TCM Schedule Saturday Aug. 30 - Summer Under the Stars: Kirk Douglas

DAY AT A GLANCE

SUTS - ALEXIS SMITH
Night and Day (1946)
San Antonio (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Saturday, August 30
- TCM DAYTIME
SUTS - KIRK DOUGLAS
Out of the Past (1947)
Story of Three Loves, The (1953)
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Seven Days in May (1964)
Paths of Glory (1958)
Lust for Life (1956)
Champion (1949)
- TCM PRIMETIME
SUTS - KIRK DOUGLAS
Detective Story (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Heroes of Telemark, The (1965)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Big Trees, The (1952)

FULL SCHEDULE

11:45 PM Night and Day (1946)
Fanciful biography of songwriter Cole Porter, who rose from high society to find success on Tin Pan Alley.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 AM San Antonio (1945)
A reformed rustler tracks down a band of cattle thieves and tries to reform a crooked dance-hall girl.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 AM Gentleman Jim (1942)
Fanciful biography of 19th-century boxing champion Jim Corbett.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 AM Out of the Past (1947)
A private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station in a small town, but it catches up to him.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:45 AM The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Leslie Caron
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 AM Top Secret Affair (1957)
A female publishing magnate tries to keep a general she hates from securing a prestigious appointment.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:45 AM Seven Days in May (1964)
When a military officer discovers a coup is being plotted by one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the President of the United States must try to find a way to dismantle it.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:00 PM Paths of Glory (1958)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:45 PM Lust for Life (1956)
An intense and imaginative artist, Van Gogh possesses undeniable talent but is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 PM Champion (1949)
Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:


8:00 PM Detective Story (1951)
A cynical and hard-nosed detective at New York City's 21st Precinct who has a black and white view of the law has his world turned upside down when he discovers a secret from his wife's past.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:00 PM Ace in the Hole (1951)
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 AM The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
During World War II, two Norwegians uncover a Nazi plan to build nuclear weapons and are left to sabotage it on their own after a British invasion fails.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:30 AM Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
A recovering alcoholic film director tries for a comeback in Rome.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:30 AM The Big Trees (1952)
An unscrupulous lumber baron has to join forces with former enemies to keep even bigger businessmen from taking over.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y