TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 8: Classic Horror from RKO/Film Noir: Dark City Dames

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

12:30 AM EDT
Home Run on the Keys (1936)
15 MINS | SHORT | TV-G
In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio. Vitaphone Release 2073.
DIRECTOR: Roy Mack
CAST: Byron Gay, Zez Confrey, Babe Ruth


12:45 AM EDT
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
1 HR 30 MINS | COMEDY | TV-G
A Brooklyn showgirl launches a stage act with a hick comic.
DIRECTOR: Roy Del Ruth
CAST: Ann Sothern, Red Skelton, Leo Gorcey

2:15 AM EDT
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1937)
15 MINS | SHORT | TV-G
Cab Calloway is told by a fortune teller that he will better his lot in life in this musical short film. Vitaphone Release 2078.
DIRECTOR: Roy Mack
CAST: Cab Calloway


2:30 AM EDT
Panama Hattie (1942)
1 HR 30 MINS | MUSICAL | TV-G
A nightclub owner in Panama takes on Nazi spies.
DIRECTOR: Norman Z. McLeod
CAST: Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, "Rags" Ragland

4:00 AM EDT
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
1 HR 15 MINS | COMEDY | TV-G
A New York girl finds love at a summer resort.
DIRECTOR: Alfred Santell
CAST: Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, Peggy Conklin

5:15 AM EDT
The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
1 HR 30 MINS | DRAMA | TV-G
An ice skater sues a young doctor for malpractice.
DIRECTOR: Harold S. Bucquet
CAST: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day

6:45 AM EDT
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
1 HR 25 MINS | DRAMA | TV-G
A young doctor's wedding turns into a tragic event.
DIRECTOR: Harold S. Bucquet
CAST: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day

8:10 AM EDT
Coffins on Wheels (1941)
20 MINS | CRIME | TV-G
In this short film, unscrupulous car dealers foist faulty and dangerous cars on an unsuspecting public.
DIRECTOR: Joseph Newman
CAST: James Millican, Bill Lally, Duke York

TCM Daytime: Classic Horror from RKO

8:30 AM EDT
The Seventh Victim (1943)
1 HR 15 MINS | HORROR/SCIENCE-FICTION | TV-PG
A girl's search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
DIRECTOR: Mark Robson
CAST: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell

9:45 AM EDT
Cat People (1942)
1 HR 15 MINS | SUSPENSE/MYSTERY | TV-PG
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
DIRECTOR: Jacques Tourneur
CAST: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph

11:00 AM EDT
Isle of the Dead (1945)
1 HR 15 MINS | HORROR/SCIENCE-FICTION | TV-PG
The inhabitants of a Balkans island under quarantine fear that one of their number is a vampire.
DIRECTOR: Mark Robson
CAST: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer

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12:15 PM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A child explores her late mother's life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:30 PM The Body Snatcher (1945)
To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:00 PM I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:15 PM King Kong (1933)
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York where he wreaks havoc.
Dir: Merian C. Cooper Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:15 PM The Ghost Ship (1943)
A young innocent signs on with a ship whose captain is going mad.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Prime Time: Film Noir: Dark City Dames

8:00 PM The Killing (1956)
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancee, Fay. But when George tells his restless wife, Sherry, about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he ...works, she hatches a plot of her own.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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9:45 PM Tension (1949)
A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
Dir: John Berry Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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11:30 PM Johnny O'Clock (1947)
Gambling hall owners get mixed up with a cop on the take, leading to murder and mystery.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:30 AM They Won't Believe Me (1947)
A philandering playboy with a wealthy wife and two girlfriends ends up on trial for murder when two of the ladies turn up dead, and he's the most likely suspect.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Jane Greer
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:15 AM The Outfit (1973)
An ex-con takes on the mob to avenge his brother's death.
Dir: John Flynn Cast: Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Roland Lastarza
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

5:15 AM MGM 40th Anniversary (1964)
A brief overview of MGM releases from the first 40 years of the studio.
Dir: null Cast: Laurence Harvey, Kim Novak, Rod Steiger
Runtime: 32 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N

[edbermac]

1. Just saw The Killing again

Great film but I’ll never understand why Sterling Hayden‘s character has a duffel bag with $2 million in it and then goes out and buys a cheap shit cardboard suitcase that falls apart just like that.