TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 31: Star of the Month: William Powell: Later Roles
On this final day of May, saddle up for TCM's daytime theme, Deep in the Heart of Texas.
Then watch Star of the Month William Powell take his final bows alongside a galaxy of co-stars. 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
1:00 AM Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
A sleazy PR man who will do anything to get his clients mentioned in the column of a powerful journalist, gets involved in a plot to break up the journalist's sister's relationship with a jazz musician.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:45 AM West Side Story (1961)
Modern day "Romeo and Juliet" set in a New York City ghetto about a Polish teen from one gang who falls for a Puerto Rican girl whose brother is from a rival gang.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #4 (1955)
George Murphy tours Lake Metro, where "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Show Boat" were shot, and introduces a clip from "Good News." These clips feature June Allyson and Peter Lawford.
Dir: null Cast: Peter Lawford, George Murphy, June Allyson
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
6:00 AM Guns of the Pecos (1937)
Texas Rangers take on cattle rustlers.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Gordon Hart
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:00 AM Two Guys from Texas (1948)
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:30 AM Confidentially Connie (1953)
An expectant mother hatches a series of madcap schemes to improve her husband's financial standing.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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9:45 AM Target (1952)
Two cowhands join forces with a lady Marshall to fight a land-grabbing scheme.
Dir: Stuart Gilmore Cast: Tim Holt, Linda Douglas, Walter Reed
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:00 AM Lone Star (1952)
A frontiersman helps out with Texas's fight for independence from Mexico.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:45 PM The First Texan (1956)
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, a lawyer becomes involved in the independence of Texas.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:15 PM Cow Country (1953)
A corrupt banker and a greedy cattle rustler attempt to gain control of a local rancher's property in this western set in Texas in the 1880s.
Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott, Bob Lowry
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:45 PM The Renegade Ranger (1938)
A Texas Ranger discovers the man he's chasing for murder is a woman.
Dir: David Howard Cast: George O'Brien, Rita Hayworth, Tim Holt
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:00 PM The Searchers (1956)
A veteran returning to Texas after the Civil War discovers that Comanche Indians have killed his family and kidnapped his niece, and sets out on a journey to find her.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:00 PM Come On Danger! (1932)
A woman turns outlaw to save her ranch.
Dir: Robert Hill Cast: Tom Keene, Julie Haydon, Rosco Ates
Runtime: 54 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: WILLIAM POWELL: LATER ROLES
8:00 PM The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Dir: George S. Kaufman Cast: William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N
9:30 PM How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Three models of modest means rent an expensive Manhattan penthouse apartment and pose as women of wealth as part of an elaborate scheme to snare rich husbands.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:15 PM Mister Roberts (1955)
A naval officer longing for active duty clashes with his vainglorious captain.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:30 AM The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
A criminal lawyer's daughter falls for one of his clients.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:45 AM It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1952)
Seven stories celebrate the glorious diversity of American life.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 AM Alias a Gentleman (1948)
An aging convict tries to keep his daughter from following in his footsteps.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, Dorothy Patrick
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N