TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 2, 2012 -- The Essentials: Go Ask Alice

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6:00 AM
Killer Shark (1950)

A fisherman's son tries to prove himself by hunting sharks.
Dir: Oscar Boetticher Cast: Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez, Roland Winters.
76 mins, TV-PG


7:30 AM
The Catalina Caper (1967)

A group of teens try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.
Dir: Lee Sholem Cast: Tommy Kirk, Del Moore, Peter Duryea.
C-82 mins, TV-PG


9:15 AM
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Dir: Ida Lupino Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman.
71 mins, TV-PG


10:45 AM
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1948)

When he's spotted leaving a laundry whose proprietor has just been murdered, a reformed thief has to find the real killer.
Dir: Seymour Friedman Cast: Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane.
59 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
Dick Tracy: Dangerous Waters, Death Rides the Sky, and Brother Against Brother (1937)

In these fourth, fifth, and sixth installments of the serial adventure, the famous detective is caught between two ships about to crash, must escape a crashing plane, and must survive a fall of several stories.
21 mins, 19 mins, and 17 mins, TV-G


1:15 PM
Pretty Poison (1968)

A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.
Dir: Noel Black Cast: Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland.
C-89 mins, TV-PG


3:00 PM
The Wild One (1953)

Motorcycle-riding delinquents take over a small town.
Dir: Laslo Benedek Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith.
79 mins, TV-14


4:30 PM
The Lone Ranger (1956)

The legendary hero fights to reconcile a developer with the Natives whose land he wants to mine.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger.
C-86 mins, TV-PG


6:00 PM
Hour Of The Gun (1967)

Wyatt Earp tracks down the survivors of the Clanton Gang after the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards Jr., Robert Ryan.
C-101 mins, TV-14


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: GO ASK ALICE
8:00 PM
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

A widow dreaming of a singing career ends up waiting tables in Phoenix.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd.
C-112 mins, TV-MA


10:15 PM
Alice (1990)

An unhappy wife turns to an acupuncturist for mystical solutions to her problems.
Dir: Gabriel Benattar Cast: Nadia Mourouzi, Alain Fromager, Martin Provost.
C-106 mins, TV-14


12:15 AM
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)

A henpecked L.A. lawyer escapes into the world of hippies and free love.
Dir: Hy Averback Cast: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young.
C-94 mins, TV-14


2:00 AM
Alice's Restaurant (1969)

A young folksinger becomes a fugitive after dumping trash in the wrong place.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn, James Broderick.
C-111 mins, TV-MA


4:00 AM
What Ever Happened To Aunt Alice? (1969)

A woman signs on as housekeeper in the home where her friend disappeared.
Dir: Lee H. Katzin Cast: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth.
C-101 mins, TV-PG