933)
When he's named dictator of Freedonia, a con artist declares war on the neighboring kingdom.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx .
BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC,


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8:00 PM Fail Safe (1964)
A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda , Dan O'Herlihy , Walter Matthau .
BW-112 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM Panic in the Streets (1950)
A killer evades the police not knowing he has a deadly plague.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Richard Widmark , Paul Douglas , Barbara Bel Geddes .
BW-96 mins, TV-PG,

12:00 AM D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O'Brien , Pamela Britton , Luther Adler .
BW-84 mins, TV-14, CC,

1:30 AM Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Rock Hudson , Ernest Borgnine , Patrick McGoohan .
C-152 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:06 AM One Reel Wonder: The Man Who Makes The Difference (1968)
A behind the cameras featurette showcasing the action film "Ice Station Zebra" (1968) and the talents of John Stevens, renowned second unit/stunt photographer, who filmed the racing sequences in "Grand Prix" (1966).
C-7 mins,

4:15 AM Juggernaut (1974)
Two demolitions experts race the clock to find and disarm a set of bombs placed on an ocean liner at sea.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: Richard Harris , Omar Sharif , David Hemmings .
BW-110 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

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[Stinky The Clown]

1. Good stuff, all. Failsafe was a very scary movie when first run (when I first saw it)

We children who grew up with Duck and Cover in school in the 50s were ripe for that sort of movie.

The Marx Brothers stuff never fails to be a winner. We have all of them on DVDs.

[CBHagman]

2. Just watched part of "Horsefeathers."

That's one I first saw at the university student union, and I didn't remember that the song "Everyone Says I Love You" came from that particular Marxist work.

A very happy new year to all DUers, especially our classic film fans.

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[CBHagman]

3. The "TCM Remembers 2011" video.

I forgot to post this, another beautifully edited in memoriam video:

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Theirs are always first rate