TCM Schedule for Thurs, Mar 5, 2026: 31 Days of Oscar (Literary Adaptations / Politics)
DAYTIME (listings EST)
6:00 AM A Farewell to Arms (1932)
An American soldier falls in love with a British nurse he meets after being wounded at the front.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou
7:30 AM Of Mice and Men (1939)
A drifter and his slow-witted pal try to make their way in the West.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney Jr.
9:30 AM A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A British lawyer sacrifices himself to save another man from the guillotine.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allen, Edna May Oliver
11:45 AM Great Expectations (1946)
A mysterious benefactor finances a young boy's education.
Dir: David Lean Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie
1:45 PM Tom Jones (1963) Oscar Winner, Best Film
The young, and orphaned, Tom Jones grows up to become a bawdy womanizer.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith
4:00 PM Madame Bovary (1949)
A romantic country girl sacrifices her marriage when she thinks she's found true love.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan
6:00 PM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
Dir: Albert Lewin Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed
PRIME TIME. LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING
10:15 PM The Great McGinty (1940)
A bum is transformed into a political kingpin by a corrupt hoodlum, only to be destroyed by the same man.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
12:00 AM Seven Days in May (1964)
U.S. military leaders plot to overthrow the President for supporting a nuclear disarmament treaty.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March
2:15 AM The Fog of War (2003) 2004 Oscar Winner, Best Documentary Feature
Documentary on U.S. military involvement in 1960s-70s Southeast Asia as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
Dir: Errol Morris Cast: Robert S McNamara
4:15 AM The Candidate (1972)
Can long-shot U.S. Senate candidate Bill McKay unseat the incumbent? Well, first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you ... ?
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas