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SILENT RUNNING (1972) — 10:00 pm ET — 1h 29m
(TCM Primetime: Environmental Impact)

Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin; directed by Douglas Trumbull

An astronaut guarding the last the Earth's forests defies an order to destroy his precious cargo.

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If the bombs broke it then the bombs will fix it. Yeah. Yeah! That's it!! ##TheDayTheEarthCaughtFire #TCM #TCMParty

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DECADE FOR DECISION (1957) Dwight Weist, Clifford C. Furnas
Dir.: Ardis Smith 6:40 PM PT

A Red Scare alert based on the Soviets launching Sputnik I.

15m | Short | TV-G

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DECADE FOR DECISION (1957) — 9:40 pm ET — 15m
(TCM Extras)

Clifford Furnas, Dwight Weist

This short "call to arms" film was made after the Russians launched the first orbiting satellite, Sputnik.

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London apartments are shoeboxes. ##TheDayTheEarthCaughtFire #TCM #TCMParty

No one's gonna read a paper in that fog. #TheDayTheEarthCaughtFire #TCM #TCMParty

The days of an American president worrying Russia could be a danger is nostalgia now.

Sad.

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Yippee! Disaster movies part deux. #TCM #TCMParty #theDayTheEarthCaughtFire

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THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (1961) Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern
Dir.: Val Guest 5:00 PM PT

Simultaneous nuclear tests by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. knock the Earth of its axis and toward the sun.

1h 39m | Science Fiction | TV-G

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THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (1961) — 8:00 pm ET (TCM Premiere)
(TCM Primetime: Environmental Impact)

Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern; directed by Val Guest

When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters Earth's axis of rotation.

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I haven't seen it but - from the title - it's pretty timely. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (1961), tonight at 8:00 PM on #TCM. #classicmovies #environmentalimpact #newtome

YOUNG BESS (1953) — 6:00 pm ET — 1h 52m
(TCM Daytime: Directed by George Sidney)

Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr; directed by George Sidney

The future Elizabeth I fights court intrigue in the turbulent years before her ascension to the throne.

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YOUNG BESS (1953) Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
Dir.: George Sidney 3:00 PM PT

The future Queen Elizabeth I fights court intrigue in the years before she assumes the throne.

1h 52m | Historical Romance | TV-G

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SHOW BOAT (1951) — 4:00 pm ET — 1h 48m
(TCM Daytime: Directed by George Sidney)

Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel; directed by George Sidney

Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."

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SHOW BOAT (1951) Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel
Dir.: George Sidney 1:00 PM PT

The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler.

1h 48m | Musical | TV-G

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KEY TO THE CITY (1950) — 2:15 pm ET — 1h 39m
(TCM Daytime: Directed by George Sidney)

Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan; directed by George Sidney

Two mayors meet and fall in love during a convention in San Francisco.

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I find it hard to believe that teens were smoking pot in 1943. #Pot #Maryjane #TCM

Tonight on TCM #TCM
SILENT RUNNING (1972)
One of the great, unheralded science-fiction films of the '70s. Recommended. 🎥