TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 25: Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Around the World in 80 Movies wraps up during the day and is followed by drama and documentary films on racial justice. The evening is devoted to films with music from Jerry Goldsmith.
Wednesday, May 25, 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
3:15 AM
Black Narcissus (1947)
1h 39m | Drama | TV-14
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)
1h 23m | Romance | TV-G
A woman who is lovelessly married to a famous doctor has an affair with a young politician.
Director
Richard Boleslawski
Cast
Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent
6:30 AM
In the Mood for Love (2000) [Korea]
1h 37m | Romance | TV-PG
Suspicions that their respective spouses are cheating draw a man and a woman closer together.
Director
Wong Kar Wai
Cast
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Ping Lam Siu
8:15 AM
The Hook (1963) [Korea]
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.
Director
George Seaton
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker Jr., Nick Adams
10:00 AM
Kwaidan (1965) [Japan]
2h 44m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings.
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Cast
Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Keiko Kishi
1:15 PM
Nothing but a Man (1964)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-PG
A young Black man seeks respect in 1960s Alabama
Director
Michael Roemer
Cast
Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Gloria Foster
3:00 PM
Freedom on My Mind (1994)
1h 45m | Documentary | TV-PG
Interviews and archival footage tell the story of the drive to register African-American voters in Mississippi in the 1960s.
Director
Connie Field
Cast
Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Pam Chude Allen, Marshall Ganz
5:00 PM
American Revolution 2 (1969)
1h 20m | TV-14
American Revolution 2 includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention protest and riot.
Director
Howard Alk
Cast
Mike Gray, William R. Cottle
6:30 PM
The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
1h 28m | Documentary | TV-14
This film depicts the brutal murder of the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers.
Director
Mike Gray
Cast
Howard Alk, Howard Alk, Mike Gray
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8:00 PM
Seven Days in May (1964)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-14
In the near future, the President of the United States discovers a military coup is being planned.
Director
John Frankenheimer
Cast
Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March
10:15 PM
Papillon (1973)
2h 30m | Adventure | TV-MA
Two Devil's Island prisoners devote all of their time to hatching escape plans.
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast
Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
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1:00 AM
Poltergeist (1982)
1h 54m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-MA
In her family's suburban home, ghosts begin communicating with five-year-old Carol Anne.
Director
Tobe Hooper
Cast
JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
3:00 AM
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
1h 59m | Adventure | TV-MA
An Arab chief triggers an international incident when he kidnaps an American widow and her children.
Director
John Milius
Cast
Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith
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