TCM Schedule for Monday December 3 - Philo Vance

In daytime, African adventures; by night, some stylish sleuthing with society detective Philo Vance.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM West of Zanzibar (1928)
In this silent film, a mad African dictator plots revenge on the trader who stole his wife. Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lon Chaney , Lionel Barrymore , Mary Nolan . B/W - 65 m TV-G

7:15 AM Another Dawn (1937)
An officer's wife at a British outpost in Africa falls for another man. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Kay Francis , Errol Flynn , Ian Hunter . B/W - 73 m TV-G CC

8:30 AM Watusi (1959)
In a remake of King Solomon's Mines, an African explorer leads a beautiful woman in search of a mythical treasure. Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: George Montgomery , Taina Elg , David Farrar . C - 85 m TV-PG CC

10:00 AM Congo Maisie (1940)
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor. Dir: Henry C. Potter Cast: Ann Sothern , John Carroll , Rita Johnson . B/W - 71 m TV-G CC

11:15 AM Savage Splendor (1949)
Documentary about an African expedition that uncovered secret tribal rituals. C - 60 m TV-G CC

12:30 PM Trader Horn (1931)
An African trader and a white jungle goddess join forces against a hostile tribe. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Harry Carey , Edwina Booth , Duncan Renaldo . B/W - 123 m TV-G

2:45 PM Drums Of Africa (1963)
Three adventurers fight the slave trade in turn-of-the-century Africa. Dir: James B. Clark Cast: Frankie Avalon , Mariette Hartley , Lloyd Bochner . C - 91 m TV-PG Widescreen CC

4:30 PM Song of Freedom (1936)
A black dock-worker becomes an opera star, then discovers his African roots. Dir: J Edgar Willis Cast: Paul Robeson , Elizabeth Welch , B/W - 77 m TV-G CC

6:00 PM King Solomon's Mines (1950)
A spirited widow hires a daredevil jungle scout to find a lost treasure in diamonds. Dir: Compton Bennett Cast: Deborah Kerr , Stewart Granger , Richard Carlson . C - 103 m TV-PG

8:00 PM Kennel Murder Case, The (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell , Mary Astor , Eugene Pallette. B/W - 73 m TV-G CC

9:30 PM Dragon Murder Case, The (1934)
Society sleuth Philo Vance looks into a murder near a mysterious "dragon pool." Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone Cast: Warren William , Margaret Lindsay , Lyle Talbot . B/W - 67 m TV-PG CC

10:45 PM Casino Murder Case, The (1935)
Society sleuth Philo Vance takes on a series of murders at an aging dowager's mansion. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Paul Lukas , Alison Skipworth , Donald Cook . B/W - 83 m TV-G CC

12:15 AM Bishop Murder Case, The (1930)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a series of murders inspired by Mother Goose rhymes. Dir: Nick Grindé Cast: Basil Rathbone , Leila Hyams , Roland Young . B/W - 87 m TV-G CC

2:00 AM Garden Murder Case, The (1936)
Society sleuth Philo Vance suspects dirty doings behind a mysterious series of suicides. Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Edmund Lowe , Virginia Bruce , Benita Hume . B/W - 61 m TV-G CC

3:15 AM Calling Philo Vance (1939)
Society sleuth Philo Vance tangles with foreign agents when he investigates the murder of an aircraft manufacturer. Dir: William Clemens Cast: James Stephenson , Margot Stevenson , Henry O'Neill . B/W - 62 m TV-G CC

4:30 AM Shining Victory (1941)
A psychiatrist sacrifices everything for his research. Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: James Stephenson , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Donald Crisp . B/W - 80 m TV-PG CC