Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, January 9, 2026

This weekend on TCM:

Besieged with production problems, the film sometimes wrongfully criticised because of them, this next TCM recommendation is, nevertheless, an accomplished and splendorous piece of dramatically dynamic adventure storytelling: the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty, reviewed here and showing on TCM Saturday, January 10 at 10:45 am PST.

(From left) Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard

Unlike the hardened criminals he portrayed in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and The Killing (1956), Crime Wave's Sterling Hayden has him playing hardened cop Detective Lt. Sims. Previously reviewed here, Crime Wave (1953) will hit Saturday, January 10 at 3:30 pm PST.

(From left) Phyllis Kirk, Timothy Carey, Gene Nelson, Mack Chandler, Sterling Hayden

TCM's current monthly schedule can be confirmed by clicking on either of the above images. To confirm the correct Pacific Standard (West Coast) showtime information, subtract 3 hours from the Eastern Standard (East Coast) showtime listed on TCM’s schedule.

All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.

Hope to see you Monday, January 12th.

A.G.