TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 17: Star of the Month: Melvyn Douglas

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Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

12:15 AM
Sword in the Desert (1949)
Dir: George Sherman Cast: Dana Andrews , Marta Toren , Stephen McNally .
BW-99 mins,

2:04 AM
Desert Killer (1952)
In this short film, a hunter tracks a sheep-killing cougar. Vitaphone Release 2222A.
Dir: Larry Lansburgh
C-10 mins,

2:15 AM
Exodus (1960)
A young Israeli activist fights to set up a homeland for his people.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Paul Newman , Eva Marie Saint , Ralph Richardson .
C-208 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
MGM Parade Show #31 (1956)
Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's later career with director George Cukor.
BW-26 mins,

6:30 AM
Asphalt Jungle, The (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden , Louis Calhern , Jean Hagen .
BW-112 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
Dangerous Profession, A (1950)
A bail bondsman is asked to raise money to free his girlfriend's husband.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: George Raft , Ella Raines , Pat O'Brien .
BW-79 mins, CC,

10:00 AM
Narrow Margin, The (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's moll on a tense train ride.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charles McGraw , Marie Windsor , Jacqueline White .
BW-72 mins, CC,

11:18 AM
Million Dollar Nickel, The (1952)
This propaganda short focuses on how the war against Communism can be fought by the purchase of a stamp.
BW-9 mins,

11:30 AM
Blue Gardenia, The (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can't remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter , Richard Conte , Ann Sothern .
BW-88 mins, CC,

1:00 PM
Suddenly (1954)
Gunmen take over a suburban home to plot a presidential assassination.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast: Frank Sinatra , Sterling Hayden , James Gleason .
BW-77 mins, CC,

2:30 PM
Postmark For Danger (1955)
When a journalist dies, his brother takes up his investigation of a smuggling ring.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Terry Moore , Robert Beatty , William Sylvester .
BW-78 mins, Letterbox Format

3:49 PM
Tanbark And Turf (1955)
This short film takes the viewer on a tour through the world of harness racing and show horses.
BW-8 mins,

4:00 PM
I Died A Thousand Times (1955)
An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Jack Palance , Shelley Winters , Lori Nelson .
C-109 mins, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
Al Capone (1959)
Chicago's most notorious gangster rules the city ruthlessly.
Dir: Richard Wilson Cast: Rod Steiger , Fay Spain , James Gregory .
BW-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:46 PM
M-G-M'S Gangster Film Festival (1982)
This promotional short presents a gangster film festival promoted by M-G-M.
C-2 mins,

7:52 PM
Bounty, The (1962)
This silent promotional short presents footage of the "HMS Bounty" for the remake of "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962).
C-7 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: MELVYN DOUGLAS

8:00 PM
Billy Budd (1962)
Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of a ship's captain caught between an innocent young sailor and an evil officer.
Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Terence Stamp , Peter Ustinov , Robert Ryan .
BW-123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
Great Sinner, The (1949)
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast: Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Melvyn Douglas .
BW-110 mins, CC,

12:00 AM
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Merle Oberon , Melvyn Douglas , Burgess Meredith .
BW-83 mins, CC,



1:30 AM
Fast Company (1938)
Married book-dealers Joel and Gerda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller .
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Melvyn Douglas , Florence Rice , Claire Dodd .
BW-75 mins,

3:00 AM
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
A man-shy fashion editor pretends to be married until a suitor claims to be her husband.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Myrna Loy , Melvyn Douglas , Raymond Walburn .
BW-97 mins, CC,

4:45 AM
Dangerous Corner (1935)
Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.
Dir: Phil Rosen Cast: Virginia Bruce , Conrad Nagel , Melvyn Douglas .
BW-66 mins,