TCM Schedule for Monday August 18, 2025 - Summer Under the Stars: James Gleason

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
1h 6m | Suspense | TV-G
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Director: George Archainbaud. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong

7:15 AM Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
1h 11m | Suspense | TV-G
A schoolteacher matches wits with a police detective when they both try to solve a pretty music teacher's murder.
Director: George Archainbaud. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot

8:30 AM The Plot Thickens (1936)
1h 9m | Comedy | TV-G
Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers suspects a deadly link between two seemingly unrelated murders.
Director: Ben Holmes. Cast: James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Owen Davis Jr.

9:45 AM We're Only Human (1935)
1h 9m | Crime | TV-PG
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Director: James Flood. Cast: Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt, James Gleason

11:00 AM The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
1h 20m | Suspense | TV-G
A detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
Director: Stephen Roberts. Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason

12:30 PM A Date with the Falcon (1942)
1h 3m | Crime | TV-G
The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
Director: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason

1:45 PM Tanks a Million (1941)
50m | Comedy | TV-G
A military man promoted to sergeant because of his photographic memory fights to prove his worth.
Director: Fred Guiol. Cast: William Tracy, James Gleason, Noah Beery Jr.

3:00 PM This Man's Navy (1945)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-PG
Two Navy vets compete to see whose son is the bigger hero.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason

4:45 PM The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-PG
After finding religion, a cynical newspaperman tries to help young hoods.
Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury

6:30 PM The Dude Goes West (1948)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-PG
A tenderfoot tries to help a miner's daughter protect her claim.
Director: Kurt Neumann. Cast: Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, James Gleason

8:00 PM Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
1h 33m | Comedy | TV-G
A prizefighter who died before his time is reincarnated as a tycoon with a murderous wife.
Director: Alexander Hall. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains

10:00 PM The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1h 33m | Suspense | TV-PG
After hearing an about-to-be-hanged murderer's story about some hidden money he left in the care of his two young kids, the murderer's cell-mate is released and embarks on a journey to find the killer's family.
Director: Charles Laughton. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish

11:45 PM Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
1h 58m | Comedy | TV-G
The Brewster sisters are spinster pillars of Brooklyn society, except for their secret penchant for poisoning old male callers with their homemade elderberry wine, to end the men's loneliness!
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey

2:00 AM Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
1h 14m | Suspense | TV-G
A schoolteacher jumps into detective mode when a fellow airplane passenger gets sick and dies.
Diretor: Lloyd Corrigan. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane

3:15 AM Forty Naughty Girls (1938)
1h 3m | Suspense | TV-G
A schoolteacher turns detective to solve a theatrical murder.
Director: Edward Cline. Cast: James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Marjorie Lord

4:30 AM Hot Tip (1935)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
A racing fan's predictions go wrong and land his friends in debt.
Director: Ray McCarey. Cast: Zasu Pitts, James Gleason