TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 7: Singers as Stars (continued)/Cons and Scams/Spotlight: American Independents

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Singers as Stars (continued)

1:30 AM Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

3:45 AM Muscle Beach Party (1964)
The beach gang goes head-to-head with the bodybuilders of a new gym that's interfering with their strip on the sand.
Dir: William Asher Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:30 AM Cabin in the Sky (1943)
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

7:15 AM 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

8:45 AM Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Three showgirls travel to Paris in search of rich husbands.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:30 AM The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Cons and Scams

12:15 PM Blonde Crazy (1931)
A con man bellhop and his chambermaid girlfriend set out to fleece hotel guests.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:00 PM Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:00 PM The Sting (1973)
Two clever con artists arrange an elaborate sting against a powerful crime lord who murdered their friend.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:15 PM I Love You Again (1940)
A solid married man discovers he's forgotten a past existence as a con artist.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Spotlight: American Independents

8:00 PM Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
A look at the life and work of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
Dir: Francesco Zippel Cast: Francesco Zippel
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

9:30 PM Hell's Angels (1930)
Two buddies take on World War I flying aces and a seductive blonde.
Dir: Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale Cast: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

12:00 AM The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Dir: Ida Lupino Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:30 AM Glen or Glenda (1953)
A psychiatrist tells the stories of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda) and a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).
Dir: Edward D. Wood Jr. Cast: Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:

3:00 AM The Blood of Jesus (1941)
A rural black woman lying near death is torn between heaven and hell.
Dir: Spencer Williams Cast: Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:15 AM Captain Fury (1939)
An Irish convict escapes an Australian prison to organize a revolution.
Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: