TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 24: Around the World in 80 Movies
This is an exciting schedule, so get ready to travel.
And there's even a Robert Montgomery sighting!
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
12:00 AM
Small Town Girl (1953)
1h 33m | Musical | TV-G
A sheriff's daughter falls for a playboy arrested for speeding.
Director
Leslie Kardos
Cast
Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller
1:45 AM
Rose Marie (1954)
1h 55m | Musical | TV-G
A trapper's daughter is torn between the Mountie who wants to civilize her and a dashing prospector.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas
3:45 AM
Jumbo (1962)
2h 5m | Musical | TV-G
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Director
Charles Walters
Cast
Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante
6:00 AM
Something of Value (1957) [Kenya]
1h 53m | Drama | TV-PG
The native tribes of Kenya stage a revolt against British settlers during the years of colonial rule.
Director
Richard Brooks
Cast
Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller
8:00 AM
Dark of the Sun (1968) [Congo]
1h 40m | Drama | TV-14
A mercenary band fights to get refugees and a fortune in diamonds out of the Congo.
Director
Jack Cardiff
Cast
Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten
10:00 AM
Mogambo (1953) [multiple countries in Africa, including current-day Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda]
1h 55m | Adventure | TV-PG
In this remake of Red Dust, an African hunter is torn between a lusty showgirl and a married woman.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly
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12:15 PM
Lovers Courageous (1932) [South Africa]
1h 17m | Drama | TV-PG
A failed playwright falls for an admiral's daughter.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Roland Young
2:00 PM
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
3h 46m | Adventure | TV-14
Sweeping epic about the real life adventures of T.E. Lawrence, a British major who unified the Arabia tribes and led them in the fight for independence.
Director
David Lean
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
6:00 PM
Kismet (1944) [Iraq]
1h 40m | Adventure | TV-G
In the classic Arabian Nights tale, the king of the beggars enters high society to help his daughter.
Director
William Dieterle
Cast
Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MOVIES
8:00 PM
Exodus (1960) [Israel]
3h 40m | Epic | TV-PG
A young Israeli activist fights to set up a homeland for his people.
Director
Otto Preminger
Cast
Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson
12:00 AM
Gandhi (1982) [India]
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
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3:15 AM
Black Narcissus (1947)
1h 39m | Drama | TV-14 [filmed in the U.K. but set in fictionalized site in the mountains of modern-day Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet]
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty.
Director
Michael Powell
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar
5:00 AM
The Painted Veil (1934) [Hong Kong]
1h 23m | Romance | TV-G
A woman in a loveless marriage to a famous doctor has an affair with a young politician.
Director
Richard Boleslawski
Cast
Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent