TCM Schedule for Saturday, September 24, 2022 - Tonight: Barbara Rush, Gregory Peck, Burt Lancaster.

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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Primetime spotlight: Barbara Rush.
Movie highlights: To Kill A Mockingbird, Birdman of Alcatraz, The Sunshine Boys, It Came From Outer Space.

12:00 AM To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

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Ben Mankiewicz introduces To Kill a Mockingbird

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Gregory Peck on the film.

Mary Badham (Scout) on the making of the film.

A young girl grows up as her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:30 AM The Beast Must Die (1974)

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Dir: Paul Annett Cast: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Charles Gray
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Horror Rating: null CC: Y


4:15 AM House on Haunted Hill (1958)

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The owner of a supposedly haunted mansion offers $10,000 to anyone who'll dare to spend the night there.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


6:00 AM Possessed (1947)

A married woman's passion for a former love drives her mad.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 AM Cartoon: Captain and the Kids: Seal Skinners (1939)






The Captain and crew are after a runaway seal but they must deal with a pirate gang to get the reward.
Dir: I. Freleng Cast: null
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:10 AM Short: Practice Shots (1931)
Golf champion Bobby Jones joins several actors on the golf course to show his approach to the sport. Vitaphone Release 4802.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Bobby Jones, Anthony Bushell, O.b. Keeler
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:21 AM Short: Ancient India (1952)
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Hone Glendinning
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 AM Dynamite Pass (1950)
Highwaymen invade a road built by cowboys.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Tim Holt, Lynne Roberts, Regis Toomey
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:30 AM Serial: Flash Gordon - Doom of the Dictator (1940)
Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.
Dir: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor Cast: Sigmund Nielssen, Charles Middleton, George H Plympton
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: null Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 AM Cartoon: Popeye - Baby Wants a Battle (1953)

Dir: null Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: N


10:08 AM Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)

Tarzan fights to keep a killer cult from attacking traders.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:30 AM Private Lessons (1934)
A shoe salesman is hired by a dancer to give private lessons.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Dawn O'Day, Dorothy Dare, Kirk Alyn
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Things to Come (1936)

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Two generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


1:45 PM Ride Lonesome (1959)

Martin Scorsese discusses the film.

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Pernell Roberts sings "Alberta" with scenes from the film. (My comment: I didn't know he was such a great singer!)

A bounty hunter tries to bring a murderer to justice through perilous territory.
Dir: Budd Boetticher Cast: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts.
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:15 PM Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

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Ben Mankiewicz introduces Birdman of Alcatraz. (intro)

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Ben Mankiewicz comments on Birdman of Alcatraz. (outro)

True story of Robert Stroud, who spent 53 three years in San Francisco's Alcatraz prison and became a world-famous ornithologist.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 PM The Sunshine Boys (1975)

A feuding comedy team reunites for a television comeback.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


TCM PRIMETIME: BARBARA RUSH

8:00 PM It Came from Outer Space (1953)

No one believes an amateur astronomer's spaceship sighting until the town's people begin disappearing.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 PM When Worlds Collide (1951)

Scientists race against time to build a super rocket ship that can save a select group before the earth collides with another planet. Naturally, no one wants to be left behind for the final Armageddon.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Sci-Fi Rating: TV-PG CC: N


11:00 PM Prince of Pirates (1953)
A prince fights to free his people from his older brother's oppressive rule.
Dir: Sidney Salkow Cast: John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:30 AM NOIR ALLEY: I Love Trouble (1947)

A private detective is hired by a politician to check on his wife's background.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Franchot Tone, Janet Blair, Janis Carter
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: null Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:30 AM Documentary: John Ford, The Man Who Invented America (2018)
The life of the American director.
Dir: Jean-christophe Klotz Cast: null
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

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A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
Runtime: 160 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y