TCM Schedule for Monday August 7, 2023 - Summer Under the Stars: Robert Ryan

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(all times Eastern)

6:00 am The Woman on the Beach (1947)
1h 11m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A coast guardsman begins to think his mistress's blind husband can really see.
Director: Jean Renoir. Cast: Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford

7:30 am Act of Violence (1949)
1h 22m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Director: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh

9:00 am Best of the Badmen (1951)
1h 24m | Western | TV-PG
A band of notorious outlaws help a friend against a corrupt federal agent.
Director: William D. Russell. Cast: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel

10:30 am The Naked Spur (1953)
1h 31m | Western | TV-PG
A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter.
Director: Anthony Mann. Cast: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan

12:15 pm Flying Leathernecks (1951)
1h 42m | War | TV-PG
A World War II Marine officer drives his men mercilessly during the battle for Guadalcanal.
Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor

2:00 pm Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1970)
1h 46m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-G
The infamous submarine captain rescues six shipwreck survivors.
Director: James Hill. Cast: Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman

4:00 pm Back from Eternity (1956)
1h 37m | Adventure | TV-PG
When an airliner crashes in the jungle, the repaired plane can only hold five of the survivors.
Director: John Farrow. Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger

5:45 pm Billy Budd (1962)
1h 52m | Drama | TV-G
Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of a ship's captain caught between an innocent young sailor and an evil officer.
Director: Peter Ustinov. Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan

8:00 pm Berlin Express (1948)
1h 26m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Director: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin

9:45 pm The Set-Up (1949)
1h 12m | Drama | TV-PG
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
Director: Robert Wise. Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

11:15 pm On Dangerous Ground (1952)
1h 22m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A tough cop sent to help in a mountain manhunt falls for the quarry's blind sister.
Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond

12:45 am Executive Action (1973)
1h 31m | Crime | TV-14
Rogue intelligence agents, politicians, greedy capitalists, and assassins plot and carry out an assassination.
Director: David Miller. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Paul Carr

2:30 am Lolly Madonna XXX (1973)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-MA
Mistaken identity leads two backwoods families into a bloody feud.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian. Cast: Rod Steiger, Jeff Bridges, Robert Ryan

4:30 am The Secret Fury (1950)
1h 25m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A mysterious figure tries to stop a woman's marriage by driving her mad.
Director: Mel Ferrer. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl

[Auggie]

1. Recommend "The Set-Up". Great film noir.

Martin Scorsese screened this film for inspiration before filming Raging Bull.