TCM Schedule for Sunday October 30 - Monster of the Month: Frankenstein
Tonight it's Frankenstein's lighter side, courtesy of Abbot & Costello, and Mel Brooks.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM TOPPER (1937)
A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Constance Bennett , Cary Grant , Roland Young . BW-98 mins, CC,
8:00 AM WOMAN IN WHITE, THE (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate. Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith , Eleanor Parker , Sydney Greenstreet . BW-109 mins, CC,
10:00 AM MYSTERY STREET (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on. Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban , Sally Forrest , Bruce Bennett . BW-93 mins, CC,
12:00 PM TINGLER, THE (1959)
A scientist discovers an organism that lives on fear. Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price , Judith Evelyn , Darryl Hickman . C-82 mins, CC,
1:30 PM HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, THE (1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Thomas Mitchell . BW-117 mins, CC,
3:45 PM DEAD RINGER (1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place. Dir: Paul Henreid Cast: Bette Davis , Karl Malden , Peter Lawford . BW-116 mins, CC,
6:00 PM ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, THE (1971)
A madman uses the plagues of ancient Egypt to avenge his wife's death. Dir: Robert Fuest Cast: Vincent Price , Joseph Cotten , Virginia North . C-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
A descendant of Dr. Frankenstein sets out to make a man. Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Terry Garr , Cloris Leachman , Gene Wilder . BW-106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
Count Dracula plots to put a simpleton's brain into the body of the Frankenstein monster. Dir: Charles T. Barton Cast: Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , Lon Chaney [Jr.] . BW-83 mins, CC,
12:00 AM MONSTER, THE (1925)
In this silent film, a mad scientist engineers car wrecks so he can experiment on the survivors. Dir: Roland West Cast: Lon Chaney , Gertrude Olmsted , Hallam Cooley . BW-87 mins,
2:00 AM DIABOLIQUE (1955)
A cruel man's wife and lover plot to kill him. Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot Cast: Paul Meurisse , Vera Clouzot , Simone Signoret . BW-117 mins,
4:00 AM GASLIGHT (1944)
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer , Ingrid Bergman , Joseph Cotten . BW-114 mins, CC,