TCM Schedule for Monday October 4, 2021 - Big Country

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Daytime has some vintage scares from producer Val Lewton; at night country music takes center stage with 2 biopics and some country stars acting.

(all times Eastern)

8:00 am Bedlam (1946)
1h 19m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
When an actress tries to reform an asylum, its corrupt keeper has her committed.
Director: Mark Robson. Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House

9:30 am The Body Snatcher (1945)
1h 17m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber.
Director: Robert Wise. Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell

11:00 am Isle of the Dead (1945)
1h 12m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
The inhabitants of a Balkans island under quarantine fear that one of their number is a vampire.
Director: Mark Robson. Cast: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer

12:30 pm The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
1h 10m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A lonely child creates an imaginary playmate with surprisingly dangerous results.
Director: Gunther V. Fritsch. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph

2:00 pm The Ghost Ship (1943)
1h 9m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A young innocent signs on with a ship whose captain is going mad.
Director: Mark Robson. Cast: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett

3:15 pm I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
1h 9m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband.
Director: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway

4:30 pm The Seventh Victim (1943)
1h 11m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A girl's search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
Director: Mark Robson. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell

6:00 pm Cat People (1942)
1h 11m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Director: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph

7:30 pm MGM Parade Show #20 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Esther Williams performs in a clip from "Ziegfeld Follies"; Donna Reed introduces a clip from "Ransom." Hosted by George Murphy.

8:00 pm Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-MA
Musical autobiography of Loretta Lynn, who fought poverty and pills to become a country western star.
Director: Michael Apted. Cast: Tom Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, Levon Helm

10:15 pm Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
1h 39m | Musical | TV-14
Legendary country-western singer Hank Williams uses alcohol to deal with the pressures of fame.
Director: Gene Nelson. Cast: George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons

12:00 am Songwriter (1984)
1h 34m | Drama
A singer-songwriter sets out to break his record company contract.
Director: Alan Rudolph. Cast: Kate Cadenhead, Gailard Sartain, Grady Martin

1:45 am A Star Is Born (1976)
2h 20m | Musical | TV-MA
A fast-rising singer tries to put a has-been rocker back on top.
Director: Frank R. Pierson. Cast: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey

4:15 am Hootenanny Hoot (1963)
1h 31m | Musical | TV-G
Television producers discover country/western music at a small-town college.
Director: Gene Nelson. Cast: Peter Breck, Ruta Lee, Joby Baker