TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 19: Pam Grier - Part 1

Daytime features a roster of films with the theme Career Transitions. Nighttime is devoted to the first evening of a tribute to actress Pam Grier.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

12:00
AM
Cabaret (1972)
2h 4m | Musical | TV-14
In 1931 Berlin, a starry-eyed nightclub singer and the club's master of ceremonies try to bring decadence and entertainment to Berliners even as Nazism looms.
Director
Bob Fosse
Cast
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem

2:15 AM
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
1h 32m | Musical | TV-PG
A rock and roll mockumentary that follows "a day in the life" of those four lads from Liverpool.
Director
Richard Lester
Cast
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison

4:00 AM
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
1h 35m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Produced by Beatles associate Allan Klein, this tuneful comedy stars UK chart toppers Herman's Hermits.
Director
Saul Swimmer
Cast
Peter Noone, Karl Green, Keith Hopwood

6:00 AM
Repent at Leisure (1941)
1h 6m | Drama | TV-G
A newlywed tries to keep her husband from learning she's the boss's daughter.
Director
Frank Woodruff
Cast
Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, George Barbier

7:15 AM
The Secret of My Success (1965)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-PG
A young innocent becomes the prey for a series of devious, if unlucky, females.
Director
Andrew L. Stone
Cast
Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Honor Blackman

9:00 AM
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
1h 11m | Comedy | TV-G
An accident-prone reporter stumbles into love and a big story.
Director
Ben Stoloff
Cast
Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Alan Hale

10:15 AM
Grand Slam (1933)
1h 7m | Romance | TV-G
A hat-check girl's skill with cards lands her a wealthy bridge champion.
Director
William Dieterle
Cast
Paul Lukas, Loretta Young, Frank McHugh

11:30 AM
Everybody's Hobby (1939)
54m | Comedy | TV-G
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
Director
William McCann
Cast
Irene Rich, Henry O'Neill, Jackie Moran

12:30 PM
Beauty for the Asking (1939)
1h 8m | Romance | TV-G
A jilted woman makes her fortune in cosmetics.
Director
Glenn Tryon
Cast
Lucille Ball, Patric Knowles, Donald Woods

1:45 PM
Pretty Baby (1950)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
A pair of advertising executives use a woman's child to snag a client.
Director
Bretaigne Windust
Cast
Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Zachary Scott

3:30 PM
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
1h 27m | Romance | TV-PG
An office worker thinks he's going to lose his job just as his wife announces she may be pregnant.
Director
Jose Ferrer
Cast
Jose Ferrer, Joanne Gilbert, Jim Backus

5:00 PM
Young Man With Ideas (1952)
1h 24m | Comedy | TV-G
A country lawyer moves his family to Los Angeles.
Director
Mitchell Leisen
Cast
Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel

6:30 PM
The Working Man (1933)
1h 15m | Comedy | TV-G
A wealthy manufacturer takes a vacation incognito and ends up working for his chief rival.
Director
John G. Adolfi
Cast
George Arliss, Bette Davis, Theodore Newton

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PAM GRIER - PART 1

8:00 PM
Greased Lightning (1977)
1h 36m | Biography | TV-PG
This biopic on NASCAR racing champion Wendell Scott focuses on his struggle to overcome racism and fulfill the dream of becoming a champion.
Director
Michael Schultz
Cast
Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier

10:00 PM
Friday Foster (1975)
1h 30m | Action | TV-MA
Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest Black man in the United States, witnesses an assassination attempt, and finds herself a target as well.
Director
Arthur Marks
Cast
Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge



12:00 AM
Hit Man (1973)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-14
A racketeer tears up L.A.'s underworld searching for his brother's killer.
Director
George Armitage
Cast
Bernie Casey, Pamela Grier, Lisa Moore



2:00 AM
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
1h 29m | Crime | TV-14
A Turkish poppy field is torched - and a U.S. drug trafficker known as "Mommy" is feeling pretty burned. She orders a retaliatory strike, but now she has to deal with the crime-fighting Cleopatra Jones.
Director
Jack Starrett
Cast
Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes



4:00 AM
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
1h 34m | Crime | TV-14
Cleopatra Jones, the sleek superlady of crime fighting, travels to Hong Kong to battle the Dragon Lady, queen of the international drug trade
Director
Chuck Bail
Cast
Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Norman Fell