TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 18: Drive-In Theater/Star of the Month: Gary Cooper
Before there was AI, there was the movie Sex Kittens Go to College, and there were drive-in theaters to show it and other sexy and/or scary summer fare. We're still dealing with the slime and the smog, however.
And since the first half of the 20th century, there have been Gary Cooper movies. Check out tonight's line-up.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
12:15 AM Women in Love (1969) In the twenties, two free-thinking sisters try to balance sexual passion with independence. Dir: Ken Russell Cast: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N
2:45 AM The Trap (1966) After spending several winters alone in the Canadian wilderness, a lusty trapper returns to the trading post and buys a wife, a young mute orphan. Dir: Sidney Hayers Cast: Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed, Rex Sevenoaks
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: N
4:30 AM So Long at the Fair (1950) A woman searches for her missing brother in Paris despite the fact that nobody believes he exists. Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Drive-In Theater
6:00 AM A Bucket of Blood (1959) A jealous Bohemian wannabe resorts to murder to perpetuate his new-found success as a sculptor. Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:15 AM Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) A stripper with a high IQ gets a job teaching at a college science department through a selection process determined by a robot. Dir: Albert Zugsmith Cast: Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld, Mijanou Bardot
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:00 AM Go, Johnny, Go! (1959) Rock 'n' roll promoter Alan Freed searches for a talent contest's mysterious winner. Dir: Paul Landres Cast: Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:30 AM The Young Stranger (1957) A neglected teen gets into trouble with the law. Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 PM Them! (1954) Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants. Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 PM The Hypnotic Eye (1960) A city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who appear to be in a hypnotic trance. Dir: George Blair Cast: Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:15 PM Spider Baby (1964) Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family. Dir: Jack Hill Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:45 PM The Green Slime (1969) A mysterious fungus invades a space station and turns the inhabitants into monsters. Dir: Kinji Fukasaku Cast: Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, Luciana Paluzzi
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:30 PM Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) A smog-spewing monster attacks Japan. Dir: Yoshimitsu Banno Cast: Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: N
TCM Prime Time: Star of the Month: Gary Cooper
8:00 PM High Noon (1952) A retired marshal must defend his town from a vengeful villain. Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N
9:30 PM The Hanging Tree (1959) A doctor saves a man from a hanging and then tries to run his life. Dir: Delmer Daves, Karl Malden, Vincent Sherman Cast: Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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11:30 PM Friendly Persuasion (1956) A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 AM Task Force (1949) A naval officer devotes his life to the development of the aircraft carrier. Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM Dallas (1950) A renegade Confederate officer tries to hide his identity while bringing law and order to the West. Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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5:45 AM Springfield Rifle (1952) A Union officer goes undercover to root out Confederate raiders. Dir: Andre Detoth Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y