TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 3: Birthday Tribute: Alan Ladd/Memorial Tribute: Barbara Rush

We celebrate Alan Ladd, born on September 3, 1913.

We honor Barbara Rush, who left this life on March 31, 2024.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

12:00 AM Designing Woman (1957)
A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:15 AM Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
A nosy smut magazine editor wishes to find out whether a novelist has based her erotic novel on fact or fiction.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 AM Young Man with a Horn (1950)
A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:15 AM MGM Parade Show #19 (1955)
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from Ziegfeld Follies. Host George Murphy introduces a clip from Ransom.
Dir: null Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, George Murphy
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


7:00 AM The Deep Six (1958)
A pacifist finds his values challenged by the outbreak of World War II.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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9:00 AM The McConnell Story (1955)
The true story of Korean war hero Captain Joseph McConnell, Jr.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:00 AM The Iron Mistress (1952)
American adventurer Jim Bowie fights to make his way in the lumber business.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:00 PM Guns of the Timberland (1960)
Logging partners with a government contract lock horns with a rancher and her neighbors.
Dir: Robert D. Webb Cast: Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:45 PM Drum Beat (1954)
While negotiating a peace treaty with North California Indians, a presidential emissary has to fight off a renegade.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:45 PM The Big Land (1957)
A cattleman tries to convince a group of farmers to build a small town as a railroad link.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:30 PM The Badlanders (1958)
Western outlaws join forces for a daring gold robbery in this remake of The Asphalt Jungle.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: Memorial Tribute: Barbara Rush

8:00 PM Bigger Than Life (1956)
A "miracle" drug threatens a family man's sanity.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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9:45 PM World in My Corner (1956)
Up and coming ambitious boxer Tommy Shea must choose between making dishonest money with a crooked promoter or honestly winning a title, as advised by his manager.
Dir: Jesse Hibbs Cast: Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:



11:30 PM It Came from Outer Space (1953)
No one believes an amateur astronomer's spaceship sighting until the town's people begin disappearing.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:00 AM The Young Philadelphians (1959)
A young lawyer from the wrong side of town tries to break into society.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



3:30 AM Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
A Chicago gangster stumbles into philanthropic work during a gang war.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y