TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 20: Summer Under the Stars: James Cagney

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

12:00 AM The Female Animal (1958)
A Hollywood star's adopted daughter falls in love with the star's live-in boyfriend.
Dir: Harry Keller Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


1:30 AM Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
A hotel bellboy is the unlikely choice to escort a visiting princess, over the protests of his invalid girlfriend.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:30 AM H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
A stuffy businessman livens things up by having a fling.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 AM The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



7:30 AM Lady Killer (1933)
A criminal on the run becomes a Hollywood movie star.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



9:00 AM He Was Her Man (1934)
A safecracker goes straight to get back at some fellow crooks.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:15 AM The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
A man's infatuation with a gold-digging beauty continues after his marriage.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Olivia De Havilland, Rita Hayworth
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:15 PM The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
A pilot and a temperamental heiress are stranded in the desert together.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:15 PM Captains of the Clouds (1942)
A mail flyer joins the Canadian air force for fun but has to prove his worth when he goes to war.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:15 PM A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Peddler Hank Martin becomes a local hero after he exposes how a cotton mill has been cheating sharecroppers then stands up to the local powers to stop the scandal. When the story makes the newspaper headlines--with Martin's help--he is drafted to run for governor. But Martin sews the seeds of his own destruction by accepting ...
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
A brutal rancher has to soften his ways to win the woman he loves.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen Mcnally
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



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8:00 PM Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
True story of torch singer Ruth Etting's struggle to escape the gangster who made her a star.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:15 PM The Mayor of Hell (1933)
A racketeer goes straight to run a reform school.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:00 AM City for Conquest (1940)
A truck driver risks his eyesight when he boxes to pay for his brother's education.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:00 AM 'G' Men (1935)
A mob protege joins the FBI when a friend is gunned down.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM Blonde Crazy (1931)
A con man bellhop and his chambermaid girlfriend set out to fleece hotel guests.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



5:00 AM James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)
Michael J. Fox hosts film clips and rare behind-the-scenes footage that trace superstar James Cagney's rise to the top.
Dir: Carl H. Lindahl Cast: Michael J. Fox, Jack Lemmon, Burt Kennedy
Runtime: 47 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y