TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 31: Around the World in 80 Movies

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Watch TCM and see the world! Today's exciting roster of movies takes us to the Pacific: Tahiti! Fiji! Australia! New Zealand!

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

1:30 AM
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
2h 29m | War | TV-PG
A renegade officer trains a group of misfits for a crucial mission behind enemy lines.
Director
Robert Aldrich
Cast
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson

4:15 AM
Take the High Ground! (1953)
1h 41m | War | TV-PG
A tough drill sergeant prepares green recruits for service in the Korean War.
Director
Richard Brooks
Cast
Maurice Jara, Robert Arthur, William Hairston

6:00 AM
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
2h 18m | War | TV-PG
General Jimmy Doolittle trains American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock

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8:30 AM
The Letter (1940)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson

10:30 AM
Objective, Burma! (1945)
2h 22m | War | TV-PG
An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Cast
Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince

1:00 PM
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
2h 41m | Epic | TV-PG
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Director
David Lean
Cast
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

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4:00 PM
Girl of the Port (1930)
1h 5m | Romance | TV-G
A showgirl marooned in Fiji helps a shell-shocked veteran face his fears.
Director
Bert Glennon
Cast
Sally O'Neil, Reginald Sharland, Mitchell Lewis

5:15 PM
The Sundowners (1960)
2h 13m | Drama | TV-PG
A nomadic family travels across 1930s Australia to pursue their dream of settling down on a big farm.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MOVIES

8:00 PM
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-14
An Australian reporter and photographer get more than they'd bargained for during an Indonesian revolution.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt

10:00 PM
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
2h 12m | Adventure | TV-PG
Classic adventure about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas
Director
Frank Lloyd
Cast
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone

12:30 AM
Island of Lost Women (1959)
1h 6m | Adventure | TV-PG
After crash-landing on an island near Australia, a pilot and a radio commentator find themselves trapped in a reclusive scientist's home.
Director
Frank W. Tuttle
Cast
Jeff Richards, Venetia Stevenson, John Smith

1:45 AM
Pagan Love Song (1950)
1h 16m | Musical | TV-G
An American tourist romances a Tahitian beauty.
Director
Robert Alton
Cast
Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Minna Gombell

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3:15 AM
Picturesque New Zealand (1952)
8m | Short | TV-G
This short film highlights some of the attractions of New Zealand.
Director
No Director Information Available.
Cast
James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Hone Glendinning

3:30 AM
The Secret Land (1948)
1h 11m | Documentary | TV-G
Documentary about Admiral Richard Byrd and his explorations of the Antarctic.
Director
No Director Information Available.
Cast
Comdr. Robert Montgomery U.S.N.R., Lt. Robert Taylor U.S.N.R, Lt. Van Heflin, A.A.F.R.

4:45 AM
Luxury Liner (1948)
1h 31m | Musical | TV-PG
The daughter of a ship's captain becomes a sea-going cupid.
Director
Richard Whorf
Cast
George Brent, Jane Powell, Lauritz Melchior