TCM Schedule for Sunday, June 17, 2012 -- What's On Tonight: Father's Day Westerns

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6:00 AM
I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (1970)

When his mother dies, a grieving son is torn between his demanding father and his need to live his own life.
Dir: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney.
C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


8:00 AM
LIES MY FATHER TOLD ME (1975)

An elderly man tries to help his neglected grandson come of age.
Dir: Ján Kadár
Cast: Len Birman, Marilyn Lightstone, Yossi Yadin.
C-102 mins, TV-14


10:00 AM
BONJOUR TRISTESSE (1957)

A jealous teenage girl plots to end her father's engagement.
Dir: Otto Preminger
Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg.
C-94 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


12:00 PM
THE IMPOSSIBLE YEARS (1968)

A psychiatrist's mental health is tested when his daughter starts dating.
Dir: Michael Gordon
Cast: David Niven, Lola Albright, Chad Everett.
C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


1:45 PM
THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER (1963)

A young boy plays matchmaker for his widowed father.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens.
C-119 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


4:00 PM
LIFE WITH FATHER (1947)

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Dir: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor.
C-118 mins, TV-G, CC


6:15 PM
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)

A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FATHER'S DAY WESTERNS

8:00 PM
RIO BRAVO (1959)

A sheriff enlists a drunk, a kid and an old man to help him fight off a ruthless cattle baron.
Dir: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson.
C-141 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


10:30 PM
FORT APACHE (1948)

An experienced cavalry officer tries to keep his new, by-the-books commander from triggering an Indian war.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple.
BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC


12:45 AM
THE CIRCLE (1925)

A wife on the verge of leaving her husband she meets the mother who deserted him years earlier.
Dir: Frank Borzage
Cast: Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec Francis.
BW-60 mins, TV-PG


2:00 AM
L'AVVENTURA (1960)

When an heiress vanishes on a remote island, her best friend and fiance search for her.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari.
BW-145 mins, TV-PG


5:00 AM
THE CARABINEERS (1967)

Two soldiers from an unnamed country are caught up in an absurd war.
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Geneviève Galéa, Catherine Ribeiro, Marino Masé.
BW-76 mins, TV-MA,