TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 29: The Story of Film

Tuesday, October 29th, 2013

1:30 AM
Last Picture Show, The (1971)
Changing times take their toll on high schoolers growing up in a small Western town.
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Timothy Bottoms , Jeff Bridges , Cybill Shepherd .
BW-126 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 AM
Mean Streets (1973)
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro , Harvey Keitel , David Proval .
C-112 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:39 AM
Top Flat (1935)
In this short film, a woman tries to convince her friend that she's struck it rich.
Dir: William Terhune Cast: Thelma Todd , Patsy Kelly , Ferdinand Munier .
BW-19 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 AM
Perfect Understanding (1933)
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree... never to disagree.
Dir: Cyril Gardner Cast: Gloria Swanson , Laurence Olivier , John Halliday .
BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC,

7:30 AM
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
Dir: Jack Hively Cast: Adolphe Menjou , Gloria Swanson , John Howard .
BW-79 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:00 AM
Intruder In The Dust (1950)
Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: David Brian , Claude Jarman Jr. , Juano Hernandez .
BW-87 mins, TV-G,

10:35 AM
Ancient Egypt (1938)
This travel short takes a look at ancient Egypt.
C-9 mins,

10:45 AM
Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
A scheming seductress plots to make herself queen of Egypt.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Jack Hawkins , Joan Collins , Dewey Martin .
C-104 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 PM
Reivers, The (1969)
A young man comes of age when he stows away in his grandfather's stolen car.
Dir: Mark Rydell Cast: Steve McQueen , Sharon Farrell , Will Geer .
C-111 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 PM
Miami Expose (1956)
A police detective uses the only witness to a gangland murder to smoke out the mobsters.
Dir: Fred F. Sears Cast: Lee J. Cobb , Patricia Medina , Edward Arnold .
BW-75 mins, TV-PG, CC,

4:01 PM
Glimpses Of Florida (1941)
This travel short takes the viewer to several cities in the state of Florida.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C-9 mins,

4:15 PM
Party Girl (1958)
A showgirl and a crooked lawyer try to break with a powerful mob boss.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Robert Taylor , Cyd Charisse , Lee J. Cobb .
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
Our Man Flint (1966)
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, top agent Derek Flint is called in.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: James Coburn , Lee J. Cobb , Gila Golan .
C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE STORY OF FILM

8:00 PM
Badlands (1973)
A young tough guy and his teen-aged girlfriend take off on a killing spree.
Dir: Terrence Malick Cast: Martin Sheen , Sissy Spacek , Warren Oates .
C-94 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

9:45 PM
Cabaret (1972)
A young writer gets mixed up with a pleasure-loving singer in the decadent world of 1930s Berlin.
Dir: Bob Fosse Cast: Liza Minnelli , Michael York , Helmut Griem .
C-124 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM
M-A-S-H (1970)
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor to keep their sanity during wartime.
Dir: Robert Altman Cast: Donald Sutherland , Elliott Gould , Tom Skerritt .
C-116 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
Chinatown (1974)
A Los Angeles private eye unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder, then joins his seductive widow to unearth the corruption behind the crime.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Jack Nicholson , Faye Dunaway , Perry Lopez .
C-130 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM
Story of Film: An Odyssey, The: 1967-1979 - New American Cinema (2011)
The ninth episode in this 15-part history of cinema reveals the remarkable story of the maturing of American cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s.
C-63 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM
Killer of Sheep (1979)
A black slaughterhouse worker copes with the stress of raising a family with little money.
Dir: Charles Burnett Cast: Henry Gayle Sanders , Kaycee Moore , Charles Bracy .
BW-80 mins, TV-MA, CC,