TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 23: Set in Los Angeles/Special Theme: Acts of Faith - World Religions

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

12:00 AM Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)
The story of Dean Martin told through interviews and archival footage.
Dir: Tom Donahue Cast: Jerry Lewis, Bob Newhart, Angie Dickinson
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 AM Missing (1982)
A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the right-wing dictatorship. He also must learn to live with his son's and daughter-in-law's leftist passions which brought them there in the first place.
Dir: Costa-Gavras Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N


4:15 AM The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
An Australian reporter and photographer get more than they'd bargained for during an Indonesian revolution.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Set in Los Angeles

6:15 AM Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The landmark teen film, which solidified Dean's image with the public, follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly, dangerous drag racing.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



8:15 AM The Strip (1951)
A jazz drummer fights to clear his name when he's accused of killing a racketeer.
Dir: Leslie Kardos Cast: Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



9:45 AM Don't Make Waves (1967)
A swimming pool salesman gets mixed up with beauty queens and bodybuilders when he falls in love on the West Coast.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:30 AM The Exiles (1961)
Three young Native Americans feel lost and isolated when they leave the reservation for the big city.
Dir: Kent Mackenzie Cast: Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:45 PM The Big Sleep (1946)
Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:45 PM A Bucket of Blood (1959)
A jealous Bohemian wannabe resorts to murder to perpetuate his new-found success as a sculptor.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:00 PM Meshes of the Afternoon (1944)
This experimental short incorporates repeated images, slow motion and a mysterious cloaked figure to examine an emotional experience.
Dir: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid Cast: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Runtime: 13 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-14 CC: N


4:15 PM The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:15 PM The Late Show (1977)
An aging private eye hooks up with a Hollywood eccentric to investigate his partner's murder.
Dir: Robert Benton Cast: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



TCM Prime Time: Special Theme: Acts of Faith - World Religions

8:00 PM The Clay Bird (2002)
A Bangladeshi boy struggles to deal with his father's Muslim fundamentalism during a political upheaval.
Dir: Tareque Masud Cast: Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi, Jayanto Chattopadhyay
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



10:00 PM The Burmese Harp (1956)
A Japanese musician keeps up the spirits of his fellow soldiers as they flee Burma during World War II.
Dir: Kon Ichikawa Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shoji Yasui
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: N



12:15 AM Devi (1960)
A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal landlord, envisions her as the Goddess Kali.
Dir: Satyajit Ray Cast: Chhabi Biswas, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



2:00 AM The River (1951)
An adolescent English girl comes of age in India.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



TCM Late Night: French Satire

4:00 AM The Rules of the Game (1939)
A depiction of members of upper-class French society and their servants who meet at a French chateau just before the beginning of World War II, showing their moral callousness on the eve of destruction.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N