TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 30 -- The Essentials: Preston Sturges

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6:00 AM
Jack And The Beanstalk (1952)

A baby-sitter dreams himself and his best friend into the famous fairy tale.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: [Bud] Abbott, [Lou] Costello, Buddy Baer.
C-78 mins, TV-G, CC


7:30 AM
The Giant Behemoth (1959)

A radioactive dinosaur plots a deadly path to London.
Dir: Eugene Lourie
Cast: Gene Evans, Andre Morell, John Turner.
BW-80 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


9:00 AM
711 Ocean Drive (1950)

A telephone repairman gets mixed up with illegal gambling.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger.
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC


10:45 AM
The Son of Rusty (1947)

When they are separated, a boy and his dog fight to find each other.
Dir: Lew Landers
Cast: Ted Donaldson, Stephen Dunne, Tom Powers.
BW-69 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
Dick Tracy (1945)

Dick is faced with a series of murders in which the victims all come from different social and economic backgrounds.
Dir: William Berke
Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki.
BW-61 mins, TV-PG


1:15 PM
Passage to Marseille (1944)

Devil's Island escapees join up with the Allies during World War II.
Dir: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michéle Morgan .
BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC


3:15 PM
36 Hours (1965)

Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over.
Dir: George Seaton
Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint.
BW-115 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


5:15 PM
Alexander The Great (1956)

Biography of the ancient warrior who conquered the known world.
Dir: Robert Rossen
Cast: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom.
C-136 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


THE ESSENTIALS: PRESTON STURGES

8:00 PM
Sullivan's Travels (1941)

A filmmaker masquerades as a hobo to get in touch with the little people.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC


9:45 PM
Christmas In July (1940)

An unemployed dreamer thinks he's won a big radio contest.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn.
BW-67 mins, TV-G


11:00 PM
The Great Mcginty (1940)

A hobo rises to town mayor when he hooks up with a crooked political boss.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG


12:30 AM
The Lady Eve (1941)

A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC


2:15 AM
Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)

A group of veterans help a small-town fraud convince his family he was a war hero.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn.
BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC


4:00 AM
The Palm Beach Story (1942)

To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor.
BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC


5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #12 (1955)

George Murphy introduces clips featuring Vincente Minnelli and Arthur Freed from "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" and visits the set of "Kismet."
BW-26 mins, TV-G