TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 20: Ouch! A Salute to Slapstick
There's really something for everyone this time out, with features showcasing Lucille Ball, Jacques Tati, Martin and Lewis, the Three Stooges, and even the British Carry On series.
By the way, today is Sophia Loren's birthday, and she turns up in the schedule as well, in Operation Crossbow.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
1:00 AM
HITLER'S CHILDREN (1943)
A German-American girl is forced to enter a Hitler youth program.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Tim Holt , Bonita Granville , Kent Smith .
BW-82 mins,
2:30 AM
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1930)
In this biography the simple backwoods boy rises to become one of America's most beloved presidents.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lucille La Verne , W. L. Thorne , Helen Freeman .
BW-94 mins, CC,
4:15 AM
ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS (1940)
An exploration into the domestic and political life of this past president.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Raymond Massey , Gene Lockhart , Ruth Gordon .
BW-110 mins, CC,
6:15 AM
JOE SMITH, AMERICAN (1942)
Nazi spies in search of government secrets kidnap a munitions worker.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Young , Marsha Hunt , Harvey Stephens .
BW-63 mins, CC,
7:30 AM
NORTHERN PURSUIT (1943)
A Mountie tracks a downed Nazi flyer through the Canadian wilderness.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn , Julie Bishop , Helmut Dantine .
BW-93 mins, CC,
9:15 AM
CONSPIRATORS, THE (1944)
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Hedy Lamarr , Paul Henreid , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW-101 mins, CC,
11:00 AM
NAZI AGENT (1942)
An Allied sympathizer discovers his twin brother is a Nazi spy.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Conrad Veidt , Ann Ayars , Frank Reicher .
BW-84 mins,
12:30 PM
YELLOW CANARY, THE (1943)
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
Dir: Herbert Wilcox Cast: Anna Neagle , Richard Greene , Nova Pilbeam .
BW-84 mins,
2:00 PM
BETRAYED (1954)
During World War II, a U.S. officer falls for a Resistance fighter suspected of being an enemy spy.
Dir: Gottfried Reinhardt Cast: Clark Gable , Lana Turner , Victor Mature .
C-109 mins, CC,
4:00 PM
SABOTAGE AGENT (1943)
An undercover agent battles Nazis to save an aviation plant.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Robert Donat , Valerie Hobson , Walter Rilla .
BW-111 mins,
6:00 PM
OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965)
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Sophia Loren , George Peppard , Trevor Howard .
C-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
MON ONCLE (1958)
A bumbler who prefers the simple life takes on the new-fangled gadgets in his nephew's home.
Dir: Jacques Tati Cast: Jacques Tati , Jean-Pierre Zola , Adrienne Servantie .
C-116 mins,
10:00 PM
LONG, LONG TRAILER, THE (1954)
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball , Desi Arnaz , Marjorie Main .
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:45 PM
SCARED STIFF (1953)
A singer and his sidekick help an heiress who's inherited a haunted mansion.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Dean Martin , Jerry Lewis , Lizabeth Scott .
BW-108 mins, CC,
1:45 AM
HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL (1959)
Three janitors stumble onto the formula for rocket fuel.
Dir: David Lowell Rich Cast: Moe Howard , Larry Fine , Joe De Rita .
BW-77 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:15 AM
GOOD HUMOR MAN, THE (1950)
A good-hearted ice cream man's efforts to help a young woman turn him into a murder suspect.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Jack Carson , Lola Albright , Jean Wallace .
BW-80 mins,
4:45 AM
CARRY ON TEACHER (1962)
Student try to sabotage a popular headmaster's plans to leave for another job.
Dir: Gerald Thomas Cast: Ted Ray , Kenneth Connor , Leslie Phillips .
BW-87 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
