TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 17: Men Against Snow/National Film Registry

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

12:15 AM Rope (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

1:45 AM Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The film adaptation of Edward Albee's Broadway play that rips the façade of civility off the dysfunctional marriage between an alcoholic college professor and his shrew of a wife during a dinner party the two host for a young couple.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

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4:00 AM Il Posto (1961)
A young man finishes school and heads for Milan, takes his employment tests, and gets a job as a messenger in a large industrial firm, where the promise of stability gives him hope for a future. Also known by the English tile "The Sound of Trumpets."
Dir: Ermanno Olmi Cast: Sandro Panzeri, Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

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5:45 AM Lady with a Past (1932)
A good girl raises her popularity when she pretends to be bad.
Dir: Edward H. Griffith Cast: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, David Manners
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

7:15 AM Dinner at Eight (1933)
A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:30 AM Eskimo (1933)
An Eskimo family fights to survive harsh conditions in the frozen North.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Mala, Lotus, Joseph Sauers
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM The Trail of '98 (1928)
San Francisco boys risk their lives to scout gold in the Klondike.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Ralph Forbes, Karl Dane
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:00 PM Men of the North (1930)
Mounties track gold mine robbers.
Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:15 PM The Wild North (1952)
A Mountie tracks an accused killer through the Canadian wilderness.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM The White Tower (1950)
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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6:00 PM Man in the Wilderness (1971)
A Northwest frontiersman, in 1820, after being badly mauled by a bear is left for dead. He survives with a rare determination and comes to be looked upon as a god by the Indians.
Dir: Richard C. Sarafian Cast: Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

What's on Tonight: National Film Registry

8:00 PM From Darkness to Light (2024)
An exploration of Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day The Clown Cried", its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews with Lewis' associates and previously unseen production content.
Dir: Eric Friedler, Michael Lurie Cast: Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Rune Ericson
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC:


10:00 PM Life Is Beautiful (1997)
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Dir: Roberto Benigni Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Runtime: 116m mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC:

12:15 AM Jakob the Liar (1999)
In Nazi-occupied Poland, Poor Jewish cafe owner Jakob overhears a confidential radio news bulletin signalling Soviet military advances against the Germans. It's the first bit of news the depressed ghetto has received in five years and to keep spirits alive, Jakob conjures up fictitious news bulletins about Allied gains.
Dir: Peter Kassovitz Cast: Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

2:30 AM To Be or Not to Be (1942)
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:15 AM Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987)
A French boarding school harbors Jewish children during the Nazi occupation.
Dir: Louis Malle Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N

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