TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 6: Star Signs

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Tuesday evenings in July are devoted to Star Signs, meaning the featured actors will represent specific signs (in order, fire, earth, air, and water). So tonight's stars are Steve McQueen (Aries), Lucille Ball (Leo), and Kirk Douglas (Sagittarius). See the article below for more on the series.

https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/021392?source=Block

Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

12:15 am
Sisters (1972)
1h 32m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-MA
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Director
Brian De Palma
Cast
Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning

2:00 am
Blow Out (1981)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-14
When audio technician Jack Terri is recording sound effects for a movie, he hears a car crash.
Director
Brian De Palma,John Fox
Cast
Ann Kelly, Bill Hansard, Donald Hansard

4:00 am
Body Double (1984)
1h 49m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
An out of work actor thinks he sees a violent crime committed against a woman with whom he is obsessed.
Director
Brian De Palma
Cast
Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry

6:00 am
Nichols and May -- Take Two (1996)
1h | Documentary | TV-14
Documentary about the influential comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May.
Director
Phillip Schopper
Cast
Stanley Donen, Steve Martin, Mike Nichols

7:00 am
Conquest (1937)
1h 52m | Romance | TV-PG
A Polish countess sacrifices her virtue to Napoleon to save her homeland.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen

9:00 am
When Ladies Meet (1941)
1h 48m | Comedy | TV-G
A female novelist doesn't realize her new friend is the wife whose husband she's trying to steal.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson

11:00 am
And God Created Woman (1956)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-14
A young woman loves one brother but marries the other.
Director
Roger Vadim
Cast
Brigitte Bardot, Jean-louis Trintignant, Curt Jurgens

12:45 pm
Obsession (1949)
1h 36m | Crime | TV-14
A jealous husband plots to dispose of his wife's lover in an acid bath.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Cast
Robert Newton, Phil Brown, Naunton Wayne

2:30 pm
The Earrings of Madame De... (1954)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-PG
When a woman sells her earrings to pay a gambling debt, it leads to a string of betrayals....
Director
Max Ophüls
Cast
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica



4:15 pm
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
1h 27m | Crime | TV-PG
A businessman kills his boss to cover up his affair with the man's wife.
Director
Louis Malle
Cast
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly



6:00 pm
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
1h 51m | Crime | TV-PG
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Director
Tay Garnett
Cast
Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR SIGNS

Fire Signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)


8:00 pm
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-14
Card sharps try to deal with personal problems during a big game in New Orleans.
Director
Norman Jewison
Cast
Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden



10:00 pm
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-G
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main



12:00 am
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-PG
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Elaine Stewart, Sammy White, Leo G. Carroll



2:15 am
The Harder They Fall (1956)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
A cynical press agent exposes inhuman conditions in the boxing game.
Director
Mark Robson
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling

4:15 am
Back from Eternity (1956)
1h 37m | Adventure | TV-PG
When an airliner crashes in the jungle, the repaired plane can only hold five of the survivors...
Director
John Farrow
Cast
Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger