TCM Schedule for Fri, Jan 31, 2024 - Criminals / Was It A Dream?

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6:00 AM | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A wrongly convicted man escapes from a chain gang and tries to clear his name>
Dir: Mervyn Le Roy | Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson

7:45 AM | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
When his girl commits murder, a hardened criminal takes the rap to protect her honor.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron

9:45 AM | Brute Force (1947)
Joe Collins rebels against Captain Munsey, a power-mad chief prison guard.
Dir: Jules Dassin | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford

11:30 AM | Caged (1950)
A young innocent fights to survive the harsh life in a women's prison.
Dir: John Cromwell | Cast: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby

1:15 PM | Al Capone (1959)
Chicago's most notorious gangster rules the city ruthlessly.
Dir: Richard Wilson | Cast: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory

3:15 PM | The Earl of Chicago (1939)
A Chicago gangster inherits a British title.
Dir: Richard Thorpe | Cast: Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold

4:45 PM | The Public Enemy (1931)
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Dir: William A. Wellman | Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods

6:15 PM | The Front Page (1931)
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Dir: Lewis Milestone | Cast: Adolph Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian


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8:00 PM | 8 1/2 (1963)
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Dir: Federico Fellini | Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale

10:30 PM | Wild Strawberries (1957)
An aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman | Cast: Victor Seastrom, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson

12:15 AM | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
A surreal series of dreams interrupt the meal of six middle-class people.
Dir: Luis BuñuelvCast: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig

2:15 AM | The Last Wave (1977)
A lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder, discovering disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
Dir: Peter Weir | Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil

4:15 AM | Eraserhead (1977)
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.
Dir: David Lynch | Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Judith Anna Roberts