Here are the mystery movies I was able to glean from TCM’s Now Playing for September 2013. (TCM stands for the Turner Classic Movie channel.) Alfred Hitchcock is being highlighted on Sundays, which is a great thing for those of us who enjoy his work. I know that his movies are thought of as “thrillers” of sorts, but they are also mysteries.

I’m listing the movies in Central time zone. If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during September 2013, please post a comment.

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

Sunday – September 1, 2013

MURDER! (1930) 9:00 AM (Central)
A juror who had voted to convict a murder suspect tries to prove someone else did it before the execution date.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring, Miles Mander
BW-100 mins, TV-PG

ROPE (1948) 11:00 AM (Central)
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, TV-14, CC

SPELLBOUND (1945) 12:30 PM (Central)
A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC

THE BIRDS (1963) 4:45 PM (Central)
In a California coastal area, flocks of birds unaccountably make deadly attacks on humans.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy
C-119 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943) 7:00 PM (Central)
A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC

PSYCHO (1960) 9:00 PM (Central)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – September 2, 2013

FRENZY (1972) 2:30 AM (Central)
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, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
THE PITFALL (1948) 3:15 PM (Central)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt
BW-86 mins, TV-PG

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

Thursday – September 5, 2013

VERTIGO (1958) 8:00 PM (Central)
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-130 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – September 6, 2013

PUSHOVER (1954) 1:30 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – September 8, 2013

STAGE FRIGHT (1950) 11:00 AM (Central)
An acting student goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding
BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC

I CONFESS (1953) 1:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

THE WRONG MAN (1956) 3:00 PM (Central)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda , Vera Miles , Anthony Quayle .
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

SABOTEUR (1942) 5:00 PM (Central)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger
BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940) 7:00 PM (Central)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) 9:15 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – September 11, 2013

I CONFESS (1953) 1:00 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

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

Thursday – September 12, 2013

OUT OF THE PAST (1947) 4:30 PM (Central)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Saturday – September 14, 2013

SKY MURDER (1940) 9:45 AM (Central)
Detective Nick Carter tries to prove a beautiful immigrant innocent of murder.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Karen Verne
BW-72 mins, TV-PG

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

Sunday – September 15, 2013

NUMBER SEVENTEEN (1932) 9:00 AM (Central)
A detective sets out to recover a necklace lifted by jewel thieves.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald Calthrop
BW-61 mins, TV-PG

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956) 2:30 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

VERTIGO (1958) 4:45 PM (Central)
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-130 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

REAR WINDOW (1954) 7:00 PM (Central)
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-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – September 18, 2013

THE HOUSEKEEPER’S DAUGHTER (1939) 5:00 AM (Central)
A gangster’s moll runs home to mother, with reporters and amateur detectives hot on her tail.
Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard
BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC

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

Saturday – September 21, 2013

DETECTIVE KITTY O’DAY (1944) 9:45 AM (Central)
An amateur sleuth drives her boyfriend and the police crazy when she butts into a murder investigation.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan
BW-61 mins, TV-G,

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

Sunday – September 22, 2013

THE LADY VANISHES (1938) 12:15 PM (Central)
A young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC

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

Tuesday – September 24, 2013

BLACK WIDOW (1954) 4:00 PM (Central)
The murder of a scheming female writer throws a group of theatrical friends into turmoil.
Dir: Nunnally Johnson Cast: Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney
C-95 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – September 28, 2013

ADVENTURES OF KITTY O’DAY (1944) 9:45 AM (Central)
A perky switchboard operator investigates murders that baffle the police.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan
BW-63 mins, TV-G

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

Sunday – September 29, 2013

EYES OF LAURA MARS (1978) 3:00 AM (Central)
A fashion photographer develops the ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
Dir: Irvin Kershner Cast: Faye Dunaway, Tom Lee Jones, Brad Dourif
C-103 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946) 5:00 AM (Central)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC
(*** Not a mystery, but one of my favorite Barbara Stanwyck movies. She is absolutely wonderful in it.***)

DEAD RECKONING (1947) 7:00 AM (Central)
A tough veteran sets out to solve his war buddy’s murder.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC

SUSPICION (1941) 1:00 PM (Central)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951) 3:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) 5:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

REBECCA (1940) 7:00 PM (Central)
A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband’s glamorous first wife.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
BW-130 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be airing this month, feel free to post a comment.

(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)

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I just finished going through TCM’s Now Playing for August 2013. (TCM stands for the Turner Classic Movie channel.) Here are the mystery movies that I was able to find. Most of them are old, black and white mysteries. When I say “old”, that’s exactly what I mean!

I have not seen a lot of them, so I cannot vouch for all of them. Those that I have seen, I watched several years ago. I live here in San Antonio, so I have listed the Central time zone. If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during August 2013, please post a comment.

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Thursday – August 1, 2013

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)  8:00 AM (central)
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, TV-PG, CC

THE BIG SLEEP (1946)  7:00 PM  (central)
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, TV-PG, CC

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

Friday – August 2, 2013

No mystery movies. Doris Day day – all day.

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

Tuesday – August 6, 2013

BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (1956)  11:30 AM  (central)
A novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer.
BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC

SUSPICION (1941)  5:00 PM  (central)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwick.
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC

REBECCA (1940)  7:00 PM  (central)
A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband’s glamorous first wife.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders.
BW-130 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Wednesday – August 7, 2013

ABOVE SUSPICION (1943)  8:30 AM  (central)
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, TV-PG, CC

BORDERLINE (1950)  10:30 AM  (central)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC

MURDER, HE SAYS (1945)  7:00 PM  (central)
A pollster stumbles on a family of small-town killers.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main.
BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)  9:00 PM  (central) (***Really good.)
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Thursday – August 8, 2013

PUSHOVER (1954)  3:00 AM  (central)
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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – August 9, 2013

BULLITT (1968)  3:00 PM  (central)
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, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – August 10, 2013

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)  12:00 PM  (central)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Sunday – August 11, 2013

THE WRONG MAN (1956)  2:15 PM  (central)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – August 14, 2013

Bette Davis day – all day

JEZEBEL (1938)  11:00 AM  (central) (***Not a mystery. Very much à la Gone with the Wind)
A tempestuous Southern belle’s willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent.
BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC

THE LETTER (1940)  1:00 PM (central)
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, TV-PG, CC

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)  10:15 PM  (central) (***This is a Christmas movie.)
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, TV-G, CC

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

Thursday – August 15, 2013

THE NANNY (1965)  3:15 AM  (central)
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, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

SPELLBOUND (1945)  10:15 AM  (central)
A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov.
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC

DESIGNING WOMAN (1957)  12:15 PM  (central) (***This is not a mystery. I saw it years ago and remember it as a cute movie.)
A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray.
C-118 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – August 18, 2013

GYPSY (1962)  10:00 PM  (central) (***This is not a mystery, but Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, and Karl Malden are wonderful in it.)
A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden.
C-143 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Tuesday – August 20, 2013

MAD MISS MANTON, THE (1938)  12:00 PM  (central)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene.
BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC

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

Wednesday – August 21, 2013

BORN YESTERDAY (1950)  10:00 PM ((central) ***It looks like I am trying to convert you all to be Judy Holliday fans. It seems that I keep putting her movies on these list, even though they aren’t mysteries. I’ve mentioned before, she’s one of my favorite actresses.)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Thursday – August 22, 2013

No mystery movies. Maggie Smith day – all day

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

Friday – August 23, 2013

(***All 3 of the movies showing today are quite good. They are not mysteries.)

LIFE WITH FATHER (1947)  10:00 AM  (central)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor.
C-118 mins, TV-G, CC,

FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)  12:00 PM  (central)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC

FATHER’S LITTLE DIVIDEND (1951)  1:45 PM  (central)
In this sequel to Father of the Bride, a doting father faces a series of comic trials when his daughter has her first child.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.
BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC

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

Saturday – August 24, 2013

THE LADY EVE (1941)  7:00 PM  (central) (***If you’re in the mood to laugh, this movie should fill that bill. It has Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda at their best.)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Sunday – August 25, 2013

LURED (1947)  1:00 AM  (central)
A woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn.
BW-103 mins, TV-G

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)  7:00 PM  (central) (***This is not a mystery, but is quite good.)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connoll .
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Monday – August 26, 2013

TWENTY PLUS TWO (1961)  8:30 AM  (central)
When a Hollywood secretary is found murdered, a detective is hired to investigate the murder.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman Cast: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill.
BW-103 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

DANGEROUS CROSSING (1953)  5:30 PM  (central)
When a bride goes on a ocean liner with her new husband, he goes into hiding, and she becomes the target of a murder conspiracy.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman Cast: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Casey Adams.
BW-76 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Wednesday – August 28, 2013

THE STONE KILLER (1973)  3:15 AM  (central)
A top detective is transferred to Los Angeles and uncovers a plot by a Sicilian mafioso.
C-95 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – August 29, 2013

(***They will be playing 7 of the 9 Torchy Blane mystery movies today. These are the 7 in which Glenda Farrell played Torchy Blane and Barton MacLane played the detective, Steve MacBride.)

I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (1934)  6:30 AM  (central)
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, TV-G

FLY AWAY BABY (1937)  11:45 AM  (central) (***Torchy Blane #2)
Reporter Torchy Blane takes to the skies to track down a band of killers.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Glenda Farrell , Barton MacLane , Gordon Oliver .
BW-60 mins, TV-G

THE ADVENTUROUS BLONDE (1937)  1:00 PM  (central) (***Torchy Blane #3)
Reporter Torchy Blane walks out on her own wedding to solve the case of a murdered actor.
Dir: Frank MacDonald Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel.
BW-61 mins, TV-PG

BLONDES AT WORK (1938)  2:15 PM (central) (***Torchy Blane #4)
Even a jail term for contempt can’t keep reporter Torchy Blane from investigating the case of a murdered department store owner.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW-64 mins, TV-G

TORCHY GETS HER MAN (1938)  3:30 PM (central) (***Torchy Blane #6)
Female reporter Torchy Blane tries to crack a counterfeiting case.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW-63 mins, TV-G

TORCHY BLANE IN CHINATOWN (1938)  4:45 PM  (***Torchy Blane #7)
A daring lady reporter sets out to catch a blackmailer.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW-58 mins, TV-G, CC

TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR (1939)  5:45 PM  (***Torchy Blane #8)
After digging up the dirt on local politicians, a newswoman decides to run for office.
Dir: Ray McCarey Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW-60 mins, TV-G, CC

SMART BLONDE (1936)  7:00 PM (central) (***Torchy Blane #1)
An ambitious reporter forces her policeman boyfriend to let her help with a murder case.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Winifred Shaw.
BW-59 mins, TV-G, CC

THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933)  8:15 PM  (central)
A disfigured sculptor turns murder victims into wax statues.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell.
C-77 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Friday – August 30, 2013

OUT OF THE PAST (1947)  5:00 AM  (central)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be airing this month, feel free to post a comment.

(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)

If you would like to see more Television and Movies ideas, click on this link.

Let’s take a look and see what old, black and white mystery movies will be airing this month. I am an avid fan of old movies, and the TCM channel seems to be the network that I find most of them playing.

Here is the list of the upcoming television mystery movies that I have been able to find which will air on the Turner Classic Movie channel (TCM). (I go through my TCM Now Playing guide to find them.)

As usual, I must tell you that I have not seen all of the movies on this list, so I can’t vouch for all of them. Also, since I live in the Central time zone, it’s just easier for me to list them in that time frame. If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during July 2013, please post a comment.

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

Wednesday – July 3, 2013

CHANDLER (1971)  4:45 PM (Central)
A former private eye lands in hot water when he agrees to protect a government witness.
Dir: Paul Magwood Cast: Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier.
C-86 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – July 4, 2013

THE SCARLET COAT (1955)  8:45 AM (Central)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders
C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – July 5, 2013

SH! THE OCTOPUS (1937)  5:15 AM (Central)
Daffy detectives fight off a giant octopus in a haunted lighthouse.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston
BW-54 mins, TV-G
(Hmmm >>> The word “daffy” in TCM’s description might not be such a good thing. We’ll see…)

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

Saturday – July 6, 2013

THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (1945)  9:45 AM (Central)
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, TV-G

THE BAD SEED (1956)  11:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC
(I don’t know if this one really qualifies as a mystery, but it’s doggone good!)

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

Tuesday – July 9, 2013

THE BIG HEAT (1953)  8:15 AM (Central)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando
BW-90 mins, TV-14, CC

RANSOM! (1956)  11:45 AM (Central)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
Dir: Alex Segal Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Wednesday – July 10, 2013

TRADE WINDS (1938)  8:30 PM (Central)
A private eye falls for the murderess he’s pursuing.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy
BW-94 mins, TV-G

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

Friday – July 12, 2013

CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (1983)  9:00 PM (Central) (Possibly in French?)
An accused man’s secretary tries to find the real killer.
Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969)  11:00 PM (Central) (Possibly in French?)
A plantation owner’s mail-order bride turns out to be a beautiful woman with murder on her mind.
Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet
C-123 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – July 13, 2013

THE FALCON’S ALIBI (1946)  9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron’s lost jewels.
Dir: Ray McCarey Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
BW-63 mins, TV-G

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

Sunday – July 14, 2013

THE LADY EVE (1941)  1:00 PM (Central)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC
(Definitely not a mystery, but an incredibly good Preston Sturges comedy. Beware, though >>> This might make you a Barbara Stanwyck fan!)

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

Monday – July 15, 2013

THE WHOLE TRUTH (1958)  5:00 AM (Central)
A woman tries to prove her cheating husband didn’t murder his mistress.
Dir: John Guillermin Cast: Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders
BW-84 mins, TV-PG

THE WRONG BOX (1966) 8:00 PM (Central)
Two elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine
C-106 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – July 20, 2013

THE FALCON’S ADVENTURE (1946)  9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward S. Brophy
BW-62 mins, TV-G

GASLIGHT (1944)  7:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

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

Wednesday – July 24, 2013

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)  6:45 AM (Central)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Thursday – July 25, 2013

THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948)  1:30 PM (Central)
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, TV-G, CC

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969) 7:00 PM (Central)
A headstrong young teacher in a private school ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable charges with her world view.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin
C-116 mins, TV-14
(Not a mystery, but a must-see for Maggie Smith fans.)

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

Saturday – July 27, 2013

NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE (1939)  9:45 AM (Central)
A famous detective investigates industrial espionage at a plane factory.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull
BW-59 mins, TV-PG, CC

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

Sunday – July 28, 2013

COMPULSION (1959)  1:00 PM (Central)
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell
BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – July 29, 2013

FEAR (1946)  5:45 PM (Central)
A detective uses psychological warfare to get a confession out of a murderous student.
Dir: Alfred Zeisler Cast: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne
BW-68 mins, TV-PG

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

If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be airing this month, feel free to post a comment.

(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)

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As some of you know, I am a fan of old movies. Most of them are in black and white, although some of them are in color – depending on the year the movie was made. Several people have asked me to continue posting the upcoming mystery movies that will be appearing on television each month. That said, here is the list of the upcoming television mystery movies that I have been able to find which will air on the Turner Classic Movie channel (TCM). (I go through my TCM Now Playing guide to find them.)

I have actually seen some of the movies on this list, but not all. I’m going to be listing these movies in Central time zone. If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during June 2013, please post a comment.

