Veterans’ Day TV Movies
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Loading ...Well, Veterans’ Day is right around the corner, and the movie channels are pulling out the stops with great schedules again… click on thru for more.
TNT Will be showing Saving Private Ryan on Sunday Night, Nov. 9, at 8PM EST with limited commercials, and again at 11PM EST. TNT does this film justice by *not* editing it, at least in any major way. Glad to see they’re doing it this year. Preceding it at 2:30PM EST is We Were Soldiers, which is likely edited for content. G.I. Jane follows the late Private Ryan showing…. (It’s too bad TNT is but a shadow of its former self… the “Law and Order” channel I called it before I ditched satellite altogether!)
Turner Classic Movies (Link to Nov. 11th Schedule) Times are EST.
6:00am Beachhead (1954)
U.S. soldiers invade a Pacific Island during World War II to catch an informer. Cast: Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy. Dir: Stuart Heisler. C-90 mins, TV-PG
7:30am Destroyer (1943)
The crew of a torpedoed ship fights to take out an enemy sub. Cast: Edward Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-99 mins, TV-G
9:15am Bridges At Toko-Ri, The (1954)
Two jet pilots forge a lasting friendship while fighting the Korean War.
Cast: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Mark Robson. C-103 mins, TV-PG
11:00am Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Americans take a vital hill in Korea but have trouble holding it.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Woody Strode. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-98 mins, TV-PG
12:45pm Guns of Navarone, The (1961)
A team of Allied saboteurs fight their way behind enemy lines to destroy a pair of Nazi guns.
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn. Dir: J. Lee-Thompson. C-157 mins, TV-PG
3:30pm 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
5:30pm Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-138 mins, TV-PG
8:00pm Warner at War (2008)
Documentary highlighting Warner Bros. contribution to the war effort. BW-47 mins.
9:00pm This Is the Army (1943)
A song-and-dance man’s son stages a big show starring World War II soldiers.
Cast: George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Ronald Reagan. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-125 mins
11:15pm Hollywood Canteen (1944)
A serviceman and a starlet find love at the star-staffed serviceman’s center.
Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-124 mins, TV-G
1:30am Stage Door Canteen (1943)
A USO girl defies the rules when she falls for a soldier visiting the star-studded Stage Door Canteen. Cast: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Katharine Hepburn. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-131 mins, TV-G
3:45am Thousands Cheer (1943)
An egotistical acrobat joins the Army and falls in love with his commander’s daughter. Cast: Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, Judy Garland. Dir: George Sidney. C-125 mins, TV-G
AMC TV (Nov. 11 Schedule Here) Times in EST, Keep in Mind AMC usually doesn’t letterbox, has commercials, and does edit for content….
2:00 AM Hamburger Hill (1987) Starring: Anthony Barrile, Michael Patrick Boatman, Don Cheadle.
4:30 AM Operation Dames (1959) Starring: Eve Meyer, Chuck Henderson, Don Devlin.
6:00 AM The Blue Max (1966) Starring: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress.
9:30 AM Von Ryan’s Express (1965) Starring: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter.
12:15 PM The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa.
4:00 PM The Longest Day (1962) Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda.
8:00 PM Midway (1976) Starring: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn.
11:00 PM The Great Raid (2005) Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen.
Looks like Fox Movie Channel isn’t doing anything this time around, too bad! Shame!
And The History Channel will be showing a bunch of 1-hour documentary-type shows based on particular battles and incidents, ranging from the Civil War, to WWI, thru Iwo Jima.
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