Thursday, August 14th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Southern sympathizers block an Army engineer (Sterling Hayden) building a railway to the West in 1860.
Arrow in the Dust (1954)
A cavalry deserter (Sterling Hayden) poses as a major and leads a wagon train with a hidden cargo of repeating rifles.
Suddenly (1954)
A hit man (Frank Sinatra) and company plan to shoot the president when he gets off his train in Suddenly, Calif.
The Golden Hawk (1952)
A 17th-century French pirate (Sterling Hayden) sides with an English noblewoman (Rhonda Fleming) who's posing as a pirate.
Valerie (1957)
Versions differ as a Civil War hero (Sterling Hayden) stands trial out West for shooting his wife (Anita Ekberg) and her family.
Zero Hour (1957)
An outbreak of food poisoning forces an ex-World War II pilot (Dana Andrews) to land a Canadian passenger plane.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Recently released from prison, Dix Handley gathers a team of small-time crooks to steal a fortune in jewels. The heist is a success until a stray bullet kills one of the men, and the rest of the gang let greed get the best of them.
The Killing (1956)
The organizers of a brilliantly conceived racetrack heist find their perfect crime beginning to unravel.
Crime Wave (1954)
Former jailmates make it difficult for a paroled man (Gene Nelson), hounded by a suspicious detective (Sterling Hayden), to go straight.
Five Steps to Danger (1957)
Soviet spies follow a stranded motorist (Sterling Hayden) and the code-carrying woman (Ruth Roman) who gives him a ride.
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
President Muffley (Peter Sellers) and his advisers (George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn) man the Pentagon war room, as planes with bombs head toward Moscow.
Winter Kills (1979)
The brother (Jeff Bridges) of an assassinated U.S. president reopens the case on a rumor of conspiracy.
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Three ghosts visit a bitter man (Sterling Hayden) who has never recovered from losing his son during World War II.
Holiday Affair (1949)
A war widow (Janet Leigh) has a 6-year-old son, and two men (Robert Mitchum, Wendell Corey) who want to marry her for Christmas.
Little Women (1949)
Based on the story by Louisa May Alcott. The four March sisters forge unbreakable emotional ties during the Civil War.