TCM Schedule for Saturday, July 27, 2013 - The Essentials: 1982 Comedies

6:00 AM
Objective, Burma! (1945)
An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost.
Dir: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince.
BW-142 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:30 AM
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
A man woos and murders rich widows to support his invalid wife.
Dir: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan.
BW-124 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:45 AM
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
A famous detective investigates industrial espionage at a plane factory.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull.
BW-59 mins, TV-PG, CC

12:00 PM
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
An unearthed mummy returns to life to claim the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Michael Carreras
Cast: Ronald Howard, Terence Morgan, Fred Clark.
C-80 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 PM
Paths Of Glory (1957)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:15 PM
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges
Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan.
C-152 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949)
An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar.
C-104 mins, TV-PG, CC

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THE ESSENTIALS: 1982 COMEDIES

8:00 PM
Tootsie (1982)
An unemployed actor masquerades as a woman to win a soap-opera role.
Dir: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Dabney Coleman.
C-116 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
My Favorite Year (1982)
A flamboyant star throws a TV comedy show into chaos.
Dir: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper.
C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM
Diner (1982)
A group of friends who hang out in a Baltimore diner face the problems of growing up.
Dir: Barry Levinson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern.
C-110 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
Wild Guitar (1962)
An unscrupulous recording executive gives a hot young singer a shot at stardom.
Dir: Ray Dennis Steckler
Cast: Arch Hall Jr., Nancy Czar, William Watters.
BW-89 mins, TV-PG

3:45 AM
The Sadist (1963)
A psychotic killer and his equally depraved girlfriend hold three travelers hostage.
Dir: James Landis
Cast: Arch Hall Jr., Helen Hovey, Richard Alden.
BW-92 mins, TV-14

5:30 AM
Crisis in Morality (1962)
Short film that details "internal forces" that damage a nation, such as drugs, gambling, and unwed pregnant women.
BW-26 mins, TV-PG