TCM Presents 9/11 Movie Special

Sunday, Sept. 11

8 p.m. - "Casablanca" (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains

10 p.m. - "Mister Roberts" (1955), starring Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney and William Powell

12:15 a.m. - "All the Young Men" (1960), starring Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren and Glenn Corbett.

2 a.m. - "Red River" (1948), starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan and Joanne Dru.

All times Eastern

press release from TCM

Turner Classic Movies Commemorates 9/11 with

Four American Films Selected by First Responders

As the world commemorates the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will mark the occasion with a special night of films chosen by two brave first-responders. Patrick McNally, retired Chief of Operations of the New York City Fire Department, and Vernon Webb, retired Supervisory Special Agent of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, will join TCM weekend-daytime host Ben Mankiewicz in presenting four outstanding American films, beginning Sunday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. (ET).

Patrick McNally was on site at the World Trade Center when each of the twin towers fell, and worked exclusively at the site through the following November. McNally, whose 25th wedding anniversary was on Sept. 11, 2001, had planned a golf date with his wife, Liz, before he got the emergency call. "As Time Goes By" was the couple's wedding song, so "Casablanca" (1942), which features the song prominently, is a natural as one of McNally's picks.

McNally's second choice is "Mister Roberts" (1955), starring Henry Fonda and an Oscar®-winning Jack Lemmon. McNalley admires the film because its title character, first played by Fonda on Broadway, is a leader "who always thinks about what he has to do for his men."

Vernon Webb was at work in a nearby annex when the Pentagon was attacked. He and other members of the PFPA served round-the-clock for the next several days investigating the crime scene. Webb, who became the first African-American to hold the title of Criminal Investigator in Defensive Protective Service, chose "All the Young Men" (1960), starring Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, because it was one of the movies from his youth that inspired him to enter the military. Webb served in the Army in Korea, which is the setting for this movie about racial tension among fighting Marines.

Because he "grew up on John Wayne movies," Webb also selects "Red River" (1948), with Wayne as a ruthless rancher and Montgomery Clift as a young prot©g© who "turns out to be a better man" by learning the value of compassion.

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