TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 13: Special Theme: Director Yasujiro Ozu (continued)/1960s Westerns/Spotlight: Hollywood

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Special Theme: Director Yasujiro Ozu (continued)

12:15 AM Tokyo Story (1953)
An aging couple visits their children in Tokyo only to find heartache and rejection.
Dir: Yasujirō Ozu Cast: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:45 AM What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
A critique on Japan's upper classes as a doctor's plans for a getaway from his pushy wife are complicated by his super-modern niece's visit.
Dir: Yasujirō Ozu Cast: Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saitō, Michiko Kuwano
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC:


4:00 AM Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
When the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left her with nothing but debt and married children.
Dir: Yasujirō Ozu Cast: Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:


6:00 AM There Was a Father (1942)
A poor schoolteacher fights to raise his son on his own.
Dir: Yasujirō Ozu Cast: Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Shin Saburi
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:

TCM Daytime: 1960s Westerns

7:30 AM White Comanche (1968)
Twin sons clash when one sides with settlers and the other with the Indians.
Dir: José Briz Méndez Cast: Joseph Cotten, William Shatner, Rosanna Yanni
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-Y7 CC:

9:15 AM Hate for Hate (1967)
Two outlaws join forces to hunt down a killer.
Dir: Domenico Paolella Cast: Antonio Sabato, John Ireland, Mirko Ellis
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC:

11:00 AM Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
A Mexican bandit masquerading as a priest gets roped into helping villagers defend against an Indian attack.
Dir: Henri Verneuil Cast: Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

1:00 PM Mail Order Bride (1964)
An aging cowhand tries to help a young rancher settle down by buying him a wife.
Dir: Burt Kennedy Cast: Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea, Lois Nettleton
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:30 PM Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
An aging gunfighter tries to help a younger man accused of murder.
Dir: James Neilson Cast: Chad Everett, Ana Martin
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC:

4:30 PM Ride the High Country (1962)
Employed to guard a gold shipment from the lawless Sierra mining town of Course Gold, Gil Westrum hires his longtime friend Steve Judd and Heck Longtree to ride shotgun. The two, however, have less honorable plans for the gold. But both sets of plans are thrown into disarray when the men encounter Elsa Knudsen fleeing her violent religious fanatic father to elope with Billy Hammond.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:15 PM Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
A broken-down sheriff tries to help his town stand against a mysterious outlaw.
Dir: Burt Kennedy Cast: Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Spotlight: Hollywood Biographies

8:00 PM Ed Wood (1994)
Story of Hollywood director Edward D. Wood, Jr., whose notoriously "bad" cult films include "Glen or Glenda?" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
Dir: Tim Burton Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-MA CC:

10:15 PM The Aviator (2004)
The early years of the legendary aviator and film producer Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale
Runtime: 170 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-14 CC:

1:15 AM Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
The daughter of an iconic actor reunites with her father after a ten-year estrangement.
Dir: Art Napoleon Cast: Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM The George Raft Story (1961)
A Broadway dancer with mob connections rises to Hollywood stardom in this 1961 movie biography.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman Cast: Ray Danton, Jayne Mansfield, Julie London
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-PG CC:


5:30 AM The Actress (1953)
True story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y