TCM Schedule for Fri, May 30, 2025: Director Howard Hawks / Set in Iowa: Drama, Comedy, & Music
Happy Birthday to film director Howard Hawks, born May 30, 1896.
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6:00 AM | The Dawn Patrol (1930)
A World War I ace-turned-commander learns harsh lessons sending his men on perilous missions.
Dir: Howard Hawks | Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks, Neil Hamilton
8:00 AM | Today We Live (1933)
An aristocratic English girl's tangled love life creates havoc during World War I.
Dir: Howard Hawks | Cast: Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young
10:00 AM | Sergeant York (1941)
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero.
Dir: Howard Hawks | Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie
12:30 PM | Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Dir: Howard Hawks | Cast: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
2:45 PM | To Have and Have Not (1944)
An American transports a WWII French Resistance leader to Martinique while romancing a singer.
Dir: Howard Hawks | Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall
4:30 PM | Tiger Shark (1932)
A tuna fisherman marries a woman in love with another man.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen, Zita Johann
6:00 PM | Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
A scheming seductress plots to make herself queen of Egypt.
Dir: Howard Hawks | Cast: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin
PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING
8:00 PM | Field of Dreams (1989)
An Iowa farmer turns an ordinary cornfield into a baseball field of dreams.
Dir: Phil Alden Robinson | Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones
10:00 PM | Cold Turkey (1971)
Small-town residents try to quit smoking for a cash reward.
Dir: Norman Lear | Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston
12:00 AM | State Fair (1945)
An Iowa family finds romance and adventure at the yearly state fair.
Dir: Walter Lang | Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes
2:00 AM | The Music Man (1962)
A con man convinces a small town to form a brass band.
Dir: Morton Dacosta | Cast: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
4:45 AM | The Trouble with Girls (1969)
A traveling show's star gets involved in a small-town murder case.
Dir: Peter Tewksbur | Cast: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe
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