TCM Schedule for Sunday, May 27, 2012 -- What's On Tonight: Memorial Day Tribute

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6:00 AM -- Short: FIRST MOTION PICTURE UNIT (1943)

The short documentary profiles the Army Air Corps' film production unit, which was put together to produce training films during WWII.
BW-21 mins, TV-PG

6:25 AM -- Short: WINNING YOUR WINGS (1942)

James Stewart hosts this classic Air Force recruiting film.
BW-18 mins, TV-G


7:00 AM
COMMAND DECISION (1948)

A senior officer faces the horror of sending his men on suicide missions over Germany during the last days of World War II.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson.
BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:00 AM
BATAAN (1943)

Thirteen U.S. soldiers risk their lives to hold a bridge against the Japanese.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell.
BW-115 mins, TV-PG, CC,


11:00 AM
FIRST TO FIGHT (1967)

A former war hero returning to train new recruits can't decide if he should stay in the military, or settle down.
Dir: Christian Nyby Cast: Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, Dean Jagger.
C-97 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


12:45 PM
BREAKTHROUGH (1950)

An American infantry unit moves from basic training to combat in Europe.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy.
BW-91 mins, TV-PG


2:30 PM
THE HILL (1965)

Prisoners fight to survive the grueling conditions in a North African military stockade.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen.
BW-123 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


4:45 PM
THE STEEL HELMET (1951)

Americans trapped behind enemy lines fight off Communists during the Korean War.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards.
BW-84 mins, TV-14


6:15 PM
MERRILL'S MARAUDERS (1962)

A grizzled U.S. general leads his men against the Japanese in Burma during World War II.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown.
C-98 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE
8:00 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


10:30 PM
TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970)

The Japanese take advantage of American blunders to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Jason Robards Jr.
C-149 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


1:00 AM
WEST POINT (1928)

In this silent film, an arrogant cadet finds love and discipline just in time for the big Army-Navy game.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: William Haines, Joan Crawford, William Bakewell.
BW-95 mins, TV-G,

2:45 AM
GERMANY YEAR ZERO (1947)

A German family fights to survive in a wrecked Berlin after the end of World War II.
BW-73 mins, TV-14


4:30 AM
PT 109 (1963)

Future president John Kennedy fights to save his crew when their PT boat sinks in the Pacific.
Dir: Leslie H. Martinson Cast: Cliff Robertson, Ty Hardin, James Gregory.
C-140 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format