TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 19: '50s Noir

We're more than halfway through September, and it's time for Pre-Code Classics (daytime schedule) and '50s Noir (nighttime). You'll be on the edge of your seat!

Oh, and there's a Robert Montgomery sighting, too!

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

1:30 AM The Wasp Woman (1960)
A woman takes some bug enzymes in the hope it will give her the secret to eternal youth, but things go wrong at night when she turns into a giant wasp and starts killing people.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:00 AM The Black Scorpion (1957)
Giant prehistoric scorpions terrorize the Mexican countryside.
Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:30 AM The Cosmic Monster (1958)
A scientist's experiments open the doorway to a strange and deadly world.
Dir: Gilbert Gunn Cast: Forrest Tucker, Gaby André, Martin Benson
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM The Age of Consent (1932)
College co-eds learn to handle the responsibilities of romance.
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Dorothy Wilson, Arline Judge, Richard Cromwell
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



7:15 AM Private Lives (1931)
A divorced couple rekindles the spark after landing in adjoining honeymoon suites with new mates.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



8:45 AM Beauty and the Boss (1932)
After being distracted by a string of pretty secretaries, a banker hires a plain Jane, only to fall in love with her.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Marian Marsh, David Manners, Warren William
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:00 AM Hold Your Man (1933)
A hard-boiled woman and a conman wear down each other's rough edges.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:30 AM I've Got Your Number (1934)
Two telephone engineers try to clear a woman of criminal charges.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:45 PM Penthouse (1933)
The mob frames a lawyer for murder, so he enlists a call girl's help in finding the real killer.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:30 PM After Tonight (1933)
A female Russian spy falls for the enemy during WWI.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland, Edward Ellis
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:45 PM Red-Headed Woman (1932)
An ambitious secretary tries to sleep her way into high society.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



5:15 PM Baby Face (1933)
Lily Powers's dreary life in Pennsylvania takes a sudden turn when her father is killed in an accident. Unmoved by her father's death, Lily, along with friend Chico, jumps on a freight train and seduces a worker to avoid being arrested. Now in New York City, Lily uses her beauty and sexual prowess to seduce a string of successful men as she works her way to the top.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:45 PM Female (1933)
A female CEO who's used to buying love meets her match in an independent young executive.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: '50s Noir

8:00 PM Angel Face (1953)
A woman murders her family for their money.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:00 PM The Night of the Hunter (1955)
After hearing an about-to-be-hanged murderer's story about some hidden money he left in the care of his two young kids, the murderer's cell-mate is released and embarks on a journey to find the killer's family.
Dir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:00 AM Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
A businessman kills his boss to cover up his affair with the man's wife.
Dir: Louis Malle Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:00 AM In a Lonely Place (1950)
An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:00 AM Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
A sleazy PR man who will do anything to get his clients mentioned in the column of a powerful journalist, gets involved in a plot to break up the journalist's sister's relationship with a jazz musician.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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