TCM Schedule for Monday June 15 - Don Ameche
Tonight TCM spotlights the versatile and skilled Don Ameche. (Trivia: his cousin was Alan Ameche, running back for the Baltimore Colts in the late 1950's.)
(all times Eastern)
6:30 AM EASY LIVING (1949)
An aging football star risks his health when his greedy wife won't let him retire. Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Victor Mature , Lucille Ball , Lizabeth Scott . BW-77 mins, CC,
8:00 AM LAST HUNT, THE (1956)
Two frontiersmen clash over the slaughter of a buffalo herd. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Robert Taylor , Stewart Granger , Lloyd Nolan . C-103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 AM DOUBLE MAN, THE (1967)
Russian secret service officials attempts to kidnap a CIA officer and replace him with a double of its own. Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Yul Brynner , Britt Ekland , Clive Revill . C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 PM FALLEN IDOL, THE (1948)
A neglected child thinks the servant he idolizes has committed murder. Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Ralph Richardson , Michele Morgan , Bobby Henrey . BW-95 mins, CC,
1:45 PM THIS SPORTING LIFE (1963)
A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships. Dir: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Richard Harris , Rachel Roberts , Alan Badel . BW-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:15 PM ONE WAY PENDULUM (1964)
An eccentric family gets mixed up in an imaginary murder trial. Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Eric Sykes , George Cole , Julia Foster . BW-84 mins, Letterbox Format
5:45 PM BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965)
A distraught mother searches for her seemingly non-existent daughter, bringing her sanity into question. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Keir Dullea , Carol Lynley , Lucie Mannheim . BW-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943)
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Gene Tierney , Don Ameche , Charles Coburn . C-112 mins, CC,
10:00 PM STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, THE (1939)
Alexander Graham Bell pursues his greatest inventions so he can marry the woman he loves. Dir: Irving Cummings Cast: Don Ameche , Loretta Young , Henry Fonda. BW-98 mins, CC,
11:45 PM THAT NIGHT IN RIO (1941)
A nightclub entertainer pretends to be a noted financier, only to fall for the man's wife. Dir: Irving Cummings Cast: Alice Faye , Don Ameche , Carmen Miranda. C-91 mins,
1:30 AM FEMININE TOUCH, THE (1941)
An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject. Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Rosalind Russell , Don Ameche , Kay Francis . BW-98 mins, CC,
3:30 AM SO GOES MY LOVE (1946)
An inventor rises to fame with the support of his loving wife. Dir: Frank Ryan Cast: Myrna Loy , Don Ameche , Rhys Williams . BW-88 mins,
5:00 AM SLIGHTLY FRENCH (1949)
An out-of-work movie director turns a carnival girl into a French heiress to make her a star. Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Dorothy Lamour , Don Ameche , Janis Carter. BW-81 mins,