TCM Schedule for Monday October 13, 2025 - Battle of the (Fake) Bands Part 1

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Daytime features films derived from episodes of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM To Trap a Spy (1964)
1h 32m | Suspense | TV-PG
Secret agents try to stop the assassination of an African leader touring the U.S.
Director: Don Medford. Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Luciana Paluzzi

7:45 AM The Spy with My Face (1966)
1h 28m | Suspense | TV-PG
Enemy agents turn one of their own into a dead ringer for Man from U.N.C.L.E. Napoleon Solo.
Director: John Newland. Cast: Robert Vaughn, Senta Berger, David McCallum

9:30 AM One Spy Too Many (1966)
1h 42m | Adventure | TV-PG
U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin try to keep a madman from conquering the world.
Director: Joseph Sargent. Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Rip Torn

11:15 AM One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
1h | Adventure | TV-PG
An enemy agent appeals to an aging British statesman with promises of a youth potion.
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck. Cast: Robert Vaughn, Norman Felton, Sam Rolfe, Alfred Ryder

1:00 PM The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)
1h 32m | Suspense | TV-PG
Secret agents fight to keep a criminal mastermind from altering the course of the Gulf Stream.
Director: Joseph Sargent. Cast: Robert Vaughn, David Mccallum, Maxie Rosenbloom

2:45 PM The Karate Killers (1967)
1h 29m | Suspense | TV-PG
The men from U.N.C.L.E. fight off karate-chopping henchmen to track down a secret formula.
Director: Barry Shear. Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Jill Ireland

4:30 PM The Helicopter Spies (1968)
1h 32m | Adventure | TV-PG
Two government agents try to stop a band of would-be sorcerers from using a deadly weapon.
Director: Boris Sagal. Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Julie London

6:15 PM How to Steal the World (1968)
1h 26m | Adventure | TV-PG
Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world.
Director: Sutton Roley. Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Barry Sullivan

8:00 PM That Thing You Do! (1996)
1h 48m | Comedy | TV-PG
A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.
Director: Tom Hanks. Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Tom Hanks

10:00 PM This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-MA
A filmmaker documents the history of Spinal Tap, the world's loudest rock band.
Director: Rob Reiner. Cast: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael Mckean

11:30 PM Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-14
A reporter researches 60s rock star Eddie Wilson, who was lead singer of the band Eddie and the Cruisers. Wilson died in a car accident but his body was never found and neither were the tapes of the band's final recording session.
Director: Martin Davidson. Cast: Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano

1:15 AM A Hard Day's Night (1964)
1h 27m | Musical | TV-PG
A rock and roll mockumentary that follows "a day in the life" of those four lads from Liverpool who would go on to make music history as the Beatles.
Director: Richard Lester. Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison

3:00 AM ABBA - the Movie (1977)
1h 34m | Documentary | TV-G
Passionate biography of painter Vincent van Gogh, whose genius drove him
mad.
Director: Lasse Hallström. Cast: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

4:45 AM Without Lying Down - Frances Marion and the Powerful Women in Hollywood (2000)
56m | Biography | TV-G
The life and career of screenwriter Frances Marion. By the mid 1920s, she was the most respected and highest paid script writer in Hollywood. She also became the first person to win two Oscars for her work.
Director: Bridget Terry. Cast: Uma Thurman, Kathy Bates, Mary Lea Bandy