TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 9: Fight Night

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Daytime: TCM Birthday Tribute: Kathryn Grayson

Nighttime: Fight Night

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

12:00 am
The Best Man (1964)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-PG
Two presidential hopefuls get caught up in the dirty side of politics.
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast
Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams

2:00 am
Fail Safe (1964)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-14
A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III.
Director
Sidney Lumet
Cast
Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau

4:00 am
The Longest Day (1962)
3h | War | TV-G
The story of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, told by following dozens of characters.
Director
Ken Annakin
Cast
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda

7:15 am
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
2h 43m | War | TV-14
A crack Nazi unit holds off the Allies during World War II.
Director
Ken Annakin
Cast
Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan

10:15 am
Thousands Cheer (1943)
2h 6m | Musical | TV-G
An egotistical acrobat joins the Army and falls in love with his commander's daughter.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor

12:30 pm
Lovely To Look At (1952)
1h 45m | Musical | TV-G
All-star remake of Roberta, with three Broadway producers inheriting a Parisian fashion house.
Director
Mervyn Leroy
Cast
Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel

2:30 pm
Seven Sweethearts (1942)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
A father insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.
Director
Frank Borzage
Cast
Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker

4:15 pm
Grounds for Marriage (1950)
1h 31m | Comedy | TV-G
An opera singer and her ex-husband find that their romance refuses to die with their marriage.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Van Johnson, Kathryn Grayson, Paula Raymond

6:00 pm
Show Boat (1951)
1h 48m | Musical | TV-G
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FIGHT NIGHT

8:00 pm
When We Were Kings (1996)
1h 30m | Documentary
On September 25, 1974, in the wake of one of the greatest political scandals in its history, Watergate, America was poised to watch a knockout punch that would redefine it as a nation of champions.
Director
Leon Gast
Cast
Malick Bowens, Lloyd Price, Thomas Hauser

9:45 pm
Fat City (1972)
1h 36m | Drama | TV-14
A washed-up boxer tries to show a young hopeful the ropes.
Director
John Huston
Cast
Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark

11:30 pm
Raging Bull (1980)
2h 9m | Drama | TV-MA
The story of Jake LaMotta, a former middleweight boxing champion, whose life was haunted by violence inside and outside the ring.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Cast
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci

1:45 am
The Set-Up (1949)
1h 12m | Drama | TV-PG
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
Director
Robert Wise
Cast
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

3:15 am
The Champ (1979)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-14
Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence, his young son.
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Cast
Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder

5:30 am
Any Old Port! (1932)
20m | Short | TV-G
Hardy arranges for Laurel to fight at a local boxing hall to raise some money.
Director
James W. Horne
Cast
Walter Long, Baldwin Cooke, Jack Hill