Wednesday, July 22nd TV listings for Turner Classic Movies Canada
Things to Come (1936)
William Cameron Menzies' adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel tells of humankind's efforts to rebuild the war-torn planet.
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Industrial rivals (Joseph Cotten, George Sanders), a crewman and a stowaway girl (Debra Paget) ride a rocket launched by cannon in 1868 Florida.
Countdown (1967)
A scientist (James Caan) replaces a military officer (Robert Duvall) as an astronaut on a space-race moonshot.
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Based on the novels by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.
For All Mankind (1989)
A unique view of the moon is made possible through film taken by the Apollo astronauts who landed on the surface.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
The man (Roy Scheider) behind the 2001 space odyssey joins a U.S./Soviet mission nine years later to find out what went wrong.
Forbidden Planet (1956)
An astronaut (Leslie Nielsen) and crew land on Altair-4 in 2200 and find a mad doctor (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis) and Robby the robot.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
The mastermind (Steve McQueen) of a Boston bank caper falls in love with the insurance sleuth (Faye Dunaway) on his trail.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A Black detective from Philadelphia helps a white sheriff from Mississippi find a criminal suspected of murder.
A Soldier's Story (1984)
An Army lawyer (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) probes the slaying of a sergeant (Adolph Caesar) from an all-black unit in 1944 Louisiana.
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
A poor Jewish milkman (Topol) and his wife (Norma Crane) try to marry off their five daughters in czarist Russia.
Alice in Movieland (1940)
Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Gentle Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) tests a serum on himself, releasing vicious alter-ego Mr. Hyde on 19th-century London. Prowling the town, Hyde ventures to a music hall and encounters Ivy (Ingrid Bergman), whom he takes forcibly as his mistress.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Corrupted by a lord (George Sanders), Oscar Wilde's London aristocrat (Hurd Hatfield) stays young, but his portrait begins to age.