TCM Schedule for Monday October 11, 2021 - Big Country
Daytime is murder most foul; in prime time it's more country stars acting.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 am Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
2h 50m | Drama | TV-PG
Repressed passions and shameful secrets destroy a New England family.
Director: Dudley Nichols. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey
8:45 am The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
1h 39m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
Director: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith
10:30 am The Casino Murder Case (1935)
1h 23m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Society sleuth Philo Vance takes on a series of murders at an aging dowager's mansion.
Director: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook
12:00 pm Back in Circulation (1937)
1h 22m | Drama | TV-G
A reporter tries to win her editor's heart by solving a murder case.
Director: Ray Enright. Cast: Pat O'brien, Joan Blondell, Margaret Lindsay
1:30 pm Shadow on the Wall (1950)
1h 24m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A child is left mute by the sight of her stepmother's murder.
Director: Patrick Jackson. Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau
3:00 pm D.O.A. (1950)
1h 23m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Director: Rudolph Mate. Cast: Edmond O'brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler
4:30 pm Strange Affair (1944)
1h 18m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A mysterywriter and his wife investigate a murder at a charity benefit.
Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Allyn Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes, Marguerite Chapman
6:00 pm Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
1h 58m | Comedy | TV-G
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
8:00 pm Pure Country (1992)
1h 48m | Drama
A contemporary country & western love story about a popular country singer who finds love and returns to a simpler life.
Director: Christopher Cain. Cast: George Strait, Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser
10:00 pm Nine to Five (1980)
1h 50m | Comedy | TV-PG
Three secetaries plot revenge on their chauvinistic boss.
Director: Colin Higgins. Cast: Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin
12:00 am Kenny Rogers as the Gambler (1980)
2h | Adventure | TV-PG
Western adventure, inspired by the Kenny Rogers hit song.
Director: Dick Lowry. Cast: Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Harold Gould
2:00 am The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-PG
When the Civil War ends, Confederate spies have to return the fortune they just stole.
Director: Michael Moore. Cast: Roy Orbison, Sammy Jackson, Maggie Pierce
3:45 am Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944)
10m | Short | TV-G
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys perform such popular musical numbers as "Ride On" and "My Adobe Hacienda."
Director: Leroy Prinz. Cast: Bob Wills, Mrs. Tommy Duncan, James Bloodworth
4:00 am Jamboree! (1957)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
Two young people attempt to find love and success by making it in the music industry.
Director: Roy Lockwood. Cast: Kay Medford, Bob Pastene, Paul Carr
5:30 am 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.