Memorial Weekend movies on Turner Classic Movies
Wed May 20, 2009 1:33 pm
Lots of good ones coming up, better get your recorders warmed up.........
23 Saturday
6:00 AM Wings Of The Navy (1939)
Pilot brothers vie for the same woman. Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-90 mins, TV-G
7:30 AM Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific. Cast: John Garfield, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC
9:45 AM Task Force (1949)
A naval officer devotes his life to the development of the aircraft carrier. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Jane Wyatt. Dir: Delmer Daves. C-117 mins, TV-PG, CC
11:45 AM Flying Tigers (1942)
American flyers help the Chinese fight off Japanese invaders. Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee. Dir: David Miller. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC
1:30 PM Back To Bataan (1945)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines. Cast: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
3:15 PM Pride Of The Marines (1945)
A blinded Marine tries to adjust to civilian life. Cast: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-120 mins, TV-G, CC
5:30 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. Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed. Dir: John Ford. BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
8:00 PM Battleground (1949)
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge. Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
10:15 PM Walk in the Sun, A (1946)
A platoon of American soldiers captures an Italian farmhouse. Cast: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, John Ireland. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-116 mins, TV-14
12:15 AM Fighting Sullivans, The (1944)
During WWII, five brothers enlist in the Navy and are assigned to serve on the same ship. Cast: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-111 mins, TV-G
2:15 AM Objective, Burma! (1945)
An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost. Cast: Errol Flynn, George Tobias, Henry Hull. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-142 mins, TV-PG, CC
4:45 AM Story of G.I. Joe, The (1945)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II to learn what battle is really about. Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-108 mins, TV-14
24 Sunday
6:45 AM Destination Tokyo (1943)
A U.S. sub braves enemy waters during World War II. Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC
9:00 AM Submarine Command (1951)
A Naval commander torments himself over a crewman's death. Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix. Dir: John Farrow. BW-87 mins, TV-G
10:30 AM We Dive at Dawn (1943)
A British sub's pursuit of a German battleship leaves it stranded in enemy waters. Cast: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar. Dir: Anthony Asquith. BW-97 mins,
12:15 PM Operation Crossbow (1965)
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base. Cast: George Peppard, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard. Dir: Michael Anderson. C-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 PM Short Film: Look Back At Crossbow, A (1965)
BW-10 mins,
2:30 PM Where Eagles Dare (1969)
An Allied team sets out to free an American officer held by the Nazis in a mountaintop castle. Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure. Dir: Brian G. Hutton. C-155 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
5:15 PM Bridge On The River Kwai, The (1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma. Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa. Dir: David Lean. C-162 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM Above And Beyond (1952)
The pilot who helped drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima struggles with the demands of the dangerous mission. Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore. Dir: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. BW-122 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:15 PM Dam Busters, The (1955)
British flyers try to cripple the Nazis by taking out their dams. Cast: Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Charles Carson. Dir: Michael Anderson. BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC
12:30 AM Sailor-Made Man, A (1921)
In this silent film, a feckless young man joins the Navy to prove himself worthy of the girl he loves. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-47 mins, TV-G
1:20 AM Shoulder Arms (1918)
In this silent film, a private fresh out of boot camp accepts a daring mission behind enemy lines. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-36 mins, TV-G
2:00 AM Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
A soldier on leave during World War II falls in love. Cast: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Masksimova. Dir: Grigori Chukhraie. BW-88 mins, TV-PG
3:45 AM Fighting Seabees, The (1944)
World War II construction workers have to fight the enemy to get the job done. Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC
5:30 AM Action In The North Atlantic (1943)
A Merchant Marine crew fights off enemy attacks at the start of World War II. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-127 mins, TV-G, CC
25 Monday
7:45 AM Sahara (1943)
An international platoon fights off Nazis in World War II Africa. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges. Dir: Zoltan Korda. BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC
9:30 AM Hell is for Heroes (1962)
A small U.S. squadron holds off the Nazis in a desperate last stand. Cast: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, James Coburn. Dir: Don Siegel. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
11:00 AM Men Of The Fighting Lady (1954)
Men on a U.S. aircraft carrier fight to survive the Korean War. Cast: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern Dir: Andrew Marton. C-80 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:30 PM Devil's Brigade, The (1968)
Experienced soldiers and misfits join forces to create a World War II commando unit. Cast: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards. Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen. C-132 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
2:45 PM Dirty Dozen, The (1967)
A renegade officer trains a group of misfits for a crucial mission behind enemy lines. Cast: Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Charles Bronson. Dir: Robert Aldrich. C-150 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
5:19 PM Short Film: Operation Dirty Dozen (1967)
C-9 mins,
5:30 PM Kelly's Heroes (1970)
An American platoon tries to recover buried treasure behind enemy lines. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland. Dir: Brian G. Hutton. C-144 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
8:00 PM Sergeant York (1941)
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Margaret Wycherly. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
10:30 PM Dawn Patrol, The (1938)
A flight commander in France almost cracks under the pressure of sending men to their deaths. Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
12:30 AM Fighting 69th, The (1940)
A braggart soldier learns the true meaning of heroism when he joins World War I's all-Irish unit. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent. Dir: William Keighley. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC
2:15 AM Big Parade, The (1925)
In this silent film, a young innocent enlists for World War I service but soon learns the horrors of war. Cast: John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Karl Dane. Dir: King Vidor. BW-126 mins, TV-G
4:30 AM Lost Patrol, The (1934)
A British army troop fights off Arab snipers while holed up in an oasis. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford. Dir: John Ford. BW-72 mins, TV-PG, CC
5:43 AM Short Film: Film That Was Lost (1942)
BW-10 mins,
23 Saturday
6:00 AM Wings Of The Navy (1939)
Pilot brothers vie for the same woman. Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-90 mins, TV-G
7:30 AM Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific. Cast: John Garfield, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC
9:45 AM Task Force (1949)
A naval officer devotes his life to the development of the aircraft carrier. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Jane Wyatt. Dir: Delmer Daves. C-117 mins, TV-PG, CC
11:45 AM Flying Tigers (1942)
American flyers help the Chinese fight off Japanese invaders. Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee. Dir: David Miller. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC
1:30 PM Back To Bataan (1945)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines. Cast: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
3:15 PM Pride Of The Marines (1945)
A blinded Marine tries to adjust to civilian life. Cast: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-120 mins, TV-G, CC
5:30 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. Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed. Dir: John Ford. BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
8:00 PM Battleground (1949)
American soldiers in France fight to survive a Nazi siege just before the Battle of the Bulge. Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
10:15 PM Walk in the Sun, A (1946)
A platoon of American soldiers captures an Italian farmhouse. Cast: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, John Ireland. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-116 mins, TV-14
12:15 AM Fighting Sullivans, The (1944)
During WWII, five brothers enlist in the Navy and are assigned to serve on the same ship. Cast: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-111 mins, TV-G
2:15 AM Objective, Burma! (1945)
An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost. Cast: Errol Flynn, George Tobias, Henry Hull. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-142 mins, TV-PG, CC
4:45 AM Story of G.I. Joe, The (1945)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II to learn what battle is really about. Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-108 mins, TV-14
24 Sunday
6:45 AM Destination Tokyo (1943)
A U.S. sub braves enemy waters during World War II. Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC
9:00 AM Submarine Command (1951)
A Naval commander torments himself over a crewman's death. Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix. Dir: John Farrow. BW-87 mins, TV-G
10:30 AM We Dive at Dawn (1943)
A British sub's pursuit of a German battleship leaves it stranded in enemy waters. Cast: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar. Dir: Anthony Asquith. BW-97 mins,
12:15 PM Operation Crossbow (1965)
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base. Cast: George Peppard, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard. Dir: Michael Anderson. C-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 PM Short Film: Look Back At Crossbow, A (1965)
BW-10 mins,
2:30 PM Where Eagles Dare (1969)
An Allied team sets out to free an American officer held by the Nazis in a mountaintop castle. Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure. Dir: Brian G. Hutton. C-155 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
5:15 PM Bridge On The River Kwai, The (1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma. Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa. Dir: David Lean. C-162 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM Above And Beyond (1952)
The pilot who helped drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima struggles with the demands of the dangerous mission. Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore. Dir: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. BW-122 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:15 PM Dam Busters, The (1955)
British flyers try to cripple the Nazis by taking out their dams. Cast: Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Charles Carson. Dir: Michael Anderson. BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC
12:30 AM Sailor-Made Man, A (1921)
In this silent film, a feckless young man joins the Navy to prove himself worthy of the girl he loves. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-47 mins, TV-G
1:20 AM Shoulder Arms (1918)
In this silent film, a private fresh out of boot camp accepts a daring mission behind enemy lines. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-36 mins, TV-G
2:00 AM Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
A soldier on leave during World War II falls in love. Cast: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Masksimova. Dir: Grigori Chukhraie. BW-88 mins, TV-PG
3:45 AM Fighting Seabees, The (1944)
World War II construction workers have to fight the enemy to get the job done. Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC
5:30 AM Action In The North Atlantic (1943)
A Merchant Marine crew fights off enemy attacks at the start of World War II. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-127 mins, TV-G, CC
25 Monday
7:45 AM Sahara (1943)
An international platoon fights off Nazis in World War II Africa. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges. Dir: Zoltan Korda. BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC
9:30 AM Hell is for Heroes (1962)
A small U.S. squadron holds off the Nazis in a desperate last stand. Cast: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, James Coburn. Dir: Don Siegel. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
11:00 AM Men Of The Fighting Lady (1954)
Men on a U.S. aircraft carrier fight to survive the Korean War. Cast: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern Dir: Andrew Marton. C-80 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:30 PM Devil's Brigade, The (1968)
Experienced soldiers and misfits join forces to create a World War II commando unit. Cast: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards. Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen. C-132 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
2:45 PM Dirty Dozen, The (1967)
A renegade officer trains a group of misfits for a crucial mission behind enemy lines. Cast: Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Charles Bronson. Dir: Robert Aldrich. C-150 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
5:19 PM Short Film: Operation Dirty Dozen (1967)
C-9 mins,
5:30 PM Kelly's Heroes (1970)
An American platoon tries to recover buried treasure behind enemy lines. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland. Dir: Brian G. Hutton. C-144 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
8:00 PM Sergeant York (1941)
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero. Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Margaret Wycherly. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
10:30 PM Dawn Patrol, The (1938)
A flight commander in France almost cracks under the pressure of sending men to their deaths. Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
12:30 AM Fighting 69th, The (1940)
A braggart soldier learns the true meaning of heroism when he joins World War I's all-Irish unit. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent. Dir: William Keighley. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC
2:15 AM Big Parade, The (1925)
In this silent film, a young innocent enlists for World War I service but soon learns the horrors of war. Cast: John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Karl Dane. Dir: King Vidor. BW-126 mins, TV-G
4:30 AM Lost Patrol, The (1934)
A British army troop fights off Arab snipers while holed up in an oasis. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford. Dir: John Ford. BW-72 mins, TV-PG, CC
5:43 AM Short Film: Film That Was Lost (1942)
BW-10 mins,
Wed May 20, 2009 1:36 pm
Hey! I was going to post that list...just hadn't taken the time to look it up, copy and past it...THANK! Saves me the trouble! 
looks like a pretty good lin-up
looks like a pretty good lin-up
Wed May 20, 2009 1:38 pm
11:00 AM Men Of The Fighting Lady (1954)
Men on a U.S. aircraft carrier fight to survive the Korean War. Cast: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern Dir: Andrew Marton. C-80 mins, TV-PG, CC
Wow! I have not seen this one in a LONG time!! Thanks for the heads up!
DVR set.
Pete
Men on a U.S. aircraft carrier fight to survive the Korean War. Cast: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern Dir: Andrew Marton. C-80 mins, TV-PG, CC
Wow! I have not seen this one in a LONG time!! Thanks for the heads up!
DVR set.
Pete
Fri May 22, 2009 7:51 pm
Bump to the top
Sat May 23, 2009 7:27 am
Thanks for the list, have been wanting to be able to tape Battleground, now I can.
Mon May 25, 2009 9:33 pm
I caught Where Eagles Dare and Kelllys Heroes. I remember seeing bothe when they came out. Kelly's Heroes is one of my all time fave war movies. I also watched a black and white oldie about Paul Tibbets and the bomb, starring Robert Taylor. I only watched part of it, back and forth between it and NBA playoffs. I'd like to tape and edit that movie and delete the urpy chick flick part. There was some good B-29 footage in it. Seems like there was a remake of it in the eighties....
Mon May 25, 2009 9:39 pm
The movie was Above and Beyond, and the remake was the Enola Gay, with Patric Duffy,
Mon May 25, 2009 9:53 pm
Thanks Matt.
Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:56 am
Matt Gunsch wrote:The movie was Above and Beyond, and the remake was the Enola Gay, with Patric Duffy,
I have Above and Beyond on the Tivo and so far it is pretty good. And the actress playing his wife is smokin' hot. Although it's obviously "hollywood" that Mrs Tibbets knew who Eddie Allen was or that he was killed flying the XB-29.
Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:51 am
That was Eleanor Parker, she also played the Countess in "The sound of music".
Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:50 pm
Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Classic!
Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:43 pm
lestweforget wrote:Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Classic!
Just watched that film yesterday. Classic indeed!
Shame about the Harvards in it, though...