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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