TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 14: Billy Jack
Bundle up as TCM puts the daytime schedule on ice BRR!), and then things heat up with a roster of films about Billy Jack.*
*For those of you who weren't around for the '70s, see the following link:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls072594013/
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
12:30 AM
LOVED ONE, THE ( 1965)
An Englishman in Hollywood moves into the funeral business.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Robert Morse , Jonathan Winters , Anjanette Comer .
BW- 121 mins, CC,
3:00 AM
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE ( 1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Dir: David Lean Cast: William Holden , Alec Guinness , Jack Hawkins .
C- 162 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:48 AM
BOSS DIDN'T SAY GOOD MORNING, THE ( 1937)
In this short film, an office worker fears for his job after his boss fails to respond to his "good morning."
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Sheila Bromley , Roger Moore , John Ince .
BW- 10 mins,
6:00 AM
LIFE OF THE PARTY, THE ( 1920)
A party during a blizzard throws a mayoral candidate into compromising situations.
Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle , Winifred Greenwood , Roscoe Karns .
BW- 55 mins,
7:15 AM
WILD NORTH, THE ( 1952)
A Mountie tracks an accused killer through the Canadian wilderness.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Stewart Granger , Wendell Corey , Cyd Charisse .
C- 97 mins, CC,
9:00 AM
FOUR DAUGHTERS ( 1938)
A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Claude Rains , Jeffrey Lynn , John Garfield .
BW- 90 mins, CC,
10:33 AM
GIANT OF NORWAY, THE ( 1939)
This short film focuses on the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Lumsden Hare , Hugh Sothern ,
BW- 11 mins,
10:45 AM
VIKING, THE ( 1929)
Norse half-brothers vie for a throne and for the same woman.
Dir: R. William Neill Cast: Donald Crisp , Pauline Starke , LeRoy Mason .
BW- 90 mins,
12:19 PM
ICE ANTICS ( 1939)
This short film looks at the popular sport of ice skating.
Dir: David Miller
BW- 9 mins,
12:30 PM
ESKIMO ( 1933)
An Eskimo family fights to survive harsh conditions in the frozen North.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Mala , Lotus , Joseph Sauers .
BW- 114 mins,
2:30 PM
SNOW DEVILS, THE ( 1965)
Aliens plot to freeze the Earth as a replacement for their doomed home planet.
Dir: Antonio Margheriti Cast: Furio Meniconi , Enzo Fiermonte , Peter Martell .
C- 90 mins, CC,
4:15 PM
WHITE TOWER, THE ( 1950)
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Glenn Ford , Alida Valli , Claude Rains .
C- 98 mins, CC,
6:00 PM
WUTHERING HEIGHTS ( 1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Merle Oberon , Laurence Olivier , David Niven .
BW- 104 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: BILLY JACK
8:00 PM
BORN LOSERS, THE ( 1967)
A Vietnam vet stands alone against a motorcycle gang terrorizing a small town.
Dir: Paul Lewis Cast: Tom Laughlin , Elizabeth James , Jane Russell .
C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM
BILLY JACK ( 1971)
A former Green Beret fights to protect a school for runaways in the desert.
Dir: Mike Dmytryk Cast: Tom Laughlin , Delores Taylor , Clark Howat .
C- 114 mins, CC,
12:30 AM
TRIAL OF BILLY JACK, THE ( 1974)
While vigilante Billy Jack is on trial for manslaughter, students at the Freedom School clash with violent townspeople and the Arizona National Guard.
Dir: Tom Laughlin Cast: Tom Laughlin , Delores Taylor , Victor Izay .
C- 170 mins, CC,
3:30 AM
BILLY JACK GOES TO WASHINGTON ( 1976)
Two Washington politicians naively plot to make vigilante Billy Jack a Senator, in order to attract young voters to their party.
Dir: Tom Laughlin Cast: Tom Laughlin , Delores Taylor , E. G. Marshall .
C- 114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
