TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 21: Robert Montgomery's Birthday/Tough Guys

[CBHagman]

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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

1:45 AM
Carry on Spying (1964)
Dir: Gerald Thomas Cast: Kenneth Williams , Barbara Windsor , Bernard Cribbins .
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

3:23 AM
Background Beat, The (1965)
A short doc by director Ralph Nelson exploring how he uses music and scoring in his pictures. Includes examples from "Once A Thief" (1965).
BW-7 mins,

3:30 AM
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
A mad scientist invents an army of bikini-clad robots programmed to seek out wealthy men.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Vincent Price , Frankie Avalon , Dwayne Hickman .
C-89 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966)
The foppish mad scientist plots a scheme to take over the world by killing off the military leaders of every country.
Dir: Mario Bava Cast: Vincent Price , Fabian , Franco Franchi .
C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:45 AM
Quentin Durward (1955)
A gallant Scots knight falls in love with his uncle's future wife.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor , Kay Kendall , Robert Morley .
C-101 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

8:30 AM
Les Girls (1957)
Three showgirls recall different versions of their time together touring Europe.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Gene Kelly , Mitzi Gaynor , Kay Kendall .
C-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 AM
Reluctant Debutante, The (1958)
British parents try to prepare their Americanized daughter for her social debut.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Rex Harrison , Kay Kendall , John Saxon .
C-96 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM
Easiest Way, The (1931)
A slum girl discovers the joys of life as a kept woman until she falls in love.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Constance Bennett , Adolphe Menjou , Robert Montgomery .
BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 PM
Hide-Out (1934)
Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Robert Montgomery , Maureen O'Sullivan , Edward Arnold .
BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:00 PM
Night Must Fall (1937)
A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman's household, then reveals a deadly secret.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Merle Tottenham , Kathleen Harrison , Dame May Whitty .
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC,



5:00 PM
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
A country girl follows the man who jilted her to the big city, where she finds two new suitors.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Janet Gaynor , Robert Montgomery , Franchot Tone .
BW-70 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:15 PM
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
A quarrelsome couple discovers their marriage isn't legal.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Carole Lombard , Robert Montgomery , Gene Raymond .
BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC,



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: TOUGH GUYS

8:00 PM
Little Caesar (1930)
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Glenda Farrell .
BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:30 PM
Petrified Forest, The (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Leslie Howard , Bette Davis , Genevieve Tobin .
BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:00 PM
Jour Se Leve, Le (1939)
A young factory worker loses the woman he loves to a vicious schemer.
Dir: Marcel Carne Cast: Jean Gabin , Jacqueline Laurent , Arletty .
BW-90 mins, TV-PG,

12:45 AM
White Heat (1949)
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney , Virginia Mayo , Edmond O'Brien .
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:45 AM
Brute Force (1947)
Tough, disgruntled prisoners plan a daring, possibly bloody escape while on a drain pipe detail.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn , Charles Bickford .
BW-98 mins, TV-14, CC,

4:30 AM
Big House, The (1930)
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Chester Morris , Wallace Beery , Lewis Stone .
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[Matilda]

1. I do like his work.

He was absolutely chilling in Night Must Fall, but he was also a deft hand at comedy. I never pass up a Robert Montgomery screening.

I know he was an avid Republican who also supported McCarthy, and I wish it wasn't so, but I like him anyway. Talent wins out in the end.