TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 25, 2013 -- The Essentials: Memorial Day Weekend

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6:00 AM
HELL BELOW (1933)

A submarine captain clashes with one of his crew during World War I.
Dir: Jack Conway
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans.
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC


8:00 AM
THUNDER AFLOAT (1939)

An old sailor is duped into joining the Navy, where he runs into a longtime rival.
Dir: George B. Seitz
Cast: Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Virginia Grey.
BW-95 mins, TV-G


10:00 AM
DESTINATION TOKYO (1943)

A U.S. sub braves enemy waters during World War II.
Dir: Delmer Daves
Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale.
BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC


12:30 PM
TORPEDO RUN (1958)

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese prison ship carrying his family.
Dir: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster.
C-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


2:15 PM
RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP (1958)

Officers on a WWII submarine clash during a perilous Pacific tour.
Dir: Robert Wise
Cast: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden.
BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:00 PM
UP PERISCOPE (1959)

A U.S. frogman infiltrates a Japanese-held island during World War II.
Dir: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin.
C-112 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
OPERATION PACIFIC (1951)

A dedicated submarine commander sacrifices everything to defeat the enemy.
Dir: George Waggner
Cast: John Wayne, Patricia O'Neal, Ward Bond.
BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC


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8:00 PM
FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)

A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War.
Dir: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main.
BW-138 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


10:30 PM
SERGEANT YORK (1941)

True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero.
Dir: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie.
BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC


1:00 AM
MEN MUST FIGHT (1933)

Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
Dir: Edgar Selwyn
Cast: Diana Wynyard, Lewis Stone, Phillips Holmes.
BW-72 mins, TV-G


2:30 AM
THE DEEP SIX (1958)

A pacifist finds his values challenged by the outbreak of World War II.
Dir: R. Maté
Cast: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix.
C-108 mins, TV-PG


4:30 AM
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)

An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall.
BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC