TCM Schedule for Thurs, May 21, 2026: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Blazing Saddles
Prime time: TCM hosts pick their favorites. Late night: a film with Andy Griffith and a film with Don Knotts.
Daytime: Film titles containing numbers are shown in succession -- one, two, three, etc.
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DAYTIME (listings EST)
7:15 AM One Million B.C. (1940)
An exiled caveman finds love when he joins another tribe.
Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Victor Mature, Carole Landis
8:45 AM Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
Once-married attorneys face off during a heated divorce case.
Dir: William Nigh Cast: Neil Hamilton, Miriam Jordan, Henry Armetta
10:00 AM Three Came Home (1950)
A woman fights to survive as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond
12:00 PM The Four Feathers (1939)
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith
2:00 PM Five and Ten (1931)
A dime-store heiress elopes with a married man.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Marion Davies, Leslie Howard, Richard Bennett
3:30 PM 6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
A young failure tries to impress his girlfriend by entering a bicycle race.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joe E. Brown, Maxine Doyle, Frank McHugh
4:45 PM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Seven brothers ease the loneliness of their Oregon farm by courting seven women.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards
6:45 PM Millionaire Playboy (1940)
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Joe Penner, Linda Hayes, Russ Brown
PRIME TIME
8:00 PM The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Dir: David Lean Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
11:00 PM Blazing Saddles (1974)
Mel Brooks ground-breaking takedown of racism and ignorance.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman
LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
1:00 AM No Time for Sergeants (1958)
A hillbilly draftee turns the Air Force upside down.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams
3:15 AM The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
A bookkeeper, transformed into a fish, helps the Navy track down German U-Boats.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston
5:15 AM Fishermen's Paradise (1931)
The first in a long-running series of documentary shorts produced by Pete Smith for MGM.
Dir: Harold Austin Cast: Pete Smith (narrator)