TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 3: 100th Birthday: Marlon Brando/Star of the Month: Marlon Brando
The peasants are revolting! The crew is mutinous! And everyone's obsessed!
Just a sample of what's in store for you when Marlon Brando shows up in the TCM Schedule.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
1:00 AM In the Name of the Father (1993)
In 1974, an Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
Dir: Jim Sheridan Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-MA CC:
3:30 AM Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.
Dir: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #8 (1955)
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant perform in a clip from The Philadelphia Story. George Murphy introduces a clip from The Tender Trap.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
6:00 AM The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:15 AM The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 AM Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Lavish remake of the classic tale of the villainous Captain Bligh who drives his crew to revolt during a South Seas expedition.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris
Runtime: 185 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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1:45 PM Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
At a quiet Georgia army base, Major Welden Penderton shows no interest in his wife, Leonora, so she takes a lover - her husband's superior officer, whose neurotic wife barely leaves her sickbed. Meanwhile, the repressed Penderton lusts after handsome Private Williams, a mysterious young man whose secret obsession with Leonora reaches a terrifyingly dangerous climax.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
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3:45 PM Julius Caesar (1953)
Cassius and Brutus lead the conspirators who murder Caesar, but are themselves routed by Mark Antony.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Viva Zapata! (1952)
Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata leads the peasants against a corrupt president.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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8:00 PM On the Waterfront (1954)
A brutally realistic tour de force, this timeless classic is based on a series of Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper articles, chronicling the conflict between a corrupt labor boss and a crusading Catholic priest.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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10:00 PM The Wild One (1953)
A vicious biker gang terrorizes a small town while their leader falls for a local girl.
Dir: Laslo Benedek Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
11:30 PM A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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1:45 AM The Chase (1966)
In a small Texas town rife with corruption and infidelity, an escaped convict returns to get revenge on the sheriff who locked him up.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:15 AM The Formula (1980)
A detective is in jeopardy after discovering a synthetic formula for gasoline.
Dir: John G. Avildsen Cast: George C Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: Y