TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 22: Sci-Fi Horror/Connie Francis/Home Movies
A TCM schedule from beasts to boys. 
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
12:30 AM The Invisible Ray (1936)
A scientist comes in contact with a meteorite composed of an element known as "Radium X." After exposure to its rays begins to make him glow in the dark, his touch becomes deadly, and he begins to be slowly driven mad.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: N
2:00 AM You'll Find Out (1940)
Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 AM Playmates (1941)
A bandleader enlists a down-on-his-luck actor to teach him Shakespeare.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Sci-Fi Horror
6:00 AM Night of the Lepus (1972)
Husband-and-wife scientists unwittingly unleash a horde of giant man-eating rabbits.
Dir: William F. Claxton Cast: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
7:30 AM Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
Godzilla teams up with his old nemesis Mothra to do battle against a giant lobster, controlled by a sinister totalitarian group.
Dir: Jun Fukuda Cast: Akira Takarada, Toru Watanabe, Hideo Sunazaka
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: N
9:00 AM The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
A giant, cannibalistic humanoid with apelike features rampages through Tokyo, but is halted by his more docile twin. Neither their reunion nor their scientist caretakers can prevent their eventual battle.
Dir: Ishiro Honda Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 AM Destroy All Monsters (1969)
Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Island and are using them to destroy all major cities on the planet. It is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship X-2 to infiltrate the aliens' headquarters before the Earth monsters and King Ghidrah annihilate the planet.
Dir: Ishiro Honda Cast: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:15 PM The Black Scorpion (1957)
Giant prehistoric scorpions terrorize the Mexican countryside.
Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 PM The Giant Behemoth (1959)
A radioactive dinosaur plots a deadly path to London.
Dir: Eugene Lourie Cast: Gene Evans, Andre Morell, John Turner
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:15 PM The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.
Dir: Eugène Lourié Cast: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:45 PM Gojira (1954)
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.
Dir: Ishiro Honda Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: N
6:30 PM Invaders from Mars (1953)
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Primetime: Connie Francis
8:00 PM Where the Boys Are (1960)
Four college coeds go looking for love during spring break in Fort Lauderdale.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Dolores Hart, Yvette Mimieux, Barbara Nichols
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM Follow the Boys (1963)
Four Navy wives create mayhem as they follow their men around the Riviera.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Dany Robin
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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12:00 AM Looking for Love (1964)
A promising singer has to choose between show business and marriage.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Connie Francis, Jim Hutton, Susan Oliver
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:30 AM When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
A wealthy playboy gives up partying to help a Nevada farm girl make her ranch a success.
Dir: Alvin Ganzer Cast: Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Herman's Hermits
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:30 AM Jamboree! (1957)
Two young people attempt to find love and success by making it in the music industry.
Dir: Roy Lockwood Cast: Dick Clark, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Avalon
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM Late Night: Home Movies
5:00 AM Hollywood My Hometown (1965)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
Dir: William Martin Cast: Ken Murray
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y