TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 7: Secret Agents/Louis Hayward

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

The Working Class (continued)

12:45 AM Matewan (1987)
Historical drama about the 1920 coal miners' strike in Matewan, West Virginia.
Dir: John Sayles Cast: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


3:00 AM North Country (2005)
A dramatized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Dir: Niki Caro Cast: Charlize Theron, Thomas Curtis, Elle Peterson
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N


5:30 AM Salt of the Earth (1954)
Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they continue to fight for better working conditions.
Dir: Herbert J. Biberman Cast: Will Geer, David Wolfe, David Sarvis
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

7:15 AM Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)
Director Barbara Kopple spent a year filming nearly 200 Kentucky coal-mining families and their battle to unionize.
Dir: Barbara Kopple Cast: Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Secret Agents

9:15 AM Espionage Agent (1939)
American spies try to steal Nazi secrets from a moving train.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:45 AM Cairo (1942)
A war correspondent in Egypt thinks a screen star on tour is a spy.
Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:30 PM Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:30 PM Rendezvous (1935)
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:15 PM The Conspirators (1944)
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM Confidential Agent (1945)
A Spanish spy and an American heiress battle fascists in England.
Dir: Herman Shumlin Cast: Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Katina Paxinou
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Louis Hayward

8:00 PM The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
The Three Musketeers rescue the king's unjustly imprisoned twin.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:00 PM The Black Arrow (1948)
Young nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Louis Hayward, Janet Blair, George Macready
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N

11:30 PM Captain Pirate (1952)
A reformed pirate returns to the seas when cutthroats start imitating his modus operandi.
Dir: Ralph Murphy Cast: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N


1:15 AM The Saint in New York (1938)
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York's mob kingpins.
Dir: Ben Holmes Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Rumann
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:45 AM Repeat Performance (1947)
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband, Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:30 AM Duffy of San Quentin (1954)
A biography of the experiences of San Quentin prison warden Clinton T. Duffy.
Dir: Walter Doniger Cast: Louis Hayward, Joanne Dru, Paul Kelly
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y