TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 11, 2013 -- The Essentials: Memory Lane

[Bolo Boffin]

6:00 AM
INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN (1956)

Scientific experiments accidentally revive an executed criminal and make him impervious to harm, prompting him to seek revenge on his former partners.
Dir: Jack Pollexfen
Cast: Lon Chaney [Jr.], Casey Adams, Marian Carr.
BW-71 mins, TV-PG


7:30 AM
THE STRANGLER (1964)

A lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Dir: Burt Topper
Cast: Victor Buono, David McLean, Diane Sayer.
BW-89 mins, TV-PG


9:15 AM
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (1935)

A young student murders for money then tries to escape his guilt and a brilliant detective.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold, Marian Marsh.
BW-88 mins, TV-14


10:45 AM
THE FALCON'S BROTHER (1942)

A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir: Stanley Logan
Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW-63 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
CANADIAN PACIFIC (1949)

A railroad surveyor faces an Indian rebellion.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carroll Naish.
C-95 mins, TV-G


2:00 PM
DEAD RINGER (1964)

A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid
Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford.
BW-116 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


4:00 PM
POLTERGEIST (1982)

Evil spirits abduct a suburban family's daughter causing chaos and havoc.
Dir: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Jobeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight.
C-115 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
LE MANS (1971)

During a deadly endurance race, a driver faces the trauma of a past accident.
Dir: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen.
C-109 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


TONIGHT ON TCM
THE ESSENTIALS: MEMORY LANE

8:00 PM
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)

A Welsch mining family faces the struggles of life together.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee.
BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC


10:15 PM
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945)

A girl in the slums tries to find her way with the help of her devoted mother and alcoholic father.
Dir: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn.
BW-129 mins, TV-G, CC


12:30 AM
STAND BY ME (1986)

Four friends share a rite of passage on a long walk to view a dead body.
Dir: Rob Reiner
Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman.
C-89 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


2:15 AM
THE TWONKY (1953)

A college professor's television set tries to take over his life.
Dir: Arch Oboler
Cast: Hans Conried, Billy Lynn, Gloria Blondell.
BW-73 mins, TV-PG


3:45 AM
THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T. (1953)

A young boy dreams that his piano teacher is a super-villain out to rule the world.
Dir: Roy Rowland
Cast: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried.
C-89 mins, TV-PG, CC

5:15 AM -- NOW PLAYING MAY (2013): BW-25 mins, CC

[narnian60]

1. Hooray! Dead Ringer with Bette Davis in a role(s) made for her.

Delicious!

[bananas]

2. I thought Tony Randall was in THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.

What movie am I thinking of?

[Bolo Boffin]

4. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao? n/t

[bananas]

5. That's it! Thanks! nt

[bananas]

3. I thought Tony Randall was in THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.

What movie am I thinking of?

[longship]

6. The Twonky!!

Now there's a film you don't often see on TV. In fact, I've never seen it, but have heard about it. It may be a little gem, or not. My curiosity is piqued. Unfortunately there's no cable here.