Turner Classic Movies celebrates 2023 Memorial Day Weekend with dozens of classic war films including Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen and Kelly’s Heroes.
Here are the movies in the TCM Memorial Day Marathon starting Friday, May 26, 2023, and running until Tuesday morning, May 30. All times are ET. For more details visit: Memorial Day Film Marathon on TCM
Friday, May 26, 2023
- 8:00 PM A Walk in the Sun (1946). A platoon of American soldiers captures an Italian farmhouse. Director Lewis Milestone, Cast Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne. IMDB Rating: 6.9
- 10:15 PM The Story of G. I. Joe (1945). War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II. Director William A. Wellman, Cast Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele. IMDB: 7.2
Saturday, May 27, 2023
- 12:15 AM They Were Expendable (1945). After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their value to the war effort. Director John Ford Cast Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed. IMDB: 7.2
- 2:45 AM The Young and the Brave (1963). Three American POWs fight to escape from North Korea. Director Francis D. Lyon, Cast Rory Calhoun, William Bendix, Richard Jaeckel. IMDB : 5.3
- 4:15 AM Dark of the Sun (1968). A mercenary band fights to get refugees and a fortune in diamonds out of the Congo. Director Jack Cardiff, Cast Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten. IMDB: 6.8
- 6:00 AM Don’t Go Near the Water (1957). Navy office workers scheme to build a recreation hall on a remote Pacific island. Director Charles Walters, Cast Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman. IMDB: 6.1
- 8:00 AM Up Periscope (1959). A U.S. frogman infiltrates a Japanese-held island during World War II. Director Gordon Douglas, Cast James Garner, Edmond O’brien, Andra Martin. IMDB: 6.4
- 10:00 AM No Time for Sergeants (1958). A hillbilly draftee turns the Air Force upside down. Director Mervyn Leroy, Cast Andy Griffith, Myron Mccormick, Nick Adams. IMDB: 7.5
- 12:00 PM Hollywood Canteen (1944). A serviceman and a starlet find love at the star-staffed serviceman’s center. Director Delmer Daves, Cast Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown. IMDB: 7.0
- 2:30 PM Pride of the Marines (1945). A blinded Marine tries to adjust to civilian life. Director Delmer Daves, Cast John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark. IMDB: 7.3
- 4:45 PM Ace of Aces (1933). After he’s branded a coward, a sculptor travels to France to help fight World War I. Director J. Walter Ruben, Cast Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allen, Ralph Bellamy. IMDB: 6.3
- 6:15 PM Back to Bataan (1945). An American colonel organizes guerrilla attacks against the Japanese. Director Edward Dmytryk, Cast John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi. IMDB: 6.6
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8:00 PM The Steel Helmet (1951). Americans trapped behind enemy lines fight off Communists during the Korean War. Director Samuel Fuller, Cast Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards. IMDB: 7.4
- 9:45 PM Pork Chop Hill (1959). Americans take a vital hill in Korea but have trouble holding it. Director Lewis Milestone, Cast Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn. IMDB: 7.1
- 11:30 PM The Tanks Are Coming (1941). Short. Educational short, produced in cooperation with the United States Army. Director B. Reeves Eason, Cast Richard Travis, Knox Manning, Frank Wilcox. IMDB: 5.6
Sunday, May 28, 2023
- 12:00 AM The Fallen Sparrow (1943). Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake. Director Richard Wallace, Cast John Garfield, Maureen O’hara, Walter Slezak. IMDB: 6.6
- 2:00 AM Operation Pacific (1951). World War II submarine commander Duke Gifford manages a dangerous mission against the Japanese. Director George Waggner, Cast John Wayne, Patricia O’neal, Ward Bond. IMDB: 6.6
- 4:00 AM Captains of the Clouds (1942). A mail flyer joins the Canadian air force for fun but has to prove his worth when he goes to war. Director Michael Curtiz, Cast James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall. IMDB: 6.4
- 6:00 AM The Rack (1956). A Korean War veteran is accused of cracking under enemy torture. Director Arnold Laven, Cast Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon. IMDB: 6.8
- 8:00 AM Desperate Journey (1942). American pilots stranded in Germany during World War II fight their way to freedom. Director Raoul Walsh Cast Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman. IMDB: 6.9
- 10:00 AM The Fallen Sparrow (1943). Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake. Director Richard Wallace, Cast John Garfield, Maureen O’hara, Walter Slezak. IMDB: 6.6
- 12:00 PM Battle Zone (1952). A rivalry develops between two Marine combat photographers over the attentions of a Red Cross nurse. Director Lesley Selander Cast John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Stephen Mcnally. IMDB: 5.2
- 1:45 PM Merrill’s Marauders (1962). The 5307th commanded by Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill operates deep behind Japanese lines in 1944 Burma. Director Samuel Fuller, Cast Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown. IMDB: 6.6
- 3:30 PM Darby’s Rangers (1958). An Army Major leads his men behind enemy lines during World War II. Director William A. Wellman, Cast James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden. IMDB: 6.3
- 5:45 PM The Naked and the Dead (1958). A green lieutenant comes up against incompetent officers and a sadistic sergeant during World War II. Director Raoul Walsh Cast Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey. IMDB: 6.3
- 8:00 PM Hell to Eternity (1960). A young man adopted by Japanese-Americans becomes a hero in World War II. Director Phil Karlson, Cast Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone. IMDB: 6.9
- 10:30 PM The Red Badge of Courage (1951). A young Union soldier fights to atone for a moment of cowardice during the Civil War. Director John Huston, Cast Andy Devine, Robert Easton Burke, Douglas Dick. IMDB: 7.1
Monday, May 29, 2023
- 12:00 AM The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921). A young Argentine fights for France, his father’s country, in World War I. Director Rex Ingram, Cast Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Pomeroy Cannon. IMDB: 6.6
- 2:30 AM In Which We Serve (1942). Survivors of a bombed British destroyer think back on the paths that led them to war. Director Noel Coward, Cast Noel Coward, John Mills, Celia Johnson. IMDB: 7.2
- 4:30 AM 49th Parallel (1941). The crew of a stranded German U-boat tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II. Director Michael Powell, Cast Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Laurence Olivier. IMDB: 7.3
- 6:45 AM Operation Crossbow (1965). Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base. Director Michael Anderson, Cast Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard. IMDB: 6.6
- 8:45 AM Where Eagles Dare (1968). A team of Allied Forces specialists is sent on a mission to Bavaria to rescue a kidnapped American officer. Director Brian G. Hutton, Cast Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure. IMDB: 7.6
- 11:30 AM None but the Brave (1965). During World War II, American and Japanese soldiers stranded on a remote island call a truce. Director Frank Sinatra, Cast Frank Sinatra,Tatsuya Mihashi, Takeshi Kato, Homare Suguro. IMDB: 6.4
- 1:30 PM The Dirty Dozen (1967). During World War II, an American Major is given the task of recruiting 12 soldiers from military prison. Director Robert Aldrich Cast Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson. IMDB: 7.7
- 4:15 PM Kelly’s Heroes (1970). An American platoon tries to recover buried treasure behind enemy lines. Director Brian G. Hutton, Cast Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles. IMDB: 7.6
- 6:45 PM Appointment in Tokyo (1946). Military documentary about the U.S.’s recapture of the Philippines. Director Maj. Jack Hively, Cast Col. Emmanuel Cohen, Capt. Jack Handley. IMDB: 6.5
- 8:00 PM King Rat (1965). A U.S. officer in a World War II Japanese POW camp tries to raise money to buy his fellow prisoners freedom. Director Bryan Forbes, Cast George Segal, Patrick O’neal, Todd Armstrong. IMDB: 7.5
- 10:30 PM Objective, Burma! (1945). An elite team of paratroopers lands deep behind Japanese lines in the jungles of Burma. Director Raoul Walsh, Cast Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince. IMDB: 7.3
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
- 1:00 AM Battle of the Bulge (1965). A crack Nazi unit holds off the Allies during World War II. Director Ken Annakin Cast Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan. IMDB: 6.8
- 4:00 AM The Wings of Eagles (1957). Biography of Frank “Spig” Wead, the pioneer aviator who turned to writing after an aviation accident. Director John Ford, Cast John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O’Hara. IMDB: 6.6
- 6:00 AM Today We Live (1933). An aristocratic English girl’s tangled love life creates havoc during World War I. Director Howard Hawks, Cast Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young. IMDB: 5.9
Memorial Day War Film Previews
Below are film trailers for Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen and Kelly’s Heroes, all showing on Memorial Day.
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