TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 12: Foreign Intrigue/Spotlight: Political Thrillers

Nail-bitingly good schedule today (check out the two offerings from Hitchcock).

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Star of the Month: Rock Hudson (continued)

12:45 AM Bright Victory (1951)
After he is blinded by a German sniper's bullet in 1943, Sergeant Larry Nevins begins the long and painful road to recovery.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:30 AM A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Hemingway's classic about the relationship between an American nurse and an American officer working in the Italian ambulance corps during World War I.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica
Runtime: 152 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:15 AM Fighter Squadron (1948)
A dedicated flyer pushes himself and those around him during a perilous World War II campaign.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Foreign Intrigue

7:00 AM I Am Waiting (1957)
An ex-boxer saves a suicidal club singer trying to escape from her gangster boss.
Dir: Koreyoshi Kurahara Cast: Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N

8:45 AM Macao (1952)
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
Dir: Josef Von Sternberg Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:15 AM Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:45 AM Journey Into Fear (1942)
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.
Dir: Norman Foster Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:00 PM La Bete Humaine (1938)
A railroad engineer enters an affair with his friend's amoral wife.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Blanchette Brunoy
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



2:45 PM Background to Danger (1943)
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:15 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



6:15 PM Pepe le Moko (1937)
Love for a beautiful woman draws a gangster out of hiding.
Dir: Julien Duvivier Cast: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Fernand Charpin
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: N



TCM Primetime: Spotlight: Political Thrillers

8:00 PM North by Northwest (1959)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:30 PM The Ipcress File (1965)
Secret agent Harry Palmer fights to survive brainwashing when a traitor hands him over to the enemy.
Dir: Sidney J. Furie Cast: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Thriller Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



12:30 AM Gorky Park (1983)
A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
Dir: Michael Apted Cast: William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:



2:45 AM Fail Safe (1964)
A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



4:45 AM The 39 Steps (1935)
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed -- with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as "The 39 Steps."
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y