TCM Schedule for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 - Lawyers/Political Films (Wag the Dog, JFK, The Murder of Fred Hampton & more)

Evening co-hosts:

8:00 PM - A Face in the Crowd (1957) with Barry Levinson. Levinson is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. His best-known works are comedy drama and drama films such as Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997)

10:15 PM - Wag the Dog (1997) with Diane Lane. Lane is an American actress.

12:00 AM - The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) with Abby Phillip. Phillip is an American CNN anchor and a senior political correspondent who anchors CNN NewsNight. She previously worked for Politico covering the Obama White House, The Washington Post as a national political reporter, and ABC News as a digital reporter for politics.

TCM PREMIERE, 10:15 PM: Wag The Dog (1997), starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Leary, and Willie Nelson


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6:15 AM | Carnival of Souls (1962)
A church organist battles demons and delusions after a deadly car accident.
Dir: Herk Harvey | Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist

8:00 AM | Count the Hours! (1953)
A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.
Dir: Don Siegel | Cast: Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran

9:30 AM | Criminal Court (1946)
An unorthodox lawyer accidentally kills a crooked nightclub owner, only to discover that his cabaret singer sweetheart has been arrested for the crime.
Dir: Robert Wise | Cast: Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll, June Clayworth

10:45 AM | Just This Once (1952)
A playboy hands control of his dwindling fortune to a pretty girl.
Dir: Don Weis | Cast: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone

12:30 PM | Lawyer Man (1933)
Success corrupts a smooth-talking lawyer.
Dir: William Dieterle | Cast: William Powell, Joan Blondell, David Landau

1:45 PM | The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
A defense lawyer sets out to topple a powerful gangster.
Dir: Vincent Sherman | Cast: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall

3:15 PM | Mr. Ricco (1975)
A defense lawyer faces down racist killers to prove his black client innocent.
Dir: Paul Bogart | Cast: Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Cindy Williams

5:00 PM | No Questions Asked (1951)
A young lawyer's primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
Dir: Harold F. Kress | Cast: Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy

6:30 PM | Young Man With Ideas (1952)
A country lawyer moves his family to Los Angeles.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen | Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel


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8:00 PM | A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Dir: Elia Kazan | Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa

10:15 PM | Wag the Dog (1997) TCM PREMIERE
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Dir: Barry Levinson | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche



12:00 AM | The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
Documentary about the short life and death of the Black Panther Party Leader.

The film was planned to be a portrait of Hampton. During production, Hampton was fatally shot on December 4, 1969, in a pre-dawn raid at his apartment by the Chicago Police Department. The raid was revealed to have been organized in cooperation with the FBI.

When they learned of Hampton's death, filmmakers Howard Alk and Mike Gray, director and producer, respectively, went to his apartment, which was still unsecured. They took film footage of the crime scene. They later used this to challenge news reports and police testimony about the events. They also conducted investigative reporting into Hampton's death, with related material included in the film. Their conclusion is expressed in the title. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_of_Fred_Hampton

Dir: Mike Gray | Cast: Howard Alk, Howard Alk, Mike Gray



1:45 AM | JFK (1991)
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison believes there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Dir: Oliver Stone | Cast: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Joe Pesci



5:00 AM | Z (1969)
A political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption.
Dir: Costa-Gavras | Cast: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin