TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 11: Epic Westerns

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

1:15 AM
Grapes Of Wrath, The (1940)
Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda , Jane Darwell , John Carradine .
BW-129 mins, TV-G, CC,



3:30 AM
Leopard, The (1963)
A Sicilian aristocrat tries to protect his family from social upheavals.
Dir: Luchino Visconti Cast: Burt Lancaster , Alain Delon , Claudia Cardinale .
C-186 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



6:45 AM
Wichita (1955)
Wyatt Earp fights to straighten out a crooked cow town.

Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Joel McCrea , Vera Miles , Lloyd Bridges .
C-81 mins, TV-PG,

8:15 AM
Coroner Creek (1948)
A gunman sets out to avenge his fiancie's murder.

Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Randolph Scott , Marguerite Chapman , George Macready .
C-90 mins, TV-PG,

10:00 AM
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Chester Morris , Adele Mara , Richard Lane .
BW-67 mins, TV-PG,

11:15 AM
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)
A reformed thief helps the police stop an escaped maniac's killing spree.

Dir: Arthur Dreifuss Cast: Chester Morris , Nina Foch , Steve Cochran .
BW-64 mins, TV-G,

12:30 PM
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945)
A girl in the slums tries to find her way with the help of her devoted mother and alcoholic father.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Dorothy McGuire , Joan Blondell , James Dunn .
BW-129 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:45 PM
Teresa (1951)
An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Pier Angeli , John Ericson , Patricia Collinge .
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC,

4:30 PM
Guilt of Janet Ames, The (1947)
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Rosalind Russell , Melvyn Douglas , Sid Caesar .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

6:00 PM
Borderline (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred MacMurray , Claire Trevor , Raymond Burr .
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:30 PM
MGM Parade Show #15 (1955)
George Murphy hosts a special Christmas show featuring Judy Garland performing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in a clip from "Meet Me in St. Louis."
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: EPIC WESTERNS

8:00 PM
Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
Seven American gunmen hire themselves out to protect a Mexican village from bandits.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Yul Brynner , Eli Wallach , Steve McQueen .
C-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



10:15 PM
Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, The (1966)
Three men seek hidden loot during the Civil War.
Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Clint Eastwood , Eli Wallach , Lee Van Cleef .
C-179 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 AM
Searchers, The (1956)
An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Jeffrey Hunter , Vera Miles .
C-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



3:45 AM
How the West Was Won (1962)
Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb .
C-165 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format