WHAT'S ON 'TONIGHT:' TCM
8:00 PM -- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
2h 41m | Epic | TV-PG
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Director: David Lean
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Winner of Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Alec Guinness (Alec Guinness was not present at the awards ceremony. Jean Simmons accepted the award on his behalf.), Best Director -- David Lean, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and received no screen credit. They were posthumously awarded Oscars in 1984. Pierre Boulle was not present at the awards ceremony. Kim Novak accepted the award on his behalf.), Best Cinematography -- Jack Hildyard, Best Film Editing -- Peter Taylor (Peter Taylor was not present at the awards ceremony. William A. Lyon accepted the award on his behalf.), Best Music, Scoring -- Malcolm Arnold (Malcolm Arnold was not present at the ceremony. Morris Stoloff accepted the award on his behalf.), and Best Picture
Nominee for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Sessue Hayakawa
11:00 PM -- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
1h 54m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Charles Laughton, Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Elsa Lanchester, Best Director -- Billy Wilder, Best Sound, Recording -- Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD), Best Film Editing -- Daniel Mandell, and Best Picture
