TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 30: Summer Under the Stars: Sophia Loren

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Summer Under the Stars is drawing to a close, but not before Sophia Loren takes a turn in the spotlight!

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

1:30 AM The Professionals (1966)
A corrupt rancher hires four soldiers of fortune to rescue his wife from kidnappers.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: N


3:30 AM The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


6:00 AM Lady L (1965)
A beautiful laundress rises through European society.
Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 AM The Pride and the Passion (1957)
A British naval officer helps Spanish peasants haul a large cannon cross-country to battle Napoleon.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: N

10:30 AM Brass Target (1978)
Gold thieves plot to assassinate General Patton in the days following World War II.
Dir: John Hough Cast: Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:30 PM Operation Crossbow (1965)
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:30 PM Human Voice (2014)
An aging beauty tries desperately to win back a lover drawn to a younger woman.
Dir: Edoardo Ponti Cast: Sophia Loren, Enrico Lo Verso, Alessandra Bonarotta
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

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3:00 PM Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
A Greek sponge diver discovers a beautiful antiquity at the sea's bottom on one of her dives, and then she becomes obsessed with selling it via the help of her scamming boyfriend.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N

5:00 PM More Than a Miracle (1967)
A prince falls for a peasant girl in a fairy tale kingdom.
Dir: Francesco Rosi Cast: Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif, Dolores Del Rio
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:45 PM Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival: Sophia Loren (2016)
Sophia Loren discusses her career with Robert Osborne and a live audience.
Dir: Sean Cameron Cast: Edoardo Ponti, Sophia Loren, Anne McGill Wilson
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: SOPHIA LOREN

8:00 PM The Gold of Naples (1957)
A clown, a pizza chef, a gambler and a lady of the evening enliven six stories of Neapolitan life.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Silvana Mangano, Sophia Loren, Paolo Stoppa
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N

10:30 PM Arabesque (1966)
A university professor gets mixed up with international spies and a two-timing woman.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: N

12:30 AM A Special Day (1977)
Drama unfolds in a chance meeting between two social outsiders.
Dir: Ettore Scola Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N

2:30 AM Two Women (1960)
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: N

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4:15 AM Ghosts--Italian Style (1969)
An unemployed opera singer and his wife find jobs as caretakers in a haunted castle.
Dir: Renato Castellani Cast: Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y