TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 25: Race Car Drivers/Star of the Month: Gary Cooper
Take TCM for a spin this Wednesday.
And things will really take off this evening with Star of the Month Gary Cooper. The vehicles: his work with directors such as Lubitsch, Hawks, and Capra. Don't miss Bluebeard's Eighth Wife and Ball of Fire.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
1:00 AM The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:45 AM The Valley of Decision (1945)
An Irish housemaid's romance with the boss's son is complicated by labor disputes in the Pittsburgh mills.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:00 AM Life with Father (1947)
A financier from New York rules his numerous family members, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Race Car Drivers
7:00 AM The Green Helmet (1961)
A race-car driver whose nerves are shot takes on one last job.
Dir: Michael Forlong Cast: Bill Travers, Ed Begley, Sidney James
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:30 AM The Crowd Roars (1932)
A race-car driver tries to keep his brother from following in his footsteps.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:45 AM Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
A race car driver tries to solve a series of track-side murders before he's next.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Cecilia Parker, Nat Pendleton
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N
11:15 AM Speed (1936)
A race-car driver fights to prove the worth of his new high-speed carburetor.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:30 PM Viva Las Vegas (1964)
A race car driver preparing for the Grand Prix whiles his time away in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine. Soon, he strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
2:00 PM The Racing Scene (1969)
The story of actor James Garner's year with his auto racing team, from the time he bought the car, and assembled his team for racing in Mexico, England, Florida and Canada.
Dir: Andy Sidaris Cast: James Garner, Chris Amon, Mario Andretti
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:
3:45 PM Grand Prix (1966)
Story follows the loves and lives of various auto racers as they make their way around the European racing circuit.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
Runtime: 179 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
7:00 PM Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2014)
Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint discusses her life and career at the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival.
Dir: Sean Cameron Cast: Robert Osborne, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Prime Time: Star of the Month: Gary Cooper
8:00 PM Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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9:30 PM Ball of Fire (1942)
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:30 PM Meet John Doe (1941)
A reporter's fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 AM Saratoga Trunk (1945)
A woman with a past returns to 19th-century New Orleans for revenge.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:15 AM Today We Live (1933)
An aristocratic English girl's tangled love life creates havoc during World War I.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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