TCM Schedule for Tuesday, August 26: Summer Under the Stars: Tom Courtenay
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
1:00 AM Elmer Gantry (1960) A young drifter finds success as a traveling preacher until his past catches up with him. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones
Runtime: 146 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:45 AM Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) After trapped survivors have been rescued from the capsized ship Poseidon, a team of workers comes to salvage what remains. During their exploration, they themselves become trapped in the hull, and while trying to escape, discover some survivors from the original disaster who had not been found. Dir: Irwin Allen Cast: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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6:00 AM Operation Crossbow (1965) Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base. Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM A Dandy in Aspic (1968) A double agent has to take out an enemy spy who's really himself. Dir: Jimmy Komisarjevsky Cast: Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 AM Otley (1969) A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent. Dir: Dick Clement Cast: Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N
11:45 AM The Night of the Generals (1967) During World War II, a couple of prostitutes doubling as German agents are murdered and a German intelligence officer, assigned to the case, pursues one of his compatriots, a General, whom he suspects is the killer. Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
Runtime: 148 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:15 PM King Rat (1965) A U.S. officer in a World War II Japanese POW camp tries to raise money to buy his fellow prisoners' freedom. Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: George Segal, Patrick O'Neal, Todd Armstrong
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM Doctor Zhivago (1965) Sweeping epic about a Russian doctor pursuing the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power. Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay
Runtime: 197 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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8:00 PM Billy Liar (1963) An emotionally stunted clerk retreats into his fantasies. Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) A boy from the Irish slums reviews his troubled past while training for a school race. Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, Avis Bunnage
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
12:00 AM The Dresser (1983) A theatrical dresser tries to get an aging star through one more performance of King Lear. Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Joe Belcher, Edward Fox, Stuart Richman
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
2:15 AM King & Country (1964) A British soldier, charged with desertion, is defended by an officer who despises his actions until he finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye. Dir: Joseph Losey Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM Private Potter (1962) A young soldier refuses to fight because of a divine vision. Dir: Casper Wrede Cast: Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: