TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 15: Tennessee Williams Adaptations/Director Alfred Hitchcock - Part 1

1:00 AM Manpower (1941)
Power linemen feud over the love of a sultry nightclub singer.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:00 AM Taxi! (1932)
A feisty independent cab driver fights off a crooked syndicate.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 AM The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
An inventor's unbreakable glass attracts the attention of businessmen and gangsters.
Dir: Jack Donohue Cast: Red Skelton, Gloria De Haven, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

6:00 AM Hollywood My Hometown (1965)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
Dir: William Martin Cast: Ken Murray
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Tennessee Williams Adaptations

7:15 AM Baby Doll (1956)
In Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, failing middle-aged cotton gin owner Archie Lee Meighan has been married to the pretty 19-year-old virgin Baby Doll Meighan for two years. Baby Doll still sleeps in a crib in their decrepit mansion as Archie waits impatiently for Baby Doll's 20th birthday, which is just a few days away, when - by prior agreement with Baby Doll's dying father - the marriage can finally be consummated. Meanwhile, Archie's competitor, Silva Vacarro, has taken away all of Archie's business, and Archie retaliates by burning down Vacarro's gin. Suspecting Archie as the arsonist, Vacarro plans to have his revenge by pursuing, seducing, and terrorizing Baby Doll into signing a confession that will admit her husband's guilt.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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9:15 AM Period of Adjustment (1962)
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:15 AM The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
A fading stage star gets caught up in the decadent life of modern Rome when she hires a male companion.
Dir: José Quintero Cast: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:15 PM The Night of the Iguana (1964)
An ex-minister works as a tour guide in a Mexican coastal town, falls into some romantic interludes with a group of schoolteachers, and then meets a beautiful artist at a run-down hotel where the proprietress is in love with him.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



3:45 PM A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom who meets up with a has-been movie star and travels with her to his small hometown to find the girl he left behind (and pregnant), only to be awaited by her father.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



What's on Tonight: Director Alfred Hitchcock - Part 1

8:00 PM Becoming Hitchcock - The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
A reflection on the development of Alfred Hitchcock's signature style, through the making of one of his benchmark films - Blackmail (1929).
Dir: Laurent Bouzereau Cast: Elvis Mitchell (narrator), Alfred Hitchcock
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC:



9:15 PM Blackmail (1929)
Silent version of an early Hitchcock thriller. (British International Pictures produced both a silent and sound version of "Blackmail" in 1929.) A shopkeeper's daughter fights off blackmail after she kills a young artist who had tried to rape her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: N



11:00 PM Becoming Hitchcock - The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
A reflection on the development of Alfred Hitchcock's signature style, through the making of one of his benchmark films - Blackmail (1929).
Dir: Laurent Bouzereau Cast: Elvis Mitchell (narrator), Alfred Hitchcock
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC:

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12:15 AM Blackmail (1929)
A shopkeeper's daughter fights off blackmail after she kills a young artist who had tried to rape her. (Sound version.)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:00 AM Murder! (1930)
A juror who had voted to convict a murder suspect tries to prove someone else did it before the execution date.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring, Phyllis Konstam
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:00 AM The Skin Game (1931)
A self-made man shocks the inhabitants of a small English town by buying a forest owned by the local nobility.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, C.V. France
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N