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TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER 1998 (TNT - ENGLISH VERSION)
9:45 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm)
(16:9)
Film - USA, 1962 123'
Laurence Harvey: Wilhelm Grimm
Claire Bloom: Dorothea Grimm
Karl Boehm: Jakob Grimm
Oscar Homolka: Buchh„ndler Stossel
Martita Hunt: Greta Heinrich
Jim Backus: Herzog
Directed by Henry Levin, George Pal
Favourite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm brought colourfully to life with a
variety of famous faces.
12:00 Gallant Bess
(Gallant Bess)
Film - USA, 1946
Marshall Thompson: Tex
George Tobias: Lug
Clem Bevans: Smitty
Donald Curtis: Lieut. Bridgeman
Chill Wills: C.P.O.
Murray Alper: Johnny
Directed by Andrew Marton
Heartwarming drama in which a US soldier on a Pacific island in World War II
adopts an abandoned horse which seems to bring his unit luck. When he is sent
home after the war, he tries to take the animal with him.
13:45 Lili
(Lili)
Film - USA, 1953 81'
Leslie Caron: Lili Daurier
Mel Ferrer: Paul Berthalet
Jean-Pierre Aumont: Marc
Zsa Zsa Gabor: Rosalie
Kurt Kasznar: Jacquot
Amanda Blake: Peach Lips
Directed by Charles Walter
The tuneful tale of a girl's search for happiness with a French travelling
carnival. The Oscar-winning score includes the famous `Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo', which
Lili sings with a group of puppets when her affection for the carnival's
magician is not returned.
In fact she has given up on the carnival when her thoughts materialise in a
magical ballet scene in which she realises that she has found love where she
least thought to look for it.
15:15 Mrs Miniver
(Mrs Miniver)
Film - USA, 1942 124'
Greer Garson: Mrs. Miniver
Walter Pidgeon: Mr. Miniver
Teresa Wright: Carol Beldon
May Whitty: Lady Beldon
Reginald Owen: Foley
Henry Travers: Mr. Ballard
Directed by William Wyler
Multi-Oscar-winning look at middle-class life in a small English village during
World War II, centring on a housewife trying to keep her chin up while her
husband and son are fighting for the Allies.
17:30 They Were Expendable
(They Were Expendable)
Film - USA, 1945 130'
Robert Montgomery: Lieutenant John Brickley
John Wayne: Lieutenant Rusty Ryan
Donna Reed: Second Lieut. Sandy Davys
Jack Holt: General Martin
Ward Bond: Ensign Snake Gardner
Marshall Thompson: Boots Mulcahey, "Irish"
Directed by John Ford
A classic war film, based on the campaign fought by American motor torpedo-boats
in the Philippines during World War II. Navy Lieutenant John Brickley is in
charge of a squadron of MTBs whose task is to carry urgent messages between
garrisons, but he is convinced that they should play a more vital role in the
war effort. When a Japanese warship is spotted in the vicinity, he sees his
chance.
19:45 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm)
(16:9)
Film - USA, 1962 123'
Laurence Harvey: Wilhelm Grimm
Claire Bloom: Dorothea Grimm
Karl Boehm: Jakob Grimm
Oscar Homolka: Buchh„ndler Stossel
Martita Hunt: Greta Heinrich
Jim Backus: Herzog
Directed by Henry Levin, George Pal
Favourite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm brought colourfully to life with a
variety of famous faces.
22:00 Tunnel of Love
(Tunnel of Love)
Comedy - USA, 1958
Doris Day: Edith Poole
Richard Widmark: Oscar Poole
Gig Young: John Pepper
Gia Scala: Eva Novick
Elisabeth Fraser: Mrs. Pepper
Elizabeth Wilson: Miss MacCracken
Directed by Gene Kelly
A childless couple try to adopt but find they are considered inappropriate
parents when the father is caught chasing mice in his underwear. Chaos ensues
with the woman from the adoption agency becoming pregnant, an adopted child
arrives with a striking resemblance to the husband, and other familial
shenanigans. A comedy of fidelity which shocked audiences in its day.
0:00 Never So Few
(Never So Few)
Film - USA, 1959 117'
Frank Sinatra: Tom Reynolds
Gina Lollobrigida: Carla Vesari
Peter Lawford: Bill Ringa
Steve McQueen: Grey Travis
Richard Johnson: Nikko Regas
Paul Henreid: Sergeant Danforth
Directed by John Sturges
Second World War action story set on Burma and focusing on a small American-led
task force which is fighting the invading Japanese. While on leave, the US
commander, Captain Tom Reynolds, falls in love with a beautiful woman, but can
he woo her away fromher shady boyfriend?
2:00 Shaft
(Shaft)
Film - USA, 1971 101'
Richard Roundtree: John Shaft
Moses Gunn: Bumpy Jonas
Charles Cioffi: Lieutenant Victor Androzzi
Christopher St John: Ben Buford
Drew Bundini Brown: Willy
Gwenn Mitchell: Ellie
Directed by Gordon Parks
Seminal `blaxploitation' movie that brings Ernest Tidyman's cool, streetwise
private eye John Shaft to life. Hired to locate the kidnapped daughter of a
Harlem gangster, Shaft has to infiltrate the mob and cope with racial prejudice.
The film was followed by two sequels and a TV series. Isaac Hayes' title song
won an Oscar.
4:00 Demon Seed
(Demon Seed)
Film - USA, 1977 94'
Julie Christie: Susan Harris
Fritz Weaver: Alex Harris
Gerrit Graham: Walter Gabler
Lisa Lu: Soon Yen
Berry Kroeger: Petrosian
Larry J. Blake: Cameron
Directed by Donald Cammell
Tense, psychological sci-fi thriller in which a young woman is terrorised by a
power-crazed computer built by her husband. Robert Vaughn provided the
computer's voice.
5:45 Never So Few
(Never So Few)
Film - USA, 1959 117'
Frank Sinatra: Tom Reynolds
Gina Lollobrigida: Carla Vesari
Peter Lawford: Bill Ringa
Steve McQueen: Grey Travis
Richard Johnson: Nikko Regas
Paul Henreid: Sergeant Danforth
Directed by John Sturges
Second World War action story set on Burma and focusing on a small American-led
task force which is fighting the invading Japanese. While on leave, the US
commander, Captain Tom Reynolds, falls in love with a beautiful woman, but can
he woo her away fromher shady boyfriend?
8:00 Vacation from Marriage
(Vacation from Marriage)
Film - 1945 111'
Robert Donat: Robert Wilson
Deborah Kerr: Catherine Wilson
Glynis Johns: Dizzy Clayton
Ann Todd: Elena
Elliot Mason: Richard
Eliot MakeHam: Mrs. Hemmings
Directed by Alexander Korda
Wartime drama about an unhappily married couple who are separated when the
husband joins the Royal Navy and the wife the Wrens. Both are changed by their
experiences in the services, and each has an affair. And, when the war is over,
there is the question of their reunion.
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