TCM Schedule for Monday April 20, 2026 - Star of the Month: Sophia Loren

Daytime has movies set in Belgium.

(all times Eastern)

6:30 AM Grand Prix (1966)
2h 59m | Adventure | TV-14
Story follows the loves and lives of various auto racers as they make their way around the European racing circuit.
Director: John Frankenheimer. Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand

9:30 AM The Dirty Dozen (1967)
2h 29m | War | TV-PG
During World War II, an American Major is given the task of recruiting 12 soldiers from an American military prison for a special guerrilla mission that will give them the chance to regain their honor.
Director: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson

12:00 PM A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
1h 30m | Drama | TV-G
An entrepreneur builds an international news agency.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert

1:45 PM The Singing Nun (1966)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-PG
Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade.
Director: Henry Koster. Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson

3:30 PM The Nun's Story (1959)
2h 29m | Drama | TV-PG
A young nun is sent to do nursing work in the Belgian Congo, but soon begins to doubt her vows and question a life with the Convent, and instead joins the underground resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II.
Director: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Dame Edith Evans

6:15 PM A Dog of Flanders (1960)
1h 36m | Drama | TV-G
A Dutch boy's loyal dog helps him fight for his dream of becoming an artist.
Director: James B. Clark. Cast: David Ladd, Donald Crisp, Theodore Bikel

8:00 PM A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
2h | Comedy | TV-PG
An American diplomat must help a stateless stowaway reach New York.
Director: Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin

10:15 PM It Started in Naples (1960)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-PG
An American lawyer trying to settle his brother's affairs in Italy falls for one of the man's in-laws.
Director: Melville Shavelson. Cast: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica

12:00 AM Marriage - Italian Style (1964)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-PG
A businessman's plans to marry a younger woman are derailed when his long-term mistress tricks him into marrying her by saying she's on her deathbed.
Director: Vittorio De Sica. Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi

1:45 AM Ghosts - Italian Style (1967)
1h 33m | Comedy | TV-PG
An unemployed opera singer and his wife find jobs as caretakers in a haunted castle.
Director: Renato Castellani. Cast: Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf

3:30 AM A Special Day (1977)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-14
Drama unfolds in a chance meeting between two social outsiders.
Director: Ettore Scola. Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon

5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #5 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Tony Martin performs in a clip from "Till the Clouds Roll By"; John Hodiak introduces a clip from "Trial." Hosted by George Murphy.
Cast: Tony Martin, George Murphy, John Hodiak