TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 27: Special Theme: Addiction and Recovery
Here be mutants and aliens! Daytime on TCM is all about 1950s sci-fi.
Tonight is the final installment of Addiction and Recovery series. The film roster this time includes several movies on compulsive gambling.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
12:00 AM
Gandhi (1982)
3h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
Biographical epic on the life of Mohandas K Gandhi, a proponent of peaceful revolution.
Director
Richard Attenborough
Cast
Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud
3:30 AM
So Well Remembered (1947)
1h 54m | Drama | TV-G
A mill owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Cast
John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc
5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #25 (1955)
29m | Documentary | TV-G
Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones perform in a clip from "The Firefly."
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Dan Dailey
6:00 AM
The Thing from Another World (1951)
1h 27m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space.
Director
Christian Nyby
Cast
Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwai...
7:45 AM
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
1h 20m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.
Director
Eugene Lourie
Cast
Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
9:15 AM
Them! (1954)
1h 34m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Director
Gordon Douglas
Cast
James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon
11:00 AM
Forbidden Planet (1956)
1h 38m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A futuristic version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Director
Fred McLeod Wilcox
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
12:45 PM
Indestructible Man (1956)
1h 10m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
When an electrocuted convict is brought back to life, he tracks down the men responsible for his execution.
Director
Jack Pollexfen
Cast
Lon Chaney [jr.], Casey Adams, Marian Carr
2:00 PM
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
1h 5m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A space visitor's touch turns an unhappy heiress into a vengeful giant.
Director
Nathan Hertz
Cast
Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers
3:15 PM
The Fly (1958)
1h 34m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A mad scientist has invented a matter-transmitting device and decides to test it on himself.
Director
Kurt Neumann
Cast
Al Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price
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5:00 PM
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
1h 20m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
While on a space mission to Venus, explorers discover a society of Amazons.
Director
Edward Bernds
Cast
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Lisa Davis
6:45 PM
The Killer Shrews (1959)
1h 9m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beasts.
Director
Ray Kellogg
Cast
James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SPECIAL THEME: ADDICTION AND RECOVERY
8:00 PM
Bigger Than Life (1956)
1h 35m | Drama | TV-PG
A "miracle" drug threatens a family man's sanity.
Director
Nicholas Ray
Cast
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
9:45 PM
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-14
Three young women brave the world of show business and pills.
Director
Mark Robson
Cast
Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke
12:00 AM
The Lady Gambles (1949)
1h 39m | Drama
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story.
Director
Michael Gordon
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally
1:45 AM
California Split (1974)
1h 48m | Comedy | TV-MA
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble.
Director
Robert Altman
Cast
George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss
3:45 AM
Tricheurs (1983)
1h 42m | Drama
Elric has a gambling addiction. When he meets Suzie, she winds up trapped in the same web.
Director
Barbet Schroeder
Cast
Jacques Dutronc, Bulle Ogier, Leandro Vale