TCM Schedule for Sunday May 3, 2026 - Anniversary Films

Plus: Silent Sunday has 3 Charley Chase comedies, and Imports spotlights Spanish director Carlos Saura.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963)
1h 25m | Adventure | TV-PG
When two legendary Greek heroes are marooned, they're pushed into conflict with the famed Biblical strongman.
Director: Pietro Francisci. Cast: Kirk Morris, Richard Lloyd, Liana Orfei

7:45 AM Helen of Troy (1956)
1h 58m | Epic | TV-G
A shipwrecked prince's love for a married queen triggers war between Greece and Troy.
Director: Robert Wise. Cast: Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà, Brigitte Bardot

10:00 AM Drunken Angel (1948)
1h 38m | Crime | TV-14
An alcoholic doctor builds a shaky friendship with a dying gangster.
Director: Akira Kurosawa. Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto

12:00 PM Strange Lady in Town (1955)
1h 52m | Western | TV-PG
Set in 1880, a suffragette doctor travels from Boston to establish a new practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell

2:00 PM Great Expectations (1946)
1h 58m | Drama | TV-G
A mysterious benefactor finances a young boy's education.
Director: David Lean. Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie

4:15 PM Nothing Sacred (1937)
1h 15m | Comedy | TV-PG
When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaperman turns her into a national heroine.
Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger

5:45 PM I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
1h 57m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of singer Lillian Roth's battle against alcoholism.
Director: Daniel Mann. Cast: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert

8:00 PM The Searchers (1956)
1h 59m | Western | TV-PG
A veteran returning to Texas after the Civil War discovers that Comanche Indians have killed his family and kidnapped his niece, and sets out on a journey to find her.
Director: John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles

10:15 PM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
1h 53m | Crime | TV-PG
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway

12:15 AM Are Brunettes Safe? (1927)
21m | Comedy | TV-G
Charley impersonates his double, a man named Bud Martin, unaware that he's a wanted criminal.
Director: James Parrott. Cast: Charley Chase, Lorraine Eason, Will Walling

12:45 AM Forgotten Sweeties (1927)
21m | Comedy | TV-G
An ex-girlfriend moves into the apartment across the hall from her ex-boyfriend. Both are married now, and their jealous spouses force them both to move.
Director: James Parrott. Cast: Charley Chase, Anita Garvin, Shirley Palmer

1:15 AM Bigger and Better Blondes (1927)
16m | Comedy | TV-G
Charley is mistakenly assumed to be a thief.
Director: James Parrott. Cast: Charley Chase, Jean Arthur, May Wallace

2:00 AM Anna and the Wolves (1973)
1h 36m | Drama | TV-PG
A proper English governess arrives at an old mansion in Spain, where she quickly becomes the object of the sexual desires of the three sons of a monstrous mother.
Director: Carlos Saura. Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Jose Maria Prada, Rafaela Aparicio

4:00 AM Cría cuervos (1976)
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
A young girl's fears and superstitions haunt her as an adult.
Director: Carlos Saura. Cast: Ana Torrent, Geraldine Chaplin, Monica Randall