TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 30: Director Nicholas Ray/James Dean/TCM Late Night: Documentary

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Star of the Month: Peter Sellers (continued)

2:15 AM    There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) A womanizing TV star meets his match in an independent teenager.    Dir: Roy Boulting    Cast: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton
    Runtime: 96 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-MA    CC: Y


4:00 AM    I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968) A henpecked L.A. lawyer escapes into the world of hippies and free love.    Dir: Hy Averback    Cast: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young
    Runtime: 94 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-14    CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Director Nicholas Ray

6:00 AM    They Live by Night (1948) After an unjust prison sentence, a young innocent gets mixed-up with hardened criminals and a violent escape.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
    Runtime: 95 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

7:45 AM    A Woman's Secret (1949) A retired singer takes on a protégé only to be betrayed by her.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame
    Runtime: 85 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

9:15 AM    Born to Be Bad (1950) An ambitious girl steals a rich husband but keeps her lover on the side.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
    Runtime: 94 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

11:00 AM    On Dangerous Ground (1952) A New York detective falls for the blind sister of a rural killer sought by a victim's father.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
    Runtime: 82 mins    Genre: Suspense/Mystery    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

12:30 PM    The Lusty Men (1952) A faded rodeo star mentors a younger rider but falls for his wife.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy
    Runtime: 113 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

2:30 PM    Wind Across the Everglades (1958) A game warden takes on a band of bird poachers in the Florida Everglades.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Gypsy Rose Lee
    Runtime: 93 mins    Genre: Adventure    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

4:30 PM    Party Girl (1958) A showgirl and a crooked lawyer try to break with a powerful mob boss.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb
    Runtime: 99 mins    Genre: Crime    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

6:15 PM    Lightning Over Water (1980) The last months in the life of director Nicholas Ray.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: Gerry Bamman, Ronee Blakley, Pierre Cottrell
    Runtime: 91 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

TCM Prime Time: James Dean

8:00 PM    Life Sentence (1953) An episode of the "Campbell Summer Soundstage" television series - an imprisoned felon escapes and finds that being on the run is just a new form of imprisonment.    Dir: Garry Simpson    Cast: Georgann Johnson, James Dean, Nicholas Saunders
    Runtime: 30 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: N


8:45 PM    East of Eden (1955) Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and the two brothers who struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.    Dir: Elia Kazan    Cast: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey
    Runtime: 115 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

11:00 PM    Rebel Without a Cause (1955) The landmark teen film that solidified Dean's image with the public, follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly, dangerous drag racing to win over women.    Dir: Nicholas Ray    Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
    Runtime: 111 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

1:00 AM    Giant (1956) A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.    Dir: George Stevens    Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean
    Runtime: 201 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

TCM Late Night: Documentary

4:30 AM    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) Biography of the Academy Award winning director including dramatic color footage of WWII.    Dir: George Stevens Jr.    Cast: Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman
    Runtime: 110 mins    Genre: Documentary    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y