TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 12: New Waves Around the World: French New Wave

TCM's thrilling October schedule continues with a daytime theme of Fearless Females and a nighttime roster of French New Wave films.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

12:00 AM
Kenny Rogers as the Gambler (1980)
2h | Adventure | TV-PG
A 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."
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...
Director
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Cast
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6:00 AM
Gypsy Profile Image Gypsy (1962)
2h 29m | Musical | TV-PG
During New York's vaudeville days a tough stage mother tries to get her daughters to become stars.
Director
Mervyn Leroy
Cast
Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden

8:45 AM
Auntie Mame (1958)
2h 23m | Comedy | TV-G
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Director
Morton DaCosta
Cast
Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne

11:15
AM
Gigi (1958)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The story of an illegitimate waif in late 1800s Paris who is pushed upon by her grandmother and aunt to become a courtesan.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan

1:15 PM
Adam's Rib (1949)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
Happily married middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposing sides.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday

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3:15 PM
National Velvet (1944)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-G
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Director
Clarence Brown
Cast
Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor

5:30 PM
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
2h 11m | Drama | TV-14
Film version of Albee's Broadway hit about a sullen academic and his domineering wife.
Director
Mike Nichols
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal

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8:00 PM
Le Coup du Berger (1956)
28m | Comedy | TV-G
When an unfaithful wife receives a fur coat from her lover as a gift, they must figure out what to tell the woman's husband.
Director
Jacques Rivette
Cast
Virginie Vitry, Anne Doat, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

8:45 PM
The Lovers (1958)
1h 29m | Drama | TV-14
A married woman bored with her life decides to escape.
Director
Louis Malle
Cast
Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre

10:30 PM
Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1960)
1h 28m | Drama | TV-PG
During a brief affair, a French actress and a Japanese architect think back on their devastating pasts.
Director
Alain Resnais
Cast
Eiji Okada, Emmanuelle Riva, Stella Dassa



12:15 AM
Breathless (1961)
1h 30m | Crime | TV-14
A small-time hood hides out from the cops with his American girlfriend.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Cast
Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Liliane David



2:00 AM
Le Beau Serge (1958)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
An ailing city dweller makes a therapeutic return visit to his home town in the country.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Cast
Gerard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michele Meritz



3:45 AM
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
1h 25m | Crime | TV-14
A concert pianist on the run gets mixed up with gangsters.
Director
François Truffaut
Cast
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger



5:15 AM
Lola (1962)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-14
A cabaret singer and mother named Lola is courted by two men, yet her heart longs for her long-absent lover.
Director
Jacques Demy
Cast
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden