Happy 2020 New Year! Can you believe we have come this far — after all the hoopla of the “Y2K” idiocy exactly twenty years ago? Yep, those were the days!

When I was compiling this list of mystery movies that will be shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel, a few things stood out: 1) TCM is featuring “futuristic” movies on the first day of the month (although I’m not sure they’re as “futuristic” as 2020) as well as some movies featuring mobsters. AND 2) Wednesday the eighth features mysterious mansions.

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – January 2nd

9:15 AM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC

11:00 AM
SUSPICION (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
BW- 99 mins, CC

3:00 PM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
BW- 101 mins, CC
(*****This is not a mystery movie, but it is quite good. Also, if stars one of my very favorite actresses: Judy Holliday.)

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – January 3rd

9:45 AM
COQUETTE (1929)
A Southern belle’s flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
Dir: Sam Taylor Cast: Mary Pickford, John Mack Brown, Matt Moore.
BW- 76 mins, CC

12:30 PM
THE BLACK BOOK (1949)
Opponents plot to bring down Robespierre during the French Revolution.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart.
BW- 89 mins, CC

2:15 PM
ADDRESS UNKNOWN (1944)
A German-born art dealer finds himself falling for Nazi propaganda.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Paul Lukas, Carl Esmond, Peter Van Eyck.
BW- 72 mins, CC

3:45 PM
THE WHIP HAND (1951)
A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier.
BW- 82 mins, CC

5:15 PM
THINGS TO COME (1936)
Two generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson.
BW- 97 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – January 4th

5:00 AM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC
(*****This is not a mystery movie, but it is delightful.*****)

7:31 AM
GO DOWN DEATH (1944)
Gangsters try to frame a minister out to clean up their Southern town.
Dir: Spencer Williams Cast: Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James, Eddye L. Houston.
BW- 54 mins

11:00 PM
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW- 114 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday  – January 5th

1:15 AM
THE KISS OF DEATH (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray.
BW- 99 mins, CC

3:00 AM
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles.
BW- 111 mins, CC

9:00 AM
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW- 114 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – January 6th

12:15 PM
HUNT THE MAN DOWN (1950)
Lawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson.
BW- 68 mins, CC

7:00 PM
SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF MARY ASTOR (2018)
Dir: Alexa Foreman
BW- 62 mins, CC
(*****Apparently there really was a Mary Astor trial. I can’t wait to see this documentary…*****)

10:00 PM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW- 100 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – January 7th

12:00 AM
SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF MARY ASTOR (2018)
Dir: Alexa Foreman
BW- 62 mins, CC

3:30 AM
ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949)
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh.
BW- 82 mins, CC

2:45 PM
OUTLAW BLUES (1977)
Suspected of murdering the country-western star who stole his song, an ex-convict takes it on the lam.
Dir: Richard Heffron Cast: Susan Saint James, Curtis Harris, Jan Cobler.
C- 101 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – January 8th

5:15 AM
THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 109 mins, CC

9:15 AM
THE TERROR (1963)
A lost soldier discovers a mysterious beauty haunting a half-deserted castle.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight.
C- 79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
BW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 PM
BEFORE DAWN (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland.
BW- 61 mins, CC

2:00 PM
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1958)
A millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long.
BW- 75 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – January 9th

9:15 AM
FIRST LADY (1937)
A U.S. president’s granddaughter fights a femme fatale to groom her husband for the White House.
Dir: Stanley Logan Cast: Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise.
BW- 83 mins, CC

10:45 AM
THE PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD (1933)
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise.
BW- 76 mins, CC

12:15 PM
MILLIE (1931)
A prostitute turns to murder to protect her teenage daughters honor.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames.
BW- 84 mins, CC

3:00 PM
THE FIREBIRD (1934)
A young girl’s secret romance is exposed when her lover is murdered.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill.
BW- 74 mins

4:30 PM
PERSONAL MAID’S SECRET (1935)
A maid’s ability to pick stock market winners keeps her employer in the money.
Dir: Arthur Greville Collins Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise.
BW- 58 mins, CC

5:45 PM
BRIDES ARE LIKE THAT (1936)
A young man uses flattery to beat out a romantic rival.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Joseph Cawthorn.
BW- 67 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955)
A crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant.
BW- 100 mins, CC

9:45 PM
GASLIGHT (1944)
A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 114 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – January 10th

5:00 AM
ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (1950)
A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman.
BW- 68 mins, CC

7:45 AM
ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947)
When a Quaker girl nurses a notorious gunman back to health, he tries to adopt her peaceful ways.
Dir: James Edward Grant Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey.
BW- 100 mins

1:00 PM
DANGER SIGNAL (1945)
A man suspected of murder charms a secretary into helping him.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Dick Erdman.
BW- 78 mins, CC

2:30 PM
FLAMINGO ROAD (1949)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 94 mins, CC

4:15 PM
INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN (1956)
Scientific experiments accidentally revive an executed criminal and make him impervious to harm, prompting him to seek revenge on his former partners.
Dir: Jack Pollexfen Cast: Lon Chaney [Jr.], Casey Adams, Marian Carr.
BW- 71 mins, CC

9:00 PM
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1954)
A playboy becomes a doctor to right the wrong he’s done to a sightless widow.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead.
C- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – January 11th

7:29 AM
THE ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN (1939)
A reporter poses as a jewel smuggler to unmask a criminal gang.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson.
BW- 58 mins

11:00 AM
GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947)
A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield.
BW- 118 mins, CC

9:00 PM
THE OUTRAGE (1964)
A Mexican bandit’s crimes receive wildly different interpretations from four witnesses.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom.
BW- 96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
THE BIG NIGHT (1951)
An emotional teenager takes on the mob when gangsters beat up his father.
Dir: Joseph Losey Cast: John Barrymore Jr., Preston Foster, Joan Lorring.
BW- 75 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday  – January 12th

9:00 AM
THE BIG NIGHT (1951)
An emotional teenager takes on the mob when gangsters beat up his father.
Dir: Joseph Losey Cast: John Barrymore Jr., Preston Foster, Joan Lorring.
BW- 75 mins, CC

10:30 AM
A WOMAN’S FACE (1941)
Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt.
BW- 106 mins, CC

9:15 PM
THE LATE SHOW (1977)
An aging private eye hooks up with a Hollywood eccentric to investigate his partner’s murder.
Dir: Robert Benton Cast: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy.
C- 93 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – January 13th

9:45 AM
MAKE ME A STAR (1932)
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, ZaSu Pitts.
BW- 86 mins, CC

11:15 AM
WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? (1932)
A drunken director whose career is fading helps a waitress become a Hollywood star.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton.
BW- 88 mins, CC

1:00 PM
THE PERILS OF PAULINE (1947)
The world’s worst actress rises to stardom as serial queen Pearl White.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe.
C- 92 mins, CC

12:15 AM
THE JUGGLER (1953)
A Jewish refugee fights to overcome the psychological effects of his World War II experiences.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart.
BW- 86 mins, CC

2:00 AM
THE STRANGER (1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
BW- 95 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – January 14th

5:30 AM
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (1948)
A philosophical drunk encourages his friends to live their dreams to the hilt.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris.
BW- 105 mins

9:30 AM
RACE STREET (1948)
A night-club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell.
BW- 79 mins, CC

11:00 AM
GAMBLING HOUSE (1951)
A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix.
BW- 80 mins, CC

12:30 PM
THE BIG STEAL (1949)
Seduction and murder follow the theft of an Army payroll.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix.
BW- 71 mins, CC

8:45 PM
WEEKEND WITH FATHER (1951)
Love blooms when two single parents send their children off to camp.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, Gigi Perreau.
BW- 83 mins, CC

12:00 AM
WASHINGTON STORY (1952)
A reporter in search of government corruption falls for a congressman.
Dir: Robert Pirosh Cast: Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern.
BW- 82 mins, CC

1:30 AM
IT’S A GREAT FEELING (1949)
When nobody at Warner Bros. will work with him, movie star Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson.
C- 85 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – January 15th

2:30 PM
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935)
A blacksmith’s rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son’s Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone.
BW- 96 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – January 16th

5:00 AM
AFFAIR WITH A STRANGER (1953)
A playwright and his wife search the past for the key to saving their troubled marriage.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Mary Jo Tarola.
BW- 87 mins, CC

8:45 AM
IS MY FACE RED? (1932)
A gossip columnist witnesses a gangland killing.
Dir: William Seiter Cast: Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
BW- 66 mins, CC

12:00 AM
TRUE CONFESSIONS (1981)
A police detective clashes with his brother, a monsignor, during a murder investigation.
Dir: Ulu Grosbard Cast: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning.
C- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – January 17th

8:30 AM
HI, NELLIE! (1934)
A crusading newspaper editor keeps digging into corruption, even when he’s forced to write advice to the lovelorn.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks.
BW- 75 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – January 18th

7:28 AM
NIGHT SPOT (1938)
An undercover cop tries to catch a gang of jewel thieves at a high-society nightclub.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Parkyakarkus, Allan Lane, Gordon Jones.
BW- 60 mins

11:00 AM
LAURA (1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb.
BW- 88 mins, CC

12:45 PM
THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF (1950)
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall.
BW- 82 mins, CC

11:15 PM
THE CAPTIVE CITY (1952)
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy.
BW- 91 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday  – January 19th

7:00 AM
THE SINGING MARINE (1937)
A young Marine develops an inflated ego after winning a talent contest.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon.
BW- 105 mins, CC

9:00 AM
THE CAPTIVE CITY (1952)
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy.
BW- 91 mins, CC

11:00 AM
BORN TO KILL (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak.
BW- 92 mins, CC,

1:00 PM
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
BW- 105 mins, CC

3:00 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

9:30 PM
THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947)
A woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith.
BW- 99 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – January 21st

1:00 AM
THE TALL TARGET (1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
BW- 78 mins, CC

11:15 PM
RATON PASS (1951)
A beautiful woman tries to seduce her way into ruling the West.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochran.
BW- 84 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – January 22nd

6:30 AM
A WOMAN’S FACE (1941)
Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt.
BW- 106 mins, CC

8:30 AM
ABOVE SUSPICION (1943)
A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt.
BW- 91 mins, CC

10:15 AM
WHISTLING IN THE DARK (1941)
A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford.
BW- 78 mins, CC

7:00 PM
INCENDIARY BLONDE (1945)
In this true story, Texas Guinan rises from Wild West shows to become New York’s ?Queen of the Nightclubs? during Prohibition.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Betty Hutton, Arturo de Cordoba, Charles Ruggles.
C- 113 mins

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – January 23rd

5:30 PM
SPORTING BLOOD (1940)
A young man trying to rebuild the family racing stables falls for the daughter of a bitter rival.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Robert Young, Maureen O’Sullivan, Lewis Stone.
BW- 82 mins

11:00 PM
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (1952)
When her brother marries, a 12-year-old girl faces the awkward pains of adolescence.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon de Wilde.
BW- 89 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – January 24th

11:00 PM
THE YAKUZA (1974)
Trying to help a kidnapped girl puts a private eye on the wrong side of the Yakuza.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith.
C- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – January 25th

7:32 AM
NIGHT WAITRESS (1936)
A girl just out of prison gets mixed up in murder at the restaurant where she works.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Vinton Haworth.
BW- 57 mins

11:00 PM
TRY AND GET ME! (1950)
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson.
BW- 92 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday  – January 26th

1:00 AM
THE UNDERWORLD STORY (1950)
A corrupt newspaperman, blacklisted from his big-city paper, becomes involved with a murder case for a small town paper.
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm.
BW- 91 mins, CC

9:00 AM
TRY AND GET ME! (1950)
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson.
BW- 92 mins, CC

11:00 AM
AN INNOCENT AFFAIR (1948)
Doing business with an ex-flame drives an ad man’s wife mad with jealousy.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Chas. “Buddy” Rogers.
BW- 87 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THREE SMART GIRLS (1937)
The daughters of a divorced couple try to keep their father from remarrying.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady.
BW- 84 mins, CC

9:00 PM
IT’S A DATE (1940)
Mother-and-daughter singers vie for the same man and the same stage part.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon.
BW- 103 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – January 28th

9:00 PM
PAT NEAL IS BACK (1968)
This promotional short focuses on Patricia Neal’s return to motion pictures with “The Subject Was Roses” (1968) after her near-fatal stroke.
Dir: Edward Beyer
C- 8 mins

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – January 29th

6:15 AM
DR. CRIPPEN (1963)
The real-life story of a doctor who was hanged in London in 1910 for poisoning his wife.
Dir: Robert Lynn Cast: Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar.
BW- 98 mins, CC

7:00 PM
OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS (1928)
A flapper sets her hat for a man with a hard-drinking wife.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown, Nils Asther.
BW- 84 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – January 30th

1:00 AM
IT (1927)
A shop girl turns party girl to land her boss.
Dir: Clarence Badger Cast: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin.
BW- 77 mins

6:45 AM
ANOTHER FACE (1935)
Plastic surgery turns a gangster into a movie star.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Wallace Ford, Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Brooks.
BW- 69 mins, CC

8:15 AM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 106 mins, CC

10:15 AM
NORA PRENTISS (1947)
An ambitious singer ruins a doctor’s life.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 111 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – January 31st

9:45 AM
SO LONG AT THE FAIR (1950)
A woman searches for her missing brother in Paris despite the fact that nobody believes he exists.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman.
BW- 86 mins, CC

1:15 PM
THE ACTRESS (1953)
True story of Ruth Gordon’s early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright.
BW- 91 mins, CC

3:00 PM
AFFAIR WITH A STRANGER (1953)
A playwright and his wife search the past for the key to saving their troubled marriage.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Mary Jo Tarola.
BW- 87 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in January, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the December 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for December 2019 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

(The above movie descriptions were taken off the TCM website.)

P.S. Good grief! I mistakenly wrote that Joan Blondell is TCM’s January 2020 featured star of the month. She was the featured star for December 2019, so I took that part off my introductory paragraph. 

It’s December again! Every year when I go through TCM’s December schedule I peak ahead to see if we will be seeing Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Asta do some crime-busting. This year is no different, as The Thin Man movies have almost become a December tradition. They’re the types of movies some of us want to watch every time they are on. What a delightful way for us Cozy Mystery lovers to ring in 2020!

And, this being December, I am going to include some of the old Christmas classics on the list of mystery movies that will be playing during December. For those of you who enjoy Christmas movies, not only will TCM be playing some, but the Hallmark and Lifetime channels will be playing lots and lots of them. (Just click here if you would like to see my entry about the Hallmark 2019 Christmas movies.)

If you’re a dog-lover, then you ought to check out TCM’s schedule for Wednesday, December 4. I’m an absolute dog-lover, however, I do NOT like movies that feature animals. For some reason, even though I know the movies are fictitious, I don’t like seeing any type of animal in perilous situations… which an “animal movie” usually has to have in order to create the everything-turns-out-great ending. Anyway, if you like movies that feature dogs, you might want to tune in to TCM that day. Also, Wednesday, December 11 is featuring horse movies and Wednesday, December 18 is featuring an assortment of different animal movies. (Ditto on why I won’t be watching any of them!)

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 1st

9:00 AM
THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944)
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Dir:  Jean Negulesco Cast:  Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson.
BW- 96 mins, CC

11:00 AM
LADY IN THE LAKE (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Dir:  Robert Montgomery Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
BW- 103 mins, CC

1:00 PM
LITTLE WOMEN (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien.
C- 122 mins, CC
*****This has a Christmas scene in it. Not a mystery.*****

3:15 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

5:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

7:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)
Ghosts visit a miser during the holidays to teach him the errors of his ways.
Dir:  Brian Desmond-Hurst Cast:  Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns.
BW- 87 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

9:00 PM
THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
BW- 109 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – December 2nd

10:45 AM
SCARAMOUCHE (1952)
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend’s murder.
Dir:  George Sidney Cast:  Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh.
C- 115 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – December 5th

5:00 AM
THE WIDOW FROM CHICAGO (1930)
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
Dir:  Edward Cline Cast:  Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson.
BW- 62 mins

