Since next month will be December, there will be quite a few Christmas movies, which I will be listing if they are some of my personal favorites. They’ll be marked as Christmas movies, and unless noted otherwise, are not particularly “mysterious”.

It’s also worth mentioning, though they aren’t quite mysteries, TCM will (again) be showing the Thin Man movies on New Year’s Eve.

So, let’s get started!

December 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Friday – December 1, 2017

9:15 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

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

Saturday – December 2, 2017

2:00 AM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir:  Laurent Bouzereau
C- 58 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

3:00 PM
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
An ambitious young man sets out to kill everyone who stands between him and a fortune.
Dir:  Robert Hamer Cast:  Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood.
BW- 106 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 3, 2017

9:00 AM
PUSHOVER (1954)
A police detective falls for the bank robber’s girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Dir:  Richard Quine Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey, Kim Novak.
BW- 88 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Tuesday – December 5, 2017

5:00 AM
M (1931)
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Theo Lingen, Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke.
BW- 110 mins

7:00 AM
THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933)
A crime wave grips the city and all clues seem to lead to the nefarious Dr. Mabuse.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Diesel, Otto Wernicke.
BW- 121 mins

5:15 PM
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders.
BW- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
THEY WON’T FORGET (1937)
Bigotry flares when a teacher is accused of killing a small-town girl in the South.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 8, 2017

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- 86 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

8:45 PM
SCROOGE (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Dir:  Henry Edwards Cast:  Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
BW- 78 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

10:15 PM
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

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

Saturday – December 9, 2017

12:15 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

3:45 AM
LARCENY, INC. ( 1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Wyman , Broderick Crawford .
BW- 95 mins, CC

5:30 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

1:00 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, Charlie Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Sunday – December 10, 2017

1:00 AM
PRIVATE PARTS (1972)
A young girl moves into her estranged aunt¿s hotel when she begins to suspect that a guest was murdered.
Dir:  Paul Bartel Cast:  Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio.
C- 86 mins, CC

4:45 AM
A VISIT TO SANTA (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C- 12 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

11:00 AM
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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

12:45 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – December 11, 2017

3:00 AM
FEAR (1954)
The wife of a prominent scientist is blackmailed after her extramarital affair is discovered.
Dir:  Roberto Rossellini Cast:  Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt.
BW- 79 mins,

5:45 PM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir:  Laurent Bouzereau
C- 58 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Tuesday – December 12, 2017

10:00 AM
TWO SECONDS ( 1932)
In the last moments of his life, a criminal reviews the circumstances that led him to death row.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Vivienne Osborne , Guy Kibbee .
BW- 67 mins

2:00 PM
A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER ( 1938)
A gangster finds the straight life ain’t so simple.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Bryan , Allen Jenkins .
BW- 85 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir:  Tay Garnett Cast:  Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW- 113 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 13, 2017

2:15 PM
SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS (1943)
A small-town girl changes her identity to make it in New York, leaving her boyfriend a suspect in her “disappearance.”
Dir:  Wesley Ruggles Cast:  Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan.
BW- 94 mins, CC

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

Thursday – December 14, 2017

12:30 PM
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON (1930)
In this short film, a criminal attempting to go straight stops a young lady on Christmas eve from committing suicide. Vitaphone Release 1094-1095.
Dir:  Arthur Hurley Cast:  Eric Dressler, Lenita Lane, Pat O’Brien.
BW- 14 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Friday – December 15, 2017

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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:00 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

10:45 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, Charlie Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Saturday – December 16, 2017

1:00 AM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

11:15 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Sunday – December 17, 2017

7:45 AM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir:  Laurent Bouzereau
C- 58 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:00 AM
THE  POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.

Dir:  Tay Garnett Cast:  Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW- 113 mins, CC

11:15 AM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

1:15 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – December 18, 2017

1:00 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

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

Tuesday – December 19, 2017

7:30 AM
THE SAINT TAKES OVER (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who’s been framed on bribery charges.
Dir:  Jack Hively Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale.
BW- 70 mins, CC

8:45 AM
RAGE IN HEAVEN (1941)
A jealous man plots to fake his death and incriminate his wife’s suspected lover.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders.
BW- 85 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 22, 2017

7:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy. One of the best Christmas movies.****

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
****Christmas, not Cozy. What a treat for Christmas!****

11:00 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Saturday – December 23, 2017

4:00 PM
KING OF KINGS (1961)
Epic retelling of Christ’s life and the effects of his teachings on those around him.
Dir:  Nicholas Ray Cast:  Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan.
C- 160 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Sunday – December 24, 2017

4:45 AM
A VISIT TO SANTA (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C- 12 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

7:00 AM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:00 AM
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, Charlie Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

1:15 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

3:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

5:00 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – December 25, 2017

1:00 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

5:00 AM
STAR IN THE NIGHT (1945)
In this short film, three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve. Vitaphone Release 1401A.
Cast:  Lynne Baggett,
BW- 22 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:30 AM
SCROOGE (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Dir:  Henry Edwards Cast:  Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
BW- 78 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

7:00 PM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

9:00 PM
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

11:30 PM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C- 105 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 26, 2017

3:45 AM
VERTIGO (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
C- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey.
BW- 108 mins, CC
****yow-zee!****

8:00 AM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

10:00 AM
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
A corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick.
C- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 PM
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie.
C- 120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
MADAME X (1966)
A fallen woman on trial for murder is defended by the son she abandoned years earlier.
Dir:  David Lowell Rich Cast:  Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban.
C- 100 mins, CC

9:00 PM
PORTRAIT IN BLACK (1960)
A woman and her lover kill her husband and are targeted by someone who knows of their crime.
Dir:  Michael Gordon Cast:  Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart.
C- 113 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 30, 2017

10:00 AM
THE WINDOW (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir:  Ted Tetzlaff Cast:  Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
BW- 73 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 31, 2017

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

8:45 PM
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

10:45 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

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

Monday – January 1, 2017

12:45 AM
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

2:30 AM
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- 101 mins, CC

4:15 AM
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 2017 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2017 on Turner Classic Movies channel

Also, I have two Christmas movie lists you might be interested in:

Christmas : Favorite Classic Holiday Movies: Old, Black & White… and a Few In Color (not mysteries)

Christmas : Favorite Holiday Movies – More Recent, In Color (not mysteries)

And of course, 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.)

I hope everyone has been enjoying the beginnings of Fall! This month there appear to be fewer mystery movies on TCM. I thought maybe it would be because they were showing lots of Christmas movies, but that’s not the case… well, there will be some Christmas movies starting, but not too many this month. I’ve marked the Christmas movies I recommend that don’t happen to be mysteries.

The big mystery marathon for this month will be a Falcon marathon on Monday, the 6th. So if you’re interested in gentleman sleuths from the 1940s, be sure to tune in!

So, let’s get started!

November 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Wednesday – November 1, 2017

5:00 AM
THE MURDER MAN (1935)
A hard-drinking reporter specializes in murder cases, until he becomes a suspect in one himself.
Dir:  Tim Whelan Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill.
BW- 69 mins, CC

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

Thursday – November 2, 2017

1:00 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

5:00 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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

5:15 PM
WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN (1943)
A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder.
Dir:  S. Sylvan Simon Cast:  Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers.
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 4, 2017

1:00 AM
COMA (1978)
A lady doctor investigates a series of strange deaths and disappearing bodies at her hospital.
Dir:  Michael Crichton Cast:  Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley.
C- 113 mins, CC

3:00 AM
FRENZY (1972)
When a temperamental man’s ex-wife falls victim to a serial killer, he becomes the number one suspect.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt.
C- 116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

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

Monday – November 6, 2017

5:00 AM
THE GAY FALCON (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 67 mins, CC

6:15 AM
A DATE WITH THE FALCON (1941)
The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason.
BW- 63 mins, CC

7:30 AM
THE FALCON TAKES OVER (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug’s lost girlfriend.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason.
BW- 63 mins, CC

8:45 AM
THE FALCON’S BROTHER (1942)
A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir:  Stanley Logan Cast:  George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW- 63 mins, CC

10:00 AM
THE FALCON STRIKES BACK (1943)
A society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph.
BW- 66 mins, CC

11:15 AM
THE FALCON IN DANGER (1943)
A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard.
BW- 70 mins, CC

12:30 PM
THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS (1944)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday.
BW- 68 mins, CC

1:45 PM
THE FALCON OUT WEST (1944)
A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale.
BW- 64 mins, CC

3:00 PM
THE FALCON IN MEXICO (1944)
A society sleuth travels South of the border to investigate an art dealer’s murder.
Dir:  William Berke Cast:  Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha MacVicar.
BW- 70 mins, CC

4:15 PM
THE FALCON IN HOLLYWOOD (1944)
A society sleuth tours the movie capital, where he uncovers an actor’s murder.
Dir:  Gordon Douglas Cast:  Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg.
BW- 67 mins, CC

5:30 PM
THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (1945)
A society sleuth enlists a little girl’s help in nabbing a mob of silk smugglers.
Dir:  Joseph H. Lewis Cast:  Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward S. Brophy.
BW- 66 mins

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

Tuesday – November 7, 2017

1:00 AM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 8, 2017

11:15 AM
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939)
A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Thursday – November 9, 2017

1:00 AM
CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948)
A Chicago reporter re-opens a ten year old murder case.
Dir:  Henry Hathaway Cast:  James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 111 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 11, 2017

9:15 PM
SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (1960)
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
Dir:  John Ford Cast:  Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke.
C- 111 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 12, 2017

9:00 AM
THE WINDOW (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir:  Ted Tetzlaff Cast:  Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
BW- 73 mins, CC

4:45 PM
BULLITT (1968)
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Dir:  Peter Yates Cast:  Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
C- 114 mins, CC

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

Monday – November 13, 2017

5:00 AM
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
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Tuesday – November 14, 2017

2:00 AM
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

9:00 AM
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW (1944)
A newspaper editor writes headlines that predict the future.
Dir:  René Clair Cast:  Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie.
BW- 85 mins

10:30 AM
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

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

Wednesday – November 15, 2017

5:00 PM
ROPE (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger.
C- 81 mins, CC

7:00 PM
VERTIGO (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
C- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:30 PM
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir:  Otto Preminger Cast:  James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara.
BW- 161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – November 17, 2017

1:15 AM
AUDREY ROSE (1977)
A married couple fear their daughter is the reincarnation of a girl killed in a terrible accident.
Dir:  Robert Wise Cast:  Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck.
C- 113 mins, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM
THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir:  George Archainbaud Cast:  Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
C- 60 mins, CC

2:00 PM
THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE (1933)
A murder brings together a woman and the son she was forced to give up years earlier.
Dir:  Charles Brabin Cast:  Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes.
BW- 84 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 18, 2017

7:00 PM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 19, 2017

4:30 AM
A VISIT TO SANTA (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C- 12 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – November 20, 2017

1:00 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

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

Wednesday – November 22, 2017

12:15 PM
THE F.B.I. STORY (1959)
A dedicated FBI agent thinks back on the agency’s battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton.
C- 149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – November 23, 2017

1:15 AM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

3:15 AM
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie.
C- 120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – November 25, 2017

9:00 AM
THE BAD SEED (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C- 129 mins, CC,

4:45 PM
HUSH … HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964)
A wealthy southern spinster fights to keep her family’s secrets hidden.
Dir:  Robert Aldrich Cast:  Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 133 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 26, 2017

9:00 AM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

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

Monday – November 27, 2017

12:45 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

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

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 September 2017 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2017 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And of course, 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.)