TCM Schedule for Sunday April 24, 2022 - Gene Wilder Double Feature

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Plus: a French silent with Josephine Baker and a pair from Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

(all times Eastern)

6:15 am Arsene Lupin (1932)
1h 24m | Comedy | TV-G
A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa.
Director: Jack Conway. Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley

7:45 am Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-G
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains

10:00 am The Window (1949)
1h 13m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can't get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff. Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart

11:30 am A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-PG
A small-town seductress notifies her three best friends that she has run off with one of their husbands.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cast: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern

1:30 pm All About Eve (1950)
2h 18m | Drama | TV-PG
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star's career and love life.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders

4:00 pm Two for the Road (1967)
1h 52m | Romance | TV-PG
A married couple travels in Europe at four different stages in their relationship.
Director: Stanley Donen. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron

6:00 pm Places In The Heart (1984)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-14
A farmer's widow fights to keep her land during the Depression.
Director: Robert Benton. Cast: Sally Field, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan

8:00 pm Blazing Saddles (1974)
1h 33m | Western | TV-MA
A black sheriff takes on a corrupt town boss and a sultry saloon singer.
Director: Mel Brooks. Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens

9:45 pm Silver Streak (1976)
1h 53m | Adventure | TV-MA
A book editor takes a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, looking forward to a restful trip but gets much more than he bargained for.
Director: Arthur Hiller. Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder

12:00 am Siren of the Tropics (1929)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-PG
A native of the French Antilles follows the man she loves to Paris where she becomes the toast of the city.
Director: Henri Étiévant . Cast: Josephine Baker, Regina Thomas, Pierre Batcheff.

2:00 am The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
1h 29m | Comedy
An autobiographical horror story about a fruit merchant whose heart is literally broken by a cold, vindictive family comprised of mostly of castrating women.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Cast: Hans Hirschmuller, Irm Hermann, Gusti Kreissl

4:00 am Chinese Roulette (1976)
1h 26m | Drama
A wealthy couple, with a daughter Angela, a young teen who walks with crutches, tells each other they are off for the weekend on business (he to Oslo, she to Milan).
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Cast: Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Alexander Allerson