TCM Schedule for Thursday, July 4, 2024: Independence Day / Eva Marie Saint

Prime time: Celebrating the 100th birthday of Eva Maria Saint.

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6:00 AM | Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
In his only comedy, Eugene O'Neill captures the trials of growing up in small-town America.
Dir: Clarence Brown | Cast: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Aline MacMahon

8:00 AM | The Scarlet Coat (1955)
During the American War of Independence, an American officer deserts to the British in order to unmask a traitor.
Dir: John Sturges | Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders

10:00 AM | The Devil's Disciple (1959)
A preacher and a rebel leader change places during the Revolution.
Dir: Guy Hamilton | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier

11:45 AM | 1776 (1972)
The founding fathers struggle to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Dir: Peter H. Hunt | Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard

2:45 PM | The Music Man (1962)
A con man, masquerading as a music professor, convinces a small town to form a brass band.
Dir: Morton Dacosta | Cast: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett

5:30 PM | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
The life story of dancing vaudevillian George M. Cohan.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston


--- PRIME TIME & LATE NIGHT ---

8:00 PM | On the Waterfront (1954)
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses
Dir: Elia Kazan | Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint

10:00 PM | Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2014)
Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint discusses her life and career at the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival.
Dir: Sean Cameron | Cast: Robert Osborne, Eva Marie Saint

11:15 PM | North by Northwest (1959)
A New York businessman, through a case of mistaken identity, is embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock | Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason

1:45 AM | A Hatful of Rain (1957)
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann | Cast: Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa

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3:45 AM | American Graffiti (1973)
Classic coming-of-age story set against a 1960s backdrop of hot rods, drive-ins and rock n’ roll.
Dir: George Lucas | Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith