Thursday, June 19th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
Bright Leaf (1950)
Backed by a rich madam (Lauren Bacall), a Southerner (Gary Cooper) ruins a tobacco tycoon with a cigarette-making machine.
Sparkle (1976)
The demands of success take their toll on three Harlem sisters who reach the heights of musical stardom in the 1950s.
Say Amen, Somebody (1982)
Filmmaker George T. Nierenberg surveys gospel music, featuring "Mother" Willie Mae Ford Smith and "Professor" Thomas A. Dorsey.
How They Got Over (2018)
Filmmakers document the history of African American gospel quartets, and how they inspired other popular genres such as doo-wop, rhythm and blues, soul, Motown and rock 'n' roll.
Soul Power (2008)
James Brown, B.B. King, the Spinners, Miriam Makeba and others perform in concert in the days leading up to the 1974 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.
Round Midnight (1986)
A jazz saxophonist (Dexter Gordon) from New York has a friend (François Cluzet) on the Left Bank of 1959 Paris.
Behind-the-scenes on the making of "'Round Midnight."
The Wiz (1978)
Dorothy tries to save her dog from a storm and eases on down the road to see the Wiz with Tinman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion.
Krush Groove (1985)
Desperate to start his own company, a record producer (Blair Underwood) unwisely borrows from a loan shark (Lisa Gay Hamilton).
Superfly (1972)
Before a Harlem cocaine dealer (Ron O'Neal) retires with his girlfriend (Sheila Frazier), he wants to make just one last score.
Shaft (1971)
A Harlem mob boss (Moses Gunn) hires a private eye (Richard Roundtree) to find his kidnapped daughter.
Black Eye (1974)
An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
An insurance agent (Warren William) falls for a client's (Guy Kibbee) daughter (Claire Dodd) after writing a policy guaranteeing her single status.
Dodge City (1939)
A Texas cattleman (Errol Flynn) comes to Dodge City, Kan., with his buddies and dons a badge to clean it up.