TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 6: Norman Lloyd/TCM Spotlight: Westerns - John Wayne and the Idea of America

[CBHagman]

You'll be spending the day with Norman Lloyd, who lived for 106 years and made his mark in theater, film, and television, managing to work with everyone from Eva Le Gallienne to Cameron Diaz.

And in the evening, saddle up for westerns!

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

12:45 AM South Pacific (1958)
Two stories set side by side about love and loss set in the wartime tropics. Adaptation of the 1949 stage play.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr
Runtime: 158 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:30 AM Flower Drum Song (1961)
A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Norman Lloyd

6:00 AM The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Roman rebels fight against invading barbarians.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

7:30 AM The Light Touch (1951)
An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:15 AM The Beginning or the End (1947)
True story of the Manhattan Project and the race to build the atomic bomb.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:15 AM Scene of the Crime (1949)
A detective tries to solve a policeman's murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria De Haven
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:00 PM The Green Years (1946)
An orphaned Irish boy is taken in by his mother's Scottish relations.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:15 PM A Letter for Evie (1945)
A timid soldier sends his buddy's picture to a romantic pen pal.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Marsha Hunt, John Carroll, Hume Cronyn
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM A Walk in the Sun (1946)
A platoon of American soldiers captures an Italian farmhouse.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

7:00 PM Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival: Norman Lloyd (2016)
Norman Lloyd discusses his career in front of a live audience.
Dir: null Cast: Ben Mankiewicz, Norman Lloyd
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Prime Time: TCM Spotlight: Westerns - John Wayne and the Idea of America

8:00 PM The Big Trail (1930)
A young mountaineer leads hundreds of settlers on a difficult journey from the Mississippi River to California.
Dir: Louis R. Loeffler, Raoul Walsh Cast: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:15 PM Stagecoach (1939)
A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:00 AM Red River (1948)
A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:30 AM How the West Was Won (1962)
Panoramic Western following the daughter of a pioneering family from her youth in 1830 to old age.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:30 AM The Mild West (1933)
This musical focuses on the trials and tribulations of a saloon singer.
Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: Olive Borden, Janet Reade, Paul Keast
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N