TCM Schedule for Sunday April 2, 2023 - Pre-Code Classics and an Emphasis on Realism

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Lots of criminal gangs and pre-code delights in today's Warner Bros. salute.

(all times Eastern)

6:30 am Little Caesar (1930)
1h 20m | Crime | TV-PG
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Glenda Farrell

8:30 am 'G' Men (1935)
1h 25m | Crime | TV-PG
A mob protege joins the FBI when a friend is gunned down.
Director: William Keighley. Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak

10:15 am Bullets or Ballots (1936)
1h 17m | Crime | TV-G
A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.
Director: William Keighley. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton Maclane

12:00 pm Each Dawn I Die (1939)
1h 32m | Crime | TV-PG
A crusading reporter becomes a hardened convict when he's framed.
Director: William Keighley. Cast: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan

2:00 pm High Sierra (1941)
1h 40m | Crime | TV-G
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist.
Director: Raoul Walsh. Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis

4:00 pm Key Largo (1948)
1h 41m | Crime | TV-G
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Director: John Huston. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall

6:00 pm Larceny, Inc. (1942)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-PG
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Director: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford

8:00 pm The Public Enemy (1931)
1h 14m | Crime | TV-PG
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods

9:45 pm Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)
Director: Gregory Orr. Cast: Jack L. Warner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

11:45 pm Baby Face (1933)
1h 16m | Drama | TV-PG
A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire.
Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook

1:15 am One Way Passage (1932)
1h 9m | Drama | TV-G
An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal.
Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline Macmahon

2:45 am Two Seconds (1932)
1h 8m | Crime | TV-PG
In the last moments of his life, a criminal reviews the circumstances that led him to the electric chair.
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee

4:15 am Life Begins (1932)
1h 11m | Drama | TV-PG
A maternity ward becomes the focus for the patients', doctors' and nurses' personal problems.
Director: James Flood. Cast: Loretta Young, A. Eric Linden, Aline Macmahon

5:30 am Fashions of 1934 (1934)
1h 18m | Musical | TV-G
A con artist and his beautiful assistant take on the fashion world.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: William Powell, Bette Davis, Frank Mchugh

[ificandream]

1. I'm a huge fan of pre-code films and today's schedule has some of the best ones.

"Little Caesar," "Public Enemy" and "Baby Face" are amazing after all these years.