TCM Schedule for Friday, July 12, 2024: Royalty / 1970s Film: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Martin Sheen

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6:00 AM | Great Catherine (1968)
The legendary Russian ruler falls hard for a military man in love with someone else.
Dir: Gordon Flemyng | Cast: Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau

8:00 AM | Naughty Marietta (1935)
A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with an Indian scout.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke | Cast: Jeanette Macdonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan

10:00 AM | The Merry Widow (1952)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt | Cast: Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel

12:00 PM | The Royal Rodeo (1939)
A young monarch invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.
Dir: George Amy | Cast: Cliff Edwards, Stuart Holmes, Lucile Fairbanks

12:15 PM | The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
While vacationing in New York, a European prince falls for a showgirl.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy | Cast: Fernand Gravet, Joan Blondell, Edward Everett Horton

2:00 PM | The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
In 1911's London, a visiting American showgirl captures the heart of a regal prince.
Dir: Laurence Olivier | Cast: Richard Wattis, David Thorne, Marilyn Monroe

4:00 PM | Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
A bellboy is the unlikely choice to escort a visiting princess over the protests of his invalid girlfriend.
Dir: Richard Thorpe | Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson

6:00 PM | The Swan (1956)
On the eve of her marriage to a prince, a noblewoman falls for her brother's tutor.
Dir: Charles Vidor | Cast: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan


--- PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, AND MORNING ---

8:00 PM | The Boys in the Band (1970)
Eight New York City gay men gather for a birthday party, humorously savaging their way of life.
Dir: William Friedkin | Cast: Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Frederick Combs

10:15 PM | Slap Shot (1977)
A third-rate minor league hockey team that will do anything to win.
Dir: George Roy Hill | Cast: Paul Newman, Lindsay Crouse, Ned Dowd

12:30 AM | Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A CIA researcher uncovers top secret information and finds himself marked for death.
Dir: Sydney Pollack | Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson

2:45 AM | Brewster McCloud (1970)
A mysterious boy living in the Houston Astrodome dreams of building himself a pair of wings.
Dir: Robert Altman | Cast: Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy

4:45 AM | Badlands (1973)
A teenager from a dead-end town joins an older boy on his shooting spree through Montana.
Dir: Terrence Malick | Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates