TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 31: Jazz Score/Frank Sinatra (TCM Late Night: Boris Karloff)
TCM jazzes it up this day with some interesting and rare choices, and then the channel brings on Old Blue Eyes at night, followed by Boris Karloff. Farewell to July!
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
1:00 AM On Any Sunday (1971)
This documentary on motorcycles features some of the top riders in the field, including Steve McQueen.
Dir: Bruce Brown Cast: Bruce Brown, Mert Lawwill, Steve McQueen
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC:
2:45 AM On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm, & More (2021)
Explores the making of the 1971 documentary On Any Sunday, which became one of the most famous films about motorcycle sport.
Dir: Dana Brown Cast: Dana Brown, Bruce Brown
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:
4:15 AM Corvette Summer (1978)
A high school student takes off in search of his stolen, rebuilt Corvette.
Dir: Matthew Robbins Cast: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Jon Terry
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
6:00 AM Daybreak Express (1953)
A five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City set to the classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express."
Dir: D.A. Pennebaker Cast: Duke Ellington
Runtime: 5 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:15 AM Black Orpheus (1959)
A streetcar conductor loses his true love during Brazil's carnival season.
Dir: Marcel Camus Cast: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes Deoliveira
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: N
8:15 AM New Orleans (1947)
A gambling-hall owner goes straight when he discovers the market for Chicago jazz.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:45 AM Blues in the Night (1941)
The members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their leader from drinking himself to death.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:15 AM One Way Ticket to Love (1960)
The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.
Dir: Masahiro Shinoda Cast: Kazuya Kosaka, Noriko Maki, Yachiyo Otori
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N
12:45 PM Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
A businessman kills his boss to cover up his affair with the man's wife.
Dir: Louis Malle Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 PM Once a Thief (1965)
A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM The Connection (1962)
A fictional film posing as a documentary in which a group of heroin addicts wait for their connection to arrive with a fix.
Dir: Shirley Clarke Cast: William Redfield, Warren Finnerty, Garry Goodrow
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM All Night Long (1963)
A jazz band's leader thinks his wife is unfaithful.
Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Patrick McGoohan, Marti Stevens, Betsy Blair
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
What's on Tonight: Frank Sinatra
8:00 PM The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
A Korean War hero doesn't realize he's been programmed to kill by the enemy.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 PM Von Ryan's Express (1965)
An American POW leads a group of mostly British prisoners to attempt an escape from the Germans during WWII.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
12:30 AM Tony Rome (1967)
When a wealthy girl is found unconscious in a seedy Miami motel room, a private investigator is hired by her father to solve the crime.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC:
2:30 AM The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
A drunken missionary and three escaped convicts try to save a group of children from a South Seas volcano.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Kerwin Mathews
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:45 AM Devil's Island (1940)
A surgeon unjustly sent to Devil's Island fights to survive harsh treatment.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrington, James Stephenson
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y