Saturday, May 18th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA HD
Gunga Din (1939)
British soldiers (Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Victor McLaglen) and their water carrier face Thuggee cultists at the Khyber Pass in 1890s India.
Old Smokey, the faithful fire horse, is replaced by a new engine; when the new engine doesn't perform as it should, Old Smokey and the Inspector must jump into action to save the day.
Believe It or Not No. 12 (1931)
Oddities from Africa, including a jail for nagging wives and a town made from tin cans.
Natural Wonders of the West (1938)
A look at some of the natural wonders of the western United States, including the Grand Canyon and the Devil's Tower.
Devil's Island (1940)
A French doctor (Boris Karloff) sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's (James Stephenson) daughter.
Screen Directors Playhouse Rookie of the Year
A young pitching prospect ballplayer is identified by a small town sportswriter as the son of a former baseball hero who was accused of throwing a game at The World Series.
Popeye the Sailor Hold the Wire
After hearing Popeye talking to Olive on the phone, Bluto decides to call her himself.
The Falcon in Danger (1943)
The debonair Falcon (Tom Conway) solves the case of two industrialists vanished from a plane in flight.
The Song of Fame (1934)
An aspiring singer visits an impresario who can potentially give her a break.
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The life and times of Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) and his two wives (Luise Rainer, Myrna Loy).
The FBI Story (1959)
An agent (James Stewart) with a worried wife (Vera Miles) stays 25 years fighting the Ku Klux Klan, gangsters, Nazi spies.
Cahill, United States Marshal (1973)
A U.S. marshal (John Wayne) neglects his two sons and finds them mixed up with an outlaw (George Kennedy) in a bank robbery.
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
An inmate (Elvis Presley) learns guitar from his cellmate (Mickey Shaughnessy), then gets an agent (Judy Tyler) and turns rock 'n' roll star.
Forty Guns (1957)
An Arizona rancher (Barbara Stanwyck) rules with her cowboy army until a U.S. marshal (Barry Sullivan) and his brothers come to town.
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
The Cowboys (1972)
An aging rancher is forced to hire a group of schoolboys when his own men desert him before a 400-mile cattle drive.
Chisum (1970)
The biggest cattle baron (John Wayne) in New Mexico declares war on a land-grabbing outsider (Geoffrey Deuel) around 1878.