TCM Schedule for Friday, August 23, 2024 - Summer Under The Stars: Robert Shaw

[Auggie]

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Robert Shaw in "The Sting," airing tonight.


6:00 AM | Libel (1959)
A former POW is accused of being an impostor.
Dir: Anthony Asquith | Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Olivia De Havilland, Paul Massie

8:00 AM | A Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara

9:45 AM | Battle of Britain (1969)
England defends itself against an aerial onslaught during the summer of 1940.
Dir: Guy Hamilton | Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer

12:15 PM | The Deep (1977)
Vacationing scuba divers discover a sunken treasure off the Bermuda coast along with a stash of narcotics, and soon find themselves on the run from drug traffickers.
Dir: Peter Yates | Cast: Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte

2:45 PM | Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
Dir: Guy Hamilton | Cast: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach

5:00 PM | Battle of the Bulge (1965)
A crack Nazi unit holds off the Allies during World War II.
Dir: Ken AnnakinvCast: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan

8:00 PM | A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Sir Thomas Moore opposes Henry VIII's divorce, and events lead inexorably to his execution.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann | Cast: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo Mckern

10:15 PM | The Sting (1973)
Con artists arrange an elaborate sting against a mob boss who ordered a hit on their friend.
Dir: George Roy Hill | Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw

12:30 AM | The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grows tired of his pigheadedness and instability.
Dir: Irvin Kershner | Cast: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond

2:30 AM | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Four ruthless terrorists take over a New York City subway train and hold the passengers for ransom. They threaten to shoot one each minute until a one million dollar ransom is fully paid.
Dir: Joseph Sargent | Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam

4:30 AM | Avalanche Express (1979)
During the cold war, a Soviet biological warfare expert plans to defect to the West. A CIA agent gets the man onboard a European train in order to aid his escape, but the Soviets are determined to stop at nothing to prevent this, including starting an avalanche which envelopes the train.
Dir: Mark Robson | Cast: Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans

[CBHagman]

1. Oh, what a roster!

And what an actor!

But I must say TCM needs a bit of proofreading: Paul Scofield plays Thomas More to Robert Shaw's Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons.