TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 30: Screenwriter John Wexley/Director George Roy Hill - Part 3

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Here's a link to John Wexley's credits, as per IMDB:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923333/

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Pride Month Tribute (continued)

1:00 AM The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Two down-at-heels transvestites and an older transsexual travel by bus from Sydney to a cabaret engagement in the Australian outback.
Dir: Stephan Elliott Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: N

3:00 AM Mala Noche (1986)
An amiable skid-row liquor-store clerk falls madly in love with an illegal Mexican immigrant.
Dir: Gus Van Sant Cast: Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Walt Curtis
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:

4:30 AM Orpheus (1950)
A poet follows his dead wife into the underworld, only to fall in love with Death.
Dir: Jean Cocteau Cast: Jean Marais, Marie Déa, Francois Perier
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: N

TCM Daytime: Screenwriter John Wexley

6:30 AM Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
An aspiring mystery writer stumbles on to a real murder.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:30 AM The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 AM Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
An FBI agent risks his life to infiltrate Nazi sympathizers in the U.S.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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11:45 AM City for Conquest (1940)
A truck driver risks his eyesight when he boxes to pay for his brother's education.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:45 PM Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
When a Nazi officer is assassinated, Czech patriots band together to protect his killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: H. H. V. Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

4:15 PM Cornered (1946)
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:15 PM The Long Night (1947)
A veteran tries to free his former love from a sadistic lover.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Director George Roy Hill - Part 3

8:00 PM Slap Shot (1977)
An off-beat sports comedy, in which Paul Newman portrays the coach of a third-rate minor league hockey team that will do anything to win.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Paul Newman, Lindsay Crouse, Ned Dowd
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

10:15 PM Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
After he becomes mysteriously unstuck in time, a man jumps between his past, present, and future.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:

12:15 AM A Little Romance (1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Sally Kellerman
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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2:15 AM The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
An Israeli agent uses a pro-Palestinian U.S. actress as a spy to catch a terrorist bomber.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:

TCM Late Night: Kay Kyser Musical

4:30 AM My Favorite Spy (1942)
Bandleader Kay Kyser leaves his bride at the altar to help catch international spies.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y