TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 30: Horror/TCM Spotlight: Greek Mythology

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

12:45 AM    Out of Africa (1985) True life story of Karen Blixen, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds happiness with an adventurer.    Dir: Sydney Pollack    Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Runtime: 162 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y


3:45 AM    Heart Beat (1980) Dramatization of the life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.    Dir: John Byrum    Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard
    Runtime: 110 mins    Genre: Biography    Rating: TV-MA    CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Horror

6:00 AM    Trog (1970) A scientist tries to protect a caveman brought back from suspended animation.    Dir: Freddie Francis    Cast: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay
    Runtime: 93 mins    Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



7:45 AM    The Invisible Boy (1957) A boy's robot playmate is taken over by aliens.    Dir: Herman Hoffman    Cast: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster
    Runtime: 85 mins    Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



9:30 AM    Indestructible Man (1956) When an electrocuted convict is brought back to life, he tracks down the men responsible for his capture and execution.    Dir: Jack Pollexfen    Cast: Lon Chaney [jr.], Casey Adams, Marian Carr
    Runtime: 70 mins    Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



10:45 AM    The Hypnotic Eye (1960) A city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who appear to be in a hypnotic trance.    Dir: George Blair    Cast: Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson
    Runtime: 78 mins    Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



12:15 PM    Two on a Guillotine (1965) A magician's estranged daughter must stay in his mansion for seven nights alone to inherit his fortune.    Dir: William Conrad    Cast: Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero
    Runtime: 107 mins    Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

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2:15 PM    Dead Ringer (1964) One of a pair of twins, jealous that the other became wealthy and took away her husband, kills her sister and takes over the latter's identity.    Dir: Paul Henreid    Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
    Runtime: 115 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y



4:15 PM    The Bad Seed (1956) An eight year old girl--a quintessential psychopath--kills a schoolmate, an old woman, an apartment janitor and prompts the suicide of her despairing mother before fate intervenes bringing this "bad seed" to her own premature finish.    Dir: Mervyn LeRoy    Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden
    Runtime: 129 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



6:30 PM    Spider Baby (1964) Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family.    Dir: Jack Hill    Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker
    Runtime: 80 mins    Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y



TCM Prime Time: TCM Spotlight: Greek Mythology

8:00 PM    Down to Earth (1947) The goddess of the dance comes to Earth to take over a musical lampooning the gods.    Dir: Alexander Hall    Cast: Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt
    Runtime: 101 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



10:00 PM    Black Orpheus (1959) A streetcar conductor loses his true love during Brazil's carnival season.    Dir: Marcel Camus    Cast: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes Deoliveira
    Runtime: 103 mins    Genre: Musical    Rating: TV-PG    CC: N



12:00 AM    Phaedra (1962) A tycoon's restless wife seduces her stepson.    Dir: Jules Dassin    Cast: Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone
    Runtime: 115 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y



2:15 AM    Pygmalion (1938) A linguistics professor bets he can turn a flower girl into a lady by teaching her to speak properly.    Dir: Anthony Asquith    Cast: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson
    Runtime: 94 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y



4:00 AM    Time Bandits (1981) A curious boy named Kevin is whisked away from his dreary English home by six mischievous dwarfs who have stolen/borrowed a map from the Supreme Being. The map reveals time holes that allow them to travel through history where they meet Robin Hood, King Agamemnon, and Napoleon and steal their treasures. However, the Supreme Being really wants his map back and continually interrupts Kevin and the time bandits as they rob their way through time.    Dir: Terry Gilliam    Cast: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
    Runtime: 110 mins    Genre: Adventure    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y