TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 14: 31 Days of Oscar: Foreign Language Films

I'll admit I tweaked the title this time, as TCM has been relying on adjectives to describe themes.

But the description of the daytime schedule is strictly a noun: Swashbucklers!

Enjoy the schedule. It's a great one.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

12:15 AM Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Carol Kane
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


2:30 AM The Lavender Hill Mob (1952)
An overlooked gold transporter with 20 years of service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
Dir: Charles Crichton Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 AM Hot Millions (1968)
A computer whiz and his pregnant girlfriend set out to rob a massive corporation.
Dir: Eric Till Cast: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Roman rebels fight against invading barbarians.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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7:30 AM Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
The legendary lover saves his queen from treason.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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9:30 AM The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:15 AM The Spanish Main (1945)
Dutch rebels in the Caribbean turn pirate and kidnap the corrupt Spanish governor's bride-to-be.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Paul Henreid, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:15 PM The Sea Hawk (1940)
A British buccaneer holds the Spanish fleet at bay with the covert approval of Elizabeth I.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y



3:30 PM Captain Blood (1935)
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Barbados where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Lionel Atwill
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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5:45 PM The Three Musketeers (1948)
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS

8:00 PM La Strada (1954)
A traveling strongman buys a peasant girl to be his wife and co-star.
Dir: Federico Fellini Cast: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



10:00 PM Day for Night (1973)
A film about the artful deceptions of movie making. A beleaguered director must complete a film managing to accommodate a lovelorn actor, a coolly mysterious beauty, a mixed-up diva with a drinking problem, and her debonair ex-lover.
Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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12:15 AM Cries and Whispers (1972)
A woman's impending death leads to painful memories and confrontations for herself and her two sisters.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N



2:00 AM All About My Mother (1999)
A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for Manuela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, Manuela cried until her eyes ran completely dry. Far from seeing clearly, the present and the future become mixed up in darkness.
Dir: Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Fernando-Fernan Gomez, Lola Garcia, Juan Jose Otegui
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: N

4:00 AM Red (1994)
An accident creates a relationship between a model and a retired judge who spies on his neighbors.
Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N