TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 3: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 19: Radio and TV/Foreign Adventures
This is a truly outstanding schedule of movies!
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
31 Days of Oscar - Day 18: Boxing (continued)
12:00 AM Champion (1949)
Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM Golden Boy (1939)
A crooked promoter lures a young violinist to give up music for boxing.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Daytime: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 19: Radio and TV
6:00 AM Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:45 AM Foreign Correspondent (1940)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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10:00 AM It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Dan Daily are in top form and star in this classic musical comedy about three fun-loving army buddies who meet in New York City ten years after their discharge only to discover that each has compromised on his dreams ... and that their reunion is being broadcast as a national television special.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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11:45 AM Mouse Wreckers (1949)
Mice Hubie and Bertie are determined to live in the house that Claude the Cat lives in.
Dir: Chuck Jones Cast: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC:
12:00 PM It Should Happen to You (1954)
A poor model from a small town comes to New York with big ambitions.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 PM Being There (1979)
Political pundits mistake an illiterate gardener for a media genius and turn him into a national hero.
Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:00 PM My Favorite Year (1982)
A flamboyant star throws a TV comedy show into chaos.
Dir: Richard Benjamin Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-baker, Jessica Harper
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
6:00 PM The Sunshine Boys (1975)
A feuding comedy team reunites for a television comeback.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
TCM Primetime: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 19: Foreign Adventures
8:00 PM Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The fantastic adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg who, to win a bet, journeyed around the world in the "record time" of 80 days using every mode of transportation from train to boat to elephant and balloon.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine
Runtime: 182 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:15 PM A Passage to India (1984)
A false rape charge threatens British-Indian relations.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft
Runtime: 163 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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