TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 22nd: TCM Prime Time Feature: Military Comedies

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TCM is also celebrating Billy Wilder's birthday!



Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

1:15 AM Love With The Proper Stranger (1964)
When a one-night stand results in pregnancy, a musician and a young girl try to resolve the issue together. Cast: Steve McQueen, Natalie Wood, Tom Bosley. Dir: Robert Mulligan. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:00 AM Sex And The Single Girl (1964)
A journalist sets out to expose a female sex expert but falls for her instead. Cast: Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda. Dir: Richard Quine. C-114 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM Cash McCall (1960)
A corporate spoiler makes a play for a failing company and the owner's daughter. Cast: James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch. Dir: Joseph Pevney. C-102 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:51 AM Short Film: Cairo "City Of Contrast" (1938)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the landmarks, people and culture of Cairo, Egypt. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins,

7:00 AM Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
A British corporal goes undercover to infiltrate Field Marshall Rommel's command. Cast: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:45 AM Stalag 17 (1953)
A cynical serviceman in a World War II POW camp has to prove he's not an informer. Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC



11:00 AM Some Like It Hot (1959)
Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 PM One, Two, Three (1961)
A Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin tries to keep the boss's daughter from marrying a Communist. Cast: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Arlene Francis. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 PM Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Cliff Osmond. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM Mister Roberts (1955)
A naval officer longing for active duty clashes with his vainglorious captain. Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon. Dir: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy. C-121 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: MILITARY COMEDIES

8:00 PM No Time For Sergeants (1958)
A hillbilly draftee turns the Air Force upside down. Cast: Andy Griffith, Nick Adams, Myron McCormick. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-119 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

10:03 PM Short Film: U.S. Navy Band (1943)
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Navy Band and their famous songs, interspersed with footage of the Navy in action both during WWII as well as in the before. BW-10 mins,

10:15 PM Buck Privates (1941)
Two small-time con artists enlist in the Army to avoid the police. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters. Dir: Arthur Lubin. BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC



11:43 PM Short Film: U.S. Army Band (1943)
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Army Band with war and peacetime footage of the U.S. Army. BW-9 mins,

12:00 AM See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
A green recruit has a series of madcap adventures in the Army. Cast: Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Wesley Ruggles. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC

1:45 AM Short Film: Army Champions (1941)
BW-11 mins,

2:00 AM You're In The Army Now (1941)
Two incompetent door-to-door salesmen enlist by accident. Cast: Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-79 mins, TV-G

3:30 AM At War With The Army (1950)
A song-and-dance team have trouble adjusting to Army life. Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen. Dir: Hal Walker. BW-91 mins, TV-PG

5:03 AM Short Film: U.S. Army Air Force Band (1942)
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Army Air Force Band and famous military and patriotic songs played by the band interspersed with wartime footage of the Army Air Force. BW-10 mins,

5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #25 (1955)
Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones perform in a clip from "The Firefly"; Dan Dailey introduces a clip from "Meet Me in Las Vegas." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-26 mins, TV-G

5:49 AM Short Film: Rainbow Pass, The (1937)
BW-11 mins,