TCM schedule for Saturday 1/17/26: 4 For Texas, Step Lively, Diabolique, Operation Crossbow

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AT A GLANCE

TCM SPOTLIGHT: FLASHBACK FRIDAYS
Prince of Tides, The (1991)
I Remember Mama (1948)
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Step Lively (1944)
4 for Texas (1963)
Holt of the Secret Service Ch. 4:
Menaced by Fate (1941) (TCM Premiere)
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
Wells Fargo Days (1944) (short)
Going Hollywood (1933) (Musical Matinee)
Fountainhead, The (1949)
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Romance of Rosy Ridge, The (1947)
- TCM PRIMETIME
BOUNTY HUNTERS
Naked Spur, The (1953)
Bounty Hunter, The (1954)
- NOIR ALLEY
Diabolique (1955)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: THRILLER REMAKES
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1981)
Spiral Staircase, The (1975

FULL SCHEDULE

10:15 PM The Prince of Tides (1991)
A man trying to help his suicidal sister accidentally falls in love with her psychologist as he unpacks the dark past that haunts him.
Dir: Barbra Streisand Cast: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-Ma CC:


1:00 AM I Remember Mama (1948)
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:30 AM The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Two English ex-soldiers leave British-ruled India for a remote part of Afghanistan in order to become kings.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


6:00 AM Step Lively (1944)
Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.
Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Frank Sinatra, George Murphy, Adolph Menjou
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:30 AM 4 for Texas (1963)
Double-crossing outlaws go straight and become rival saloon owners.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:30 AM Menaced by Fate (1941) (TCM Premiere)
Chapter 4 of the Holt of the Secret Service 1941 serial. A gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped a government engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Secret Service sends agent Jack Holt and a female partner after the gang.
Dir: James W. Horne Cast: Jack Holt, Evelyn Brent, C. Montague Shaw
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
Tarzan and Jane try to keep a woman from being forced to marry a con artist.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, George Zucco
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:30 AM Wells Fargo Days (1944)
A gunman attempts to avoid trouble in a new town.
Dir: Mack V. Wright Cast: Oscar Gahan, Karl Hackett, Cactus Mack
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 PM Going Hollywood (1933)
Struggling singer Billy Williams falls for French teacher Sylvia Bruce, but when Williams finds success on the big screen, Bruce follows him to Hollywood, becoming a movie star herself, and reuniting with the man she adores.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D'orsay
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:30 PM The Fountainhead (1949)
An idealistic architect battles corrupt business interests and his love for a married woman.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:45 PM Operation Crossbow (1965)
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 PM The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
A farmer's daughter falls in love with a man who fought against her family in the Civil War.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Janet Leigh
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM The Naked Spur (1953)
A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:00 PM The Bounty Hunter (1954)
A bounty hunter attempts to track down three killers.
Dir: Andre Detoth Cast: Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 AM Diabolique (1955)
A cruel man's wife and lover plot to kill him.
Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot Cast: Paul Meurisse, Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: N


2:15 AM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Frank Chambers, a depression-era drifter ends up at a diner owned by Nick Papadakis, who offers Frank a job. Frank accepts the offer, and begins an affair with Nick's wife Cora. The adulterous lovers soon plot to kill Nick and share in the insurance money.
Dir: Bob Rafelson Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:30 AM The Spiral Staircase (1975)
Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?
Dir: Peter Collinson Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y