TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 9: Director Jacques Tourneur/Writer Paddy Chayefsky

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Star of the Month: Peter Sellers (continued)

1:15 AM I'm All Right Jack (1960)
An earnest young man gets a job at his uncle's factory, but his efforts grow in conflict with his crooked uncle's schemes and the Labor Union's way of doing business.
Dir: John Boulting Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC:


3:15 AM Tom Thumb (1958)
A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks.
Dir: George Pal Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, June Thorburn
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:00 AM Return to 'Giant' (1996)
Documentary about the movie crew that went to Texas in 1955 to film "the national movie of Texas."
Dir: Jim Brennan. Cast: Don Henley, Don Graham, Earl Holliman
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Director Jacques Tourneur

6:00 AM They All Come Out (1939)
The getaway driver for a gang of thieves is captured by the police and sent to a prison, where he contemplates a life of reform.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:15 AM Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



8:45 AM The Leopard Man (1943)
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:00 AM Days of Glory (1944)
Russian freedom fighters battle the Nazi occupying forces.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Gregory Peck, Lowell Gilmore, Maria Palmer
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:30 AM Experiment Perilous (1944)
A small-town doctor tries to help a beautiful woman with a deranged husband.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:15 PM 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



3:00 PM Stars in My Crown (1950)
A parson uses six-guns and the Bible to bring peace to a Tennessee town.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:45 PM Easy Living (1949)
An aging football star risks his health when his greedy wife won't let him retire.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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6:15 PM Great Day in the Morning (1956)
The Civil War triggers unrest in Colorado.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



TCM Prime Time: Writer Paddy Chayefsky

8:00 PM Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2024)
A feature documentary profiling one of the most revered screenwriters in movie history, Paddy Chayefsky, who stands alone as the only writer to win three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay.
Dir: Matthew Miele Cast: Aaron Sorkin, Rob Lowe, Jeff Daniels
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:



9:45 PM Marty (1955)
A lonely butcher finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



11:30 PM Middle of the Night (1959)
A widowed businessman courts a younger woman who works for him.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Fredric March, Kim Novak, Glenda Farrell
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:45 AM The Hospital (1971)
A harried hospital administrator copes with rising costs, a seductive young woman and a serial killer.
Dir: Arthur Hiller Cast: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y



3:45 AM Network (1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into the mad prophet of the airwaves.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y