TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 27: Star of the Month: Dirk Bogarde: Dirk Goes Dark
Daytime is devoted to Dangerous Inheritances. And speaking of danger, you get one last chance to spend an evening with Star of the Month Dirk Bogarde.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
12:00 AM An American in Paris (1951)
When ex-GI Jerry Mulligan remains in Paris to pursue life as an artist, he is discovered by a wealthy patroness interested in more than his art. But Mulligan falls in love with a French shop girl who is engaged to his best friend.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 139 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 AM A Damsel in Distress (1937)
An American dancer on vacation in England falls for a sheltered noblewoman.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:15 AM Big City Blues (1932)
A country boy finds love and heartache in New York City.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, Jobyna Howland
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:30 AM Untamed (1929)
An oil heiress raised to be wild falls for a penniless young man.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:00 AM My Forbidden Past (1951)
A beauty with a skeleton in her closet seeks revenge on the suitor who jilted her.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 AM Ghost Valley (1932)
A cowboy and a beautiful girl inherit a supposedly haunted gold mine.
Dir: Fred Allen Cast: Tom Keene, Merna Kennedy, Kate Campbell
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N
11:15 AM Gunplay (1951)
Two cowboys hunt down the killers of a young boy's parents.
Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Harper Carter
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:30 PM Shadow of a Woman (1946)
A woman suspects her husband of plotting to kill his son from a previous marriage.
Dir: Joseph Santley Cast: Helmut Dantine, Andrea King, William Prince
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 PM Danger Signal (1945)
A man suspected of murder charms a secretary into helping him.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:30 PM The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Perry Mason looks into a trio of murders heralded by the shriek of a cat.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:45 PM Freaks (1932)
A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her husband.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Two on a Guillotine (1965)
A magician's estranged daughter must stay in his mansion for seven nights alone to inherit his fortune.
Dir: William Conrad Cast: Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: DIRK BOGARDE: DIRK GOES DARK
8:00 PM Accident (1967)
An Oxford professor dealing with a mid-life crisis finds himself attracted to a young student.
Dir: Joseph Losey Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC:
10:00 PM Our Mother's House (1967)
Afraid of being separated, a family of children keep their mother's death a secret.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
12:00 AM Victim (1961)
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
A wife-killer marries an innocent barmaid and plots her death.
Dir: Lewis Gilbert Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Dirk Bogarde, Kay Walsh
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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3:30 AM This Happy Breed (1944)
A middle-class family faces personal triumphs and tragedies when they move to a new home in the suburbs.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #7 (1955)
Ray Bolger performs in a clip from "The Great Ziegfeld"; Debbie Reynolds introduces a clip from "The Tender Trap." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Ray Bolger, Debbie Reynolds
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
