TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 24 --- ANTI-WAR CLASSICS

[lavenderdiva]

24 Saturday



6:00 AM Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
Academy Award nominated training film which instructs soldiers how to handle the interrogation techniques practiced by the Nazis. BW-66 mins, TV-PG

7:15 AM 36 Hours (1965)
Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over. Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint. Dir: George Seaton. BW-115 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 AM The Dirty Dozen (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

11:46 AM Short Film: Operation Dirty Dozen (1967)
C-9 mins,

12:00 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

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

5:09 PM Short Film: Where Eagles Dare (1969)
C-13 mins,

5:30 PM Too Late The Hero (1970)
During World War II, a British platoon goes behind enemy lines in the Pacific. Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda. Dir: Robert Aldrich. C-134 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: ANTI-WAR CLASSICS

8:00 PM Paths Of Glory (1957)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:37 PM Short Film: Safety Second (1950)
C-7 mins,

9:45 PM The Red Badge Of Courage (1951)
A young Union soldier fights to atone for a moment of cowardice during the Civil War. Cast: Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Royal Dano. Dir: John Huston. BW-69 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

11:00 PM Breaker Morant (1980)
When his commanding officers make a mistake, an Australian soldier faces court martial. Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown. Dir: Bruce Beresford. C-107 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

1:00 AM Apocalypse Now (1979)
An Army captain travels to Cambodia during the Vietnam War to terminate a renegade officer. Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola. C-153 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

3:38 AM Short Film: 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984)
C-20 mins,

4:00 AM Beach Red (1967)
American soldiers fight to take a Japanese-occupied island during World War II. Cast: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning. Dir: Cornel Wilde. C-104 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

5:45 AM Short Film: Beach Of Nazare (1957)
BW-8 mins,

[CBHagman]

1. Hm. Might need to tape the "resisting interrogation" film.

Where else are we going to find such a potentially useful bit of information? A sad commentary on the times.

[CBHagman]

2. Must give a shout-out for "Breaker Morant."

Of all the Australian movies I saw during the late '70s/early '80s, that's definitely my favorite.



View the trailer here.

Of course American audiences have seen a lot of Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown, both of whom took on various American TV and movie roles, and of course Edward Woodward had his own show, The Equalizer, which was an unconventional take on the crime-fighting genre.

[Matilda]

3. I agree with you about "Breaker Morant" - it's one we can be proud of.

Although I'd classify it as "anti-authoritarian" rather than straight-
out anti-war.

But I'm sorry to see they haven't included "Oh, What A Lovely War",
which I think is the best anti-war film ever made (I know, I've said
that on this forum before). Won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film
of 1969. Everybody who was anybody, and a lot who weren't, was in it.

It's had a bit of a revival here since the Iraq invasion, and also, I
believe, in the U.K.