TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 21st: Star of the Month: Karl Malden

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

1:30 AM This Gun for Hire (1942)
A hired killer dodges police while tracking down the enemy agents who tried to frame him.
Dir: Frank Tuttle Cast: Veronica Lake , Robert Preston , Laird Cregar .
BW-81 mins, TV-PG,

3:00 AM Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1932)
An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord.
Dir: Frank R. Capra Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Nils Asther , Toshia Mori .
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC,

4:30 AM Movie Crazy (1932)
A stagestruck young actor accidentally receives somebody else's invitation to test in Hollywood.
Dir: Clyde Bruckman Cast: Harold Lloyd , Constance Cummings , Kenneth Thomson .
BW-96 mins, TV-G,



6:15 AM Cynthia (1947)
A sheltered girl uses music as a means of winning her independence.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , George Murphy , S. Z. Sakall .
BW-98 mins, TV-G,

8:00 AM Conspirator (1949)
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Robert Taylor , Elizabeth Taylor , Robert Flemyng .
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:30 AM Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
A small-town girl falls for a big-city talent agent.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Larry Parks , Elizabeth Taylor , Josephine Hutchinson .
BW-81 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:00 AM Rhapsody (1954)
A wealthy socialite is torn between the classical violinist who excites her and the pianist who needs her.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Vittorio Gassman , John Ericson .
C-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 PM Butterfield 8 (1960)
A party girl ruins her life when she falls for a married man.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Laurence Harvey , Eddie Fisher .
C-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM Sandpiper, The (1965)
An Episcopal priest falls for a free-living artist.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton , Eva Marie Saint .
C-117 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM Comedians, The (1967)
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Dir: Peter Glenville Cast: Richard Burton , Elizabeth Taylor , Alec Guinness .
C-152 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: KARL MALDEN

8:00 PM Nevada Smith (1966)
A part-Indian cowboy avenges his parents' murder.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Steve McQueen , Karl Malden , Brian Keith .
C-131 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



10:15 PM Hanging Tree, The (1959)
A doctor saves a man from hanging then tries to run his life.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Gary Cooper , Maria Schell , Karl Malden .
C-107 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:15 AM How the West Was Won (1962)
Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb .
C-165 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format



3:15 AM All Fall Down (1962)
A young drifter's romance with an older woman is threatened by his possessive mother.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Eva Marie Saint , Warren Beatty , Karl Malden .
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC,



5:15 AM Meteor (1979)
A collision with a comet sends an asteroid speeding toward the Earth.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Sean Connery , Natalie Wood , Karl Malden .
C-107 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format