TCM Schedule for Sunday September 15, 2024 - John Ritter
Plus: Imports has a pair from Iran's Abbas Kiarostami.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM Cabin in the Sky (1943)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne
8:00 AM One Foot in Heaven (1941)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-G
A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century.
Director: Irving Rapper. Cast: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi
10:00 AM A Lady Without Passport (1950)
1h 14m | Suspense | TV-PG
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis. Cast: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig
11:30 AM Oliver Twist (1948)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-G
The famed orphan gets caught up in Fagin's criminal band while searching for familial love.
Director: David Lean. Cast: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness
1:45 PM Tea and Sympathy (1956)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-PG
A faculty wife risks her marriage to help a troubled teen tormented by his fellow students.
Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson
4:00 PM A Patch of Blue (1965)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
A blind white girl falls in love with a black man.
Director: Guy Green. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
6:00 PM Boys' Night Out (1962)
1h 55m | Comedy | TV_PG
A psychology student researches infidelity by becoming a platonic kept woman for four buddies.
Director: Michael Gordon. Cast: Kim Novak, James Garner, Tony Randall
8:00 PM They All Laughed (1981)
1h 55m | Comedy | TV-PG
Three private detectives investigating two beautiful women for infidelity.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich. Cast: Ben Gazzara, Audrey Hepburn, John Ritter
10:15 PM Hero at Large (1980)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-PG
A struggling New York City actor accepts the job of posing as comic-book hero for the needs of a film's promotion. After he stops a robbery while wearing the "Captain Avenger" costume, his life becomes unexpectedly complicated.
Director: Martin Davidson. Cast: John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy
12:15 AM Captain Salvation (1927)
1h 27m | Drama | TV-G
In this silent film, a divinity student risks his future to help a prostitute.
Director: John S. Robertson. Cast: Lars Hanson, Marceline Day, Pauline Starke
2:00 AM Where Is My Friend's House? (1987)
1h 23m | Drama | TV-PG
A young boy tries to return a notebook to a schoolmate.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami. Cast: Babak Ahmadpoor, Ahmad Ahmadpoor, Khodabaksh Defai
3:30 AM Taste of Cherry (1997)
1h 35m | Drama | TV-14
An Iranian tries to find someone to help him commit suicide.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami. Cast: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #19 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from Ziegfeld Follies. Host George Murphy introduces a clip from Ransom.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, George Murphy