TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 7: Summer Under the Stars: Sidney Poitier

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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

1:30 AM
Patterns (1956)
A replacement in a large corporation encounters loyalty and power struggles.
Dir: Fielder Cook Cast: Van Heflin , Everett Sloane , Ed Begley .
BW-84 mins, TV-G,

3:00 AM
Battle Cry (1955)
A group of Marines eagerly await deployment during World War II.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Van Heflin , Aldo Ray , Mona Freeman .
C-148 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Canada Lee , Sidney Poitier , Charles Carson .
BW-108 mins, TV-14, CC,



8:00 AM
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Glenn Ford , Anne Francis , Louis Calhern .
BW-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM
Good-Bye, My Lady (1956)
A stray dog brings together a young boy and an old man in the Georgia swamps.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Walter Brennan , Phil Harris , Brandon de Wilde .
BW-95 mins, TV-G,

12:00 PM
Something Of Value (1957)
Childhood friends end up on opposite sides of a bloody African uprising.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Rock Hudson , Dana Wynter , Wendy Hiller .
BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:00 PM
Paris Blues (1961)
Two jazz musicians deal with romantic problems in Paris.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Sidney Poitier .
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



4:00 PM
Bedford Incident, The (1965)
An American destroyer, with a journalist on board, pursues a Russian submarine during the Cold War.
Dir: James B. Harris Cast: Richard Widmark , Sidney Poitier , James MacArthur .
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
Patch Of Blue, A (1965)
A blind white girl falls in love with a black man.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Sidney Poitier , Shelley Winters , Elizabeth Hartman .
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: SIDNEY POITIER

8:00 PM
Raisin in the Sun, A (1961)
A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children.
Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier , Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee .
BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



10:15 PM
To Sir, With Love (1967)
A substitute teacher changes the lives of the slum children in his class.
Dir: James Clavell Cast: Sidney Poitier , Christian Roberts , Judy Geeson .
C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



12:15 AM
Edge of the City (1957)
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: John Cassavetes , Sidney Poitier , Jack Warden .
BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
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

4:00 AM
Organization, The (1971)
When a group of revolutionaries fighting the drug rackets are framed for murder, detective Virgil Tibbs steps in to clear their names.
Dir: Don Medford Cast: Sidney Poitier , Barbara McNair , Gerald S. O'Loughlin .
C-108 mins, TV-14, Letterb