“FROM HERE TO ETERNITY” (1953)
Sunday, 6pm (TCM)
Before there was “Pearl Harbor” aka “The Invasion for Idiots” there was this, the greatest Honolulu pre-invasion movie. This one’s got subplots galore including a boxer who won’t, a married tart who will, the looming Japanese attack, and oh yeah, a hot surf scene, Burt Lancaster, Debra Kerr and Montgomery Clif (1:58)
“THE LONGEST DAY” (1962) Monday, 8pm (TCM)
Arguably the greatest or certainly one of the greatest World War II films ever made.The cast including Richard Burton, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Sean Connery make this great Memorial Day watching. (3:00)
“WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (1962) Wednesday, 8pm (TCM)
A has-been child star and her disabled sister – Bette Davis and Joan Crawford looking absolutely terrifying – live alone and isolated in an old Hollywood mansion.
Creepy, wonderful, scary tale of revenge and hatred. The queens at their best. (2:15)
“THE CONVERSATION” (1974) Fri.10pm (TCM)
A professional wire-tapper who is paranoid and a little nuts, hits a hard spot when he realizes that the people he’s been hired to spy on may be murdered . An acclaimed character study starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale. (1:55)