TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 22: Films of the 1940s/Star of the Month: Ladies of the '80s
Now this is a fun schedule. Get ready for a Greer Garson double feature, Henry Travers sightings, multiple genres, early Madonna, and some major crowd-pleasers. Get your snacks of choice ready!
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
2:00 AM The Red Badge of Courage (1951) A young Union soldier fights to atone for a moment of cowardice during the Civil War. Dir: John Huston Cast: Andy Devine, Robert Easton Burke, Douglas Dick
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:30 AM Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1964) Detective employed to help smash a band of outlaws works his way into the gang and saves himself from an impossible situation by exposing the master-mind of the gang in time to save his own life. Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper, Colleen Miller
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Films of the 1940s
6:00 AM Primrose Path (1940) The youngest child in a family of prostitutes tries to go straight with a working man. Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM High Sierra (1941) An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist. Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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10:00 AM A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) A stuffy boss tries to steal his secretary from her sailor boyfriend. Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: George Murphy, Lucille Ball, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 AM The Very Thought of You (1944) World War II intrudes on the speedy courtship and marriage of a GI and his Pasadena sweetheart. Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Dennis Morgan, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 PM Madame Curie (1943) The famed female scientist fights to keep her marriage together while conducting early experiments with radioactivity. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 PM Mrs. Miniver (1942) A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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6:30 PM None Shall Escape (1944) A Nazi officer on trial for war crimes thinks back on his past. Dir: André De Toth Cast: Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox, Henry Travers
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Prime Time: Star of the Month: Ladies of the '80s
8:00 PM Moonstruck (1987) A levelheaded young woman falls in love with her fiance's brother in a Brooklyn Italian-American neighborhood. Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, John Mahoney
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
10:00 PM Mystic Pizza (1988) Three waitresses develop romantic relationships, which help them better understand their own friendships with each other. Dir: Donald Petrie Cast: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Conchata Ferrell, Vincent D'Onofrio
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
12:00 AM For Keeps (1988) After she gets pregnant, a teenage girl must decide whether she should keep the baby or not. Dir: John G. Avildsen Cast: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
2:00 AM Who's That Girl? (1987) A hapless New Yorker's rich future father-in-law orders him to escort a bleached blonde out of town. Dir: James Foley Cast: Madonna Louise Ciccone (Madonna), Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:00 AM Fame (1980) Five outstandingly gifted students at New York's High School of Performing Arts are followed as they prepare for careers in show business. A budding singer, two actors, a dancer and a musician polish their crafts as they struggle to excel academically in the demanding school. Dir: Alan Parker Cast: Anne Meara, Debbie Allen, Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Lee Curreri, Barry Miller, Maureen Teefy
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
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