TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 6: 20th Century Fox (Scott Eyman TCM book)

Daytime theme: Robots! Nighttime theme: 20th Century Fox.

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

12:00 am
The Sound of Trumpets (1961)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
A young man finishes school and heads for Milan, takes his employment tests, and gets a job at a large company.
Director
Ermanno Olmi
Cast
Sandro Panzeri, Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich

1:45 am
Eclipse (1962)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-PG
After growing jaded from troubled relationships, a woman chooses a life of solitude.
Director
Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast
Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal

4:00 am
I Knew Her Well (1965)
Drama | TV-MA
A country girl gets into the movies only to discover the corruption beneath the glitter.
Director
Antonio Pietrangeli
Cast
Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy

6:15 am
Mamma Roma (1962)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-14
A streetwalker tries to save her son from a life of crime.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast
Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti

8:15 am
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2h 40m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

10:45 am
2010 (1984)
1h 54m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a U.S.-Soviet crew investigates a mysterious monolith orbiting Jupiter.
Director
Peter Hyams
Cast
Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow

12:45 pm
Forbidden Planet (1956)
1h 38m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A futuristic version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Director
Fred McLeod Wilcox
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen



2:30 pm
The Invisible Boy (1957)
1h 25m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-G
A boy's robot playmate is taken over by aliens.
Director
Herman Hoffman
Cast
Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster



4:15 pm
The Terminal Man (1974)
1h 44m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A scientist decides to undergo an experimental surgery in the hopes that it will control his violent seizures.
Director
Mike Hodges
Cast
George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart

6:15 pm
Deadly Friend (1986)
1h 32m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
A boy tries to save his friend by implanting robotic microchips in her brain.
Director
Wes Craven
Cast
Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Anne Twomey

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 20TH CENTURY FOX

8:00 pm
All About Eve (1950)
2h 18m | Drama | TV-PG
Broadway legend Margo Channing meets an ambitious young actress who tries to take over the star's career and love life.
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast
Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders



10:30 pm
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-G
A Welsh mining family faces the struggles of life together.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee



12:45 am
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
1h 31m | Comedy | TV-G
Monroe stars as the fun-loving, hip-grinding, rich-husband-seeking bombshell Lorelei, who sets sail for Paris with her friend Dorothy.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn



2:30 am
Nightmare Alley (1947)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-14
An ambitious carnival worker attempts to scam his way out of the carnival...
Director
Edmund Goulding
Cast
Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray



4:30 am
Down Argentine Way (1940)
1h 29m | Musical | TV-G
Love and horse racing spice up an American girl's South American vacation.
Director
Irving Cummings
Cast
Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda