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ificandream

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Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:25 PM 4 hrs ago

TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 27: Harper, Forbidden Planet, Bullitt

AT A GLANCE

SPECIAL THEME: SUMMER OF DARKNESS
Moonrise (1948)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: PAUL NEWMAN AS HARPER
Harper (1966)
Drowning Pool, The (1975)
Torture Money (1937) (short)
Saturday, June 27
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Don't Make Waves (1967)
Eye of the Devil (1966)
Batman and Robin Ch. 6: Target - Robin! (1949)
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
Haredevil Hare (1948) (short)
Hep Cat, The (1942) (short)
Rabbit Transit (1947) (short)
Apple, The (1980) (Musical Matinee)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Bullitt (1968)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE
- B.J. NOVAK
Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Contempt (1963)
- NOIR ALLEY
Stolen Face (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: NIGHT CRIME
Night Moves (1975)
Hot Summer Night (1957)
MGM Parade Show #7 (1955)

FULL SCHEDULE

11:30 PM Moonrise (1948)
When a murderer's son accidentally kills a man, even love can't stop him from fleeing in fear. But to find his redemption, he must face his guilt.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC:


1:15 AM Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


3:30 AM The Drowning Pool (1975)
Harper, the wisecracking private investigator, goes to New Orleans to help out an old flame, Iris Deveraux. After the murder of her mother- in-law, someone implicates Iris.
Dir: Stuart Rosenberg Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Tony Franciosa
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:30 AM Torture Money (1937)
The police track down a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Edwin Maxwell, George Lynn, Murray Alper
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Don't Make Waves (1967)
A swimming pool salesman gets mixed up with beauty queens and bodybuilders when he falls in love on the west coast. Music by The Byrds.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:45 AM Eye of the Devil (1966)
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:30 AM Target - Robin! (1949)
Chapter 6 of the Batman and Robin 1949 serial. Batman and Robin fight to escape a criminal mastermind's deadly gas trap.
Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
A medical school graduate must choose between a small-town practice and a big-city internship.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres, Lynne Carver
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Haredevil Hare (1948)
Bugs Bunny is tricked into being the first rabbit shot into space. When he lands on the moon he finds Commander X-2 (Marvin the Martian) set to blow up planet Earth.
Dir: Chuck Jones Cast: Mel Blanc
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC:


11:40 AM The Hep Cat (1942)
A dog tries to lure a cat in with a cat puppet. The cat, struck with love, breaks out in a variety of songs.
Dir: Robert Clampett Cast: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Kent Rogers
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC:


11:50 AM Rabbit Transit (1947)
Bugs Bunny's race with Cecil Turtle features a rocket-powered tortoise shell.
Dir: Friz Freleng Cast: Mel Blanc
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC:


12:00 PM The Apple (1980)
Alphie and Bibi are young singers from Moose Jaw, Canada who come to the United States for the 1994 Worldvision Song Festival and competition. They lose to another duo because of the dishonest tactics of Mr. Boogalow, head of the powerful Boogalow International Music label. Alphie and Bibi's disappointment is alleviated ...
Dir: Menahem Golan Cast: Catherine Mary Stewart, George Gilmour, Grace Kennedy
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: N


2:00 PM Forbidden Planet (1956)
A futuristic version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:45 PM Bullitt (1968)
A detective is sent by a politician to catch a big-time gangster so he can procure him before a Senate crime committee for selfish gain. When the gangster is killed before this can happen, the detective and the politico clash with each other.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


5:45 PM Edge of Darkness (1943)
Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM Sullivan's Travels (1942)
A successful Hollywood director hits the road disguised as a hobo in preparation for a "serious" film on the poor.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 PM Contempt (1963)
Screenwriter Paul Javal's marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer.
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N


12:00 AM Stolen Face (1952)
A plastic surgeon decides to fix a convict's badly scarred face--with an operation to make her look like a doppelganger of the woman he loves.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:


1:45 AM Night Moves (1975)
An L.A. private detective puts aside his own marital woes while tracing a topless nymphet to the Florida Keys.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


3:30 AM Hot Summer Night (1957)
A hot-shot reporter risks his life to land an interview with a notorious crook.
Dir: David Friedkin Cast: Marianne Stewart, Claude Akins, Robert Wilke
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:15 AM MGM Parade Show #7 (1955)
Ray Bolger performs in a clip from "The Great Ziegfeld"; Debbie Reynolds introduces a clip from "The Tender Trap." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Ray Bolger, Debbie Reynolds
Runtime: 26 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
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