Movies on TV this week
Highlights for each day of the 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
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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
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