TCM Schedule for Thurs, July 9, 2026: Heat / Tom Hanks (Sleepless in Seattle, Philadelphia, more)

Tom Hanks turns 70 today. He was born on July 9th, 1956. To date he has appeared in over 70 films. TCM presents four of them this evening, including the Oscar-winning (Best Actor) Philadelphia (1993).

Hanks won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Forrest Gump (1994), becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. Spencer Tracy was the first, winning in 1937 and ‘38 for Captains Courageous and Boys Town. Hanks and Tracy were also the same age at the time they received their Academy Awards: 37 years old when they won their first and 38 when they won their second.

Full bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks



DAYTIME: listings EST

6:15 AM Cry of the Hunted (1953)
A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen

7:45 AM The Phenix City Story (1955)
A crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant

9:30 AM Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
A veteran uncovers secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis

11:00 AM Heat Lightning (1934)
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster

12:15 PM Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall

2:00 PM A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter

4:15 PM The Night of the Iguana (1964)
An ostracized clergyman comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr

6:30 PM Hot Summer Night (1957)
A hot-shot reporter risks his life to land an interview with a notorious crook.
Dir: David Friedkin Cast: Marianne Stewart, Claude Akins, Robert Wilke



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT

8:00 PM Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
A widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Dir: Nora Ephron Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger

10:00 PM Philadelphia (1993)
A lawyer sues his firm for firing him because he has AIDS.
Dir: Jonathan Demme Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas

12:15 AM That Thing You Do! (1996)
A local band deals with whirlwind a one-hit wonder in 1964 and
Dir: Tom Hanks Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Tom Hanks

2:15 AM The 'Burbs (1989) TCM Premiere
A stressed-out suburbanite vacations at home in order to spy on his bizarre new neighbors.
Dir: Joe Dante Cast: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher



EARLY MORNING

4:15 AM Poltergeist (1982)
Ghosts begin communicating with five-year-old girl through the static on the television screen.
Dir: Tobe Hooper Cast: Jobeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight