TCM Schedule for Saturday 5/21/2022 - "David Copperfield," "Strangers On a Train," Al Pacino [View all]

TCM Schedule for Saturday 5/21/2022 – “David Copperfield,” “Strangers On a Train,” Al Pacino

12:00 AM The Gypsy Moths (1969)
A trio of barnstorming skydivers finds love and heartache at one small-town stop.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


2:00 AM She Freak (1967)
A diner waitress joins a traveling circus.
Dir: Byron Mabe Cast: Claire Brennen, Lee Raymond, Lynn Courtney
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM The Mutation (1974)
A mad scientist crosses plants with people, and the results wind up in a sideshow.
Dir: Jack Cardiff Cast: Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Horror Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


5:15 AM Shake Hands With Danger (1970)
Safety film about the dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operations, showing many simulated accidents on construction sites.
Dir: null Cast: Charles Oldfather, John Clifford, Herk Harvey
Runtime: 23 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


5:45 AM More Dangerous Than Dynamite (1941)
This short safety film looks at carelessness in the home that can lead to fires.
Dir: null Cast: O. J. Emory, Guy D. Haselton, Guy D. Haselton
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Shipmates Forever (1935)
An admiral's son gives up the Navy for a career as a song-and-dance man.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM Barney Bear's Polar Pest (1944)
It's time to hibernate but Barney Bear's nephew from the North Pole shows up to ruin any plans Barney may have to get some rest.
Dir: George Gordon Cast: Non-speaking Role
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM The Greener Hills (1939)
This short film focuses on an incurable optimist who is always giving up on his job to try something new.
Dir: Sammy Lee Cast: Eddy Waller, Emmett Vogan, Grace Stafford
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:20 AM Cherry Blossom Time in Japan (1936)
This focuses on the customs and rituals related to Japan's cherry blossom festivals.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Rosario Bourdon, Wilfrid M. Cline
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:29 AM Red River Robin Hood (1943)
Two ranchers fend off a crooked land grabber.
Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Tim Holt, Cliff "ukulele Ike" Edwards, Barbara Moffett
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM A Prince in Bondage (1939)
In Chapter 11 of Buck Rogers, Killer Kane launches an aerial attack on Buck's forces.
Dir: Ford Beebe, Ray Trampe. Cast: null
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Thrill of Fair (1951)
Going to the fair is lots of fun for everyone but Popeye, when Olive leaves Swee'Pea in his care.
Dir: null Cast: Jack Mercer, Non-Speaking Role, Mae Questel
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:09 AM Cracked Nuts (1931)
Friendly idiots become rivals in a mythical kingdom's revolution.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Old Hickory (1940)
This short film presents four key incidents in the public life of Andrew Jackson. Vitaphone Release 9590-9591.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Sol Gorss, Sandra Andreva, John Harron
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N

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"David Copperfield' trailer.

12:00 PM David Copperfield (1935)
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: W. C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'sullivan
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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"Larcery, Inc." trailer.

2:30 PM Larceny, Inc. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


"Strangers on a Train" trailer.

4:15 PM Strangers on a Train (1951)
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM Ride the High Country (1962)
Employed to guard a gold shipment from the lawless Sierra mining town of Course Gold, Gil Westrum hires his longtime friend Steve Judd and Heck Longtree to ride shotgun. The two, however, have less honorable plans for the gold. But both sets of plans are thrown into disarray when the men encounter Elsa Knudsen fleeing her ...
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Randolph Scott, Joel Mccrea, Mariette Hartley
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM The Argyle Secrets (1948)
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: null Rating: null CC:

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"The Underworld Story" clip.

9:15 PM The Underworld Story (1950)
A corrupt newspaperman, blacklisted from his big-city paper, becomes involved with a murder case for a small town paper.
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:00 PM Hell Drivers (1957)
An ex-con tries to go clean and gets a job working as a truck driver, but then he discovers that his peers in the union are scamming money by creating phantom drivers on the payroll and splitting the extra cash amongst themselves.
Dir: Cy Endfield Cast: Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


1:00 AM My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
A young girl finds herself entrenched in a murder cover-up when she goes to work for a wealthy widow.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:30 AM The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
A boyfriend from hell, who happens to be a small-time crook, leads his decent girlfriend on the downhill path to heroin.
Dir: Jerry Schatzberg Cast: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:30 AM Bobby Deerfield (1977)
An emotionally distant champion race-car driver finds love with a terminally ill woman.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Alane Persson, Brigitte Huet, Maurice Baquet
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: null CC: