TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 5: Summer Under the Stars: Claude Rains

It's happening! Today there's a magnificent schedule of films featuring Claude Rains. Some of them you may be expecting (Notorious, anybody?), and some you may not (They Won't Forget).

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

12:00 AM Calamity Jane (1953)
The Wild West heroine helps bring a star attraction to Deadwood and finds love.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 AM Rose Marie (1954)
A trapper's daughter is torn between the Mountie who wants to civilize her and a dashing prospector.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 AM Jupiter's Darling (1955)
A beautiful Roman mounts a romantic campaign to halt Hannibal's invasion of the empire.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge Champion
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

6:00 AM Stolen Holiday (1937)
A Paris fashion model marries a fortune hunter to protect him from the law.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Summer Under the Stars: Claude Rains

7:30 AM Four Daughters (1938)
A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:15 AM Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Julius Caesar gives the famed Egyptian queen lessons in government.
Dir: Gabriel Pascal Cast: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Flora Robson
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:30 AM The Unsuspected (1947)
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:30 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



3:30 PM Mr. Skeffington (1945)
A flighty beauty marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
Runtime: 146 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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6:00 PM Now, Voyager (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



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8:00 PM Notorious (1946)
A U.S. agent recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:00 PM Casablanca (1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:00 AM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:15 AM They Won't Forget (1937)
Bigotry flares when a teacher is accused of killing a small-town girl in the South.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:00 AM The Passionate Friends (1949)
A married woman has one last fling with her childhood sweetheart.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Claude Rains, Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Isabel Dean
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y