TCM Schedule for Monday January 20 - TCM Spotlight: Harry Belafonte

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On MLK day, a festival of films about the African-American experience is topped off by a prime time showcase of the one and only Harry Belafonte.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM JOE LOUIS STORY, THE (1953)
In this biography, champion boxer Joe Louis fights to make a name for himself. Dir: Robert Gordon Cast: Coley Wallace , Paul Stewart , Hilda Simms . BW-87 mins, TV-G,

7:30 AM JACKIE ROBINSON STORY, THE (1950)
Jackie Robinson plays himself in this true story of the man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Jackie Robinson , Ruby Dee , Minor Watson . BW-77 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:00 AM LEARNING TREE, THE (1969)
A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography. Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Kyle Johnson , Alex Clarke , Estelle Evans . C-107 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 AM INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949)
Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob. Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: David Brian , Claude Jarman Jr. , Juano Hernandez . BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:30 PM SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (1960)
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges. Dir: John Ford Cast: Jeffrey Hunter , Constance Towers , Billie Burke . C-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 PM DUEL AT DIABLO (1966)
Racial tensions flair when a black officer joins a Cavalry troop fighting the Indians. Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: James Garner , Sidney Poitier , Bibi Andersson . C-105 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM LILIES OF THE FIELD (1963)
An itinerant handyman in the Southwest gets a new outlook on life when he helps a group of German nuns build a chapel. Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Sidney Poitier , Lilia Skala , Lisa Mann . BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation. Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier , Rod Steiger , Warren Oates . C-110 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM BRIGHT ROAD (1953)
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child. Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge , Philip Hepburn , Harry Belafonte . BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:15 PM WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL, THE (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster. Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer . BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972)
A con man helps a group of former slaves survive the perils of the wild West in their search for the promised land. Dir: Sidney Poitier Cast: Sidney Poitier , Harry Belafonte , Ruby Dee . C-103 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 AM ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959)
Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results. Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Harry Belafonte , Robert Ryan , Shelley Winters . BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:46 AM GRAND PRIX CHALLENGE OF THE CHAMPIONS (1966)
This short film shows a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of "Grand Prix" (1966) at the actual Grand Prix in Monaco. Dir: Daniel Davis C-13 mins,

3:00 AM ANGEL LEVINE, THE (1970)
An angel helps an embittered man find life's meaning. Dir: Ján Kadár Cast: Zero Mostel , Harry Belafonte , Ida Kaminska . C-106 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM HOLLYWOOD MY HOMETOWN (1965)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars. BW-53 mins, TV-G, CC,