TCM Schedule for Monday January 19 - Sidney Poitier

For Martin Luther King Jr. Day. a full day of African-American films, climaxing in an evening with Sidney Poitier.

(all times Eastern)


6:00 AM INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949)
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, CC,

8:00 AM ...TICK...TICK...TICK (1970)
A black sheriff's arrival sets off racial fireworks in a small southern town. Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Jim Brown , George Kennedy , Fredric March . C-97 mins, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM LOST BOUNDARIES (1949)
A black family tries to build a new life by passing as white.
Dir: Alfred L. Werker Cast: Beatrice Pearson , Mel Ferrer , Susan Douglas . BW-99 mins, CC,

12:00 PM WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL, THE (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster. Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer . BW-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO (1964)
A white divorcee's marriage to a black man could cost her custody of her daughter. Dir: Larry Peerce Cast: Barbara Barrie , Bernie Hamilton , Richard Mulligan . BW-92 mins,

3:45 PM LEARNING TREE, THE (1969)
A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography. Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Kyle Johnson , Alex Clarke , Estelle Evans .
C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM GLORY (1989)
A green officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War. Dir: Edward Zwick Cast: Matthew Broderick , Cary Elwes , Morgan Freeman . C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM DEFIANT ONES, THE (1958)
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other. Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Tony Curtis , Sidney Poitier , Theodore Bikel . BW-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967)
A substitute teacher changes the lives of the slum children in his class. Dir: James Clavell Cast: Sidney Poitier , Christian Roberts , Judy Geeson . C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor. Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Sidney Poitier , Katharine Hepburn . C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM SOMETHING OF VALUE (1957)
Childhood friends end up on opposite sides of a bloody African uprising. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Rock Hudson , Dana Wynter , Wendy Hiller . BW-113 mins, CC,

4:15 AM EDGE OF THE CITY (1957)
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official. Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: John Cassavetes , Sidney Poitier , Jack Warden . BW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format