TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 16: Birthday Tribute: Peter Ustinov/Special Theme: Acts of Faith - Stories of Christ
You survived Tax Day. Now you deserve some R&R as Maggie Smith and Peter Ustinov go after some Hot Millions.
And if you are observing Holy Week, there are multiple selections appropriate to the time on tonight's Acts of Faith roster.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
12:15 AM Five Minutes to Live (1961) A deranged bandit holds a bank president's wife hostage. Dir: Bill Karn Cast: Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forester
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 AM Badlands (1973) A teenager from a dead-end town decides to join a charming older boy on his shooting spree through Montana's badlands. Dir: Terrence Malick Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
3:45 AM Rage (1972) An angry cattle rancher takes on the U.S. army in this tense drama. When the government's chemical warfare tests get out of hand, the man's cattle are the first to die. Then his son is stricken... and he vows revenge. Dir: George C Scott Cast: George C Scott, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:30 AM Soft Drinks and Sweet Music (1934) In this short film, a soda jerk/songwriter dreams of performing his songs on Broadway. Vitaphone Release 1776-1777. Dir: Roy Mack Cast: George J. Lewis, George Watts, Billie Leonard
Runtime: 22 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
TCM Daytime: Birthday Tribute: Peter Ustinov
6:00 AM Lady L (1965) A beautiful laundress rises through European society. Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM Hot Millions (1968) A computer whiz and his pregnant girlfriend set out to rob a massive corporation. Dir: Eric Till Cast: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 AM The Sundowners (1960) A nomadic family travels across 1930s Australia to pursue their dream of settling into a big farm, along the way they try to win some money. Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:30 PM Quo Vadis (1951) A Roman commander falls for a Christian slave girl as Nero intensifies persecution of the new religion. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn
Runtime: 171 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:30 PM Beau Brummell (1954) An English Don Juan courts the Prince of Wales' favor while romancing his way through society. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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5:30 PM Billy Budd (1962) Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of a ship's captain caught between an innocent young sailor and an evil officer. Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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TCM Prime Time: Special Theme: Acts of Faith - Stories of Christ
8:00 PM The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Epic scale chronicle of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Dir: George Stevens Cast: Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia
Runtime: 225 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:30 PM Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) A musical retelling by a group of young tourists who re-enact Jesus's last seven days amid the modern-day war machines that are Israel today. Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:30 AM King of Kings (1961) Epic retelling of Christ's life and the effects of his teachings on those around him. Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 168 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 AM The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) An adaptation of the life of Jesus as chronicled in the Gospel of Matthew. Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini Cast: Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-14 CC: N