TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 3: Stars Behind Bars

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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

12:00 AM
CANNERY ROW (1982)

A marine biologist falls for a prostitute in an offbeat waterfront town.
Dir: David S. Ward Cast: Nick Nolte , Debra Winger , Audra Lindley .
C-120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 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, CC,

4:30 AM
OF MICE AND MEN (1939)

A drifter and his slow-witted pal try to make their way in the West.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Burgess Meredith , Betty Field , Lon Chaney Jr. .
BW-106 mins, CC,

6:30 AM
TORTILLA FLAT (1942)

Inhabitants of a Southern California fishing village strive for the simple pleasures of life.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy , Hedy Lamarr , John Garfield .
BW-105 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
LIFE OF HER OWN, A (1950)

An innocent small-town girl climbs to the top of the modeling business man by man.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Lana Turner , Ray Milland , Tom Ewell .
BW-108 mins, CC,

10:30 AM
CLOSE TO MY HEART (1951)

A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Ray Milland , Gene Tierney , Fay Bainter .
BW-90 mins, CC,

12:15 PM
LOST WEEKEND, THE (1945)

A writer fights to overcome his addiction to liquor.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Ray Milland , Jane Wyman , Phillip Terry .
BW-101 mins, CC,

2:00 PM
MAJOR AND THE MINOR, THE (1942)

A woman disguises herself as a little girl and ends up in a military academy.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Ginger Rogers , Ray Milland , Rita Johnson .
BW-101 mins, CC,

3:45 PM
IRENE (1940)

An Irish shop girl falls in love with a high-society boy.
Dir: Herbert Wilcox Cast: Anna Neagle , Ray Milland , Roland Young .
BW-101 mins, CC,

5:30 PM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland , Grace Kelly , Robert Cummings .
C-105 mins, CC,

7:30 PM
SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE: MARKHEIM (1956)

Another episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse, which ran from 1955-1956.
BW-26 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: STARS BEHIND BARS

8:00 PM
COOL HAND LUKE (1967)

A free-spirited convict refuses to conform to chain-gang life.
Dir: Stuart Rosenberg Cast: Paul Newman , George Kennedy , J. D. Cannon .
C-127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM
BRUTE FORCE (1947)

Tough, disgruntled prisoners plan a daring, possibly bloody escape while on a drain pipe detail.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn , Charles Bickford .
BW-98 mins, CC,

12:05 AM
IN THE LAND OF DIAMONDS (1952)

This short film explores the treasures and attractions of Bloemfontein, South Africa, the world capital of the diamond trade.
C-9 mins,

12:15 AM
RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 (1954)

Prison inmates riot to protest crooked guards and brutal conditions.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Neville Brand , Emile Meyer , Frank Faylen .
BW-80 mins,

1:45 AM
BIG HOUSE, THE (1930)

An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Chester Morris , Wallace Beery , Lewis Stone .
BW-87 mins, CC,

3:15 AM
LAST MILE, THE (1932)

An innocent man sent to death row gets caught in a prison riot.
Dir: Sam Bischoff Cast: Howard Phillips , Preston S. Foster , George E. Stone .
BW-69 mins,

4:30 AM
EACH DAWN I DIE (1939)

A crusading reporter becomes a hardened convict when he's framed.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: James Cagney , George Raft , Jane Bryan .
BW-92 mins, CC,