TCM Schedule for Monday December 17 - Christmas Crime

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After a day of caper flicks, in primetime it's crime movies set during the holiday season.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM VILLAIN ( 1971)
A paranoid British gangster thinks everybody is a potential stoolie. Dir: Michael Tuchner Cast: Richard Burton , Ian McShane , Nigel Davenport . C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:45 AM RIFIFI ( 1955)
Four friends plot an intricate jewelry heist, planning for everything except human frailty. Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Jean Servais , Carl Mohner , Robert Manuel . BW- 118 mins,

10:00 AM ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE ( 1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist. Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden , Louis Calhern , Jean Hagen . BW- 112 mins, CC,

12:00 PM KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL ( 1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues' identities secret from each other. Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John Payne , Coleen Gray , Preston Foster . BW- 99 mins, CC,

1:45 PM COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON ( 1930)
In this short film, a criminal attempting to go straight stops a young lady on Christmas eve from committing suicide. Vitaphone Release 1094-1095. Dir: Arthur Hurley Cast: Eric Dressler , Lenita Lane , Pat O'Brien . BW- 14 mins,

2:00 PM GETAWAY, THE ( 1972)
When a bank robbery goes bad, an ex-con and his wife take it on the lam. Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Steve McQueen , Ali MacGraw , Ben Johnson . C- 123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM HIGH SIERRA ( 1941)
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist. Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Ida Lupino , Humphrey Bogart , Alan Curtis . BW- 100 mins, CC,

6:00 PM WHITE HEAT ( 1949)
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic. Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney , Virginia Mayo , Edmond O'Brien . BW- 113 mins, CC,

8:00 PM LADY ON A TRAIN ( 1945)
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes. Dir: Charles David Cast: Deanna Durbin , Ralph Bellamy , David Bruce . BW- 94 mins,

10:00 PM LADY IN THE LAKE ( 1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective's viewpoint. Dir: Robert Montgomery Cast: Robert Montgomery , Audrey Totter , Lloyd Nolan . BW- 103 mins, CC,

12:00 AM FITZWILLY ( 1967)
When an aging philanthropist goes broke, her butler robs from the rich so she can give to the poor. Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Dick Van Dyke , Barbara Feldon , Edith Evans . C- 103 mins, CC,

2:00 AM CROOKS ANONYMOUS ( 1962)
A petty thief's plan to reform is jeopardized when he's locked in a department store during Christmas. Dir: Ken Annakin Cast: Leslie Phillips , Stanley Baxter , Wilfrid Hyde-White . BW- 88 mins,

3:45 AM COVER-UP ( 1949)
An insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: William Bendix , Dennis O'Keefe , Barbara Britton . BW- 83 mins,

5:15 AM BACKFIRE ( 1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge. Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Viveca Lindfors , Dane Clark , Virginia Mayo . BW- 91 mins, CC,

[BeyondGeography]

1. Rififi is awesome on every level

Record it if you haven’t seen it.