TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 5 : 31 Days of Oscar - Day 26 - Best Picture

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

12:00 AM Mrs. Miniver (1942)
A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:30 AM Cavalcade (1933)
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC:

4:30 AM Grand Hotel (1932)
The lives of the denizens of the Grand Hotel intertwine: a lonely ballerina, a noble thief, an ambitious stenographer, a dying man on a last fling and a ruthless industrialist.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:30 AM The Racket (1928)
In this silent film, a renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N

8:00 AM A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A British lawyer sacrifices himself to save another man from the guillotine.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:15 AM The Nun's Story (1959)
A young nun is sent to do nursing work in the Belgian Congo, but soon begins to doubt her vows and question a life with the Convent, and instead joins the underground resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Dame Edith Evans
Runtime: 149 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:00 PM Anchors Aweigh (1945)
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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3:30 PM Battleground (1949)
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge.
Dir: William Wellman Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:45 PM Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

What's on Tonight: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 26 - Best Picture

8:00 PM In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black detective teams up with a racist white sheriff to solve a murder in a small town in the South. Over time, they begin to find respect for one another.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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10:00 PM Platoon (1986)
A rookie soldier, Charlie Sheen, struggles under the unbearable conditions of a horrible war: bugs, drugs, death, jungle rot, and hopelessness. But as he observes the differing style and attitudes of two of his commanders, a violent Sergeant played by Tom Berenger and a more Zen-like William Dafeo, he comes to see the deeper ...
Dir: Oliver Stone Cast: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC:

12:15 AM No Country for Old Men (2007)
A poacher has to elude the Texas Rangers and the mob after stealing drug money.
Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC:

2:30 AM Midnight Cowboy (1969)
A slightly dim-witted young Texan journeys to New York City to offer his services as a stud-for-hire, but spends a hard winter helping a tubercular con man.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

4:30 AM All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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