TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 27: Summer Under the Stars: Joan Crawford

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

12:00 AM    The Dresser (1983) A theatrical dresser tries to get an aging star through one more performance of King Lear.    Dir: Peter Yates    Cast: Joe Belcher, Edward Fox, Stuart Richman
    Runtime: 118 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y


2:15 AM    King & Country (1964) A British soldier, charged with desertion, is defended by an officer who despises his actions until he finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.    Dir: Joseph Losey    Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern
    Runtime: 86 mins    Genre: War    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


4:00 AM    Private Potter (1962) A young soldier refuses to fight because of a divine vision.    Dir: Casper Wrede    Cast: Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser
    Runtime: 89 mins    Genre: War    Rating: TV-PG    CC:

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6:00 AM    Rain (1932) A missionary tries to reform a streetwalker trapped on a Pacific island.    Dir: Lewis Milestone    Cast: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Fred Howard
    Runtime: 94 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

8:00 AM    Sadie McKee (1934) A working girl suffers through three troubled relationships on her road to prosperity.    Dir: Clarence Brown    Cast: Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone
    Runtime: 90 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

10:00 AM    Susan and God (1940) A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.    Dir: George Cukor    Cast: Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey
    Runtime: 115 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

12:00 PM    A Woman's Face (1941) Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.    Dir: George Cukor    Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt
    Runtime: 105 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

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2:00 PM    Above Suspicion (1943) A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.    Dir: Richard Thorpe    Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt
    Runtime: 90 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

4:00 PM    The Damned Don't Cry (1950) Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.    Dir: Vincent Sherman    Cast: Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran
    Runtime: 103 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

6:00 PM    Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) When she returns to her alma mater to pick up an honorary degree, a congresswoman re-ignites an old flame.    Dir: Vincent Sherman    Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy
    Runtime: 107 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

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8:00 PM    Torch Song (1953) A tempestuous musical theater star falls for a blind pianist.    Dir: Charles Walters    Cast: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young
    Runtime: 90 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

9:45 PM    The Story of Esther Costello (1957) A bitter divorcee works to educate a deaf and blind girl.    Dir: David Miller    Cast: Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears
    Runtime: 103 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y

11:45 PM    Harriet Craig (1950) A woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.    Dir: Vincent Sherman    Cast: Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson
    Runtime: 94 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

1:30 AM    Humoresque (1946) A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy neurotic.    Dir: Jean Negulesco    Cast: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant
    Runtime: 123 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

3:45 AM    Possessed (1947) A married woman's passion for a former love drives her mad.    Dir: Curtis Bernhardt    Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey
    Runtime: 108 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

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1. I cut the cord last year, and I no longer have TCM.

It's the one and only thing I miss.