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Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Sunday, May 26, 2013 -- Memorial Day Weekend
6:45 AMREUNION IN FRANCE (1942)
A Frenchwoman tries to help a downed U.S. flyer escape the Nazis.
Dir: Jules Dassin
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn.
BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC
8:45 AM
THE SEA CHASE (1955)
A German freighter captain tries to elude the British in the early days of World War II.
Dir: John Farrow
Cast: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar.
C-117 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
11:00 AM
BACK TO BATAAN (1945)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi.
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
1:00 PM
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945)
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed.
BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC
3:30 PM
THE GREEN BERETS (1968)
After vigorous training, two Army detachments see service in Vietnam.
Dir: John Wayne
Cast: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton.
C-142 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 PM
FLYING LEATHERNECKS (1951)
A World War II Marine officer drives his men mercilessly during the battle for Guadalcanal.
Dir: Nicholas Ray
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor.
C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC
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8:00 PM
BATTLEGROUND (1949)
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge.
Dir: William Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban.
BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:15 PM
BATTLE OF THE BULGE (1965)
A crack Nazi unit holds off the Allies during World War II.
Dir: Ken Annakin
Cast: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan.
C-170 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
1:15 AM
HOMECOMING (1948)
A married man's wartime love affair spells trouble when peace comes.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter.
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC
3:15 AM
THE COWARD (1915)
A Confederate deserter stumbles on the chance to redeem himself.
Dir: Reginald Barker
Cast: Frank Keenan, Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire.
BW-77 mins, TV-G
4:30 AM
THE CRANES ARE FLYING (1957)
A Russian woman is tormented by fears that her boyfriend has been killed in World War II.
Dir: Mikhail Kalatozov
Cast: Tatyana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov, Vasili Merkuriev.
BW-95 mins, TV-PG
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TCM Schedule for Sunday, May 26, 2013 -- Memorial Day Weekend (Original Post)
Bolo Boffin
May 2013
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Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)1. So... if you hate war movies I guess you should pray to the sun god. n/t
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)2. Yeah, pretty much.
All the pacifist-learn-to-fight movies are Saturday night, and then John Wayne gets cranked up today.