TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 2: Bankers/Warren William

Welcome to Wednesday, when bankers are all over TCM during the day and the "King of Pre-Code" Warren William reigns all evening.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

1:15 AM    They Live by Night (1948) After an unjust prison sentence, a young innocent gets mixed-up with hardened criminals and a violent escape.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
    Runtime: 95 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


3:00 AM    Small Town Girl (1953) A sheriff's daughter falls for a playboy arrested for speeding.    Dir: Leslie Kardos    Cast: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller
    Runtime: 93 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


4:45 AM    Hollywood Without Make-Up (1966) In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.    Dir: Rudy Behlmer    Cast: Ken Murray
    Runtime: 50 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Bankers

6:15 AM    Mr. Chump (1938) A trumpeter's sure-fire moneymaking scheme backfires.    Dir: William Clemens    Cast: Johnnie Davis, Lola Lane, Penny Singleton
    Runtime: 61 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

7:30 AM    Prosperity (1932) Feuding mothers almost wreck their children's marriage.    Dir: Sam Wood    Cast: Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page
    Runtime: 87 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


9:00 AM    Don't Tell the Wife (1937) A milquetoast banker gets caught in an investment swindle.    Dir: Christy Cabanne    Cast: Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Lynne Overman
    Runtime: 62 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


10:15 AM    Go Chase Yourself (1938) A bank teller gets mixed up with crooks.    Dir: Edward F. Cline    Cast: Joe Penner, Lucille Ball, Richard Lane
    Runtime: 70 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC:


11:45 AM    Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941) A small-town banker and his wife quarrel over their daughter's love life.    Dir: Charles E. Roberts    Cast: Leon Errol, Mildred Coles, Kenneth Howell
    Runtime: 65 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: N


1:00 PM    Larceny, Inc. (1942) An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.    Dir: Lloyd Bacon    Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
    Runtime: 95 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



2:45 PM    Double Dynamite (1951) A bank teller reaps the rewards of saving a gangster's life, but can't reveal where he got the money.    Dir: Irving Cummings    Cast: Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra
    Runtime: 80 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



4:15 PM    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: 89 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



6:00 PM    Penelope (1966) A neglected wife turns to bank robbery to get her husband's attention.    Dir: Arthur Hiller    Cast: Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn
    Runtime: 98 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



TCM Prime Time: Warren William

8:00 PM    Lady for a Day (1933) A gangster helps an old apple-vendor pose as a society woman to fool her visiting daughter.    Dir: Frank Capra    Cast: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee
    Runtime: 88 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



9:45 PM    Day-Time Wife (1939) After catching her husband with his secretary, a young wife goes to work for his business rival.    Dir: Gregory Ratoff    Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Warren William
    Runtime: 72 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: N



11:00 PM    Beauty and the Boss (1932) After being distracted by a string of pretty secretaries, a banker hires a plain Jane, only to fall in love with her.    Dir: Roy Del Ruth    Cast: Marian Marsh, David Manners, Warren William
    Runtime: 66 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


12:30 AM    Employees' Entrance (1933) An unscrupulous department store manager stops at nothing to get what he wants.    Dir: Roy Del Ruth    Cast: Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford
    Runtime: 75 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

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2:00 AM    Madame X (1937) When she kills a blackmailer, a woman is defended by the son she abandoned years earlier.    Dir: Sam Wood    Cast: Gladys George, John Beal, Warren William
    Runtime: 72 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



3:30 AM    The First Hundred Years (1938) A working woman doesn't want to give up her career when she marries.    Dir: Richard Thorpe    Cast: Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Warren William
    Runtime: 73 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-PG    CC:



4:45 AM    Bedside (1934) A fake doctor sets up a lucrative high-society practice.    Dir: Robert Florey    Cast: Warren William, Jean Muir, Allen Jenkins
    Runtime: 66 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y