James Garner on TCM: Highlights include 2 World War II-set titles, 36 Hours and The Americanization of Emily
Aug. 8 is James Garner Day, as TCM continues with its “Summer Under the Stars” presentation.
Recommended: George Seaton’s 36 Hours, a taut (if a wee bit outlandish) thriller in which Garner plays a World War II combatant who wakes up one day only to discover that the war has ended and the Allies have won. Or have they?
Rod Taylor and a particularly effective Eva Marie Saint costar.
Another highlight is Arthur Hiller’s subversive World War II comedy-drama The Americanization of Emily, costarring Julie Andrews and Melvyn Douglas.
In case you’re wondering:
Why are they showing the Bob Hope comedy Western Alias Jesse James on James Garner Day?
Answer: Because Garner has a cameo as Bret Maverick.
James Garner TCM schedule (PDT) – Aug. 8
3:00 AM Alias Jesse James (1959)
Director: Norman Z. McLeod.
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, James Garner.
92m4:45 AM Mister Buddwing (1966)
Director: Delbert Mann.
Cast: James Garner, Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Angela Lansbury, Katharine Ross, George Voskovec, Jack Gilford, Joe Mantell, Billy Halop, Raymond St. Jacques, Nichelle Nichols.
99m6:30 AM Private Screenings: James Garner (2001)
Robert Osborne interviews James Garner.
Cast: James Garner, Robert Osborne.
54m7:30 AM Boys’ Night Out (1962)
Director: Michael Gordon.
Cast: Kim Novak, James Garner, Tony Randall, Howard Duff, Janet Blair, Patti Page, Jessie Royce Landis, Anne Jeffreys, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Oskar Homolka, William Bendix, Fred Clark, Jim Backus.
113m9:30 AM The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
Director: Arthur Hiller.
Cast: James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim Backus, Louis Nye, John Astin, Elliott Reid, Pat Harrington Jr., Pat Crowley, Robert Strauss, John Marley.
106m11:30 AM Cash McCall (1960)
Director: Joseph Pevney.
Cast: James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger, E.G. Marshall, Otto Kruger, Henry Jones, Roland Winters, Edward Platt, Linda Watkins.
102m1:15 PM 36 Hours (1965)
Director: George Seaton.
Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Werner Peters, John Banner, Alan Napier, Ed Gilbert, Celia Lovsky, Sig Ruman.
115m3:15 PM Hour of the Gun (1967)
Director: John Sturges.
Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat, Michael Tolan, William Windom, Karl Swenson, Monte Markham, Jon Voight, Frank Converse.
101m5:00 PM Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Director: Burt Kennedy.
Cast: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, Henry Jones, Bruce Dern, Kathleen Freeman, Walter Burke, Gene Evans.
93m6:45 PM Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Director: Burt Kennedy.
Cast: James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, John Dehner, Marie Windsor, Roy Glenn, Dick Curtis, Dub Taylor, Joan Blondell, Ellen Corby, Kathleen Freeman, Henry Jones, Ben Cooper, Grady Sutton, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Gene Evans, Chuck Connors.
92m8:30 PM They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
Director: James Goldstone.
Cast: James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Peter Lawford, Edmond O’Brien, Arthur O’Connell, Ann Rutherford, Art Metrano, Christopher Connelly.
98m10:15 PM Marlowe (1969)
Director: Paul Bogart.
Cast: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O’Connor, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, William Daniels, H.M. Wynant, Jackie Coogan, Kenneth Tobey, Jason Wingreen, Bruce Lee.
97m12:00 AM The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Director: Arthur Hiller.
Cast: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Newlan, James Coburn, Keenan Wynn, Joyce Grenfell, Liz Frazer, Edward Binns, John Crawford, Steve Franken, Judy Carne, Sharon Tate.
115m2:00 AM Private Screenings: James Garner (2001)
Cast: James Garner, Robert Osborne.
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“James Garner on TCM” notes
James Garner movie schedule via the TCM website.