TCM Schedule for Sunday July 20, 2025 - Washington Stories

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
1h 57m | Adventure | TV-PG
The Arabian Nights hero sets off to find the lost treasure of Alexander the Great.
Director: Richard Wallace. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak

8:00 AM Night Descends on Treasure Island (1940)
8m | Documentary | TV-G
This Traveltalks short focuses on the nighttime festivities for the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition.
Director: James A. Fitzpatrick. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)

8:15 AM Treasure Island (1973)
1h 30m | Animation | TV-G
Young Jim Hawkins, a pirate mouse named Hiccup, Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney hire a ship to find the legendary treasure of notorious late pirate Captain Flint. However, Flint's former crewmates plan to take over the ship.
Director: Hal Sutherland. Cast: Richard Dawson, Davy Jones, Dal McKennon

10:00 AM Intruder in the Dust (1949)
1h 29m | Drama | TV-G
Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob.
Director: Clarence Brown. Cast: David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernandez

12:00 PM His Girl Friday (1940)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
Walter Burns is a conniving but irresistible newspaper publisher desperate to woo back the paper's star reporter, who happens to be his estranged wife. She's tired of the business and is ready to settle down with a new beau. But (as Walter well knows) she has one weakness, she can't quite resist a juicy scoop.
Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

1:45 PM The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
1h 18m | Comedy | TV-G
An artist discovers a real-life version of the perfect woman he's been drawing for years.
Director: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken

3:15 PM Flower Drum Song (1961)
2h 13m | Musical | TV-G
A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.
Director: Henry Koster. Cast: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall

5:45 PM Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom who meets up with a has-been movie star and travels with her to his small hometown to find the girl he left behind (and pregnant), only to be awaited by her father.
Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight

8:00 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
2h 10m | Drama | TV-G
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains

10:30 PM Washington Story (1952)
1h 21m | Romance | TV-G
A reporter in search of government corruption falls for a congressman.
Director: Robert Pirosh. Cast: Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern

12:00 AM Seven Chances (1925)
45m | Silent | TV-G
To inherit a fortune, a man races to find a bride by 7 p.m.
Director: Buster Keaton. Cast: Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards

1:00 AM Something New (1920)
1h | Silent | TV-G
A frontierswoman races across the desert to escape bandits and find her man.
Director: Nell Shipman. Cast: Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle, L. M. Wells

2:00 AM Zero de Conduite (1933)
45m | Drama | TV-14
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
Director: Jean Vigo. Cast: Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Louis Lefebvre

3:00 AM The 400 Blows (1959)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-14
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
Director: François Truffaut. Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Guy Decomble, Claire Maurier

4:45 AM Hotel Monterey (1972)
1h 5m | Documentary | TV-G
The camera explores the lives of seniors in a New York City residence hotel.
Director: Chantal Akerman. Cast: Chantal Akerman, Babette Mangolte