TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 9: Bernard Herrmann
In daytime, take a trip to the Arabian Peninsula and beyond with everyone from the Bowery Boys to Elvis to Peter O'Toole.
At night, it's time for the movie music of Bernard Herrmann.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
12:00 AM
Great Expectations (1946)
1h 58m | Romance | TV-G
A mysterious benefactor finances a young boy's education.
Director: David Lean
Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie
2:15 AM
Oliver Twist (1948)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-G
The famed orphan gets caught up in Fagin's criminal band while searching for familial love...
Director: David Lean
Cast: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness
4:30 AM
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
A British lawyer sacrifices himself to save another man from the guillotine.
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver
6:45 AM
Harum Scarum (1965)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-PG
An American film star is kidnapped in the Middle East.
Director: Gene Nelson
Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
8:45 AM
The Golden Arrow (1964)
1h 31m | Adventure | TV-PG
An Arabian bandit discovers he's the long lost son of a Sultan.
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: No Cast Information Available.
10:30 AM
Bowery to Bagdad (1955)
1h 4m | Comedy | TV-G
The Bowery Boys unleash an Arabian nightmare when they find Aladdin's magic lamp.
Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
11:45 AM
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
3h 46m | Drama | TV-14
Sweeping epic about the real life adventures of T.E. Lawrence, a British major who unified...
Director: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
3:45 PM
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
1h 57m | Adventure | TV-PG
The Arabian Nights hero sets off to find the lost treasure of Alexander the Great.
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Maureen O'hara, Walter Slezak
6:00 PM
Kismet (1955)
1h 53m | Comedy | TV-G
In this Arabian Nights musical, the "king of the beggars" infiltrates high society when hi...
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: BERNARD HERRMANN
8:00 PM
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-PG
One morning, in July 1951, people around the world are astonished by the appearance of an ...
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Patricia Neal, Michael Rennie, Hugh Marlowe, Sa...
9:45 PM
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
1h 28m | Drama | TV-G
After the winds throw his ship off course, Capt. Sinbad dares to drop anchor off the myste...
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher, ...
11:30 PM
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
In 1699 in the village of Wapping, England, Dr. Lemuel Gulliver, discontent with his life ...
Director: Jack Sher
Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, Lee Patterson
1:15 AM
Mysterious Island (1961)
1h 41m | Drama | TV-G
In 1865, following the siege of Richmond toward the close of the Civil War, three Union so...
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Joan Greenwood, Michael Craig
3:00 AM
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
1h 44m | Drama | TV-G
On Olympus Zeus and Hera witness Pelias' murder of his half-brother, King Aeson of Thessal...
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman
5:00 AM
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-G
An underwater "Romeo and Juliet" involving two families--one Greek, the other WASP--who ri...
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland