TCM Schedule for Monday June 24, 2024 - Spotlight: Great Film Composers

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Today's composers salute includes 4 in a row from the Newman clan (Randy, Davis, Alfred, Thomas).

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
2h 2m | Drama | TV-PG
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.
Director: Elia Kazan. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter

8:30 AM The Thing from Another World (1951)
1h 27m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space.
Director: Christian Nyby. Cast: Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite

10:00 AM Cool Hand Luke (1967)
2h 9m | Drama | TV-14
A brooding loner is sentenced to a prison chain-gang, stands up to the Nazi-like guards, and eventually becomes the leader of his fellow prisoners.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg. Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon

12:30 PM The Right Stuff (1983)
3h 13m | Epic | TV-14
NASA recruits seven test pilots, training them to become astronauts for the Mercury Space Program in an attempt to surpass the Russian space program.
Director: Philip Kaufman. Cast: Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Barbara Hershey

4:00 PM Avalon (1990)
2h 7m | Drama | TV-PG
This prequel to Levinson's autobiographical "Diner" and "Tin Men" traces his family's roots and their Russian Jewish heritage. The film focuses on four brothers, and their assimilation into American society.
Director: Barry Levinson. Cast: Rachel Aviva, Christine Mosere, Frank Tamburo

6:15 PM Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-14
A man tries to get his creative writing teacher to kill his abusive mother.
Director: Danny DeVito. Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey

8:00 PM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
1h 57m | Drama | TV-PG
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell

10:15 PM Little Women (1994)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
With their father away at war, the March sisters make the best out of life in 19th-Century New England.
Director: Gillian Armstrong. Cast: Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes

12:30 AM The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
1h 35m | Musical | TV-14
A young French couple is separated by the war in Algiers.
Director: Jacques Demy. Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon

2:15 AM A World Apart (1988)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-14
Based on a true story, political drama set in 1963 Johannesburg, about an anti-apartheid activist and her 13-year-old daughter.
Director: Chris Menges. Cast: Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbe

4:15 AM Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-14
Story of wheeling and dealing in the real-estate business.
Director: James Foley. Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin

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1. Awesome line-up today