TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 22: 31 Days of Oscar: Fantasy
Hello, film fans! We're winding down the 31 Days of Oscar, and in daytime TCM keeps the faith and gets religion, but at night, the channel indulges in fantasy. And there's a Robert Montgomery classic in store for you, too! Don't miss it.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
12:30 AM 12 Angry Men (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:15 AM Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A defense lawyer takes on a case of a man accused of murdering a bartender who apparently raped his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
Runtime: 160 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:00 AM Inherit the Wind (1960)
True story of a Tennessee schoolteacher who went on trial in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theories.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:15 AM One Foot in Heaven (1941)
A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:15 AM The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Three children from a small village claim to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary.
Dir: John Brahm Cast: Gilbert Roland, Angela Clark, Frank Silvera
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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11:00 AM The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
A Russian man, released from a Siberian prison after 20 years, takes a strong religious stance against the world's problems, including nuclear war, and becomes elected Pope.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner
Runtime: 162 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 PM Boys Town (1938)
True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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3:30 PM The Nun's Story (1959)
A young nun is sent to do nursing work in the Belgian Congo, but soon begins to doubt her vows and question a life with the convent, and instead joins the underground resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Dame Edith Evans
Runtime: 149 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM Black Narcissus (1947)
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: FANTASY
8:00 PM Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
A prizefighter who died before his time is reincarnated as a tycoon with a murderous wife.
Dir: Alexander Hall Cast: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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9:45 PM The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
A spirited widow rents a haunted cottage and builds an emotional bond with the resident ghost.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 PM Lost Horizon (1937)
Four fugitives from a Chinese revolution discover a lost world of peace and harmony.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:15 AM The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Dir: Ludwig Berger Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:15 AM tom thumb (1958)
A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks.
Dir: George Pal Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, June Thorburn
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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