24 Hours of Classic Gangster Flix!! Rock the house!!!

[markbeckuaf]

WOW!!! I mentioned this in my weekly grooves, but it deserves some special attention cos it's SO darn awesome!!! Wow, what a lineup TCM has in store for us tomorrow, Tuesday!!! Gangster flix, I could watch every day, they are SO coolio!!! Eddie G, Jimmy and Bogie are prominently featured as well as a host of colorful character actors--lots of mugs and dames! This is the BOMB-diggy!!! Thank you, TCM!!!

 

Here's the outasite groovalicious lineup:

 

6:00 AM

 

*Black Hand* (1950)

 

In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.

Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Gene Kelly , J. Carrol Naish , Teresa Celli .

BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC,

 

8:00 AM

 

*King Of The Underworld* (1939)

 

A lady doctor gets mixed up with a criminal gang.

Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Kay Francis , James Stephenson .

BW-67 mins, TV-PG, CC,

 

9:30 AM

 

*Doorway to Hell, The* (1930)

 

Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.

Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Lew Ayres , Charles Judels , Dorothy Mathews .

BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC,

 

11:00 AM

 

*Public Hero No. 1* (1935)

 

An undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob's secrets.

Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Jean Arthur , Chester Morris .

BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC,

 

12:30 PM

 

*Last Gangster, The* (1937)

 

When a notorious gangster gets out of prison, he vows revenge on the wife who left him.

Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Edward G. Robinson , James Stewart , Rose Stradner .

BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC,

 

2:00 PM

 

*Bullets Or Ballots* (1936)

 

A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.

Dir: William Keighley Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Joan Blondell , Barton MacLane .

BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC,

 

3:30 PM

 

*Brother Orchid* (1940)

 

After a failed hit, a mob chief recuperates in a monastery.

Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Ann Sothern , Humphrey Bogart .

BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC,

 

5:00 PM

 

*Little Caesar* (1930)

 

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Glenda Farrell .

BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC,

 

6:30 PM

 

*Public Enemy, The* (1931)

 

An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: James Cagney , Jean Harlow , Edward Woods .

BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC,

 

8:00 PM

 

*White Heat* (1949)

 

A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.

Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney , Virginia Mayo , Edmond O'Brien .

BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC,

 

10:00 PM

 

*Roaring Twenties, The* (1939)

 

Three WWI Army buddies get mixed up with the mob in peacetime.

Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney , Priscilla Lane , Humphrey Bogart .

BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC,

 

12:00 AM

 

*Big Heat, The* (1953)

 

A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster.

Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford , Gloria Grahame , Jocelyn Brando .

BW-90 mins, TV-14, CC,

 

2:00 AM

 

*Key Largo* (1948)

 

A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.

Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Edward G. Robinson , Lauren Bacall .

BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,

 

4:00 AM

 

*Petrified Forest, The* (1936)

 

An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.

Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Leslie Howard , Bette Davis , Genevieve Tobin .

BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC,

[crazyblonde7]

How come no ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES!! My favorite! Sexy Jim!

[allthumbs]

we're being treated to this 24 hr feast because of the premiere on sister station TNT of director/producer Frank Darabont's MOB CITY, Wed at 9 PM, est. i hope that mini-series is as good as today's TCM lineup.