TCM Schedule for Monday November 7, 2022 - Opening Title Sequences Part 1

Daytime has a lot of glimpses into the (presumed) future; primetime kicks off several nights of films with unique opening title sequences.

(all times Easter)

6:45 am Things to Come (1936)
1h 53m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
Two generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war.
Director: William Cameron Menzies. Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson

8:45 am La Jetee (1962)
27m | Experimental | TV-PG
Constructed completely as a series of still photographs, the narrative concerns a man's memories of a pier at Orly of a woman and a death.
Director: Chris Marker. Cast: Davos Hanich, Jean Negroni, William Klein

9:30 am The Time Machine (1960)
1h 43m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-G
A turn-of-the-century inventor sends himself into the future to save humanity.
Director: George Pal. Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux

11:30 am Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
1h 23m | TV-14
Communist Chinese invade the U.S. by burrowing beneath the Pacific.
Director: Montgomery Tully. Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Viviane Ventura, Robert Ayres

1:30 pm Time Bandits (1981)
1h 50m | Adventure | TV-PG
A young boy embarks on an adventure through time with a group of runaway dwarfs.
Director: Terry Gilliam. Cast: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall

3:30 pm The Ice Pirates (1984)
1h 34m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
Two space pirates are dragooned into helping a princess find her father.
Director: Stuart Raffill. Cast: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D Roberts

5:15 pm Stalker (1979)
2h 41m | Drama | TV-14
A mental mutant leads pilgrims to a mysterious room where dreams come true.
Director: Andrey Tarkovskiy. Cast: Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsin, N. Grinko

8:00 pm Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
1h 34m | Comedy | TV-PG
A lowly adman tries to better his lot by courting a glamorous Hollywood star.
Director: Frank Tashlin. Cast: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake

9:45 pm The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-14
A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in.
Director: Norman Jewison. Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke

11:45 pm Charade (1963)
1h 54m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband's lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it.
Director: Stanley Donen. Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau

1:45 am The Man with the Golden Arm (1956)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-14
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Director: Otto Preminger. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak

4:00 am Shaft (1971)
1h 38m | Crime | TV-MA
A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob.
Director: Gordon Parks. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi

5:45 am Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
1h 44m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Detective Mike Hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the Mob.
Director: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart