This 1963 movie (pictured) kicks off tonight’s five-film salute to the late, great Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-animation movie work inspired not only several generations of filmmakers, but just about every action videogame ever made. Other films in tonight’s tribute, all featuring Harryhausen’s stop-action work: 1973’s The Golden Voyage of Sinbad at 10 p.m. ET, 1977’s Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (midnight ET), 1956’s Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (2 a.m. ET), and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (3:30 a.m. ET). Then, as a final capper at 5 a.m. ET, TCM presents a 2005 profile of the man whose pioneering stop-animation film work inspired Harryhausen to try his hand in the same field: I’m King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper.