TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 12: Star of the Month: Dana Andrews

[CBHagman]

There's a lot going on on TCM today! Daytime has the double themes of the History of Rock on Film and '50s Westerns. Nighttime is of course devoted to Star of the Month Dana Andrews. This evening the focus will be on his films of the '40s and '50s.

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

1:30 AM
The In Crowd (1988)
1h 36m | Dance
Teenage nostalgia film about the television dance shows of the 1960s, like Dick Clark's "Bandstand."
Director
Mark D. Rosenthal
Cast
Charlotte D'Amboise, Page Hannah, Bruno Kirby

3:15 AM
Don't Look Back (1967)
1h 36m | Documentary | TV-MA
The film traces Bob Dylan's concert tour of England in 1965, from his first public appearance in Sheffield to his final concert in the Albert Hall.
Director
D. A. Pennebaker
Cast
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Alan Price

5:00 AM
Get Yourself a College Girl (1964)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-PG
A music publisher courts a student songwriter at a ski resort.
Director
Sidney Miller
Cast
Mary Ann Mobley, Chad Everett, Joan O'Brien

6:30 AM
Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
1h 31m | Musical | TV-PG
Advertising executives turn a model's romance with a stunt man into a publicity stunt.
Director
John Boorman
Cast
Dave Clark, Barbara Ferris, Lenny Davidson

8:15 AM
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-14
A race car driver preparing for the Grand Prix whiles his time away in Las Vegas working as a waiter and end up falling in love.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Elvis Presley, Cesare Danova, William Demarest

10:00 AM
Stars in My Crown (1950)
1h 29m | Western | TV-G
A parson uses six-guns and the Bible to bring peace to a Tennessee town.
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Cast
Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell

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11:45 AM
The Big Sky (1952)
2h 2m | Western | TV-PG
Trappers lead an expedition against river pirates and Indians along the Missouri River.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt

2:15 PM
The Naked Spur (1953)
1h 31m | Western | TV-PG
A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter.
Director
Anthony Mann
Cast
James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan

4:00 PM
Rio Bravo (1959)
2h 21m | Western | TV-14
A sheriff enlists a drunk, a kid and an old man to help him fight off a ruthless cattle baron.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

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6:30 PM
Ride Lonesome (1959)
1h 14m | Western | TV-PG
A bounty hunter tries to bring a murderer to justice through perilous territory.
Director
Budd Boetticher
Cast
Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: Star of the Month: Dana Andrews: 1940s and 1950s

8:00 PM
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
2h 52m | Drama | TV-PG
Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews

11:00 PM
Elephant Walk (1954)
1h 43m | Adventure | TV-PG
A rich planter's young bride tries to cope with life on a Ceylonese plantation.
Director
William Dieterle
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch

1:00 AM
Boomerang! (1947)
1h 28m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A prosecutor fights to prove the defendant in a scandalous murder case is innocent.
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb

2:45 AM
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
1h 39m | Romance | TV-PG
On the rebound from a married man, a woman marries a veteran, just as her lover becomes available.
Director
Otto Preminger
Cast
Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda

4:30 AM
Night Song (1947)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-G
A socialite pretends to be blind to win the love of a blind concert pianist.
Director
John Cromwell
Cast
Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore