TCM Star of the Month: Robert Mitchum

The New Year is starting off in fine style on Turner Classic Movies, with Robert Mitchum featured as the January Star of the Month.

47 Mitchum films will be shown this month, spread over Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings. The series kicks off on January 2nd.

The complete Star of the Month schedule is below. Please click any hyperlinked title for an extended review.

I've reviewed a significant number of the films being shown this month, and almost all of them are worth seeing.

Instead of well-known films, I'd particularly like to highlight some relatively lesser-known Mitchum films which are worth catching. I'm fond of THE BIG STEAL (1949), ONE MINUTE TO ZERO (1952), and SECOND CHANCE (1953).

January 2nd

OUT OF THE PAST (1947) (also here)

THE BIG STEAL (1949)

HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)

ANGEL FACE (1953)

WHERE DANGER LIVES (1950)

THE RACKET (1951)

CROSSFIRE (1947) (also here)

MACAO (1952)

SECOND CHANCE (1953)

THE LOCKET (1946)

UNDERCURRENT (1946)

January 9th

RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954)

MAN WITH THE GUN (1955)

EL DORADO (1967)

THE LUSTY MEN (1952)

BLOOD ON THE MOON (1948) (also here)

RACHEL AND THE STRANGER (1948)

THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY (1959)

THE WAY WEST (1967)

THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS (1955)

January 16th

THE STORY OF G.I. JOE (1945)

THE ENEMY BELOW (1957)

ANZIO (1968)

THE LONGEST DAY (1962)

TILL THE END OF TIME (1946) (also here)

ONE MINUTE TO ZERO (1952)

THE ANGRY HILLS (1959)

RAMPAGE (1963)

January 23rd

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)

HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON (1957)

THUNDER ROAD (1958)

TWO FOR THE SEESAW (1962)

NOT AS A STRANGER (1955)

MY FORBIDDEN PAST (1951)

SHE COULDN'T SAY NO (1954)

HOME FROM THE HILL (1960)

THE SUNDOWNERS (1960)

HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)

DESIRE ME (1947)

January 30th

THE GRASS IS GREENER (1960)

CAPE FEAR (1962)

FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1975)

RYAN'S DAUGHTER (1970)

THE YAKUZA (1974)

GOING HOME (1971)

THE WRATH OF GOD (1972)

Enjoy the many good Robert Mitchum films showing this month, and Happy New Year!

For more on TCM in January 2024, please visit TCM in January: Highlights and Quick Preview of TCM in January, along with TCM's online schedule.

Related post: A Centennial Tribute to Robert Mitchum (2017).

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