TCM Schedule for Saturday, July 14 -- The Essentials: Fred MacMurray

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7:00 AM
THE BLACK BOOK (1949)

Opponents plot to bring down Robespierre during the French Revolution.
Dir: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart.
BW-90 mins, TV-PG


8:30 AM
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1935)

Charles Dickens' classic story of two men in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
Dir: Jack Conway
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver.
BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC


10:45 AM
MY DOG RUSTY (1948)

A faithful dog helps his master's father win a mayoral race.
Dir: Lew Landers
Cast: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran.
BW-67 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
THE GREEN HORNET: PILLAR OF FLAME, THE TIME BOMB, and HIGHWAYS OF PERIL (1940)

The fourth, fifth, and sixth episodes in the movie serial based on The Green Hornet radio show.
BW-19 mins, 20 mins, and 21 mins
TV-PG


1:15 PM
THE LAW AND JAKE WADE (1958)

An outlaw forces his reformed buddy to lead him to buried loot.
Dir: John Sturges
Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens.
C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


2:45 PM
THE BIG LAND (1957)

A cattleman tries to convince a group of farmers to build a small town as a railroad link.
Dir: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien.
C-92 mins, TV-PG


4:30 PM
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF! (1969)

A cowboy drifts into a lawless town and brings things back together.
Dir: Burt Kennedy
Cast: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan.
C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:15 PM
CALAMITY JANE (1953)

The Wild West heroine helps bring a star attraction to Deadwood and finds love.
Dir: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie.
C-101 mins, TV-G, CC


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS
FRED MACMURRAY



8:00 PM
ALICE ADAMS (1935)

A small-town girl with social ambitions falls in love with a local playboy.
Dir: George Stevens
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone.
BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC


9:45 PM
THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS (1936)

A Brooklyn girl masquerades as a princess to land a Hollywood contract.
Dir: William K. Howard
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille.
BW-77 mins, TV-G, CC


11:15 PM
NO TIME FOR LOVE (1943)

A sophisticated reporter hires the construction worker she accidentally got fired.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase.
BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC


12:45 AM
A MILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTY (1951)

A woman sets her hat for a man who's inherited a million dollars.
Dir: George Marshall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC


2:30 AM
KISSES FOR MY PRESIDENT (1964)

The first female president has to deal with her husband's bruised ego.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl.
BW-114 mins, TV-PG


4:30 AM
TOO MANY HUSBANDS (1940)

When her long lost husband returns after her re-marriage, a woman decides to try life with two mates.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas.
BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC

[CBHagman]

1. "No Time for Love" is fun.

Fred MacMurray's a sandhog, Colbert's a sophisticate, and the chemistry crackles.