TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 15: WWII in Europe/Guest Programmer: Aziz Ansari

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

12:00 AM    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) A lowly adman tries to better his lot by courting a glamorous Hollywood star.    Dir: Frank Tashlin    Cast: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake
    Runtime: 94 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y


2:00 AM    The Mating Game (1959) A tax agent falls for a farm girl whose father he's investigating.    Dir: George Marshall    Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas
    Runtime: 97 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y


3:45 AM    Designing Woman (1957) A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste.    Dir: Vincente Minnelli    Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray
    Runtime: 118 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

TCM Daytime: WWII in Europe

6:00 AM    Underground (1941) Resistance leaders in Germany plot to broadcast Nazi secrets over the radio.    Dir: Vincent Sherman    Cast: Jeffrey Lynn, Philip Dorn, Kaaren Verne
    Runtime: 95 mins    Genre: War    Rating: TV-G    CC:

7:45 AM    The Cross of Lorraine (1943) Allied POWs fight to survive torture and loss of faith.    Dir: Tay Garnett    Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke
    Runtime: 90 mins    Genre: Adventure    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

9:30 AM    Desperate Journey (1942) American pilots stranded in Germany during World War II fight their way to freedom.    Dir: Raoul Walsh    Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman
    Runtime: 107 mins    Genre: War    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

11:30 AM    The North Star (1943) Ukrainian villagers unite to fight off invading Nazis.    Dir: Lewis Milestone    Cast: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston
    Runtime: 105 mins    Genre: War    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

1:30 PM    Uncertain Glory (1944) A French playboy gets serious when his country is threatened during World War II.    Dir: Raoul Walsh    Cast: Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucille Watson
    Runtime: 102 mins    Genre: War    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

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3:15 PM    Joan of Paris (1942) A waitress risks her life to help downed pilots escape occupied France.    Dir: Robert Stevenson    Cast: Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell
    Runtime: 95 mins    Genre: War    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

5:00 PM    Passport to Destiny (1944) A British war widow travels to Berlin to assassinate Hitler.    Dir: Ray McCarey    Cast: Elsa Lanchester, Gordon Oliver, Lenore Aubert
    Runtime: 63 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: Y

6:15 PM    To the Victor (1948) An American black-marketeer falls in love with the wife of Nazi collaborator.    Dir: Delmer Daves    Cast: Dennis Morgan, Viveca Lindfors, Victor Francen
    Runtime: 100 mins    Genre: Romance    Rating: TV-PG    CC:

TCM Prime Time: Guest Programmer: Aziz Ansari

8:00 PM    Sullivan's Travels (1942) A successful Hollywood director hits the road disguised as a hobo in preparation for a "serious" film on the poor.    Dir: Preston Sturges    Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
    Runtime: 91 mins    Genre: Comedy    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

9:45 PM    How Green Was My Valley (1941) The mining area of South Wales and its hard-working miners and their families are seen through the eyes of Huw, the youngest of six children in a family headed by a stern father and loving mother.    Dir: John Ford    Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee
    Runtime: 118 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-G    CC: Y

12:00 AM    Killer of Sheep (1978) A black slaughterhouse worker copes with the stress of raising a family with little money.    Dir: Charles Burnett    Cast: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy
    Runtime: 82 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-MA    CC:

TCM Late Night: Marcello Mastroianni

1:45 AM    The Organizer (1963) At the turn of the century, exploited textile factory workers in Italy fight for better working conditions. Also known by the Italian title "I compagni."    Dir: Mario Monicelli    Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
    Runtime: 130 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-MA    CC: N

4:15 AM    Le Notti Bianche (1957) A man of modest means meets a mysterious girl, who is depressed because she awaits the arrival of her lover from afar. In the meantime, the poor man starts to fall in love with her. Also known by the English title "White Nights."    Dir: Luchino Visconti    Cast: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais
    Runtime: 102 mins    Genre: Drama    Rating: TV-PG    CC: N