TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 11: Drug Rings

[CBHagman]

Last edited Mon May 9, 2016, 10:39 PM - Edit history (1)

The daytime theme appears to be the British Army, where as the nighttime schedule focuses on drugs and a different sort of danger...



Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

12:15 AM
Suspicion (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Joan Fontaine , Sir Cedric Hardwicke .
BW-99 mins, CC,

Yeah, the trailer is from a public television station, but why not? It'll get you in the mood to watch.

2:00 AM
Sergeant York (1941)
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Gary Cooper , Walter Brennan , Joan Leslie .
BW-134 mins, CC,

4:20 AM
Yosemite The Magnificent (1941)
This short film takes the viewer to California's Yosemite National Park.
C-8 mins,

4:30 AM
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy , Ingrid Bergman , Lana Turner .
BW-113 mins, CC,

6:30 AM
Kim (1951)
Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of an orphaned boy who helps the British Army against Indian rebels.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Errol Flynn , Dean Stockwell , Paul Lukas .
C-113 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
Drum, The (1938)
An Indian prince tries to save his British masters from a deadly revolt.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Sabu , Raymond Massey , Roger Livesey .
BW-94 mins,

10:15 AM
Little Princess, The (1939)
When her father is reported dead in war, his daughter fights harsh conditions at her boarding school.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Shirley Temple , Richard Greene , Anita Louise .
C-93 mins, CC,

12:00 PM
Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Cary Grant , Victor McLaglen , Douglas Fairbanks .
BW-117 mins, CC,

2:00 PM
Soldiers Three (1951)
Three British officers look for adventure in 19th-century India.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Stewart Granger , Walter Pidgeon , David Niven .
BW-92 mins,

3:45 PM
Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1936)
Two brothers love the same woman at a perilous Indian outpost.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland , Patric Knowles .
BW-115 mins, CC,

5:45 PM
Jungle Book, The (1942)
A boy raised by wolves adjusts to life among humans.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Sabu , Joseph Calleia , John Qualen .
C-106 mins, CC,

7:33 PM
Roaring Guns (1944)
In this short film, farmers take up arms against miners whose operations are destroying their farms. Vitaphone Release 1183A.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Edmund Cobb , Fred Kelsey , Ray Jones .
C-19 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: DRUG RINGS

8:00 PM
Pickup Alley (1957)
A U.S. narcotics agent trails an international drug smuggler.
Dir: John Gilling Cast: Victor Mature , Anita Ekberg , Trevor Howard .
BW-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:43 PM
Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow (1956)
This short film promotes the need for cooperation and neighborliness in the event of a nuclear disaster and associated civil defense procedures.
Dir: Larry O'Reilly
BW-15 mins,

10:00 PM
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Dick Powell , Signe Hasso , Maylia .
BW-108 mins,

12:00 AM
French Connection, The (1971)
Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast: Gene Hackman , Fernando Rey , Roy Scheider .
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
Organization, The (1971)
When a group of revolutionaries fighting the drug rackets are framed for murder, detective Virgil Tibbs steps in to clear their names.
Dir: Don Medford Cast: Sidney Poitier , Barbara McNair , Gerald S. O'Loughlin .
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:56 AM
Golden Equator, The (1956)
This short film focuses on the evolving country of Ecuador.
Dir: Hamilton Wright
BW-18 mins,

4:15 AM
Borderline (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred MacMurray , Claire Trevor , Raymond Burr .
BW-88 mins, CC,

5:50 AM
Wandering Here And There (1944)
This short film takes the viewer to various places around the United States.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C-9 mins,

[longship]

1. I love "Gunga Din"

And yes, Sam Jaffe plays the title character, who also plays Professor Barnhart in "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

It's a fun flick. It's "The Temple of Doom" without heart ripping outs and monkey brain dining. Otherwise a great flick.

[CBHagman]

2. A good summary.

Gunga Din is thrilling, without subjecting viewers to post-Production Code images and language, and it's got an emotional impact that I think a lot of post-code films can never achieve.

For some reason, though, I've never had the opportunity to sit down and watch the whole movie through, and the same is true of a couple of other very different classics, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia.