TCM Schedule for Saturday, April 6, 2013 -- The Essentials: Desert Warfare

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6:00 AM
DUCHESS OF IDAHO (1950)

During a Sun Valley vacation, a woman tries to solve her roommate's romantic problems only to get caught in a love triangle of her own.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, John Lund.
C-98 mins, TV-G, CC


8:00 AM
THE AFFAIRS OF ANNABEL (1938)

A screen queen suffers through harebrained publicity stunts schemed up by her press agent.
Dir: Ben Stoloff
Cast: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly.
BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC


9:30 AM
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)

A clumsy young man nurtures a bloodthirsty plant that forces him to kill to feed it.
Dir: Roger Corman
Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles.
BW-72 mins,


10:45 AM
THE CASE OF THE BLACK CAT (1936)

Perry Mason looks into a trio of murders heralded by the shriek of a cat.
Dir: William McGann
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan.
BW-66 mins, TV-PG


12:00 PM
MURDER SHE SAID (1961)

When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow.
BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


1:45 PM
THE WESTERNER (1940)

A drifter accused of horse stealing faces off against the notorious Judge Roy Bean.
Dir: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone.
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC,


3:45 PM
BIG JAKE (1971)

A rancher leads the posse out to recover his kidnapped grandson.
Dir: George Sherman
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne.
C-110 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


5:45 PM
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965)

Two bounty hunters join forces to bring an outlaw to justice.
Dir: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè.
BW-132 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


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THE ESSENTIALS: DESERT WARFARE

8:00 PM
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

A British military officer enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I.
Dir: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn.
C-227 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


12:00 AM
SAHARA (1943)

An international platoon fights off Nazis in World War II Africa.
Dir: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carroll Naish.
BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC


2:00 AM
SPINE TINGLER! THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY (2007)

The last great American showman, producer-director William Castle used outrageous hype to sell his low-budget horror films.
Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz
Cast: Terry Castle, John Waters, Joe Dante.
C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


3:30 AM
MACABRE (1958)

A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
Dir: William Castle
Cast: William Prince, Philip Tonge, Jonathan Kidd.
BW-71 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM
CRISIS IN MORALITY (1962)

Short film that details "internal forces" that damage a nation, such as drugs, gambling, and unwed pregnant women.
BW-26 mins, TV-PG

4:45 AM
TO YOUR HEALTH (1956)

A disturbing animated short that details the effects of alcohol on the body and mind.
C-10 mins,

4:45 AM
PERVERSION FOR PROFIT (1965)

This anti-porn documentary shows a floodtide of filth engulfing the country in the form of newsstand obscenity
C-31 mins, TV-MA