TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 11: Star of the Month: Charlton Heston

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

1:30 AM Blacula (1972)
An African prince bitten by Dracula stalks the Los Angeles night in search of his lost princess.
Dir: William Crain Cast: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

3:15 AM House of Dark Shadows (1970)
A vampire seeks a cure so he can wed the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Dan Curtis Cast: Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett, Grayson Hall
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



5:00 AM The Night Digger (1971)
A drifter with a deadly secret ignites passions in two lonely women.
Dir: Alastair Reid Cast: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: N


7:00 AM The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Rousing adaptation of the Mark Twain tale of a 16th-century prince who trades places with a lookalike peasant.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:00 AM Fiesta (1947)
A Mexican beauty replaces her toreador brother in the bull ring so he can pursue his musical career.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:00 AM Twice Blessed (1945)
Twin sisters set a parent trap to reunite their divorced mother and father.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Lee Wilde
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:30 PM Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
A missing boy's lookalike takes his place and raises havoc.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Dick Purcell
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:45 PM Dead Ringer (1964)
One of a pair of twins, jealous that the other became wealthy and took away her husband, kills her sister and takes over the latter's identity.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



3:45 PM 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



6:00 PM The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: CHARLTON HESTON

8:00 PM Touch of Evil (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife's life to investigate a crooked cop.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



10:00 PM Bad for Each Other (1954)
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between setting up a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:


11:30 PM The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
An outspoken officer is forced to take charge of a military school.
Dir: Jerry Hopper Cast: Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, William Demarest
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC:


1:30 AM The Hawaiians (1970)
A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.
Dir: Tom Gries Cast: Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N



4:00 AM Diamond Head (1962)
A rich Hawaiian pineapple grower tries to control everything and everyone around him, including his headstrong sister.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: