TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 29: London-Bound/Sports Stories

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Star of the Month: Red Skelton (continued)

1:00 AM Lovely to Look At (1952)
All-star remake of Roberta, with three Broadway producers inheriting a Parisian fashion house.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:00 AM The Clown (1953)
In this remake of The Champ, a drunken clown tries to make a comeback so he can keep his son.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:45 AM Half a Hero (1953)
A married writer moves to the suburbs to research a story.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Charles Dingle
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM The Great Diamond Robbery (1953)
A diamond cutter unwittingly helps a jewel thief.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Red Skelton, Cara Williams, James Whitmore
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Daytime: London-Bound

7:30 AM The Runaway Bus (1954)
A London motor coach gets lost in the fog with a cache of stolen gold aboard.
Dir: Val Guest Cast: Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:00 AM Looking at London (1946)
A colorful travelogue of London's most historic buildings and the residual damage still left from WWII.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Nathaniel Finston
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N

9:15 AM A Warm December (1972)
Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.
Dir: Sidney Poitier Cast: Sidney Poitier, Yvette Curtis, Esther Anderson
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:15 AM The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
In 1911's London, a visiting American showgirl captures the heart of a regal prince.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Richard Wattis, David Thorne, Marilyn Monroe
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:30 PM Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
A father returns to London after being deported to find out what happened to his wife and child.
Dir: Terry Hughes Cast: Michael Kalinyea, Ken Jennings, Angela Lansbury
Runtime: 139 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:00 PM The V.I.P.s (1963)
A group of elite British citizens leaving the country find themselves stranded at London Airport because of fog, a situation that leaves them the time to confront their interpersonal relationships.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:15 PM Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
Produced by Beatles associate Allan Klein, this tuneful comedy stars UK chart toppers Herman's Hermits and is based on their 1965 hit of the same name. Herman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by racing the dog. After traveling from Manchester to London in the hope of entering a national invitational, Herman and his friends find work as a pop group, and Herman falls in love.
Dir: Saul Swimmer Cast: Peter Noone, Karl Green, Keith Hopwood
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Prime Time: Sports Stories

8:00 PM Hoosiers (1986)
A basketball coach gets one last chance at redemption at a rural Indiana high school.
Dir: David Anspaugh Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

10:15 PM Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
The story of the friendship between the New York Mammoths major-league baseball team's pitcher Henry Wiggen and catcher Bruce Pearson as they cope with Bruce's terminal illness during a baseball season.
Dir: John D. Hancock Cast: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:

12:00 AM A Shining Season (1979)
The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls' track team to a winning season.
Dir: Stuart Margolin Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Allyn Ann McLerie, Constance Forslund
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:


2:00 AM Knute Rockne--All American (1940)
Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper."
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:00 AM The Winning Team (1952)
Baseball great Grover Cleveland Alexander fights his way back from a blinding injury.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y