TCM Schedule for Sunday January 18, 2026 - 70's Medical Thrillers

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Plus: Imports has a pair from Vittorio De Sica.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Rich and Famous (1981)
1h 57m | Comedy | TV-PG
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby

8:00 AM Old Acquaintance (1943)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-PG
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Director: Vincent Sherman. Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young

10:00 AM Diabolique (1955)
1h 47m | Suspense | TV-MA
A cruel man's wife and lover plot to kill him.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot. Cast: Paul Meurisse, Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret

12:15 PM Cinderella Jones (1946)
1h 29m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
Director: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Julie Bishop

2:00 PM The Affairs of Martha (1942)
1h 6m | Comedy | TV-G
A servant's scandalous novel lands her employers in hot water.
Director: Jules Dassin. Cast: Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main

3:30 PM Kings Row (1942)
2h 7m | Drama | TV-PG
Small town scandals inspire an idealistic young man to take up psychiatry.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan

5:45 PM Bright Leaf (1950)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-PG
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal

8:00 PM The Carey Treatment (1972)
1h 41m | Suspense | TV-14
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Director: Blake Edwards. Cast: James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Pat Hingle

10:00 PM Coma (1978)
1h 53m | Science Fiction | TV-MA
After one of her patients goes into a coma after a routine operation, Dr. Susan Wheeler investigates. She learns that several otherwise healthy patients have met the same fate and then been sent away to a mysterious institute. But when she tells her doctor boyfriend about what she has found, he finds the story hard to believe.
Director: Michael Crichton. Cast: Michael Douglas, Rip Torn, Geneviève Bujold

12:00 AM The Love Light (1921)
1h 29m | Drama | TV-G
In this silent film, a girl fights between her love for a German spy and her sense of patriotism.
Director: Frances Marion. Cast: Mary Pickford, Evelyn Dumo, Fred Thomson

1:45 AM La Porta del Cielo (1945)
1h 28m | Drama | TV-PG
A group of pilgrims embark on a long train journey to the sanctuary of Loreto, where they hope to receive a miracle. Italian film also known by the English title "The Gates of Heaven."
Director: Vittorio De Sica. Cast: Marina Berti, Elettra Druscovich, Giuseppe Forcina

3:15 AM Umberto D. (1952)
1h 29m | Drama | TV-PG
A retiree copes with the realities of old age.
Director: Vittorio De Sica. Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari

4:45 AM Brothers in the Saddle (1949)
1h | Western | TV-G
When he thinks his brother has let him down, a cowboy goes bad.
Director: Lesley Selander. Cast: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie