Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Citizen Kane
Orson Welles on TCM: THE THIRD MAN, THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Schedule (ET) and synopses from the TCM website:
6:00 AM THE TARTARS (1961) A barbarian army attacks Viking settlements along the Russian steppes. Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Folco Lulli. C-83 mins, Letterbox Format
7:30 AM TOMORROW IS FOREVER (1946) A scarred veteran presumed dead returns home to find his wife remarried. Dir: Irving Pichel. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent. BW-104 mins.
9:30 AM MOBY DICK (1956) Epic adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic about a vengeful sea captain out to catch the whale that maimed him. Dir: John Huston. Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn. C-115 mins, Letterbox Format
11:30 AM THE V.I.P.S (1963) Wealthy passengers fogged in at London’s Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials. Dir: Anthony Asquith. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan. C-119 mins, Letterbox Format
1:30 PM THE STRANGER (1946) A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal. Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles. BW-95 mins.
3:15 PM JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1942) A munitions expert gets mixed up with gunrunners in Turkey. Dir: Norman Foster. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Ruth Warrick. BW-68 mins.
4:30 PM TRENT’S LAST CASE (1952) A police detective on the verge of retirement investigates a socialite accused of murdering her wealthy husband. Dir: Herbert Wilcox. Cast: Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles. BW-90 mins.
6:15 PM MR. ARKADIN (1962) A private eye investigates a millionaire’s mysterious past before a murderer can get to the witnesses. Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Jack Walting. BW-106 mins.
8:00 PM THE THIRD MAN (1949) A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna. Dir: Carol Reed. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles. BW-104 mins.
10:00 PM CITIZEN KANE (1941) The investigation of a publishing tycoon’s dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life. Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead. BW-120 mins.
12:15 AM TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) A narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop. Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles. BW-111 mins, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1948) A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife. Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane. BW-87 mins.
4:00 AM THE IMMORTAL STORY (1968) A sailor bets he can seduce a wealthy man’s wife, not knowing the man has hired a woman to play the role. Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio. C-62 mins, Letterbox Format
