TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 19th: Star of the Month: Donna Reed

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

12:30 AM Man Called Horse, A (1970)
A English lord kidnapped by Indians becomes a part of their tribe. Cast: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Manu Tupou. Dir: Elliot Silverstein. C-115 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format



2:30 AM Windwalker (1980)
A dead Native chief returns to help his tribe fight off invaders. Cast: Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus, James Remar. Dir: Keith Merrill. C-107 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:30 AM Vanishing American, The (1925)
A Native American man returning from college meets racial intolerance upon returning to his reservation. Cast: Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Sr. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-109 mins, TV-G

6:30 AM Armored Car Robbery (1950)
A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters. Cast: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman. Dir: Richard Fleischer BW-68 mins, TV-PG

7:45 AM Destination Murder (1950)
A woman infiltrates the mob to find her father's killer. Cast: Joyce MacKenzie, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker. Dir: Edward L. Cahn. BW-73 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:00 AM People Against O'Hara, The (1951)
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Diana Lynn, Pat O'Brien. Dir: John Sturges. BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:48 AM Short Film: Let'S Ask Nostradamus (1953)
BW-11 mins,

11:00 AM Unknown Man, The (1951)
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty. Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Lewis Stone. Dir: Richard Thorpe. BW-86 mins, TV-PG

12:30 PM Clash By Night (1952)
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband's best friend. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



2:24 PM Short Film: Operation Raintree (1957)
BW-5 mins,

2:30 PM Beware, My Lovely (1952)
A widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes. Dir: Harry Horner. BW-77 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 PM Angel Face (1953)
An unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Herbert Marshall. Dir: Otto Preminger. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC

5:45 PM Code Two (1953)
Three young men train to become motorcycle cops. Cast: Ralph Meeker, Sally Forrest, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. BW-69 mins, TV-PG

7:00 PM Hidden Values: The Movies of the '50s (2001)
A look at some of the movies that defined the decade and what they said about Americans and American culture. BW-47 mins, TV-PG, CC

What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: DONNA REED



8:00 PM Trouble Along the Way (1953)
A famous football coach uses underhanded means to turn a bankrupt college's team into winners. Cast: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-110 mins, TV-PG

10:00 PM Saturday's Hero (1951)
A college athlete finds his life consumed by football. Cast: John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer. Dir: David Miller. BW-110 mins, TV-G

12:00 AM Ransom! (1956)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped. Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen. Dir: Alex Segal. BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC



1:47 AM Short Film: Hidden Master, The (1940)
A John Nesbitt Passing Parade short telling true stories about the power of luck and incredible chance, leading us to believe there is such a thing as luck. Cast: John Nesbitt BW-11 mins,

2:00 AM Scandal Sheet (1952)
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself. Cast: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford. Dir: Phil Karlson. BW-82 mins, TV-PG

3:30 AM Whole Truth, The (1958)
A woman tries to prove her cheating husband didn't murder his mistress. Cast: Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders. Dir: Dan Cohen, John Guillerman. BW-84 mins, TV-PG

5:00 AM Eyes In The Night (1942)
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter. Cast: Edward Arnold, Donna Reed, Ann Harding. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC