TCM Schedule for Sunday, July 8, 2012 -- The Essentials, Jr.: Take It To The Bank

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6:00 AM
AN IDEAL HUSBAND (1947)

An upstanding politician is haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion.
Dir: Alexander Korda
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Hugh Williams.
C-93 mins, TV-G, CC


8:00 AM
THE JAZZ SINGER (1953)

A cantor's son goes against family tradition to become a popular singer.
Dir: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Mildred Dunnock.
C-107 mins, TV-G, CC


10:00 AM
GILDA (1946)

A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she's married to his new boss.
Dir: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready.
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC


12:00 PM
EAST OF EDEN (1955)

Two brothers compete for their father's approval and a woman's love.
Dir: Elia Kazan
Cast: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey.
C-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


2:15 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)

A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC


4:00 PM
UNDER CAPRICORN (1949)

Newly arrived in Australia, a man discovers his childhood love is now an alcoholic.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding.
C-117 mins, TV-PG, CC


6:00 PM
MY FAVORITE YEAR (1982)

A flamboyant star throws a TV comedy show into chaos.
Dir: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper.
C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS, JR.
TAKE IT TO THE BANK

8:00 PM
THE BANK DICK (1940)

When he foils two robberies in one day, the town drunkard is hired to guard the local bank.
Dir: Edward Cline
Cast: W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel.
BW-72 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:30 PM
THE STEEL TRAP (1952)

When he has second thoughts, an embezzler races the clock to return what he stole.
Dir: Andrew Stone
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale.
BW-85 mins, TV-PG, CC


11:00 PM
CRIME WAVE (1954)

A reformed parolee is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Dir: Andre DeToth
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk.
BW-74 mins, TV-14, CC


12:30 AM
THE RACKET (1928)

In this silent film, a renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
Dir: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim.
BW-84 mins, TV-G


2:00 AM
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (1964)

Two crooks obsessed with Hollywood crime movies plot a big heist.
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur.
C-96 mins, TV-14


4:00 AM
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, USA (1959)

In an update of the Dostoyevsky classic novel, a murderer believes he can escape the penalties of justice.
Dir: Denis Sanders
Cast: Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Marian Seldes.
BW-96 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format