TCM Schedule for Monday June 8 - World War II Thrillers
After a daytime birthday tribute to Alexis Smith, it's a night of WW2-set classics.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM DIVE BOMBER (1941)
A crusading scientist fights to prevent bomber pilots from blacking out. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Fred MacMurray , Ralph Bellamy . C-133 mins, CC,
8:15 AM SMILING GHOST, THE (1941)
A newswoman investigates a haunted house. Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Wayne Morris , Brenda Marshall , Alexis Smith . BW-71 mins, CC,
9:30 AM STEEL AGAINST THE SKY (1941)
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman. Dir: A. Edward Sutherland Cast: Alexis Smith , Lloyd Nolan , Craig Stevens . BW-68 mins,
10:45 AM GENTLEMAN JIM (1942)
Fanciful biography of 19th-century boxing champion Jim Corbett. Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn , Alexis Smith , Jack Carson . BW-104 mins, CC,
12:45 PM CONSTANT NYMPH, THE (1943)
A composer finds inspiration in his wife's romantic cousin. Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Charles Boyer , Joan Fontaine , Alexis Smith . BW-112 mins, CC,
2:45 PM NIGHT AND DAY (1946)
Fanciful biography of songwriter Cole Porter, who rose from high society to find success on Tin Pan Alley. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Cary Grant , Alexis Smith , Monty Woolley . C-128 mins, CC,
5:00 PM CONFLICT (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Alexis Smith , Sydney Greenstreet . BW-85 mins, CC,
6:30 PM HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT, THE (1945)
An angel is sent to destroy the earth with a trumpet blast. Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Jack Benny , Alexis Smith , Dolores Moran . BW-78 mins, CC,
8:00 PM MAN HUNT (1941)
An Englishman goes behind enemy lines to assassinate Hitler. Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Joan Bennett , George Sanders . BW-102 mins, CC,
10:00 PM HANGMEN ALSO DIE (1943)
When a Nazi officer is assassinated, Czech patriots band together to protect his killer. Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: H. H. v. Twardowski , Brian Donlevy , Walter Brennan . BW-134 mins, CC,
12:30 AM SABOTEUR (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Priscilla Lane , Robert Cummings , Otto Kruger . BW-109 mins, CC,
2:30 AM I SEE A DARK STRANGER (1945)
An Irish woman who hates the English turns Nazi spy. Dir: Frank Launder Cast: Deborah Kerr , Trevor Howard , BW-112 mins, CC,
4:30 AM SECRET MISSION (1942)
Two British Intelligence agents infiltrate occupied France to learn the Germans' secrets. Dir: Harold French Cast: Hugh Williams , James Mason , Carla Lehmann . BW-94 mins,