TCM Schedule for Sunday July 23, 2023 - Disability in the Movies
Plus: Imports has a double-header from director Kon Ichkawa.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 am Murder Most Foul (1964)
1h 30m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
Director: George Pollock. Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell
8:00 am Murder Ahoy (1964)
1h 33m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes to the seas to investigate murder on a naval training ship.
Director: George Pollock. Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell
10:00 am Julie (1956)
1h 39m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A stewardess is stalked by her psychotic, estranged husband.
Director: Andrew L. Stone. Cast: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan
12:00 pm All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
2h 23m | Romance | TV-PG
A French nobleman falls in love with his children's governess.
Director: Anatole Litvak. Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn
2:30 pm An American in Paris (1951)
1h 53m | Musical | TV-PG
An American artist finds love in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
4:30 pm The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
1h 22m | Drama | TV-G
An orphaned boy mystically acquires green hair and a mission to end war.
Director: Joseph Losey. Cast: Pat O'brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale
6:00 pm Summer of '42 (1971)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-14
A high school student falls in love, for the first time, with a World War II bride.
Director: Robert Mulligan. Cast: Jennifer O'neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser
8:00 pm City Lights (1931)
1h 27m | Silent | TV-G
In this film, the Little Tramp tries to help a blind flower seller see again.
Director: Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee
9:45 pm Deliverance (1919)
26m
The true story of Helen Keller, who was born blind and deaf, was considered a hopeless case, but who through the diligent aid of teacher Anne Sullivan became a world-renowned figure of accomplishment and brilliance.
Director: George Foster Platt. Cast: Little Etna Ross, Edythe Lyle, Roy Stewart
12:00 am Fanchon the Cricket (1915)
Drama | TV-G
A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother, who is suspected of being a witch.
Director: James Kirkwood. Cast: Mary Pickford, Jack Standing, Lottie Pickford
2:00 am An Actor's Revenge (1963)
1h 54m | Drama
A female impersonator in a Kabuki troupe, upon reaching the age of maturity, is obligated to avenge the death of his parents.
Director: Kon Ichikawa. Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao
4:15 am Odd Obsession (1959)
1h 36m | Drama | TV-MA
An aging antique dealer copes with impotence by offering his younger wife to his daughter's boyfriend.
Director: Kon Ichikawa. Cast: Machiko Kyo, Ganjiro Nakamura, Junko Kano