TCM Schedule for Thurs, Aug 7, 2025: Summer Under the Stars - Ruby Dee

DAYTIME (EST)

6:00 AM | The Tall Target (1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir: Anthony Mann | Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou

7:30 AM | Edge of the City (1957)
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.
Dir: Martin Ritt | Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden

9:30 AM | Take a Giant Step (1959)
A troubled black teenager tries to find his place in a white world.
Dir: Philip Leacock | Cast: Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee

11:30 AM | Black Girl (1972)
An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Dir: Ossie Davis | Cast: Brock Peters, Claudia McNeil, Leslie Uggams

1:30 PM | The Sheriff (1971)
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town.
Dir: David Lowell Rich | Cast: Ossie Davis, Kaz Garas, Kyle Johnson

3:15 PM | Buck and the Preacher (1972)
A con man helps a group of former slaves survive the perils of the Wild West.
Dir: Sidney Poitier | Cast: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee

5:15 P | Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982)
Made-for-TV movie based the Eugene O'Neil play.
Dir: William Woodman | Cast: Thommie Blackwell, Ruby Dee, Rhetta Hughes



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM | A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
An insurance payment could mean either salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
Dir: Daniel Petrie | Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee

10:15 PM | Uptight (1968) TCM PREMIERE
Revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own. Based on the 1935 classic "The Informer."
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera

12:15 AM | The Incident (1967)
Two rowdy teens board a New York City subway and terrorize the passengers.
Dir: Larry Peerce | Cast: Tony Musante, Martin Sheen, Beau Bridges

2:15 AM | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) TCM PREMIERE
The baseball phenom faces military court-martial due to insubordination over segregation.
Dir: Larry Peerce | Cast: Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee

4:15 AM | The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Jackie Robinson plays himself in this story of the man who broke MLB's color barrier.
Dir: Alfred E. Green | Cast: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson