TCM Schedule for Fri, Apr 17, 2026: Director Vincent Minnelli / Producer Roger Corman
Note: Corman directed and produced
DAYTIME (listings EST)
6:00 AM Lust for Life (1956)
An intense and imaginative artist, Van Gogh possesses undeniable talent but is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
8:15 AM Tea and Sympathy (1956)
A faculty wife risks her marriage to help a troubled teen tormented by his fellow students.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson
10:30 AM Home from the Hill (1960)
A southern landowner's family is torn apart by the revelation that he has an illegitimate son.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard
1:15 PM The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
Members of an Argentinian family fight on opposite sides during World War II.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer
4:00 PM Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
A recovering alcoholic film director tries for a comeback in Rome.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse
6:00 PM The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
A widower with a six year-old boy has a hard time finding a new wife/stepmother that meets his son's approval.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens
PRIME TIME & LATE NIGHT
8:00 PM Targets (1968)
An aging horror star and a psychotic veteran come face to face at the premiere of the star's most recent film.
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Nancy Hsueh
9:45 PM Piranha (1978)
A school of bloodthirsty piranha wreak havoc on a beautiful resort.
Dir: Joe Dante Cast: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
11:30 PM Queen of Blood (1966)
Astronauts go to Mars and return with a green vampire woman.
Dir: Curtis Harrington Cast: John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, Judi Meredith
1:00 AM Dementia 13 (1963)
The family members of an Irish family are being killed off one by one by a mysterious one of their own who wishes to inherit the family's inheritance.
Dir: Francis Coppola Cast: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton
2:30 AM The Terror (1963)
A lost soldier discovers a mysterious beauty haunting a half-deserted castle.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight
EARLY MORNING
4:00 AM Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)
The story of Dean Martin told through interviews and archival footage.
Dir: Tom Donahue Cast: Jerry Lewis, Bob Newhart, Angie Dickinson