TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 11: Car Chases
Whatever the weather's like where you live, TCM has a Snow Day for you today!
Even it's back into the car and back into the chase.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
1:00 AM The Florodora Girl (1930)
A turn-of-the-century chorus girl searches for romance.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:30 AM Not So Dumb (1930)
A scatterbrained miss throws a big party to advance her boyfriend's career.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 AM The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Sketches and songs give MGM's silent stars a chance to show their stuff in talking pictures.
Dir: Charles Reisner Cast: Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N
6:00 AM The Fearless Vampire Killers; or, Pardon Me but Your Teeth Are in My Neck (1966)
Spoof on vampire lore centers around a pair of hunters roaming the Slovenian countryside to catch the elusive creatures.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
8:00 AM Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Sweeping epic about a Russian doctor pursuing the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay
Runtime: 197 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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11:30 AM Anna Karenina (1948)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Dir: Julien Duvivier Cast: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore
Runtime: 139 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
1:30 PM Snow Gets In Your Eyes (1938)
In an attempt to win the girl of his dreams, a sausage salesman enters a department store ski jump contest in this short film.
Dir: Will Jason Cast: Oscar O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Margaret Bert
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
2:00 PM The Wild North (1952)
A Mountie tracks an accused killer through the Canadian wilderness.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:45 PM On Dangerous Ground (1952)
A New York detective falls for the blind sister of a rural killer sought by a victim's father.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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5:15 PM Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
Runtime: 148 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CAR CHASES
8:00 PM Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Three bandits attempt to evade the police in this high speed chase flick.
Dir: John Hough Cast: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: N
10:00 PM Smokey And The Bandit (1977)
A maverick trucker tries to save a runaway bride and a shipment of contraband beer from a small-town sheriff.
Dir: Hal Needham Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: N
12:00 AM The French Connection (1971)
Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: N
2:00 AM The Seven Ups (1973)
New York City cops wage a war against assorted hoods and criminals after one of their own is brutally killed by a hoodlum.
Dir: Philip D'antoni Cast: Robert Burr, Lou Polan, Tony Lobianco
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: N
4:00 AM Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
Song-filled look behind the scenes of vaudeville, based on the lives of Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y