TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 4: John Garfield Birthday Tribute/Western Widows
Come watch John Garfield go after Nazis and Hope Emerson drive a covered wagon across the country!
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
12:15 AM Blossoms in the Dust (1941) True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas. Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:15 AM Sister Kenny (1946) True story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance for her polio-treatment methods. Dir: Dudley Nichols Cast: Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:15 AM The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) True story of the French scientist's battle to establish modern medical methods. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Daytime: John Garfield Birthday Tribute
6:00 AM Dangerously They Live (1942) A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents. Dir: Robert Florey Cast: John Garfield, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:30 AM The Fallen Sparrow (1943) Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake. Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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9:15 AM Blackwell's Island (1939) A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster. Dir: William McGann Cast: John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:30 AM East of the River (1940) A young gangster and his honest brother fall for the same woman. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Marjorie Rambeau
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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12:00 PM Dust Be My Destiny (1939) A young misfit lands on a prison chain gang and falls for the foreman's daughter. Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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1:30 PM Flowing Gold (1940) A fugitive from justice tries to get work in a western oil field. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:00 PM Castle on the Hudson (1940) A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden. Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM They Made Me a Criminal (1939) A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he's killed an opponent in the ring. Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM The Breaking Point (1950) A desperate fishing boat captain rents his ship to some gunmen on the lam. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Prime Time: Western Widows
8:00 PM The King and Four Queens (1956) When four outlaw brothers are killed, an opportunistic con man tries to win the confidence of their widows in order to find their hidden gold. Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:45 PM The Rare Breed (1966) An English woman and her daughter enlist the aid of a cowboy to try to breed their imported bull with Texas longhorns, but have to overcome greedy criminals and the natural elements. Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen Cast: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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11:30 PM The Train Robbers (1973) A bandit's widow enlists a famed gunman to return the gold her husband stole. Dir: Burt Kennedy Cast: John Wayne, Rod Taylor, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
1:15 AM The Outriders (1950) Rebel soldiers try to hijack a Union gold shipment. Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM Westward the Women (1951) A frontiersman leads a wagon train full of mail-order brides. Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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5:00 AM A Shot in the Dark (1941) A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder. Dir: William McGann Cast: William Lundigan, Nan Wynn, Ricardo Cortez
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y