ADVENTURE MOVIE MARATHON - TCM: SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2012
09:00 AM 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Set in the Old West, this is a wonderful fantasy from puppeteer George Pal, whose futurist fancies have delighted many. When Dr. Lao (Tony Randall), an Oriental magician, rides into Abalone with his strange circus, he finds the good citizens threatened by the land-grabbing activities of villainous Clint Stark (Arthur O'Connell).
Cast includes Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, John Ericson, Noah Beery Jr., Lee Patrick, Minerva Urecal, John Qualen, Frank Kreig, Peggy Rea, Eddie Little Sky and Royal Dano.
10:45 AM Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
A boy and his dog help a bitter blind girl adjust to life.
Cast includes Ted Donaldson, Sharyn Moffett, John Litel, Ann Doran, Paula Raymond and Peggy Converse.
12:00 PM The Green Hornet: The Tunnel of Terror (1940)
The first episode in the movie serial based on The Green Hornet radio show. A 13-episode serial about a newspaper publisher whose alter ego is the crime-fighting Green Hornet. As far as the police are concerned, the Hornet himself is a criminal—a misunderstanding that enables him to operate "outside the law" in his battle with criminals and racketeers.
Cast includes Gordon Jones, Keye Luke, Anne Nagel, Phillip Trent and Cy Kendall.
12:21 PM The Green Hornet: Flying Coffins (1940)
The third episode in the movie serial based on The Green Hornet radio show.
12:42 PM The Green Hornet: The Thundering Terror (1940)
The second episode in the movie serial based on The Green Hornet radio show.
01:15 PM The Blob (1958)
Endearingly campy classic of cheap '50s sci-fi has Steven McQueen (in his first starring role) leading teenagers into battle to save their small town from being swallowed up by giant glop of cherry Jell-O from outer space. Not really all that good, but how can you hate a film like this? (Especially when Burt Bacharach composed the title song.)
Cast includes Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Stephen Chase, John Benson and George Karas.
02:45 PM It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)
Breathtaking special effects highlight this sci-fi thriller. Huge octopus emerges from Pacific Ocean and wreaks havoc on San Francisco. First film made by the team of Ray Harryhausen and producer Charles H. Schneer.
Cast includes Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr., Chuck Griffiths, Harry Lauter and Richard W. Peterson.
04:15 PM Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
Stanley Kubrick's brilliant "nightmare comedy" about a nuclear crisis precipitated by a paranoid general.
Cast includes Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull and James Earl Jones.
06:00 PM Up Periscope (1959)
James Garner is Navy lieutenant transferred to submarine during WW2, with usual interaction among crew as they reconnoiter Japanese held island. Friction develops between sub commander Edmond O'Brien and naval demolitions expert James Garner.
Cast includes James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter, Frank Gifford, William Leslie, Richard Bakalyan, Edd Byrnes, Sean Garrison and Henry Kulky.
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