TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 21: 31 Days of Oscar: Courtroom Dramas

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8:00 PM To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
In 1932 Alabama, a widowed lawyer with two small children defends a Black man accused of raping a white woman.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:15 PM Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:30 AM 12 Angry Men (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 AM Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A defense lawyer takes on a case of a man accused of murdering a bartender who apparently raped his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
Runtime: 160 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:00 AM Inherit the Wind (1960)
True story of a Tennessee schoolteacher who went on trial in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theories.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

((Will be awake LATE tonight!!!))

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