TCM Schedule for Saturday, July 7, 2012 -- The Essentials: Cinematography by Jack Hildyard

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6:00 AM
SEVEN WOMEN (1966)

The women staffing an isolated Chinese mission fight to survive a bandit attack.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton.
C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


7:30 AM
SEVEN DAYS LEAVE (1942)

A serviceman has one week to wed an heiress and inherit $100,000.
Dir: Tim Whelan
Cast: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary.
C-87 mins, TV-G


9:00 AM
7 FACES OF DR. LAO (1964)

A Chinese showman uses his magical powers to save a Western town from itself.
Dir: George Pal
Cast: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell.
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


10:45 AM
RUSTY LEADS THE WAY (1948)

A boy and his dog help a bitter blind girl adjust to life.
Dir: Will Jason
Cast: Ted Donaldson, Sharyn Moffett, John Litel.
BW-59 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
THE GREEN HORNET: THE TUNNEL OF TERROR, FLYING COFFINS, and THE THUNDERING TERROR (1940)

The first three episodes in the movie serial based on The Green Hornet radio show.
BW-21 mins, TV-PG


1:15 PM
THE BLOB (1958)

A misunderstood teen fights to save his town from a gelatinous monster from outer space.
Dir: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Cast: Steven McQueen, Aneta Corseaut, Earl Rowe.
C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


2:45 PM
IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA (1955)

A giant octopus attacks San Francisco.
Dir: Robert Gordon
Cast: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis.
BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:15 PM
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)

A mad United States General orders an air strike against Russia.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden.
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
UP PERISCOPE (1959)

A U.S. frogman infiltrates a Japanese-held island during World War II.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Garner , Edmond O'Brien , Andra Martin .
C-112 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY JACK HILDYARD



No, Suddenly Last Summer isn't on the docket tonight, but plenty of other Hildyard treats are. In fact, the lead picture tonight is a vastly different side of the coin from this Tennessee Williams potboiler. (And come to think of it, Hepburn is in it, too!) I just thought this was a good picture.

8:00 PM
SUMMERTIME (1955)

A schoolteacher is surprised to find love on a Venetian vacation.
Dir: David Lean
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda.
C-100 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:45 PM
THE SUNDOWNERS (1960)

An Australian sheepherder and his wife clash over their nomadic existence and their son's future.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov.
C-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


12:15 AM
THE JOURNEY (1959)

A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.
Dir: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards Jr.
C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


2:30 AM
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Dir: David Lean
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins.
C-161 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #13 (1955)

George Murphy introduces clips featuring Susan Hayward and Fernand Gravet from "The Great Waltz" and "I'll Cry Tomorrow."
BW-25 mins, TV-G