Ben Johnson on TCM: WAR DRUMS, SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
Schedule (ET) and synopses from the TCM website:
6:00 AM 3 GODFATHERS (1948) Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization. Dir: John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr. C-106 mins.
8:00 AM FORT DEFIANCE (1951) A Civil War veteran returns to his hometown to avenge his brother’s death. Dir: John Rawlins. Cast: Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves. C-82 mins.
9:30 AM WILD STALLION (1952) A horse hunter pursues a white colt that ran off when his parents were killed. Dir: Lewis D. Collins. Cast: Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Martha Hyer. C-70 mins.
11:00 AM WAR DRUMS (1957) A white trader and an Apache chief fall for the same woman. Dir: Reginald LeBorg. Cast: Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson. C-75 mins.
12:30 PM CHEYENNE AUTUMN (1964) A reluctant calvary Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes. Dir: John Ford. Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden. C-156 mins, Letterbox Format.
3:30 PM MAJOR DUNDEE (1965) Cavalry misfits cross the Mexican border to destroy an Indian outpost. Dir: Sam Peckinpah. Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton. C-136 mins, Letterbox Format.
6:00 PM JUNIOR BONNER (1972) An aging rodeo rider tries to deal with his dysfunctional family. Dir: Sam Peckinpah. Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino. C-100 mins, Letterbox Format.
8:00 PM MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949) Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan. Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack. Cast: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong. C-94 mins.
9:45 PM WAGON MASTER (1950) Two wandering cowhands sign on to help a wagon train headed for Utah. Dir: John Ford. Cast: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr.. BW-86 mins.
11:15 PM SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949) An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement. Dir: John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar. C-104 mins.
1:15 AM THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) Changing times take their toll on high schoolers growing up in a small Western town. Dir: Peter Bogdanovich. Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd. BW-126 mins, Letterbox Format.
3:30 AM THE WILD BUNCH (1969) A group of aging cowboys look for one last score in a corrupt border town. Dir: Sam Peckinpah. Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan. C-144 mins, Letterbox Format.