Turner Classic Movies HD Schedule & Free TV Guide

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12:00 AM

Obsession

In London, psychiatrist Clive Riordan (Robert Newton) suspects that his cool and polished wife, Storm (Sally Gray), is having yet another affair. Abandoning his weekly card game, Clive returns home to find Storm with her latest lover, American Bill Kronin (Phil Brown). To Storm's horror, Clive overpowers Bruce and takes him away at gunpoint, then hides him in a secret location and taunts Storm wit

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2:00 AM

You Never Can Tell

After inheriting the immense fortune of his eccentric master, a German Shepherd named King is one wealthy dog -- and the subject of a murder plot. When he's poisoned, his loyal caretaker, Ellen (Peggy Dow), is blamed, and the loyal King begs to be sent back to Earth to clear her name. Placed in the body of detective Rex Shepard (Dick Powell), he and his assistant, racehorse-turned-woman Goldie (Jo

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3:30 AM

Umberto D

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari (Carlo Battisti) returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady (Lina Gennari) demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to t

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5:15 AM

The Artist

In the 1920s, actor George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a bona fide matinée idol with many adoring fans. While working on his latest film, George finds himself falling in love with an ingénue named Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) and, what's more, it seems Peppy feels the same way. But George is reluctant to cheat on his wife with the beautiful young actress. The growing popularity of sound in movies

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7:15 AM

The Great Race

A spectacular land race from New York to Paris in the early 20th century is planned, the two main competitors being the handsome, dashing hero in white, The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis), and the dastardly, black-suited Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon). While Fate's sidekick, Max (Peter Falk), attempts to sabotage Leslie and the other racers, Leslie finds an unlikely ally in Maggie DuBois (Natalie Wood),

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10:00 AM

Tribute to a Bad Man

When hot-headed rancher Jeremy Rodock (James Cagney) is shot by rustlers stealing his horses, cowboy Steve Millar (Don Dubbins) saves his life by cleaning his bullet wound. A grateful Rodock offers him a job. Ranch hand McNulty (Stephen McNally), beaten and fired by Rodock for flirting with Rodock's wife (Irene Papas), joins forces with the rustlers to once again target his old boss. After another

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11:45 AM

Executive Suite

A ruthless expose of the machinations of big business. A power struggle ensues when the president of a large corporation dies. Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation, left no instructions as to who should take his place, and the board is having difficulties deciding who the job should go to, Loren Shaw, the corporate shark, or Don Walling, the genius engineer.

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1:45 PM

Blood on the Moon

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry (Robert Mitchum) is asked by his old friend Tate Riling (Robert Preston) to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton (Tom Tully) out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy (Barbara Bel Geddes), gets

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3:15 PM

Born to Kill

Drifter Sam Wilde (Lawrence Tierney) murders a Reno, Nev., boardinghouse owner and her boyfriend in a fit of jealousy. Tenant Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) discovers the bodies, but instead of reporting the crime, she leaves for San Francisco as planned to return to her wealthy fiancé. On the same train, Sam flirts with Helen, then tracks her to her half-sister's house, where he continues to pursue

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5:00 PM

The Set-Up

A boxer on the wane, Bill "Stoker" Thompson (Robert Ryan) is determined to stay in the game, in spite of his wife, Julie (Audrey Totter), who wants him to leave the dangerous sport. Unbeknownst to Stoker, his manager, Tiny (George Tobias), has lost confidence in him and sets the fighter up to lose an upcoming match at the request of a local gangster. Certain that Stoker will meet with defeat, Tiny

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6:15 PM

This Could Be the Night

Straitlaced teacher Anne (Jean Simmons) needs extra work, so she becomes a receptionist at a swanky nightclub owned by mobster-turned-businessman Rocco (Paul Douglas), who seems tough but quickly shows his soft side. Before long Anne develops a crush on Rocco's partner, Tony (Anthony Franciosa), a swinging bachelor. Unfortunately, Tony thinks she doesn't fit in at the club and Rocco says she shoul

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8:15 PM

Odds Against Tomorrow

Disgraced former police officer David Burke (Ed Begley) is looking for a way to make some quick money. When he decides to rob a bank, he calls on mean ex-con Earl Slater (Robert Ryan) and black entertainer Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte) to help him pull off the heist. Johnny is reluctant to agree but is forced to reconsider because of his significant gambling debts, while racist Earl balks becaus

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10:00 PM

The Haunting

Dr. John Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, takes two specially selected women to Hill House, a reportedly haunted mansion. Eleanor (Julie Harris), a lonely, eccentric woman with a supernatural event in her past, and the bold Theodora (Claire Bloom), who has ESP, join John and the mansion's heir, cynical Luke (Russ Tamblyn). They are immediately overwhelmed by strang

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12:00 AM

Spartacus

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they

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3:30 AM

Lolita

With a screenplay penned by the author himself, Stanley Kubrick brings Vladimir Nabokov's controversial tale of forbidden love to the screen. Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is a European professor who relocates to an American suburb, renting a room from lonely widow Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters). Humbert marries Charlotte, but only to nurture his obsession with her comely teenage daughter, Lolit

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6:15 AM

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people.

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8:00 AM

Metropolis

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

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10:30 AM

42nd Street

When revered Broadway director Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) falls on hard times with both his health and his finances, he helms an ambitious musical as a final production before his retirement. His lead actress, Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels), is torn between two loves--the show's wealthy backer, Abner Dillon (Guy Kibbee), and the earnest but penniless actor Pat Denning (George Brent) --while aspiri

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12:00 PM

Gold Diggers of 1933

Things get tough for Carol (Joan Blondell) and her showgirl pals (Ruby Keeler, Aline MacMahon) when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad (Dick Powell) saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging fr

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2:00 PM

On the Town

Fun-loving sailors Gabey (Gene Kelly), Chip (Frank Sinatra) and Ozzie (Jules Munshin) have 24 hours of shore leave in New York City, and they want to make every second count. While Chip hooks up with loudmouth cab driver Brunhilde (Betty Garrett) and Ozzie swoons for prim anthropologist Claire (Ann Miller), Gabey falls in love with an actress he sees in an advertisement, Ivy Smith (Vera-Ellen). Le

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4:00 PM

Lullaby of Broadway

A London stage star (Doris Day) returns to New York and finds her mother (Gladys George), once on Broadway, has taken to drink.

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6:00 PM

I Love Melvin

Insignificant assistant photographer Melvin Hoover (Donald O'Connor) is instantly love-struck after meeting struggling actress and chorus line dancer Judy LeRoy (Debbie Reynolds). To win her over, Melvin greatly embellishes the importance of his position at a trendy magazine, claiming that with his help Judy could appear on the magazine's cover. Their budding romance is threatened, however, when M

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7:30 PM

My Sister Eileen

Two small-town sisters -- an aspiring writer, Ruth (Betty Garrett), and a would-be actress, Eileen (Janet Leigh) -- move to New York City. They find lodging in a shabby apartment and struggle to locate promising gigs. Ruth eventually meets magazine editor Bob Baker (Jack Lemmon), who tells her to write about her life experiences rather than fiction. As it turns out, Eileen's life, with her various

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9:30 PM

Bells Are Ringing

Ella Peterson (Judy Holliday) is an operator for an answering service run by her cousin, Sue (Jean Stapleton). Lacking excitement in her personal life, Ella starts becoming involved in the lives of the service's clients, including a struggling playwright, Jeffrey Moss (Dean Martin). As Ella gets in over her head dealing with a bookie posing as a record producer (Eddie Foy Jr.), she tries to hide h

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12:00 AM

Ennio

Giuseppe Tornatore pays tribute to Ennio Morricone in a documentary portrait of the prolific composer, exploring the breadth of the maestro's career across the hundreds of film scores he wrote.

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What is the Turner Classic Movies HD TV Guide?

The Turner Classic Movies HD TV guide is an informational resource that lists the channel's 24-hour film schedule, broadcast times, movie titles, and programming blocks for viewers wanting to track classic film airings.

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Why do program start times vary on the TCM HD schedule?

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