TCM Schedule for Thurs, Dec 4, 2025: Sports/Divine Intervention
DAYTIME (EST)
6:00 AM | The Bob Mathias Story (1954)
The story of the first man to win two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon.
Dir: Francis D. Lyon | Cast: Bob Mathias, Ward Bond, Melba Mathias
7:30 AM | Crazylegs (1953)
Story of the career of Los Angeles Rams football great, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch.
Dir: Francis D. Lyon | Cast: Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Vohs
9:00 AM | The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
A childlike oaf becomes the greatest star in baseball.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth | Cast: William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford
11:00 AM | The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Jackie Robinson plays himself in this true story of the man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier.
Dir: Alfred E. Green | Cast: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson
12:30 PM | Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper."
Dir: Lloyd Bacon | Cast: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan
2:15 PM | Jim Thorpe--All American (1951)
In this stirring biographical drama, young Native American Jim Thorpe pursues his dreams of athletic stardom. Mentored by a devoted coach, Thorpe succeeds at track before becoming a renowned football hero and an Olympic athlete. While remarkably accomplished on the field, Thorpe faces obstacles in his pursuit of becoming ...
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran
4:15 PM | Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise | Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane
6:15 PM | When We Were Kings (1996)
On September 25, 1974, in the wake of one of the greatest political scandals in its history, Watergate, America was poised to watch a knockout punch that would redefine it as a nation of champions. In the atmosphere of a three-ring circus, in a little known country ruled by a military dictator, on the little noticed continent ...
Dir: Leon Gast | Cast: Malick Bowens, Lloyd Price, Thomas Hauser
PRIME TIME, LATE NIGH, EARLY MORNING
8:00 PM | Forever, Darling (1956)
A madcap woman's guardian angel tries to save her marriage.
Dir: Alexander Hall | Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason
9:45 PM | Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
A prizefighter who died before his time is reincarnated as a tycoon with a murderous wife.
Dir: Alexander Hall | Cast: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains
11:30 PM | The Bishop's Wife (1948)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir: Henry Koster | Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
1:30 AM | Carousel (1956)
A dramatic love story unfolds between a rough-talking, macho carousel barker, and a young, innocent mill worker.
Dir: Henry King | Cast: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell
3:45 AM | I Married an Angel (1942)
A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II | Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Edward Everett Horton
5:15 AM | Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
A crooked president reforms mysteriously.
Dir: Gregory La Cava | Cast: Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone