Four-Star Films : ‘The Graduate’

Mike Nichols’ watershed 1967 comedy, about a confused young California college graduate (Dustin Hoffman, pictured) who is seduced by a friend of his parents (Anne Bancroft). Written by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, with songs by Simon and Garfunkel, it’s a comic romance that breathes with menace and paranoia--and defined what was meant by “the generation gap.” With Katharine Ross (KCOP Tuesday at 4 a.m.).

Other selected four-star films airing this week:

MASH / TMC, Monday, 8:40 a.m. and 5:20 p.m.

The Bicycle Thief / TMC, Tuesday, 4:25 p.m. and Friday, 8:45 a.m.

All About Eve / AMC, Wednesday, 7 and 11 p.m.

The Gold Rush / AMC, early Thursday, 4:35 a.m.

Rosemary’s Baby / TNT, Thursday, 7:05 p.m.

Giant / KCOP, Saturday, 3 p.m.