TCM Schedule for Monday January 20, 2020 - Overlooked African American Performances

On Martin Luther King Day, prime time features some lesser known African-American themed films.

(all times Eastern)

6:45 AM ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW ( 1959)
Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results. Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Harry Belafonte , Robert Ryan , Shelley Winters . BW- 96 mins, CC,

8:30 AM BRIGHT ROAD ( 1953)
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child. Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge , Philip Hepburn , Harry Belafonte . BW- 68 mins, CC,

10:00 AM CARMEN JONES ( 1954)
A sultry factory worker seduces a young soldier then dumps him for another man. Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Harry Belafonte , Dorothy Dandridge , Pearl Bailey . C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL, THE ( 1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster. Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer . BW- 95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM PATCH OF BLUE, A ( 1965)
A blind white girl falls in love with a black man. Dir: Guy Green Cast: Sidney Poitier , Shelley Winters , Elizabeth Hartman . BW- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM SOMETHING OF VALUE ( 1957)
Childhood friends end up on opposite sides of a bloody African uprising. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Rock Hudson , Dana Wynter , Wendy Hiller . BW- 113 mins, CC,

6:00 PM BLACKBOARD JUNGLE ( 1955)
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Glenn Ford , Anne Francis , Louis Calhern . BW- 101 mins, CC,

8:00 PM NOTHING BUT A MAN ( 1964)
Dir: Michael Roemer Cast: Ivan Dixon , Abbey Lincoln , Gloria Foster . BW- 94 mins,

10:00 PM EDGE OF THE CITY ( 1957)
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official. Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: John Cassavetes , Sidney Poitier , Jack Warden . BW- 85 mins, CC,

11:45 PM LANDLORD, THE ( 1970)
A spoiled rich boy buys a Brooklyn tenement and gets mixed up in his tenants' lives. Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: Beau Bridges , Pearl Bailey , Diana Sands . C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM TALL TARGET, THE ( 1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride. Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Dick Powell , Paula Raymond , Adolphe Menjou . BW- 78 mins, CC,

3:30 AM RAISIN IN THE SUN, A ( 1961)
A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children. Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier , Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee . BW- 128 mins, CC,