TCM Schedule for Sunday, October 6, 2013 - Tonight on TCM: The USS Reluctant

[Bolo Boffin]

6:00 AM
Keeper Of The Flame (1942)
A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
Dir: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf.
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:41 AM
Mackinac Island (1944)
This short films takes the viewer to Mackinac Island in Lake Michigan.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C-9 mins

8:00 AM
In a Lonely Place (1950)
An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
Dir: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy.
BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:47 AM
So You Want To Keep Your Hair (1946)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes searches for any cure that will halt his disappearing hairline.
Dir: Richard Bare
Cast: Jack Mower, Spec O'Donnell, Leo White.
BW-11 mins

10:00 AM
Mr. Lucky (1943)
A gambling-ship owner is out to fleece a beautiful society woman, but falls in love.
Dir: H. C. Potter
Cast: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford.
BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC

11:47 AM
Little Jack Little & Orchestra (1936)
In this musical short, Little Jack Little and his orchestra perform several popular songs of the day.
Dir: Joseph Henabery
Cast: Mildred Fenton, Jack Smith
BW-11 mins

12:00 PM
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
A gangster hides from the law by trading places with a mild-mannered double.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl.
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC

1:37 PM
A Small Town Idol (1939)
This comedic short was extracted from the longer feature "A Small Town Idol" (1921), about a young man wrongly accused of robbery.
BW-19 mins

2:00 PM
Lassie Come Home (1943)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty.
C-89 mins, TV-G, CC

3:45 PM
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
An eccentric inventor uses his flying car to free a kingdom of children from oppression.
Dir: Ken Hughes
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries.
BW-145 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
A widow and a widower have to contend with hostile children when they fall in love.
Dir: Howard Morris
Cast: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll.
C-95 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

TONIGHT ON TCM
THE USS RELUCTANT

8:00 PM
Mister Roberts (1955)
A naval officer longing for active duty clashes with his vainglorious captain.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell.
C-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM
Ensign Pulver (1964)
A young officer on a World War II supply ship battles his captain to keep the men happy.
Dir: Joshua Logan
Cast: Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau.
C-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:03 AM
The Bounty (1962)
This silent promotional short presents footage of the "HMS Bounty" for the remake of "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962).
C-7 mins

12:15 AM
Traffic In Souls (1913)
Two young innocents are lured into the world of prostitution.
Dir: George Loane Tucker
Cast: Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William Turner.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG

1:50 AM
Equestrian Quiz (1946)
In this short film, Pete Smith quizzes an audience about horses.
Dir: Dave O'Brien
BW-10 mins

2:00 AM
Les Maudits (1947)
A group of Nazis flee Germany and make a desperate submarine voyage to South America.
Dir: René Clément
Cast: Marcel Dalio
BW-102 mins, TV-14

3:46 AM
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman
C-57 mins, TV-G, CC

4:45 AM
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1966)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
Cast: Ken Murray
BW-50 mins, TV-G

5:40 AM
The Red Shadow (1932)
This musical short is an adaptation of "The Desert Song," about a masked renegade called The Red Shadow.
Dir: Roy Mack
Cast: Max Stamm, Alexander Gray, Reginald Carrington.
BW-20 mins

[Graybeard]

1. Ensign Pulver 10:15. Familiar faces in the crew.

It's always fun in movies with large ensemble casts like Ensign Pulver to look for familiar faces. The crew of the U.S.S. Reluctant is overflowing with future stars of their own TV series, an Oscar winner and other young actors who would 'make it big'. Watch for:

Larry Hagman

Peter Marshall

George Lindsey

Jack Nicholson

James Farentino

Jimmy Coco (you might not recognize Coco
at first. He is in great shape, muscular and
buff and with more hair.)
.
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