TCM Star of the Month: Edward G. Robinson

The May Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies is Edward G. Robinson.

29 Robinson films are on the May schedule, beginning on Thursday evening, May 7th.

The actor was previously honored as TCM's Star of the Month in August 1994 and May 2002.

Here's an overview of the complete Robinson schedule. Note that air times for specific time zones may be found via TCM's schedule.

Please click any hyperlinked title for my past review.

May 7th

LITTLE CAESAR (1931)
TIGER SHARK (1932)
THE SEA WOLF (1941)
KEY LARGO (1948)
BULLETS OR BALLOTS (1936)
THE LITTLE GIANT (1933)
TWO SECONDS (1932)
THE HATCHET MAN (1932)



May 14th

THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (1935)
A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER (1938)
LARCENY, INC. (1942)
THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938)
BROTHER ORCHID (1940)
THE MAN WITH TWO FACES (1934)



May 21st

KID GALAHAD (1937)
SMART MONEY (1931)
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
THE STRANGER (1946)
CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY (1939)
ILLEGAL (1955)
BLACKMAIL (1939)
SOYLENT GREEN (1973)



May 28th

OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES (1945)
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)
SCARLET STREET (1945)
FIVE STAR FINAL (1931)
DR. EHRLICH'S MAGIC BULLET (1940)
SILVER DOLLAR (1932)
THE CINCINNATI KID (1965)

I particularly recommend OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES, with Robinson in an atypical role as a Norwegian farmer who is the caring parent of young Margaret O'Brien. It's a lovely piece of Americana which I highly recommend.

I also very much enjoy Robinson as a cagey investigator on the trail of a Nazi (Orson Welles) hiding in small-town America in THE STRANGER.

For more on TCM in May 2020, please visit TCM in May: Highlights, Quick Preview of TCM in May, and TCM's complete online schedule.