TCM Schedule for Monday May 17, 2021 - Star of the Month: Movie Roberts
In daytime it's wall to wall Elizabeth Taylor; night brings more Roberts.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 am Lassie Come Home (1943)
1h 28m | Drama | TV-G
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox. Cast: Roddy Mcdowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty
7:45 am Little Women (1949)
2h 1m | Romance | TV-G
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'brien
10:00 am Cynthia (1947)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-G
A sheltered girl uses music as a means of winning her independence.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, George Murphy, S. Z. Sakall
11:45 am Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
1h 21m | Comedy | TV-PG
A small-town girl falls for a big-city talent agent.
Director: Stanley Donen. Cast: Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson
1:15 pm BUtterfield 8 (1960)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
A party girl ruins her life when she falls for a married man.
Director: Daniel Mann. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher
3:15 pm The V.I.P.s (1963)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-PG
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.
Director: Anthony Asquith. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan
5:30 pm Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
2h 11m | Drama | TV-14
An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest.
Director: Mike Nichols. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal
8:00 pm Bullitt (1968)
1h 54m | Drama | TV-14
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Director: Peter Yates. Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
10:00 pm The Candidate (1972)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-14
A senate candidate's ideals weaken as his position in the polls gets stronger.
Director: Michael Ritchie. Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas
12:00 am Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-MA
An aspiring African-American actor tries to fight against stereotyping.
Director: Robert Townsend. Cast: Michael Laviolette, Tony Edwards, Myra J, Micha...
1:30 am How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
2h 1m | Musical | TV-PG
With the help of his handy guidebook, a window washer talks his way into the executive suite.
Director: David Swift. Cast: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee
3:45 am A Man for All Seasons (1966)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
A devout scholar gets caught in the middle of Henry VIII's plans to break with the Catholic Church.
Director: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern