TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 28: Summer Under the Stars: Marlene Dietrich

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

12:30 AM The Scalphunters (1968)
In the Old West a trapper and his female companion befriend some Indians and then help them fight off a band of scalp-hunters, who terrorize them and have kidnapped a black slave for whom the trapper feels sympathy.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:30 AM Baadasssss! (2004)
Mario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to the struggles his father Melvin Van Peebles went through to film and distribute the movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).
Dir: Mario Van Peebles Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Nia Long, Ossie Davis
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC:


4:30 AM The Joe Louis Story (1953)
In this biography, champion boxer Joe Louis fights to make a name for himself.
Dir: Robert Gordon Cast: Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart, Hilda Simms
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The fantastic adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg who, to win a bet, journeyed around the world in the "record time" of 80 days using every mode of transportation from train to boat to elephant and balloon.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton
Runtime: 170 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:15 AM Knight Without Armour (1937)
A British spy tries to get a countess out of the new Soviet Union.
Dir: Jacques Feyder Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:15 AM Manpower (1941)
Power linemen feud over the love of a sultry nightclub singer.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:00 PM Kismet (1944)
In the classic Arabian Nights tale, the king of the beggars enters high society to help his daughter marry a handsome prince.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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3:00 PM Rancho Notorious (1952)
A cowboy infiltrates a bandit hideout in search of his girlfriend's killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:45 PM The Monte Carlo Story (1957)
Two compulsive gamblers fall in love on the French Riviera.
Dir: Samuel A. Taylor Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Vittorio De Sica, Arthur O'Connell
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



6:30 PM Shanghai Express (1932)
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Dir: Josef Von Sternberg Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



8:00 PM Blonde Venus (1932)
A nightclub singer gives in to a rich playboy to finance her husband's medical treatment.
Dir: Josef Von Sternberg Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Cary Grant
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



10:00 PM Morocco (1930)
A sultry cabaret singer falls hard for a Foreign Legionnaire.
Dir: Josef Von Sternberg Cast: Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



12:00 AM Angel (1937)
While vacationing without her husband, a married woman falls for another man.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:00 AM The Blue Angel (1930)
A stodgy professor falls from grace when he's seduced by a nightclub singer.
Dir: Josef Von Sternberg Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



4:00 AM Stage Fright (1950)
When witnesses see Jonathan Cooper fleeing the scene of a murder, Cooper asks his former girlfriend, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts student Eve Gill, for help. Believing him innocent, she uses her skills at stagecraft to prove the real murderer is chanteuse Charlotte Inwood. Now, as Eve plays a game of cat and mouse with Scotland Yard detective Wil Smith, she has no clue of the deadly secret her sleuthing will uncover.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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