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TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: VINCENT PRICE
8:00 PM
97 min
TV-PG
western
Baron Of Arizona, The (1950)
A swindler forges documents to make himself the owner of an entire state.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Vincent Price , Ellen Drew , Vladimir Sokoloff .
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D: Samuel Fuller. Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Beulah Bondi, Reed Hadley. Price has field day as landgrabbing scoundrel who almost gains control of Arizona in the 19th century.
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9:45 PM
120 min
TV-PG
suspense
His Kind Of Woman (1951)
A deported gangster causes problems for guests at a Mexican resort.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Mitchum , Jane Russell , Vincent Price .
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LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: John Farrow. Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Raymond Burr, Charles McGraw, Marjorie Reynolds, Jim Backus. Mitchum blindly goes to Mexico for a payoff of 50 grand, discovers he's the soon-to-be-dead chump whose identity will help deported gangster Burr re-enter the country. Cult film is overlong, but its spoofing of he-man heroics predates the more celebrated BEAT THE DEVIL by three years; Price is hilarious as a ham actor.
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12:00 AM
88 min
TV-PG
drama
Las Vegas Story, The (1952)
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Jane Russell , Victor Mature , Vincent Price .
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D: Robert Stevenson. Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Hoagy Carmichael, Brad Dexter. Synthetic murder yarn supposedly set in gambling capital, sparked by Russell's vitality.
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Jane Russell and Victor Mature play it as it lays in this hardboiled thriller costarring Vincent Price. Linda Rollins' (Russell) luck has gone from bad to worse. A casino owner's... more
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1:30 AM
C- 75 min
TV-G
musical
Dangerous Mission (1954)
A woman flees westward after witnessing a mob killing.
Dir: Louis King Cast: Victor Mature , Piper Laurie , William Bendix .
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D: Louis King. Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix, Vincent Price, Betta St. John, Harry Cheshire, Walter Reed. Mob hit man is hired to rub out witness in an upcoming murder trial and tracks her to a hotel in Glacier National Park, where another killer is on the loose. Enjoyable thriller boasts a solid cast, lovely locations, and a nifty twist at the halfway point, but the script has too many subplots and surprisingly flat dialogue. That's Dennis Weaver as one of Bendix's deputies. Originally in 3-D.
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3:00 AM
C- 93 min
TV-PG
adventure
Son Of Sinbad (1955)
The legendary pirate's son fights an evil caliph over a magical secret.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Dale Robertson , Sally Forrest , Lili St. Cyr .
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D: Ted Tetzlaff. Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest, Lili St. Cyr, Vincent Price. Limp Arabian Nights adventure has Sinbad, captured by caliph, forced to perform wonders to win freedom and save Baghdad from evil Tamerlane. Look fast for Kim Novak as one of the ladies garbed in full-length hooded capes. SuperScope.
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4:45 AM
C- 122 min
TV-G
romance
Serenade (1956)
A rising opera star is torn between his wealthy benefactor and a poor innocent.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Mario Lanza , Joan Fontaine , Sarita Montiel .
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D: Anthony Mann. Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sarita Montiel, Vincent Price, Joseph Calleia, Vince Edwards. James M. Cain novel becomes surface soaper of Lanza, the protege of swank Fontaine, manipulated by manager Price and loved by earthy Montiel; spotty musical interludes.
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: VINCENT PRICE
8:00 PM
100 min
TV-PG
crime
While The City Sleeps (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews , Rhonda Fleming , George Sanders .
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D: Fritz Lang. Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Vincent Price, Thomas Mitchell, Sally Forrest, Howard Duff, James Craig, John Barrymore, Jr., Mae Marsh. Veteran cast and intertwining storylines keep interest in account of newspaper reporters and police on the track of a berserk killer.
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Ask mother says the message scrawled in lipstick at a murder scene by an unknown serial killer who preys on women. Its a sensational story if it bleeds, it leads and a news... more
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9:45 PM
C- 100 min
TV-PG
epic
Story Of Mankind, The (1957)
Satan and the spirit of mankind contend for the future of humanity.
Dir: Irwin Allen Cast: Ronald Colman , Hedy Lamarr , Groucho Marx .
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D: Irwin Allen. Ronald Colman, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price; guest stars Hedy Lamarr, Groucho, Harpo, Chico Marx, Virginia Mayo, Agnes Moorehead, Francis X. Bushman, Charles Coburn, Marie Windsor, John Carradine, Dennis Hopper. Ambitious in concept, laughable in juvenile results. Henrik Van Loon book of highlights of man's history becomes string of cliched costume episodes, badly cast, and packed with stock footage; the Marxes don't even appear together! Colman's last film.
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Here is the most far-out courtroom thriller youll ever see. The setting is outer space, the defendant is all of us and the issue is whether we should be allowed to survive.... more
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11:30 PM
C- 109 min
TV-PG
drama
Big Circus, The (1959)
A ringleader tries to keep his circus on the road despite the efforts of a saboteur.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman Cast: Victor Mature , Red Buttons , Rhonda Fleming .
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D: Joseph M Newman. Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, David Nelson, Gilbert Roland, Howard McNear, Steve Allen. Corny and predictable, but still entertaining hokum under the big top, with Lorre as a sardonic clown and Roland tightrope-walking over Niagara Falls. And what a cast! CinemaScope.
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Legendary producer/writer Irwin Allen ("The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno") expertly captures the spectacle of the big top, with help from an all-star cast including... more
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1:30 AM
C- 99 min
TV-PG
horror
Master Of The World (1961)
A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.
Dir: William Witney Cast: Vincent Price , Charles Bronson , Henry Hull .
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In 1848, a fanatical inventor seeks to fly around the world and stop war from his flying airship (the "Albatross")...a cross between a zeppelin and a helicopter. Adapted from two... more
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3:15 AM
106 min
TV-PG
drama
Convicts 4 (1962)
A convicted killer discovers a talent for art while behind bars.
Dir: Millard Kaufman Cast: Ben Gazzara , Stuart Whitman , Ray Walston .
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Emmy Award-winner Ben Gazzara ("Happiness," "The Big Lebowski") portrays a convicted killer who, when he receives a reprieve from a date with the electric chair, goes on to find... more
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5:15 AM
C- 99 min
TV-PG
comedy
Trouble With Girls, The (1969)
A traveling show's star gets involved in a small-town murder case.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Elvis Presley , Marlyn Mason , Nicole Jaffe .
I never realized that VP did a film w/ Elvis!
Story Of Mankind is one for VP fans, but few others. VP is the devil /prosecuting attorney who argues for the destruction of mankind. R. Coleman is man's defense Atty.
Master of the World seems not horror to me, though TCM identifies it as such. Compare it to HOUSE OF WAX, in which Charles Bronson plays the hunchbacked henchman, while in Master, he is the hero who opposes VP's attempt at world conquest.