TCM Schedule for April 9, 2026: No Country for Old Men, Blood Simple, & more
TCM continues its Thursday evening line-up with films set in Texas. Set the DVR for "No Country" and "Blood Simple" if you've never seen them. Produced and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, both are super suspenseful examples of neo noir.
Mysteries rule during the day.
DAYTIME (listings EST)
6:15 AM In the Money (1958)
The Bowery Boys escort a diamond concealing poodle on a cruise.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Patricia Donahue
7:30 AM Postmark for Danger (1955)
When a journalist dies, his brother takes up his investigation of a smuggling ring.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester
9:00 AM The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery
10:45 AM Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
A British sleuth helps to catch a band of thieves armed with military weapons.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty
12:15 PM The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke
1:30 PM Sabotage (1936)
An unhappily married woman discovers her husband is an enemy agent.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester
3:00 PM The Verdict (1946)
A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring
4:30 PM Green for Danger (1946)
A police inspector investigates an operating room death that may be murder.
Dir: Sidney Gilliat Cast: Leo Genn, Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard
6:15 PM Lured (1947)
A woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn
PRIME TIME. LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING
8:00 PM Lone Star (1996)
A border town sheriff investigates the murder of a prior sheriff who had dealings with his father.
Dir: John Sayles Cast: Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Elizabeth Peña, Matthew McConaughey
10:30 PM No Country for Old Men (2007)
A poacher has to elude the Texas Rangers and the mob after stealing drug money.
Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
1:00 AM Blood Simple (1984)
An owner of a small-town Texas bar discovers one of his employees is having an affair with his wife.
Dir: Joel Coen Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
2:45 AM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Interpretation of the infamous 1930's bank robbing team and their gang.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard
4:45 AM The Getaway (1972)
When a bank robbery goes bad, an ex-con and his wife take it on the lam.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali Macgraw, Ben Johnson