6:15 AM
THE FINGER POINTS (1931)
A naive reporter takes payoffs for keeping a prominent gangster out of the papers.
Dir:  John Francis Dillon Cast:  Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey.
BW- 85 mins, CC

7:45 AM
GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS (1940)
A reporter tries to nail a gambling-ship owner for murder.
Dir:  George Amy Cast:  Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland.
BW- 55 mins, CC

8:45 AM
BLACK HAND (1950)
In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli.
BW- 92 mins, CC

10:30 AM
WHITE HEAT (1949)
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Dir:  Raoul Walsh Cast:  James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien.
BW- 113 mins, CC

12:30 PM
RACE STREET (1948)
A night-club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell.
BW- 79 mins, CC

3:30 PM
PAY OR DIE! (1960)
A policeman attempts to crack down on organized crime “protection” rackets.
Dir:  Richard Wilson Cast:  Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin.
BW- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
SINNER’S HOLIDAY (1930)
A jealous young man frames his sister’s boyfriend.
Dir:  John G. Adolfi Cast:  Grant Withers, Evelyn Knapp, James Cagney.
BW- 60 mins, CC

8:15 PM
MILLIE (1931)
A prostitute turns to murder to protect her teenage daughters honor.
Dir:  John Francis Dillon Cast:  Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames.
BW- 84 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – December 6th

5:00 AM
MISS PINKERTON (1932)
A private duty nurse gets herself mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir:  Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Joan Blondell, George Brent, Ruth Hall.
BW- 65 mins, CC

6:15 AM
THE FAMOUS FERGUSON CASE (1932)
Two reporters interested in different stories write about a murder.
Dir:  Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell, Vivienne Osborne.
BW- 74 mins

1:45 PM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir:  Delmer Daves Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 106 mins, CC

3:45 PM
THE BAT (1959)
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Dir:  Crane Wilbur Cast:  Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon.
BW- 80 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – December 7th

5:30 AM
DANCE, FOOLS, DANCE (1931)
A brother and sister risk their lives to expose the gangsters who ruined their family.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Joan Crawford, Lester Vail, Cliff Richards.
BW- 81 mins, CC

7:30 AM
BORN FOR TROUBLE (1942)
Two reporters take on a murder ring at the state pen.
Dir:  B. Reeves Eason Cast:  Van Johnson, Faye Emerson, George Meeker.
BW- 59 mins, CC

10:30 AM
THEY’RE ALWAYS CAUGHT (1938)
This short film shows the role a crime laboratory plays in the solving of criminal investigations.
Dir:  Harold S. Bucquet Cast:  Stanley Ridges, John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt.
BW- 22 mins

11:15 PM
BERLIN EXPRESS (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir:  Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.
BW- 86 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 8th

9:00 AM
BERLIN EXPRESS (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir:  Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.
BW- 86 mins, CC

11:00 AM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW- 69 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

12:30 PM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW- 113 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery. It’s a favorite of mine.*****

2:45 PM
O. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE (1952)
Five stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe.
BW- 118 mins, CC
*****This has a Christmas segment in it. It’s not a mystery.*****

7:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

9:15 PM
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (1952)
A minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
Dir:  George More O’Ferrall Cast:  Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton.
BW- 81 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – December 10th

7:00 PM
THE  PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
C- 115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 PM
A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975)
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell.
BW- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – December 11th

1:30 AM
THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976)
After driving his boss to insanity, Inspector Clouseau has to stop him from destroying the world.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely.
C- 103 mins, CC

3:30 AM
REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1978)
Inspector Clouseau fakes his own death so he can track the mystery man who’s been trying to kill him.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Robert Loggia.
C- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir:  Frank Capra Cast:  Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW- 118 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – December 12th

2:00 PM
OCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960)
A group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
Dir:  Lewis Milestone Cast:  Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra.
C- 127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (1934)
Two telephone engineers try to clear a woman of criminal charges.
Dir:  Ray Enright Cast:  Joan Blondell, Pat O’Brien, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 69 mins

