TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 8: Murder Is a Possibility/Director George Cukor

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Movie Night Menus (continued)

12:15 AM Sounder (1972)
In 1933 Louisiana, a family of African American sharecroppers endure racism and injustice when their father is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 AM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
The seven Pontipee brothers ease the loneliness of their Oregon farm by courting seven women.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:15 AM The Kid (1921)
In this silent comedy, an adoptive father schemes to keep his son.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N

TCM Daytime: Murder Is a Possibility

6:00 AM Thirteen Women (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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7:15 AM Decoy (1946)
A woman saves her gangster boyfriend from the gas chamber to get her hands on his hidden money.
Dir: Jack Bernhard Cast: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Herbert Rudley
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



8:45 AM Impact (1949)
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:45 AM Blonde Ice (1948)
A society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances.
Dir: Jack Bernhard Cast: Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vincent
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:15 PM Tension (1949)
A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
Dir: John Berry Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:00 PM Madeleine (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:15 PM The Letter (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



TCM Primetime: Director George Cukor

8:00 PM Born Yesterday (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:00 PM Pat and Mike (1952)
A promoter falls for a gym teacher he bills as the world's top woman athlete.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:00 AM Travels with My Aunt (1972)
A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt's shady schemes.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Lou Gossett
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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2:00 AM The Women (1939)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:15 AM Dinner at Eight (1933)
A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y