TCM Schedule for Sunday May 24, 2026 - Memorial Day Marathon

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(all times Eastern)

6:30 AM High Barbaree (1947)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-PG
A downed pilot looks back on his life as he awaits rescue in the South Pacific.
Director: Jack Conway. Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell

8:15 AM Till the End of Time (1946)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-G
A returning World War II veteran falls for a troubled war widow.
Director: Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum

10:15 AM Pride of the Marines (1945)
1h 59m | War | TV-G
A blinded Marine tries to adjust to civilian life.
Director: Delmer Daves. Cast: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark

12:30 PM No Time for Sergeants (1958)
1h 59m | Comedy | TV-G
A hillbilly draftee turns the Air Force upside down.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams

2:30 PM Ace of Aces (1933)
1h 12m | War | TV-G
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

4:00 PM The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
1h 49m | War | TV-14
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II to learn what battle is really about.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele

6:00 PM Bataan (1943)
1h 54m | War | TV-PG
Thirteen U.S. soldiers risk their lives to hold a bridge against the Japanese.
Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell

8:00 PM The Flying Bear (1941)
9m | Animation | TV-G
As an army air corp mechanic, Barney Bear designs his own plane and takes it out for its first flight.
Director: Rudolf Ising. Cast: Pinto Colvig

8:10 PM The Rookie Bear (1941)
8m | Animation | TV-G
Barney Bear is an Army recruit going through basic training.
Director: Rudolf Ising. Cast: Frank Bingman, Pinto Colvig, Rudolf Ising

8:20 PM Little Johnny Jet (1953)
7m | Animation | TV-G
A B-29 plane has problems finding work in the modern times but his son is a jet and helps out his dad.
Director: Tex Avery. Cast: June Foray, Daws Butler, Colleen Collins

8:30 PM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
2h 52m | Drama | TV-PG
Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting to life at home, discovering that both they and their families have irrevocably changed.
Director: William Wyler. Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews

11:30 PM The Naked and the Dead (1958)
2h 11m | War | TV-PG
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

1:45 AM The Big Parade (1925)
2h 22m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, a young innocent enlists for World War I service but soon learns the horrors of war.
Director: King Vidor. Cast: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth

4:30 AM Westfront 1918 (1930)
1h 15m | Drama | TV-PG
German soldiers face terror and despair on the front lines during World War I.
Director: G.W. Pabst. Cast: Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Möbis