TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 5: Are You Ready for Some Football?

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

1:30 AM Salt of the Earth (1954)
The wives of striking mine workers fight to keep the union going.
Dir: Herbert J. Biberman Cast: Will Geer, David Wolfe, David Sarvis
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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3:15 AM Soylent Green (1973)
A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


5:00 AM The Great Bank Hoax (1977)
Small town bankers try to cover up a missing $100,000 from the bank examiner.
Dir: Joseph Jacoby Cast: Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Charlene Dallas
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:30 AM Let Us Be Gay (1930)
A visit to Paris brings divorced spouses back together.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Norma Shearer, Rod La Rocque, Marie Dressler
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM Knight Without Armour (1937)
A British spy tries to get a countess out of the new Soviet Union.
Dir: Jacques Feyder Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 AM Riffraff (1936)
Young marrieds in the fishing business run afoul of the law.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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11:45 AM The Champ (1931)
A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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1:15 PM The Big House (1930)
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:45 PM The Clown (1953)
In this remake of The Champ, a drunken clown tries to make a comeback so he can keep his son.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:30 PM The Secret Six (1931)
A secret society funds the investigation of a bootlegging gang.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
A boxing champion falls for a gangster's moll.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

8:00 PM Paper Lion (1968)
The story of how sportswriter George Plimpton posed as a Detroit Lions rookie quarterback for a Sports Illustrated article.
Dir: Alex March Cast: Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Joe Schmidt
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC:

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10:00 PM North Dallas Forty (1979)
A satire of American professional football in which a veteran pass-catcher's individuality and refusal to become part of the team family are bitterly resented by his disciplinarian coaches.
Dir: Ted Kotcheff Cast: Nick Nolte, Charles Durning, Mac Davis
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC:

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12:15 AM Semi-Tough (1977)
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC:

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2:15 AM Knute Rockne--All American (1940)
Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper."
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:00 AM Jim Thorpe--All-American (1951)
In this stirring biographical drama, young Native American Jim Thorpe pursues his dreams of athletic stardom. Mentored by a devoted coach, Thorpe succeeds at track before becoming a renowned football hero and an Olympic athlete. While remarkably accomplished on the field, Thorpe faces obstacles in his pursuit of becoming a coach and in addition he faces problems in his personal life.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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