TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 9: Directed by Preston Sturges

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Rejoice, film fans! It's Preston Sturges night on TCM.

During the day, of course, there is the continuing showcase of movies featuring the work of cinematographer James Wong Howe.



Tuesday, May 9, 2023

12:15 AM Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:30 AM The North Star (1943)
Ukrainian villagers unite to fight off invading Nazis.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:30 AM Shining Victory (1941)
A psychiatrist sacrifices everything for his research.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM Out of the Fog (1941)
A racketeer terrorizes a small fishing community until he falls in love with a fisherman's daughter.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

7:30 AM Navy Blues (1941)
Honolulu days are far from peaceful for a boatload of amorous sailors.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:30 AM Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
The life story of dancing vaudevillian George M. Cohan.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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11:45 AM Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
When a Nazi officer is assassinated, Czech patriots band together to protect his killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: H. H. V. Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

2:15 PM Passage to Marseille (1944)
Devil's Island escapees join up with the Allies during World War II.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:15 PM Confidential Agent (1945)
A Spanish spy and an American heiress battle fascists in England.
Dir: Herman Shumlin Cast: Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Katina Paxinou
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:15 PM Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
A New York businessman's dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: DIRECTED BY PRESTON STURGES

8:00 PM Sullivan's Travels (1942)
A successful Hollywood director hits the road disguised as a hobo in preparation for a "serious" film on the poor.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:45 PM The Palm Beach Story (1942)
To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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11:30 PM The Lady Eve (1941)
A shy millionaire, homeward bound after two years collecting snakes in the Brazilian jungle, encounters a gold-digger aboard an ocean liner.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:15 AM Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
A returning soldier is bullied by his comrades into pretending to be a war hero.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:15 AM The Great McGinty (1940)
A bum is transformed into a political kingpin by a corrupt hoodlum, only to be destroyed by the same man when he decides to go straight.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:45 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y