TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 9: TCM Special Theme: Directed by Elia Kazan
Go to jail, go directly to jail...or break out of it. See how on TCM during the day.
And tonight it's another roster of Elia Kazan-directed features.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
1:30 AM
VANISHING VIRGINIAN, THE ( 1942)
A conservative southern patriarch tries to cope with changing times.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Frank Morgan , Kathryn Grayson , Spring Byington .
BW- 97 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
HEIDI ( 1937)
An orphaned girl tends goats for her grandfather until she's sold to serve as a disabled girl's companion.
Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Shirley Temple , Jean Hersholt , Arthur Treacher .
BW- 88 mins, CC,
4:45 AM
MISS ANNIE ROONEY ( 1942)
A young girl has to overcome social prejudice when she falls for a wealthy young man.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Shirley Temple , William Gargan , Guy Kibbee .
BW- 86 mins,
6:15 AM
SAGEBRUSH TRAIL ( 1933)
A man, wrongly imprisoned for murder, escapes to track down the real killer.
Dir: Armand Schaefer Cast: John Wayne , Nancy Shubert , Lane Chandler .
BW- 53 mins,
7:15 AM
BAD GUY ( 1937)
A man convinces his brother to bust him out of prison.
Dir: Edward Cahn Cast: Bruce Cabot , Virginia Grey , Edward Norris .
BW- 69 mins,
8:30 AM
PUBLIC HERO NO. 1 ( 1935)
An undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob's secrets.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Jean Arthur , Chester Morris .
BW- 90 mins, CC,
10:15 AM
HIS GREATEST GAMBLE ( 1934)
A convicted killer breaks out of jail to help his mother-dominated daughter.
Dir: John Robertson Cast: Richard Dix , Dorothy Wilson , Bruce Cabot .
BW- 71 mins, CC,
11:30 AM
DEEP VALLEY ( 1947)
A farmer's daughter helps an escaped convict.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Ida Lupino , Dane Clark , Wayne Morris .
BW- 106 mins, CC,
1:30 PM
DUST BE MY DESTINY ( 1939)
A young misfit lands on a prison chain gang and falls for the foreman's daughter.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: John Garfield , Priscilla Lane , Alan Hale .
BW- 88 mins, CC,
3:00 PM
BRUTE FORCE ( 1947)
Tough, disgruntled prisoners plan a daring, possibly bloody escape while on a drain pipe detail.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn , Charles Bickford .
BW- 98 mins, CC,
4:45 PM
EACH DAWN I DIE ( 1939)
A crusading reporter becomes a hardened convict when he's framed.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: James Cagney , George Raft , Jane Bryan .
BW- 92 mins, CC,
6:30 PM
BIG HOUSE, THE ( 1930)
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Chester Morris , Wallace Beery , Lewis Stone .
BW- 87 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPECIAL THEME: DIRECTED BY ELIA KAZAN
8:00 PM
AMERICA AMERICA ( 1963)
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Stathis Giallelis , Frank Wolff , Harry Davis .
BW- 168 mins, CC,
11:00 PM
FACE IN THE CROWD, A ( 1957)
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Andy Griffith , Patricia Neal , Anthony Franciosa .
BW- 126 mins, CC,
1:15 AM
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, CC,
3:00 AM
MAN ON A TIGHTROPE ( 1953)
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Fredric March , Terry Moore , Gloria Grahame .
BW- 105 mins, CC,
5:00 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, CC,