TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 7: 1948 in Noir
Spend the day watching the planet getting attacked by mutants of various species and then settle in for an evening of noir. Proceed to chomp popcorn or your fingernails, according to preference.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
12:00 AM
DOUBLE DYNAMITE ( 1951)
A bank teller reaps the rewards of saving a gangster's life, but can't reveal where he got the money.
Dir: Irving Cummings Cast: Jane Russell , Groucho Marx , Frank Sinatra .
BW- 81 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
YOUNG WIDOW ( 1946)
A young newspaperwoman tries to get over the loss of her husband in World War II.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Jane Russell , Louis Hayward , Faith Domergue .
BW- 99 mins,
3:30 AM
TILL THE END OF TIME ( 1946)
A returning World War II veteran falls for a troubled war widow.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dorothy McGuire , Guy Madison , Robert Mitchum .
BW- 105 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #31 ( 1956)
Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's later career with director George Cukor.
BW- 26 mins,
6:00 AM
KILLER SHREWS, THE ( 1959)
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Dir: Ray Kellogg Cast: James Best , Ingrid Goude , Ken Curtis .
BW- 68 mins, CC,
7:15 AM
BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, THE ( 1953)
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.
Dir: Eugene Lourié Cast: Paul Christian , Paula Raymond , Cecil Kellaway .
BW- 80 mins, CC,
8:45 AM
THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, THE ( 1951)
The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space.
Dir: Christian Nyby Cast: Margaret Sheridan , Kenneth Tobey , Robert Cornthwaite .
BW- 87 mins, CC,
10:15 AM
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON ( 1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Joseph Cotten , George Sanders , Debra Paget .
C- 100 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN ( 1958)
A space visitor's touch turns an unhappy heiress into a vengeful giant.
Dir: Nathan Hertz Cast: Allison Hayes , William Hudson , Yvette Vickers .
BW- 66 mins, CC,
1:15 PM
THEM! ( 1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Whitmore , Edmund Gwenn , Joan Weldon .
BW- 92 mins, CC,
3:00 PM
FORBIDDEN PLANET ( 1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen .
C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:45 PM
GODZILLA ( 1954)
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.
Dir: Ishiro Honda Cast: Akira Takarada , Momoko Kochi , Akihiko Hirata .
BW- 96 mins,
6:30 PM
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON ( 1954)
Scientists track a prehistoric monster in the South American jungle while it tracks them.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Richard Carlson , Julia Adams , Richard Denning .
BW- 79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 1948 IN NOIR
8:00 PM
CRY OF THE CITY ( 1948)
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast: Victor Mature , Richard Conte , Fred Clark .
BW- 95 mins, CC,
10:00 PM
LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE ( 1948)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Rita Hayworth , Orson Welles , Everett Sloane .
BW- 87 mins, CC,
11:45 PM
HE WALKED BY NIGHT ( 1948)
After killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Richard Basehart , Scott Brady , Roy Roberts .
BW- 79 mins, CC,
1:15 AM
KEY LARGO ( 1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Edward G. Robinson , Lauren Bacall .
BW- 100 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
BERLIN EXPRESS ( 1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Merle Oberon , Robert Ryan , Charles Korvin .
BW- 86 mins, CC,
5:00 AM
NAKED CITY, THE ( 1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald , Howard Duff , Dorothy Hart .
BW- 96 mins, CC,