Civil War Films on Turner Classic Movies April 2011

• 4 Monday:
  
  • 8:00 PM Gone With the Wind (1939)
    Classic tale of Scarlett O'Hara's battle to save her beloved Tara and find love during the Civil War. Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland. Dir: Victor Fleming. C-222 mins, TV-PG, CC
  • 12:00 AM Raintree County (1957)
    In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. C-173 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
• 6 Wednesday:
  
  • 8:00 PM Friendly Persuasion (1956)
    A peaceful Quaker family's sanctity is tested during the Civil War. Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins. Dir: William Wyler. BW-138 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
  • 10:30 PM Band Of Angels (1957)
    A southern belle fights to survive slavery after learning her mother was black. Cast: Clark Gable, Yvonne de Carlo, Sidney Poitier. Dir: Raoul Walsh. C-127 mins, TV-PG
  • 12:45 AM Of Human Hearts (1938)
    A rebellious son neglects his parents after enlisting in the Civil War. Cast: Walter Huston, James Stewart, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Clarence Brown. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC
  • 2:45 AM Little Women (1949)
    The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War. Cast: June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-122 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
• 11 Monday:
  
  • 11:00 AM Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
    An Army captain risks his own freedom to prove a rebel leader innocent. Cast: Randolph Scott, Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk. Dir: Andre de Toth. C-82 mins, TV-PG
  • 8:00 PM Birth Of A Nation, The (1915)
    In this silent film, families from the North and the South fight to survive the Civil War and its aftermath. Cast: Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish. Dir: D.W. Griffith. BW-190 mins, TV-PG
  • 11:30 PM Coward, The (1915)
    A Confederate deserter stumbles on the chance to redeem himself. Cast: Frank Keenan, Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire. Dir: Reginald Barker, Thomas H. Ince. BW-77 mins,
  • 1:00 AM General, The (1927)
    In this silent film, a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army. Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender. Dir: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman. BW-75 mins, TV-G
  • 2:30 AM Grandma's Boy (1922)
    In this silent film, a young coward thinks a magical charm can make him a hero. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-56 mins, TV-G
  • 3:30 AM Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
    A gentle slave tries to survive his sale to a vicious plantation overseer. Cast: James B. Lowe, Virginia Grey, George Siegmann. Dir: Harry A. Pollard. BW-112 mins, TV-14
• 13 Wednesday:
  
  • 8:00 PM Southern Yankee, A (1948)
    A bellboy masquerades as a spy and lands behind enemy lines during the Civil War. Cast: Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Brian Donlevy. Dir: Edward Sedgwick. BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC
  • 10:00 PM Littlest Rebel, The (1935)
    A Confederate officer risks everything to go home and see his daughter. Cast: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Bill Robinson. Dir: David Butler. BW-70 mins,
  • 11:30 PM Advance To The Rear (1964)
    Civil War rejects are sent to the West, supposedly out of harm's way. Cast: Glenn Ford, Melvyn Douglas, Stella Stevens. Dir: George Marshall. BW-97 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format
  • 1:15 AM Golden Girl (1951)
    Lotta Crabtree braves the frontier to bring music and laughter to 19th century America. Cast: Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson, Dennis Day. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. C-108 mins,
  • 3:15 AM General Spanky (1936)
    Three youngsters get mixed up in a crucial Civil War battle. Cast: Spanky McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. Dir: Gordon Douglas, Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-72 mins, TV-G
• 18 Monday:
  
  • 8:00 PM Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)
    A peaceful farmer turns vigilante when soldiers murder his family. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke. Dir: Clint Eastwood. C-136 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
  • 10:30 PM Major Dundee (1965)
    Cavalry misfits cross the Mexican border to destroy an Indian outpost. Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, James Coburn. Dir: Sam Peckinpah. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
  • 1:00 AM Horse Soldiers, The (1959)
    A Union cavalry officer leads his men on a vital mission behind Confederate lines. Cast: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers. Dir: John Ford. C-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
  • 3:15 AM Escape From Fort Bravo (1953)
    The Civil War complicates the Cavalry's battle against Indians. Cast: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe. Dir: John Sturges. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
  • 5:00 AM Time for Killing, A (1967)
    Confederate soldiers keep the war's ending a secret so they can escape to Mexico. Cast: Inger Stevens, Glenn Ford, Paul Petersen. Dir: Phil Karlson. C-89 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
• 20 Wednesday:
  
  • 8:00 PM Alvarez Kelly (1966)
    A suave Mexican cattleman inadvertently gets involved in the Civil War. Cast: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. C-110 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
  • 10:00 PM Virginia City (1940)
    A rebel spy poses as a wild West dance hall girl. Cast: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-121 mins, TV-G, CC
  • 12:15 AM Siege at Red River, The (1954)
    A Cavalry captain tries to keep the Indians from getting their hands on Gatling Guns. Cast: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone. Dir: Rudolph Mate. C-86 mins,
  • 1:45 AM Great Day In The Morning (1956)
    The Civil War triggers unrest in Colorado. Cast: Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. C-92 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
  • 3:30 AM Hangman's Knot (1952)
    Rebel soldiers raid a Union gold shipment, then learn the Civil War has been over for a month. Cast: Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman, Jr. Dir: Roy Huggins. C-81 mins, TV-PG, CC
  • 5:00 AM Devil's Doorway (1950)
    A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people. Cast: Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond. Dir: Anthony Mann. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC
• 25 Monday:
  
  • 8:00 PM Glory (1989)
    A green officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington. Dir: Edward Zwick. C-122 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
  • 10:15 PM Gettysburg (1993)
    C-124 mins, TV-14
  • 3:00 AM Red Badge Of Courage, The (1951)
    A young Union soldier fights to atone for a moment of cowardice during the Civil War. Cast: Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Royal Dano. Dir: John Huston. BW-69 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
• 27 Wednesday:
  
  • 8:00 PM Abraham Lincoln (1930)
    In this biography the simple backwoods boy rises to become one of America's most beloved presidents. Cast: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, Kay Hammond. Dir: D.W. Griffith. BW-90 mins, TV-G
  • 9:45 PM Tennessee Johnson (1942)
    Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached. Cast: Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC
  • 11:45 PM Drango (1957)
    A Union officer faces hostility when he's sent to rebuild a ruined southern town. Cast: Jeff Chandler, Joanne Dru, Julie London. Dir: Hall Bartlett, Jules Bricken. BW-92 mins, TV-G
  • 1:30 AM Romance Of Rosy Ridge, The (1947)
    A farmer's daughter falls in love with a man who fought against her family in the Civil War. Cast: Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Janet Leigh. Dir: Roy Rowland. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC
  • 3:30 AM Count Three and Pray (1955)
    A Westerner turns preacher to overcome his shady past. Cast: Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey. Dir: George Sherman. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC