TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 4: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 20: Mexico/Homecoming

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

31 Days of Oscar - Day 19: Foreign Adventures (continued)

2:15 AM The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:30 AM A Little Romance (1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, John Pepper
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

TCM Daytime: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 20: Mexico

6:30 AM Juarez (1939)
True story of a revolutionary leader who causes the downfall of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Muni, Brian Aherne
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:45 AM Fiesta (1947)
A Mexican beauty replaces her toreador brother in the bull ring so he can pursue his musical career.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:30 AM The Champ (1931)
A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:00 PM The Brave One (1956)
A Mexican boy saves his pet bull from death in the bull ring by securing a pardon from the president.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos, Elsa Cardenas
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:00 PM Cowboy (1958)
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Frank Harris - a writer signs on as a ranch hand and learns the ropes from an experienced cowboy during a cattle drive from Guadelupe to Chicago.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:45 PM The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Three prospectors fight off bandits and each other after striking it rich in the Mexican mountains.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM The Night of the Iguana (1964)
An ex-minister works as a tour guide in a Mexican coastal town, falls into some romantic interludes with a group of schoolteachers, and then meets a beautiful artist at a run-down hotel where the proprietress is in love with him.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

TCM Primetime: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 20: Homecoming

8:00 PM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting to life at home, discovering that both they and their families have irrevocably changed.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:00 PM Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom who meets up with a has-been movie star and travels with her to his small hometown to find the girl he left behind (and pregnant), only to be awaited by her father.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:15 AM Volver (2006)
After her death, a mother returns to her hometown near Madrid in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Dir: Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

3:30 AM Some Came Running (1958)
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y