TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 16, 2012 -- The Essentials: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

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6:00 AM
WORLD WITHOUT END (1956)

Astronauts returning from a voyage are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants.
Dir: Edward Bernds
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh.
C-80 mins, TV-PG


7:30 AM
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (1969)

Cowboys discover a lost world populated by dinosaurs.
Dir: Jim O'Connolly
Cast: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson.
C-95 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


9:15 AM
SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954)

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
Dir: Edmond O'Brien
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG


10:45 AM
ADVENTURES OF RUSTY (1945)

A lonely boy tries to rehabilitate a police dog trained by the Nazis.
Dir: Paul Burnford
Cast: Ted Donaldson, Margaret Lindsay, Conrad Nagel.
BW-67 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
DICK TRACY: THE GOLD SHIP, HARBOR PURSUIT, and THE TRAIL OF THE SPIDER (1937)

In the final chapters of Dick Tracy, the famed detective must escape from a burning zeppelin, dodge a deadly trap, and escape a runaway motorboat.
BW-17 mins, TV-G


1:15 PM
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (1942)

A criminal gang turns patriotic to track down a Nazi spy ring.
Dir: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne.
BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC


3:15 PM
GERONIMO (1962)

A defiant Apache warrior tries to unite his tribe against the U.S. Army.
Dir: Arnold Laven
Cast: Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Ross Martin.
C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


5:15 PM
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947)

The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.
Dir: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero.
C-141 mins, TV-PG, CC


THE ESSENTIALS: BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO

8:00 PM
THE WAY WE WERE (1973)

A fiery liberal fights to make her marriage to a successful writer work.
Dir: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman.
C-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


10:15 PM
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)

When his wife leaves him, an ad exec gets a crash course in parenting.
Dir: Robert Benton
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry.
C-105 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


12:15 AM
THE MARRYING KIND (1952)

A judge forces a divorcing couple to think back on the problems that drove them apart.
Dir: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy.
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC


2:00 AM
DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE (1967)

A bored couple drifts toward divorce, only to discover how hard the single life is.
Dir: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards Jr.
C-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:00 AM
PAYMENT ON DEMAND (1951)

A bitter divorcee thinks back on the mistakes that destroyed her marriage.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan, Jane Cowl.
BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC