TCM Schedule for Monday December 13, 2021 - Essential Directors (TCM Book)

Daytime has some film noir heavies; prime time ties in with a new TCM book.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am The Naked City (1948)
1h 36m | Crime | TV-14
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Director: Jules Dassin. Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart

7:45 am Crime Wave (1954)
1h 13m | Crime | TV-14
A reformed parolee is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Director: Andre Detoth. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk

9:15 am The Narrow Margin (1952)
1h 11m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's moll on a tense train ride.
Director: Richard Fleischer. Cast: Charles Mcgraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White

10:30 am Kansas City Confidential (1952)
1h 38m | Crime | TV-PG
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues' identities secret from each other
Director: Phil Karlson. Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster

12:15 pm The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
1h 52m | Crime | TV-PG
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Director: John Huston. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen

2:15 pm The Big Sleep (1946)
1h 54m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely

4:15 pm Out of the Past (1947)
1h 37m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Director: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas

6:00 pm Mildred Pierce (1945)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-PG
A woman's ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott

8:00 pm Stagecoach (1939)
1h 36m | Western | TV-G
A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country.
Director: John Ford. Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine

10:00 pm North by Northwest (1959)
2h 16m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason

12:30 am The Heiress (1949)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A plain young woman's wealth makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson.

2:45 am Body and Soul (1925)
1h 26m | Silent | TV-PG
In this film, a corrupt small town minister leads his congregation astray.
Director: Oscar Micheaux. Cast: Paul Robeson, Marshall Rodgers, Lawrence Chenault

4:30 am The Bride Wore Red (1937)
1h 43m | Romance | TV-G
A chorus girl crashes an exclusive Swiss resort to snare a rich husband.
Director: Dorothy Arzner. Cast: Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young