TCM Schedule for Fri, Apr 24, 2026: Castle Settings/Producer Roger Corman

DAYTIME (listings EST)

6:15 AM A Damsel in Distress (1937)
An American dancer on vacation in England falls for a sheltered noblewoman.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen

8:00 AM The Canterville Ghost (1944)
A ghost who died a coward tries to inspire U.S. G.I.s to become heroes.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien

10:00 AM Beauty and the Beast (1946)
A mysterious monster forces a young innocent to share his life in an enchanted castle.
Dir: Jean Cocteau Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parely

12:00 PM Quentin Durward (1955)
A gallant Scots knight falls in love with his uncle's future wife.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley

2:00 PM Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Lancelot, banished from King Arthur's court, returns to defeat the evil Mordred.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer

4:00 PM The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
An Englishman who resembles a king gets mixed up in intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith

6:00 PM The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland


PRIME TIME & LATE NIGHT

8:00 PM Boxcar Bertha (1972)
A union leader enlists his girlfriend for revenge against a railroad's evil management.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus

9:45 PM Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
A high-school hellcat will stop at nothing to meet her favorite band-The Ramones.
Dir: Allan Arkush Cast: P.j. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard

11:30 PM The Shooting (1966)
A hired gun seeks to enact revenge on a group of bounty hunters in the Old West.
Dir: Monte Hellman Cast: Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, Will Hutchins

1:15 AM Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema (2021)
The career of maverick producer Roger Corman
Dir: Bertrand Tessier Cast: Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, Gene Corman

2:15 AM Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
Three teens get into the drug business when they discover heroin in a stolen briefcase.
Dir: Irving Kershner Cast: Yale Wexler, Morris Miller, Jonathon Haze


EARLY MORNING

3:45 AM Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
Martin Scorsese reflects on the influence of directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
Dir: David Hinton Cast: Martin Scorsese, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell