Robert Stack on TCM: THE TARNISHED ANGELS, THE MORTAL STORM
Schedule (PT) and synopses from the TCM website:
3:00 AM Date With Judy, A (1948)
A teenager thinks her grandfather is involved with a fiery Latin singer. Cast: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-113 mins.5:00 AM Fighter Squadron (1948)
A dedicated flyer pushes himself and those around him during a perilous World War II campaign. Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson. Dir: Raoul Walsh. C-95 mins.6:45 AM My Outlaw Brother (1951)
A ranger tries to pry his brother from the Mexican bandit gang he’s joined. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Stack. Dir: Elliott Nugent. BW-82 mins.8:15 AM Bwana Devil (1952)
A British railway engineer in Kenya tries to capture the lions attacking his workers. Cast: Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce. Dir: Arch Oboler. C-79 mins.9:45 AM Iron Glove, The (1954)
A Scottish adventurer infiltrates the court of George I to prepare for a revolution. Cast: Robert Stack, Ursula Theiss, Alan Hale, Jr. Dir: William Castle. C-77 mins.11:15 AM Great Day In The Morning (1956)
The Civil War triggers unrest in Colorado. Cast: Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. C-92 mins.1:00 PM John Paul Jones (1959)
The hero of the Revolutionary War clashes with Congress. Cast: Robert Stack, Bette Davis, Marisa Pavan. Dir: John Farrow. C-126 mins.3:15 PM Caretakers, The (1963)
A progressive psychiatrist clashes with the conservative head nurse at a state institution. Cast: Polly Bergen, Robert Stack, Joan Crawford. Dir: Hall Bartlett. BW-98 mins.5:00 PM Mortal Storm, The (1940)
The Third Reich’s rise tears apart a German family. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-100 mins.6:45 PM Tarnished Angels, The (1957)
A newsman falls for the wife of a barnstorming pilot whose work he’s covering. Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone. Dir: Douglas Sirk. BW-91 mins.8:30 PM Last Voyage, The (1960)
Passengers and crew fight to escape a sinking ocean liner. Cast: Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, George Sanders. Dir: Andrew L. Stone. C-91 mins.10:15 PM Airplane! (1980)
When a flight crew falls ill, the only man who can land the plane is afraid of flying. Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen. Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. C-88 mins.12:00 AM Big Trouble (1986)
An unhappy wife tries to get her insurance agent to help her kill her husband. Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Akin, Beverly D’Angelo. Dir: John Cassavetes. C-93 mins.1:45 AM Conquest of Cochise (1953)
A cavalry major tries to prevent an Indian war. Cast: John Hodiak, Robert Stack, Joy Page. Dir: William Castle. C-71 mins.
