TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 25: Star of the Month: Charlton Heston
There's plenty to scare you on TCM today, including in the daytime theme (Unrequited Love) and the roster of Charlton Heston films. 
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
12:00 AM The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
After a woman dies on the operating table, her husband exacts revenge on the doctor.
Dir: Robert Fuest Cast: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
1:45 AM Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
In an effort to revive his dead wife, a man sets out on a search to find the elixir of life.
Dir: Robert Fuest Cast: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror Rating: null CC: N
3:30 AM House of Wax (1953)
Ghoulish shenanigans, creepy goings-on, and bloody mayhem all register to full effect in the "Wax Museum."
Dir: Andre Detoth Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:15 AM House on Haunted Hill (1958)
The owner of a supposedly haunted mansion offers $10,000 to anyone dumb enough to attempt to spend the night there.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
6:30 AM The Bat (1959)
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Dir: Crane Wilbur Cast: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM The Gold Rush (1925)
In this silent film, a lost soul in the Yukon seeks love and wealth.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N
10:00 AM Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist; a bracelet passes from one lover to another; a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 AM The Red House (1947)
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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1:45 PM Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The landmark teen film that solidified Dean's image with the public, follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly, dangerous drag racing to win over women.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:45 PM Of Human Bondage (1946)
A medical student risks his future when he falls for a low-class waitress.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:45 PM The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: CHARLTON HESTON
8:00 PM Soylent Green (1973)
A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
10:00 PM The Omega Man (1971)
A scientist who believes he is the only human to survive a worldwide bacteriological war unharmed attempts to save humanity by developing a curative serum from his own blood in this frightening vision of a post-apocalyptic near future.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
12:00 AM The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
The skipper of a sunken ship stands trial for negligence.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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2:00 AM Skyjacked (1972)
While on route to Los Angeles, a commercial airliner is hijacked to Russia by an unbalanced Vietnam veteran.
Dir: John Guillermin Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:00 AM The Awakening (1980)
Archeologist Matthew Corbeck, obsessed with the legend of Egyptian princess Kara, who was forced into an incestuous affair with her father and later killed him, travels to the Middle East to uncover her tomb. Disregarding the curse associated with the legend, Corbeck pillages the burial site and brings the loot back to a London museum, unaware that his daughter was born at the very moment he broke the seal on Kara's tomb...
Dir: Mike Newell Cast: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Stephanie Zimbalist, Jill Townsend
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y