TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 19: Writer/Director Billy Wilder/Spotlight: Political Thrillers

Wow! What a Wednesday schedule: a Billy Wilder festival (including rarities) and an evening of thrillers to keep you on the edge of your seat (or perhaps hiding under it).

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

1:45 AM The Tarnished Angels (1958)
A newsman falls for the wife of a barnstorming pilot whose work he's covering.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM A Fine Pair (1969)
A detective gets involved with a beautiful jewel thief.
Dir: Francesco Maselli Cast: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Writer/Director Billy Wilder

6:00 AM People on Sunday (1930)
Two men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at a Berlin beach amid the unending toil of the working week.
Dir: Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N

7:30 AM Mauvaise Graine (1934)
After his father sells his car, Henri "borrows" a stranger's car in order to make a date with a young woman. This act sees him fall foul of a gang of car thieves, but after some discussion he joins their gang.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:



9:00 AM Ninotchka (1939)
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



11:00 AM The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Charles Lindbergh risks his life to complete his historic flight from New York to Paris.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:30 PM Irma la Douce (1963)
A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living prostitute.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi
Runtime: 142 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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4:00 PM Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM One, Two, Three (1961)
A Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin tries to keep the boss's daughter from marrying a Communist.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



TCM Prime Time: Spotlight: Political Thrillers

8:00 PM The Odessa File (1974)
A journalist discovers a strange link between his family and a cabal of fugitive Nazis.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: N



10:15 PM Marathon Man (1976)
After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC:



12:30 AM Man Hunt (1941)
An Englishman goes behind enemy lines to assassinate Hitler.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:



2:30 AM 36 Hours (1964)
Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over.
Dir: George Seaton Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:30 AM Eye of the Needle (1981)
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Dir: Richard Marquand Cast: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Stephen MacKenna
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: Y