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TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Gary Cooper, four years after starring in the seminal High Noon, starred as a Quaker farmer in this 1956 drama by William Wyler. It’s set in 1860s Indiana, so maybe it’s a Western – but mostly, it’s a thoughtful, gorgeously photographed character study of a tight-knit family and some tough times. Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins and Marjorie Main co-star.