TCM today:
2:00 PM Seven Days in May (1964)
In the near future, the president of the United States discovers a military coup is being plotted by one of his Joint Chiefs and must find a way to dismantle it.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:00 PM The Candidate (1972)
Without a candidate to run for the senate seat against admired Republican Crocker Jarmon, campaign manager Marvin Lucas recruits leftist lawyer Bill McKay. McKay's appearance piques the public's interest, and gradually Lucas pushes McKay toward a more centrist message.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
6:00 PM All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 PM Born Free (1965)
A game warden and his wife face a wrenching decision when the lion cub they've raised becomes too big to keep.
Dir: James Hill Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 AM Lassie Come Home (1943)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 AM National Velvet (1944)
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 AM Sounder (1972)
In 1933 Louisiana, a family of African American sharecroppers endure racism and injustice when their father is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y