TCM Sunday

15 Sunday

8:00 AM
Fort Apache (1948)

An experienced cavalry officer tries to keep his new, by-the-books commander from triggering an Indian war. Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple. Dir: John Ford. BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

12:00 PM
Night to Remember, A (1958)

The crew and passengers of the Titanic fight to survive when the legendary ship strikes an iceberg. Cast: Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, Anthony Bushell. Dir: Roy Ward Baker. BW-123 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


2:15 PM
Hell is for Heroes (1962)

A small U.S. squadron holds off the Nazis in a desperate last stand. Cast: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, James Coburn. Dir: Don Siegel. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:00 PM
Fail Safe (1964)

A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III. Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-112 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
Place in the Sun, A (1951)

An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. Dir: George Stevens. BW-122 mins, TV-PG, CC


8:15 PM
Touch Of Evil (1958)

A narcotics agent risks his wife's life to investigate a crooked cop. Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-95 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


10:15 PM
Living It Up (1954)

A newspaper woman turns a man who thinks he's dying into a national hero. Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh. Dir: Norman Taurog. C-95 mins, TV-G


12:00 AM
Penalty, The (1920)

In this silent film, a criminal mastermind plots revenge against the doctor who amputated his legs. Cast: Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry, Charles Clary. Dir: Wallace Worsley. BW-70 mins, TV-PG


2:00 AM
Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das (1933)

A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death. Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-122 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


4:15 AM
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1932)

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. BW-98 mins

Huge movie day Sunday, especially for those with TIVO. Fort Apache is one of John Ford's and Henry Fonda's best. It's the first of Ford's Cavalry trilogy and just another in his long, enduring series of classic Westerns.

The other must see, to me, is A Touch of Evil. Welles' last great work before lapsing into his decline as a professional commercial spokesman and late night guest. The opening shot of the US/Mexican border crossing is one of the greatest in all of cinema. Yeah, I said cinema. It doesn't end there. Good stuff throughout, including Charlton Heston as Mexican Narc. Not sure the casting holds up or why he was cast to begin with, other than Orson's assumption that, like him, any actor could play anything and people would believe.

Here's where your Tivo can come in handy if you like german expressionism (a movement that was in itself cool and led to many cool developments in movie history). Anyway, Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse series is just amazing, as are most flicks concerning criminal masterminds, but Lang was the genuine article as a director and his stuff is always worth checking out. Enjoy!