TCM Schedule for November 10, 2025 - Richard Burton's 100th Birthday

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Daytime has another birthday tribute for Claude Rains.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Four Daughters (1938)
1h 30m | Romance | TV-G
A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield

7:45 AM The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
1h 42m | Adventure | TV-G
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone

9:45 AM Mr. Skeffington (1945)
2h 26m | Drama | TV-G
A flighty beauty marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives.
Director: Vincent Sherman. Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel

12:15 PM Passage to Marseille (1944)
1h 49m | War | TV-PG
Devil's Island escapees join up with the Allies during World War II.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan

2:15 PM The Unsuspected (1947)
1h 43m | Suspense | TV-PG
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter

4:00 PM Casablanca (1942)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-PG
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

5:45 PM Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-G
Julius Caesar gives the famed Egyptian queen lessons in government.
Director: Gabriel Pascal. Cast: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Flora Robson

8:00 PM Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
2h 11m | Drama | TV-MA
The film adaptation of Edward Albee's Broadway play that rips the façade of civility off the dysfunctional marriage between an alcoholic college professor and his shrew of a wife during a dinner party the two host for a young couple.
Director: Mike Nichols. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal

10:30 PM The Robe (1953)
2h 15m | Drama | TV-PG
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
Director: Henry Koster. Cast: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature

1:00 AM Look Back in Anger (1959)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-14
An embittered young man spews venom on all around him, particularly his upper-class wife.
Director: Tony Richardson. Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure

3:00 AM The Night of the Iguana (1964)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-14
An ex-minister works as a tour guide in a Mexican coastal town, falls into some romantic interludes with a group of schoolteachers, and then meets a beautiful artist at a run-down hotel where the proprietress is in love with him.
Director: John Huston. Cast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr

5:00 AM Villain (1971)
1h 38m | Crime | TV-PG
A bumbling outlaw is hired to ambush a stagecoach and steal its cargo of cash.
Director: Michael Tuchner. Cast: Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport

[CBHagman]

1. Happy birthday, Claude Rains!

I'm always up for some Claude Rains.