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – December 14th

5:00 AM
NIGHT MUST FALL (1937)
A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman’s household, then reveals a deadly secret.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
BW- 116 mins, CC

7:28 AM
PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1939)
Rival detectives fall in love when they’re forced to work together.
Dir:  Noel Smith Cast:  Jane Wyman, Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson.
BW- 56 mins, CC

11:00 PM
CRISS CROSS (1949)
A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
Dir:  Robert Siodmak Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea.
BW- 88 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 15th

9:00 AM
CRISS CROSS (1949)
A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
Dir:  Robert Siodmak Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea.
BW- 88 mins, CC

11:00 AM
LADY ON A TRAIN (1945)
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
Dir:  Charles David Cast:  Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce.
BW- 94 mins

12:45 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

7:00 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

9:00 PM
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir:  Mitchell Leisen Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
BW- 94 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery. I love, love, love this movie!*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – December 16th

7:00 PM
LITTLE WOMEN (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
BW- 115 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery. I personally think this is the best version of the Little Women movies.*****

9:15 PM
LITTLE WOMEN (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien.
C- 122 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – December 17th

4:00 PM
CRIME BY NIGHT (1944)
Married detectives investigating a small-town murder uncover a spy ring.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson.
BW- 73 mins, CC

5:15 PM
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir:  Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
BW- 97 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – December 18th

2:00 PM
THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir:  Jules Dassin Cast:  Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
BW- 96 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – December 19th

5:00 AM
I CONFESS (1953)
A priest suspected of murder can only clear himself by violating the sanctity of the confessional.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden.
BW- 95 mins, CC

7:00 AM
VICTIM (1961)
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Dir:  Basil Dearden Cast:  Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price.
BW- 100 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – December 21st

7:27 AM
THE LAST RIDE (1944)
A detective suspects foul play in a series of accidental deaths.
Dir:  D. Ross Lederman Cast:  Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker.
BW- 57 mins

11:00 PM
CASH ON DEMAND (1961)
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal money.
Dir:  Quentin Lawrence Cast:  Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon.
BW- 80 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 22nd

9:00 AM
CASH ON DEMAND (1961)
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal money.
Dir:  Quentin Lawrence Cast:  Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon.
BW- 80 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – December 23rd

5:00 AM
THE LETTER (1929)
A planter’s wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
Dir:  Jean De Limur Cast:  Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen.
BW- 60 mins, CC

6:30 AM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir:  William Wyler Cast:  Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC

8:30 AM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1931)
In the first screen version of The Maltese Falcon, detective Sam Spade investigates the theft of a priceless statue.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges.
BW- 78 mins, CC

10:00 AM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir:  John Huston Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW- 100 mins, CC

12:00 PM
GASLIGHT (1940)
A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she’s going mad.
Dir:  Thorold Dickinson Cast:  Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell.
BW- 84 mins, CC

1:30 PM
GASLIGHT (1944)
A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 114 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – December 24th

1:00 PM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW- 113 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

3:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

5:15 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

7:00 PM
THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
BW- 109 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

9:00 PM
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir:  Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor.
C- 113 mins, CC

11:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW- 69 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – December 25th

9:00 AM
LITTLE WOMEN (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
BW- 115 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

11:00 AM
O. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE (1952)
Five stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe.
BW- 118 mins, CC
*****This has a Christmas segment in it. It’s not a mystery movie.*****

3:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC
*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****

7:00 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – December 27th

5:00 AM
THE VERDICT (1946)
A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
Dir:  Don Siegel Cast:  Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring.
BW- 86 mins, CC

3:30 PM
CONFLICT (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir:  Curtis Bernhardt Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 85 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – December 28th

9:00 PM
THE SPLIT (1968)
A gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
Dir:  Gordon Flemyng Cast:  Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine.
C- 90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
REPEAT PERFORMANCE (1947)
Dir:  Alfred Werker Cast:  Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field.
BW- 93 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 29th

5:00 AM
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (1944)
Passengers on a luxury liner realize they are en route to the afterlife.
Dir:  Edward A. Blatt Cast:  John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 112 mins, CC

9:00 AM
REPEAT PERFORMANCE (1947)
Dir:  Alfred Werker Cast:  Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field.
BW- 93 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – December 31st

8:15 AM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective  team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

10:00 AM
AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW- 112 mins, CC

12:00 PM
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW- 103 mins, CC

1:45 PM
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir:  Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
BW- 97 mins, CC

3:30 PM
THE THIN MAN GOES HOME (1945)
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson.
BW- 100 mins, CC

5:15 PM
SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947)
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Dir:  Edward Buzzell Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn.
BW- 86 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in December, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the November 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2019 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)

November looks like it will be a great month for mystery movies on TCM, particularly if you’re a fan of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther series – there will be a marathon on November 29th!

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – November 2

7:28 AM
FIND THE BLACKMAILER (1943)
A private eye hunts for the talking bird that holds the key to a murder.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson, Gene Lockhart.
BW- 56 mins

11:00 PM
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
A crooked press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist break up his sister’s romance.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison.
BW- 97 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – November 3

1:00 AM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW- 118 mins, CC

9:00 AM
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
A crooked press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist break up his sister’s romance.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison.
BW- 97 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW- 114 mins, CC

9:00 PM
CHINATOWN (1974)
A Los Angeles private eye unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder, then joins his seductive widow to unearth the corruption behind the crime.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Perry Lopez.
C- 130 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – November 4

6:45 AM
HUNT THE MAN DOWN (1950)
Lawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson.
BW- 68 mins, CC

1:15 PM
THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 109 mins, CC

8:15 PM
GILDERSLEEVE’S BAD DAY (1943)
A small-town politician is the jury hold-out in a sensational murder case.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates.
BW- 63 mins, CC

11:30 PM
MASTERSON OF KANSAS (1954)
Sheriff Bat Masterson joins forces with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to save a rancher framed for murder.
Dir: William Castle Cast: George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith.
C- 73 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – November 5

1:00 PM
BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS (1933)
A police chief helps a young bride find her missing husband or at least his corpse.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Lewis Stone, Pat O’Brien, Glenda Farrell.
BW- 73 mins

10:00 PM
THE BIG SHAKEDOWN (1934)
A racketeer breaks into black-market medicine.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez.
BW- 61 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – November 6

2:30 AM
SPECIAL AGENT (1935)
A government agent poses as a newspaperman to get the goods on a mobster.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Ricardo Cortez.
BW- 76 mins, CC

11:00 AM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – November 8

12:45 AM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – November 9

7:31 AM
A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE (1940)
An insurance investigator gets caught between cops and crooks when he hides the beneficiary of a million-dollar policy.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks, Eddie Foy Jr..
BW- 53 mins

1:15 PM
THE  BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW- 114 mins, CC

11:00 PM
JOHNNY EAGER (1942)
A handsome racketeer seduces the DA’s daughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold.
BW- 107 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – November 10

9:00 AM
JOHNNY EAGER (1942)
A handsome racketeer seduces the DA’s daughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold.
BW- 107 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – November 12

12:30 PM
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin.
BW- 82 mins, CC

2:00 PM
SATAN MET A LADY (1936)
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth.
BW- 74 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – November 14

12:30 PM
THE TALL TARGET (1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
BW- 78 mins, CC

2:00 PM
STATION WEST (1948)
A federal agent takes on a gang of gold thieves.
Dir: Sidney Lanfield Cast: Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead.
BW- 80 mins, CC

3:30 PM
CORNERED (1946)
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel.
BW- 103 mins, CC

5:15 PM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW- 95 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – November 15

2:15 AM
THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police
detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
C- 115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – November 16

7:29 AM
TEAR GAS SQUAD (1940)
A brave young policeman single-handedly takes on a vicious criminal gang.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson.
BW- 55 mins, CC

11:00 PM
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Dir: Ida Lupino Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman.
BW- 71 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – November 17

9:00 AM
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Dir: Ida Lupino Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman.
BW- 71 mins, CC

9:15 PM
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
A hired killer dodges police while tracking down the enemy agents who tried to frame him.
Dir: Frank Tuttle Cast: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar.
BW- 81 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – November 18

7:00 PM
SCARAMOUCHE (1952)
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend’s murder.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh.
C- 115 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – November 19

5:00 AM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – November 20

1:30 AM
A STOLEN LIFE (1946)
A twin takes her deceased sister’s place as wife of the man they both love.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark.
BW- 107 mins, CC

9:15 PM
KLUTE (1971)
A small-town detective searches for a missing man linked to a high-priced prostitute.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi.
C- 114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – November 21

5:15 PM
BLUEBEARD’S TEN HONEYMOONS (1960)
A gold digger persuades her older lover to murder for her.
Dir: W. Lee Wilder Cast: George Sanders, Corinne Calvet, Jean Kent.
BW- 93 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – November 22

1:15 PM
DINKY (1935)
A military school cadet’s mother is framed and sent to prison.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Jackie Cooper, Mary Astor, Roger Pryor.
BW- 65 mins, CC

2:30 PM
I AM A THIEF (1935)
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges.
BW- 64 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – November 23

2:45 AM
STOP ME BEFORE I KILL (1961)
After surviving an accident, a race car driver begins to suffer violent impulses.
Dir: Val Guest Cast: Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis.
BW- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 AM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW- 100 mins, CC

11:00 PM
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster.
BW- 99 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – November 24

9:00 AM
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster.
BW- 99 mins, CC

5:15 PM
THE LATE SHOW (1977)
An aging private eye hooks up with a Hollywood eccentric to investigate his partner’s murder.
Dir: Robert Benton Cast: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy.
C- 93 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Monday – November 25

6:30 AM
DOCTOR X (1932)
A reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy.
C- 76 mins, CC

8:00 AM
THE MURDER OF DR. HARRIGAN (1936)
A doctor investigates the murder of a colleague involved in experimental surgery.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge.
BW- 67 mins

9:15 AM
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18 (1938)
A hospitalized detective probes the murder of a fellow patient.
Dir: Bobby Connolly Cast: Patric Knowles, Ann Sheridan, Eric Stanley.
BW- 59 mins, CC

10:30 AM
GREEN FOR DANGER (1946)
A police inspector investigates an operating room death that may be murder.
Dir: Sidney Gilliat Cast: Leo Genn, Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard.
BW- 92 mins, CC

12:15 PM
WHILE THE PATIENT SLEPT (1935)
A nurse investigates murder at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot.
BW- 66 mins, CC

1:30 PM
NIGHT NURSE (1931)
A nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell.
BW- 72 mins, CC

2:45 PM
THE NURSE’S SECRET (1941)
When her patient is murdered, a private-duty nurse investigates the crime.
Dir: Noel M. Smith Cast: Lee Patrick, Regis Toomey, Julie Bishop.
BW- 64 mins

4:00 PM
WHERE DANGER LIVES (1950)
A psychopath draws her doctor into her murderous schemes.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains.
BW- 80 mins, CC

5:30 PM
HYSTERIA (1965)
An amnesiac stumbles on to a murder plot.
Dir: Freddie Francis Cast: Robert Webber, Anthony Newlands, Jennifer Jayne.
BW- 85 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – November 26

2:45 PM
THE SCAPEGOAT (1959)
A man is tricked into trading places with a look-alike nobleman with murderous plans.
Dir: Robert Hamer Cast: Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey.
BW- 92 mins, CC

7:00 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.
BW- 134 mins, CC

9:30 PM
DEAD RINGER (1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford.
BW- 116 mins, CC

11:30 PM
THE NANNY (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Dir: Seth Holt Cast: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – November 29

7:00 AM
GAMBIT (1967)
A man dreams of the perfect robbery but can’t seem to pull it off.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom.
C- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 AM
THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
C- 115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 AM
A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 PM
THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975)
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell.
BW- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM
THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976)
After driving his boss to insanity, Inspector Clouseau has to stop him from destroying the world.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely.
C- 103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1978)
Inspector Clouseau fakes his own death so he can track the mystery man who’s been trying to kill him.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Robert Loggia.
C- 99 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – November 30

11:15 PM
THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944)
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson.
BW- 96 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in November, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the October 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2019 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)