TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 11: All-Star Comedy Adventures

[CBHagman]

The daytime theme is I Fought the Law (no commentary on who won).

At evening it's time for a casting call for comedy, and the good news is that they succeeded in rounding up quite a few of your favorites.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

1:30 AM
The Howling (1981)
1h 30m | Horror | TV-14
After taking part in a risky police operation intended to trap a serial murderer, Karen White witnesses something horrifying enough to trigger selective amnesia.
Director
Joe Dante
Cast
Dee Wallace Stone, Patrick Macnee, Slim Pickens

3:15 AM
The Brood (1979)
1h 31m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-MA
Frank Carveth and his ex-wife Nola are locked in a brutal custody battle over their daughter. Then Nola seeks therapy from the controversial Dr. Raglan...
Director
David Cronenberg
Cast
Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle

5:00 AM
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
1h 36m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-MA
An army of dead bodies comes to life and terrorizes a group of friends trapped inside a farmhouse.
Director
George A. Romero
Cast
Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones

6:45 AM
Black Hand (1950)
1h 33m | Crime | TV-PG
In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Cast
Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli

8:30 AM
Criminal Court (1946)
1h 3m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
An unorthodox lawyer accidentally kills a crooked nightclub owner, only to discover that his cabaret singer sweetheart has been arrested for the crime.
Director
Robert Wise
Cast
Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll, June Clayworth

9:45 AM
Girls on Probation (1938)
1h 3m | Romance | TV-G
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Director
William McGann
Cast
Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill

11:00 AM
The Law in Her Hands (1936)
58m | Crime | TV-G
A lady lawyer for the mob tries to break free of her criminal connections.
Director
William Clemens
Cast
Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Warren Hull

12:00 PM
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
1h 44m | Crime | TV-G
Three old friends and World War I veterans become involved in bootlegging in New York during Prohibition.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Cast
James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart

2:00 PM
Society Lawyer (1939)
1h 17m | Crime | TV-PG
A lawyer plays with fire when he gets mixed up with underworld types.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo

3:30 PM
Special Investigator (1936)
1h 11m | Crime | TV-G
A crooked criminal lawyer discovers his brother has been killed by one of the gangsters he kept out of prison.
Director
Louis King
Cast
Richard Dix, Margaret Callahan, Erik Rhodes

4:45 PM
The FBI Story (1959)
2h 29m | Crime | TV-PG
A dedicated FBI agent thinks back on the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime, and communist spies.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton

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7:30 PM
MGM Parade Show #30 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's early career; Irene Papas introduces behind-the-scenes footage from "Tribute to a Bad Man."
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ALL-STAR COMEDY ADVENTURES

8:00 PM
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
2h 32m | Adventure | TV-G
In 1910, when a British newspaper offers a cash prize for a flying competition, some budding early aviation pioneers introduce some zany contraptions that can actually fly.
Director
Ken Annakin
Cast
Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox

10:30 PM
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
3h 12m | Comedy | TV-G
A group of greedy clowns tear up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar

1:30 AM
The Great Race (1965)
2h 37m | Comedy | TV-PG
Mayhem and double-crossing abound as some zany professional racers go up against each other.
Director
Blake Edwards
Cast
Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood

4:30 AM
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
2h 5m | Comedy | TV-PG
A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game.
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich