TCM Schedule for Saturday 11/15/25: Monty Python, Dog Day Afternoon, Tarzan Finds a Son

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DAY AT A GLANCE

BIRTHDAY: DIRECTOR TERRY GILLIAM (Nov. 12)
Brazil (1985)
12 Monkeys (1995) (TCM premiere)
Time Bandits (1981)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- MORE MONTY PYTHON
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Saturday, November 15
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Lady Takes a Sailor, The (1949) (6:30 am ET)
River's End (1940)
Mystery Mountain Ch. 8: The Enemy's Stronghold
(1934) (TCM premiere)
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
Invitation to the Dance (1956) (Musical Matinee)
Merrill's Marauders (1962)
Set-Up, The (1949)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Power of Film Episode 2: Trapped (2023)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE
- STEVE BUSCEMI
Scarecrow (1973)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- NOIR ALLEY
High and Low (1963)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: WOMEN IN PRISON
Caged (1950)
Ladies They Talk About (1933)

FULL DAY SCHEDULE

10:30 PM 12 Monkeys (1995)
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Dir: Terry Gilliam Cast: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Horror/Science Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC:


1:00 AM Time Bandits (1981)
A curious boy named Kevin is whisked away from his dreary English home by six mischievous dwarfs who have stolen/borrowed a map from the Supreme Being. The map reveals time holes that allow them to travel through history where they meet Robin Hood, King Agamemnon, and Napoleon and steal their treasures. However, the Supreme ...
Dir: Terry Gilliam Cast: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:00 AM Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
An absurdist send-up of the legend of King Arthur and his knight's quest for the Holy Grail.
Dir: Terry Gilliam Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:45 AM Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Born on the original Christmas day in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Dir: Terry Jones Cast: Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


6:30 AM The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
A woman is saved from drowning by a mysterious submarine, but nobody believes her.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:15 AM River's End (1940)
In the Canadian wilderness, an accused murderer takes the place of a dead Mountie.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Earl, George Tobias
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM The Enemy's Stronghold (1934)
Chapter 8 of the Mystery Mountain 1934 serial. Railroad detective Ken Williams is dispatched to catch the mysterious Rattler, who is disrupting construction of a new railroad line and interfering with a stagecoach line run by Jane Corwin. The Rattler remains a mystery with his skill at disguising himself to look like other people.
Dir: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Syd Saylor
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:00 AM Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
The jungle king adopts the infant survivor of a plane crash.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John[ny] Sheffield
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:30 AM The Rounder (1930)
In this comedic short, a drunkard climbs a ladder into the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.
Dir: J. C. Nugent Cast: George K. Arthur, Dorothy Sebastian, Polly Moran
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist; a bracelet passes from one lover to another; a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 PM Merrill's Marauders (1962)
Burma, 1944: The 5307th commanded by Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill is deep behind Japanese lines marching through the dense, unforgiving jungle. They've gone undetected so far, but the trek has taken its toll on the gaunt, fatigued soldiers. Then, arriving at their destination, the men endure the sheer hell of war, ...
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 PM The Set-Up (1949)
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM Touch of Evil (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife's life to investigate a crooked cop.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


7:15 PM The Power of Film Episode 2: Trapped (2023)
Nearly all memorable stories, whether told in movies or in real life, are about traps. The most memorable are generally about the loss, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph the central character must engage in to escape their trap.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber
Runtime: 45 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:01 PM Scarecrow (1973)
While traveling to the east cost to open a car wash, paroled convict Max meets a sailor named Lion who dreams of reuniting with his wife and child after six years. Lion helps Max learn to understand and manage his anger, and Max discovers the fragility of his new friend Lion. But as both learn that they will never realize ...
Dir: Jerry Schatzberg Cast: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


10:00 PM Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Carol Kane
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


12:15 AM High and Low (1963)
When the son of his chauffeur is kidnapped by mistake, a wealthy man faces the dilemma of paying the ransom.
Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: N


3:00 AM Caged (1950)
A young innocent fights to survive the harsh life in a women's prison.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:45 AM Ladies They Talk About (1933)
A lady bank robber becomes the cell block boss after she's sent to prison.
Dir: Howard Bretherton, William Keighley Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y