TCM Schedule for Saturday, April 20, 2013 -- The Essentials: Trapeze Acts

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6:00 AM
ESCAPADE (1955)

A famous pacifist's sons steal an airplane to take a petition to the powers in Berlin.
Dir: Philip Leacock
Cast: John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Christopher Ridley.
BW-88 mins


7:30 AM
KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1937)

African explorers enlist an exiled native chief to help them find a legendary treasure.
Dir: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young.
BW-80 mins, TV-G


9:00 AM
MAD ABOUT MEN (1954)

A mermaid trades places with a teacher and finds love.
C-85 mins, CC


10:45 AM
THE GAY FALCON (1942)

A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC


12:00 PM
MURDER MOST FOUL (1964)

Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
Dir: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


1:45 PM
BOUND FOR GLORY (1976)

True story of folk singer Woody Guthrie, who rose to the top while fighting for the rights of migrant farm workers.
Dir: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon.
C-148 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


4:30 PM
THE LEFT HAND OF GOD (1955)

The new priest at a Chinese mission takes an unorthodox approach to spreading God's word.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb.
C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:15 PM
LORD OF THE FLIES (1963)

Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Dir: Peter Brook
Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards.
BW-91 mins, TV-14, CC


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THE ESSENTIALS: TRAPEZE ACTS

8:00 PM
FREAKS (1932)

A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova.
BW-62 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:15 PM
TRAPEZE (1956)

An aging trapeze star and his protigi fall for the same woman.
Dir: Carol Reed
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida.
C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


11:15 PM
THE DARK TOWER (1943)

A romantic triangle involving a hypnotist and two trapeze artists threatens to destroy a circus.
Dir: John Harlow
Cast: Herbert Lom
BW-93 mins, TV-G


1:00 AM
POLLY OF THE CIRCUS (1932)

A small-town minister risks his career when he falls for a trapeze artist.
Dir: Alfred Santell
Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith.
BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC


2:15 AM
BURN, WITCH, BURN (1962)

A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years.
Dir: Sidney Hayers
Cast: Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde, Margaret Johnston.
BW-89 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


4:00 AM
THE DEVIL'S OWN (1966)

Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.
Dir: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen.
C-91 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format


5:45 AM
THE RELAXED WIFE (1957)

The modern miracle of tranquilizers helps working men and their wives deal with life's little problems.
C-13 mins, TV-G