TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 24: Classic Horror [View all]

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Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

12:00 AM
Of Mice and Men (1939)
A drifter and his slow-witted pal try to make their way in the West.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Burgess Meredith , Betty Field , Lon Chaney Jr. .
BW-106 mins, TV-14, CC,

2:00 AM
Charly (1968)
Scientists turn a mentally challenged man into a genius.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Cliff Robertson , Claire Bloom , Lilia Skala .
C-103 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
Light In The Piazza (1962)
A woman's efforts to marry off her daughter are hindered by a family secret.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Olivia de Havilland , Rossano Brazzi , Yvette Mimieux .
C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:44 AM
Italy's in Season (1967)
C-7 mins,

6:00 AM
Circle, The (1925)
A wife on the verge of leaving her husband she meets the mother who deserted him years earlier.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Eleanor Boardman , Malcolm McGregor , Alec Francis .
BW-66 mins, TV-PG,

7:15 AM
Magician, The (1926)
A devil worshiper tries to seduce a young innocent.
Dir: Rex Ingram Cast: Alice Terry , Paul Wegener , Ivan Petrovich .
BW-79 mins, TV-14,

8:45 AM
Letter, The (1929)
A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
Dir: Jean De Limur Cast: Jeanne Eagels , O. P. Heggie , Reginald Owen .
BW-60 mins, TV-PG,

10:00 AM
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
A woman looks up her philandering mother-in-law for advice on adultery .
Dir: David Burton Cast: Catherine Dale Owen , Paul Cavanagh , Tyrrell Davis .
BW-55 mins, TV-G,

11:00 AM
Rain (1932)
A missionary tries to reform a streetwalker trapped on a Pacific island.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frederic Howard , Ben Hendricks , William Gargan .
BW-94 mins, TV-G,

12:45 PM
Our Betters (1933)
An American heiress marries into the British nobility.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett , Violet Kemble-Cooper , Phoebe Foster .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

2:15 PM
Isle Of Fury (1936)
A man on the run in the South Seas gets caught up in a romantic triangle.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Margaret Lindsay , Donald Woods .
BW-60 mins, TV-G,

3:30 PM
Dirty Gertie From Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
A lady band leader leaves a string of jilted men in her wake.
Dir: Spencer Williams Cast: Francine Everett , Don Wilson , Kathrine Moore .
BW-60 mins, TV-G,

4:45 PM
Trio (1950)
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
Dir: Ken Annakin Cast: James Hayter , Kathleen Harrison , Felix Aylmer .
BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC,

6:30 PM
Encore (1951)
Three stories by W. Somerset Maugham reveal the strangeness of the human character.
Dir: Harold French Cast: Glynis Johns , Nigel Patrick , Kay Walsh .
BW-89 mins, TV-PG,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC HORROR



8:00 PM
Raven, The (1963)
A widowed sorcerer discovers his late wife is alive and living with his mortal enemy.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price , Peter Lorre , Boris Karloff .
C-86 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

9:45 PM
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
A mad doctor tries to mix human and gorilla blood with deadly results.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Sidney Fox , Bela Lugosi , Leon Waycoff .
BW-61 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:00 PM
Black Cat, The (1934)
A Satanist faces off with the vengeful man whose wife and daughter he has stolen.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Karloff , Bela Lugosi , David Manners .
BW-65 mins, TV-PG,

12:30 AM
Fall Of The House Of Usher, The (1949)
An old friend tries to keep Roderick Usher from succumbing to the family curse.
Dir: Ivan Barnett Cast: Robert Wolard , Connie Goodwin , Tony Powell-Bristow .
BW-70 mins, TV-14,

1:45 AM
TELL-TALE HEART (1941)
BW-20 mins, TV-PG,

2:15 AM
Spirits of the Dead (1969)
This film comprises three supernatural tales based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Dir: Roger Vadim Cast: Vincent Price , Jane Fonda , Peter Fonda .
C-121 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM
Dead Men Walk (1943)
A small-town doctor's twin returns from the grave seeking vengeance.
Dir: Sam Newfield Cast: George Zucco , Mary Carlisle , Nedrick Young .