Turner Movie Classics (TCM) is presenting a day of Sterling Hayden movies on cable television on Saturday, August 22, 2009.; as part of its month of Summer Under the Stars. Hayden was a star of the late 1940’s and 1950’s. As a tall leading man, Hayden usually portrayed a masculine man with adventurous pursuits, such as being a cowboy or a military man. Movies being presented on Saturday include Battle Taxi; Terror is a Texas Town, Ten Days to Tulara, 5 Steps to Danger, Dr. Strangelove, Zero Hour, Johnny Guitar, The Last Command, The Asphalt Jungle, Manhandled, Crime of Passion, The Golden Hawk, The Iron Sheriff and Loving.
Battle Taxi at 6:00 AM
Battle Taxi (1955) if a film about a helicopter pilot during the Korean War with a cast including Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson, Leo Needham, Jay Barney, John Dennis, Michael Colgan, Andy Andrews and Dale Hutchinson.
Terror in a Texas Town at 7:30 AM
Terror in a Texas Town (1958) is the final feature film by Joseph H. Lewis, a major cult director. The cast includes Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Martin and Nedrick Young.
Ten Days to Tulara at 9:15 AM
Ten Days to Tulara (1958) is about a charter pilot in Mexico ho is forced to help a criminal gang when his son is kidnapped. The cast includes Sterling Hayden, Grace Raynor, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Carlos Muzquiz, Tony Carvajal, Juan Garcia, Rafael Alcayde, Felix Gonzalez, Jose Pblido, Major M. Badager, Milton Bernstein, Barry Grail and Paco Arenas.
5 Steps to Danger at 11:00 AM
5 Steps to Danger (1957) is about a couple trying to keep secrets from Communist spies. The cast includes Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer, Richard Gaines, Charles Davis, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Hansen, Karl Lindt, John Mitchum and John Frederick.
Dr. Strangelove at 12:30 PM
Dr. Strangelove, 1964, is a satire by director Stanley Kubrick about sex, politics and nuclear arms. The cast includes Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens and James Earl Jones.
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