TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 9: New Waves Around the World, Continued: Australian New Wave
It's Tuesday, and there are treats for everyone on TCM! First, for those very good boys/girls, there's a Man's Best Friend roster of films devoted to tales of our dear friends the dogs.
Then the New Waves Around the World series comes roaring back with a schedule devoted to Australian films. Featured directors include Gillian Armstrong, Jane Campion, and Peter Weir.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
12:00 AM
Guys and Dolls Profile Image Guys and Dolls (1955)
2h 30m | Musical | TV-G
A big-city gambler bets that he can seduce a Salvation Army girl.
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
2:45 AM
42nd Street (1933)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent
4:15 AM
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-G
A socialite is bamboozled into producing a stage show in her home.
Director
Busby Berkeley
Cast
Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart
6:00 AM
A Dog of Flanders (1935)
1h 12m | Drama | TV-G
A Belgian boy nurses a stray dog back to health.
Director
Edward Sloman
Cast
Frankie Thomas, O. P. Heggie, Helen Parrish
7:15 AM
Banjo (1947)
1h 8m | Drama | TV-G
A Southern orphan has to leave her beloved dog behind when she moves north.
Director
Richard O. Fleischer
Cast
Sharyn Moffett, Jacqueline White, Walter Reed
8:30 AM
It's a Dog's Life (1955)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-G
A bull terrier rises from rags to riches.
Director
Herman Hoffman
Cast
Jeff Richards, Jarma Lewis, Edmund Gwenn
10:00 AM
Little Orvie (1940)
1h 6m | Comedy | TV-G
A child is told he cannot have a dog, but finds a stray and keeps it for a day.
Director
Ray McCarey
Cast
John[ny] Sheffield, Ernest Truex, Dorothy Tree
11:15 AM
Sounder (1972)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
In 1933 Louisiana, a family of African American sharecroppers endure racism and injustice.
Director
Martin Ritt
Cast
Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
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1:15 PM
Behave Yourself! (1951)
1h 21m | Comedy | TV-PG
A young couple's dog gets them mixed up in a string of murders.
Director
George Beck
Cast
Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest
2:45 PM
Lassie Come Home (1943)
1h 28m | Adventure | TV-G
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Director
Fred M. Wilcox
Cast
Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty
4:30 PM
Son of Lassie (1945)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-G
The beloved collie goes to war to help the resistance in occupied Norway.
Director
S. Sylvan Simon
Cast
Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart
6:15 PM
Challenge to Lassie (1949)
1h 16m | Drama | TV-G
A faithful dog changes the lives of all who know her after her master dies.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: NEW WAVES AROUND THE WORLD, CONTINUED: AUSTRALIAN NEW WAVE
8:00 PM
Walkabout (1971)
1h 35m | Adventure | TV-MA
Two children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own.
Director
Nicolas Roeg
Cast
Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil
10:00 PM
The Last Wave (1977)
1h 46m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
An examination of the relationship between white and Aboriginal Australia through a trial for murder.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
12:00 AM
My Brilliant Career (1979)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
Director
Gillian Armstrong
Cast
Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes
2:00 AM
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-14
An Australian reporter and a photographer get more than they'd bargained for an Indonesian revolution.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt
4:00 AM
Sweetie (1989)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-MA
A young woman's life is torn apart by the sudden intrusion of her mentally disturbed sister.
Director
Jane Campion
Cast
Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos
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5:45 AM
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
2h | Drama | TV-14
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray