TCM Schedule for Sunday, January 29 -- WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: JACK WEBB

[Bolo Boffin]

Just the films, ma'am. Jack Webb steps outside of Dragnet to star and direct in two films for his Mark VII Limited production company. Not too far, though.

6:00 AM
THE HARD WAY (1942)

An ambitious woman doesn't care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ida Lupino , Dennis Morgan , Joan Leslie .
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:00 AM
NANCY GOES TO RIO (1950)

Mother-and-daughter singers compete for the same role and the same man.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Ann Sothern , Jane Powell , Barry Sullivan .
C-100 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:00 AM
MOTHER WORE TIGHTS (1947)



A married vaudeville team struggles to raise a family while touring the nation.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Betty Grable , Dan Dailey , Mona Freeman .
C-107 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:00 PM
STRIKE UP THE BAND (1940)

A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Mickey Rooney , Judy Garland , Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra .
BW-120 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:00 PM
THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963)

A doctor tries to cope with his wife's newfound stardom as an advertising pitch woman.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Doris Day , James Garner , Arlene Francis .
C-108 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM
MAN'S FAVORITE SPORT? (1964)

A sporting goods salesman who knows nothing about fishing must enter an angling contest.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Rock Hudson , Paula Prentiss , Maria Perschy .
C-120 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)



A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy , Joan Bennett , Elizabeth Taylor .
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:00 PM -- WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: JACK WEBB
THE D.I. (1957)



A tough drill sergeant has three days to keep a sensitive enlistee from washing out.
Dir: Jack Webb Cast: Jack Webb , Don Dubbins , Cpl. Laurence C. Windsor Jr., USMC .
BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC,

I can't get over this still I found from The D.I. This looks absolutely hysterical in a didn't-mean-to-be-hysterical way.

10:00 PM
-30- (1959)

An active day in the life of a metropolitan newspaper,
Dir: Jack Webb Cast: Jack Webb , William Conrad , David Nelson .
BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC,



Yes, that's William Conrad.

12:00 AM
EXIT SMILING (1926)

In this silent film, the worst actress in a theatrical company turns out to be their only hope of survival.
Dir: Sam Taylor Cast: Beatrice Lillie , Jack Pickford , Doris Lloyd .
BW-77 mins, TV-G,

2:00 AM
THE VANISHING (1988)



A young man is obsessed with finding the girlfriend who vanished at a rest stop.
Dir: George Sluizer Cast: Gene Bervoets , Johanna Ter Steege , Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu .
C-106 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM
BROKEN JOURNEY (1948)

Plane crash survivors must work together to survive in the Swiss Alps.
BW-89 mins, TV-PG,