TCM Schedule for Monday October 25, 2021 - Big Country

More country stars acting, including a real curio with Johnny Cash.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am The Little Hut (1957)
1h 18m | Comedy | TV-14
A neglected wife is shipwrecked on a desert island with her husband and her would-be lover.
Director: Mark Robson. Cast: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, David Niven

7:45 am The Importance Of Being Earnest (1952)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A proper Englishman gets caught leading a double life.
Director: Anthony Asquith. Cast: Edith Evans, Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis

9:30 am The Saint in New York (1938)
1h 12m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York's mob kingpins.
Director: Ben Holmes. Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Rumann

10:45 am A Date with the Falcon (1941)
1h 3m | Crime | TV-G
The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
Director: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason

12:00 pm The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
1h 38m | Romance | TV-G
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Director: Richard Boleslawski. Cast: Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery

1:45 pm Jewel Robbery (1932)
1h 10m | Romance | TV-G
A jewel thief falls for a tycoon's wife in Vienna.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson

3:00 pm Arsene Lupin (1932)
1h 24m | Comedy | TV-G
A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa.
Director: Jack Conway. Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley

4:30 pm Arsene Lupin Returns (1938)
1h 22m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A reformed jewel thief helps detectives track down a criminal.
Director: Geo. Fitzmaurice. Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William

6:00 pm The Rules of the Game (1939)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-14
A famed flier pursues a married woman during a weekend at her husband's country estate.
Director: Jean Renoir. Cast: Roland Toutain, Marcel Dalio, Jean Renoir

8:00 pm Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-14
A country music star leads different lifestyles at home and on the road.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg. Cast: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving

10:15 pm Falling From Grace (1992)
1h 40m | Drama
A famous country singer returns to his hometown in rural Indiana to celebrate his grandfather's 80th birthday.
Director: John Mellencamp. Cast: John Mellencamp, Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins

12:15 am Norwood (1970)
1h 36m | Comedy
After getting out of the army, a young man wants a chance to perform on a local TV talent show.
Director: Jack Haley Jr. Cast: Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath

2:00 am Five Minutes to Live (1961)
1h 20m | Crime | TV-PG
A deranged bandit holds a bank president's wife hostage.
Director: Bill Karn. Cast: Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forrester

3:30 am Spade Cooley King of Western Swing (1945)
9m | Short | TV-G
This musical short film chronicles the rise in popularity of Spade Cooley and his unique blend of country and swing music.
Director: Jack Scholl. Cast: Spade Cooley, Tom Wilson, Carolina Cotton

3:45 am The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1995)
54m | Documentary
Portrait of an Average Joe--Gerald Gaxiola, aka the Maestro--who won't let any dull conventions come between him and making his dreams come true.
Director: Les Blank. Cast: Gerald Gaxiola, Alice Gaxiola, Peter Mollica

4:45 am Festival (1967)
1h 35m | Documentary | TV-PG
The Newport Folk Festival filmed over a 4 year period (1963-66).
Director: Murray Lerner. Cast: Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers