Movies on TV this week

Monday, June 1

No Way Out (1950)

Sidney Poitier made his debut in this social-problem film, as a young doctor confronted with racial hatred in the person of Richard Widmark’s wounded hoodlum. 6:30 a.m., AMC

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Tuesday

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

A classic today, Frank Capra’s populist drama about an idealistic young senator was initially accused of anti-Americanism because it portrays ­corruption in Washington. James Stewart stars. 10 p.m., TCM

Wednesday

The Crowd (1928)

Director King Vidor’s silent master­piece about a young man’s struggle for success amid the faceless throngs of New York City broke ground with its use of camera movement. 9 p.m., TCM

Thursday

Cry of the City (1948)

Victor Mature and Richard Conte are excellent as, respectively, a homicide detective and a wounded cop-killer playing cat-and-mouse in this gritty film noir. 7:30 a.m., FMC

Friday

Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

Army Air Force Gen. Frank A. Armstrong inspired Gregory Peck’s character in this classic about daring daylight bombing raids against Nazi Germany. 7:15 a.m., AMC

Saturday

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Director/star Ben Stiller’s satire about war-movie actors thrust into a real war is rude, crude, and quite funny. His ensemble includes Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black. 10 p.m., Cinemax

Sunday

The Wages of Fear (1953)

A gripping existential thriller about drivers transporting nitroglycerine to a South American oil-well fire over nearly impassable mountain roads. 10 a.m., IFC