TCM Schedule for Thurs, June 26, 2025: Cooper, Counting, and Couples

Gary Cooper kicks-off the day with two carry-over tributes from Wednesday, followed by playful programming with numerated titles (1,2,3,4,5). Prime time: Dangerous Twins.

6:15 AM | The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
The skipper of a sunken ship stands trial for negligence.
Dir: Michael Anderson | Cast: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave

8:15 AM | It's a Big Country (1951)
Seven stories celebrate the glorious diversity of American life.
Dir: Clarence Brown | Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper

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DAYTIME (EST)

9:45 AM | One Foot in Heaven (1941)
A minister and his wife cope with the problems of church life in the 20th century.
Dir: Irving Rapper | Cast: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi

11:45 AM | Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Singing sisters create a World War II canteen and become rivals for the same man.
Dir: Richard Thorpe | Cast: June Allyson, Gloria Dehaven, Van Johnson

2:00 PM | Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Three young girls try to help their widowed mother find the right husband.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox | Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell

4:00 PM | The Four Feathers (1939)
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Dir: Zoltan Korda | Cast: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith

6:00 PM | The Five Man Army (1970)
Gunmen join forces to rob a dictator's gold shipment.
Dir: Don Taylor | Cast: Peter Graves, James Daly, Bud Spencer


PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT & EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM | Dead Ringer (1964)
One of a pair of twins, jealous that the other became wealthy and took her husband, kills her sister and assumes her identity.
Dir: Paul Henreid | Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford

10:15 PM | The Black Room (1935)
An evil twin brother disposes of his enemies in a secret death chamber on his estate.
Dir: R. William Neill | Cast: Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen

11:30 PM | Sisters (1972)
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Dir: Brian De Palma | Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning

1:30 AM | A Stolen Life (1946)
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as the wife of the man they both love.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt | Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark

3:30 AM | Dead Men Walk (1943)
A small-town doctor's twin returns from the grave seeking vengeance.
Dir: Sam Newfield | Cast: George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young

5:00 AM | Nichols and May: Take Two (1996)
TV clips and highlights profile the 1960's comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Dir: Phillip Schopper | Cast: Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Steve Allen