TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 14: Summer Under the Stars: Anne Bancroft

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

1:45 AM Borsalino (1970)
During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
Dir: Jacques Deray Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: N


4:00 AM Love Is a Funny Thing (1970)
Two French filmmakers working in the U.S. fall in love with each other.
Dir: Claude Lelouch Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Kaz Garas
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-MA CC: N


6:00 AM The Naked Street (1955)
A racketeer saves his daughter's no-good husband from the chair but lives to regret it.
Dir: Maxwell Shane Cast: Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:45 AM Walk the Proud Land (1956)
A government agent tries to treat the Apaches with respect.
Dir: Jesse Hibbs Cast: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N

9:30 AM Seven Women (1966)
The women staffing an isolated Chinese mission fight to survive a bandit attack.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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11:15 AM Young Winston (1972)
Young Winston Churchill overcomes a bad family life and early military mistakes to launch his political career.
Dir: Richard Attenborough Cast: Simon Ward, Peter Cellier, Ronald Hines
Runtime: 157 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:00 PM The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1974)
A suddenly unemployed executive and his understanding wife must adapt to their new life.
Dir: Melvin Frank Cast: Jack Lemmon, Elizabeth Wilson, Anne Bancroft
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM Agnes of God (1985)
A psychiatrist tries to unravel the case of a young nun discovered with a dead baby.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

6:00 PM The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
A woman drifts through multiple marriages in search of stability.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 PM The Graduate (1967)
Benjamin Braddock, adrift after college, is seduced by a woman twice his age: icily-assured friend of the family, Mrs. Robinson. So it's understandable that Benjamin's dream girl is aghast when she finds out he's been sleeping with... her mother.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

10:00 PM The Miracle Worker (1962)
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:00 AM To Be or Not to Be (1983)
An actor and his wife struggle to survive (and make a living) when the Nazi's invade Poland in this remake of "To Be or Not to Be" (1942).
Dir: Alan Johnson Cast: Robert B Goldberg, Lee E Stevens, Ian Bruce
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

2:00 AM 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
A shut-in's correspondence with a London book dealer leads to a close friendship.
Dir: David Jones Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 AM Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
A drag queen's affair with a bisexual throws his life into turmoil.
Dir: Paul Bogart Cast: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

[Auggie]

1. Great actor with tremendous range