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

Saturday – June 1, 2013

THE FALCON IN DANGER  (1943)  9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard .
BW-70 mins, TV-G, CC

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

Sunday – June 2, 2013

SUED FOR LIBEL (1940)   12:30 AM (Central)
When he’s sued for libeling a murder suspect, a hot shot reporter decides to solve the crime himself.
Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes, Lilian Bond.
BW-66 mins, TV-G

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

Tuesday – June 4, 2013

CRIME BY NIGHT (1944)  2:15 AM (Central)
Married detectives investigating a small-town murder uncover a spy ring.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson.
BW-73 mins, TV-PG, CC,

THE LAST RIDE (1944)  3:30 AM (Central)
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, TV-G

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

Friday – June 7, 2013

STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940)  10:15 AM (Central)
A newspaperman serves as key witness in a circumstantial murder case.
Dir: Boris Ingster Cast: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet.
BW-64 mins, TV-14, CC

THE MALTESE FALCON  (1931)  7:00 PM (Central)|
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-79 mins, TV-G, CC

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

Saturday – June 8, 2013

THE MALTESE FALCON  (1941)  1:30 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

SATAN MET A LADY (1936)  3:30 AM (Central)
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, TV-G, CC

THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS (1944)  9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday.
BW-68 mins, TV-G, CC

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

Sunday – June 9, 2013

GASLIGHT (1944)  11:00 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

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

Tuesday –  June 11, 2013

WOMAN IN WHITE, THE (1948)  8:30 AM (Central)
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, TV-G, CC

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

Wednesday – June 12, 2013

SCARED TO DEATH (1947)  5:00 AM (Central)
A beautiful murder victim recalls how she met her untimely end.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton.
C-68 mins, TV-PG

SKY MURDER (1940)  2:00 PM (Central)
Detective Nick Carter tries to prove a beautiful immigrant innocent of murder.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Karen Verne.
BW-72 mins, TV-PG

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

Thursday – June 13, 2013

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON (1942) 5:45 AM (Central)
Sherlock Holmes fights to keep a new bombsite design from the Nazis.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill.
BW-68 mins, TV-PG

SHERLOCK HOLMES IN TERROR BY NIGHT (1946)  7:00 AM (Central)
Sherlock Holmes signs on to protect a priceless diamond from jewel thieves.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray.
BW-63 mins, TV-PG

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

Friday – June 14, 2013

DARK PASSAGE (1947)  7:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

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

Saturday – June 15, 2013

THE FALCON OUT WEST (1944)  9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale.
BW-64 mins, TV-G

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

Wednesday – June 19, 2013

MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (1945) 12:30 PM (Central)
A young girl finds herself entrenched in a murder cover-up when she goes to work for a wealthy widow.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready.
BW-65 mins, TV-PG

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

Friday – June 21, 2013

THE GIRL IN BLACK STOCKINGS (1957)  4:00 AM (Central)
A young girl’s murder leaves a hotel full of suspects.
Dir: Howard W. Koch Cast: Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren.
BW-75 mins, TV-PG

ADAM’S RIB (1949)  5:30 AM (Central)
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, TV-G, CC
*** This comedy stars one of my very favorite actresses (Judy Holliday) and is not a mystery.***

BORN YESTERDAY (1950)  7:15 AM (Central)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC
*** This comedy stars one of my very favorite actresses (Judy Holliday) and is not a mystery.***

BELLS ARE RINGING (1960)  9:00 AM (Central)
An answering service operator gets mixed up in her clients’ lives.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark.
C-126 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
*** This musical stars one of my very favorite actresses (Judy Holliday) and is not a mystery.***

NOCTURNE (1946)  7:00 PM (Central)
A police detective refuses to believe a composer’s death was suicide.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston.
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)  10:15 PM (Central)
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC
***If you haven’t seen this movie, try to catch it this month.***

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

Saturday – June 22, 2013

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)  12:15 AM (Central)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC

THE FALCON IN MEXICO (1944)  9:45 AM (Central)
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, TV-G, CC

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

Wednesday – June 26, 2013

REBECCA (1940)  9:30 PM (Central)
A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband’s glamorous first wife.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders.
BW-130 mins, TV-PG, CC
***I think this adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel is really good.***

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

Friday – June 28, 2013

THE LEOPARD MAN (1943)  7:00 PM (Central)
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks.
BW-66 mins, TV-PG, CC

DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946)  8:30 PM (Central)
An aspiring actress risks her life to clear a sailor charged with murder.
Dir: Harold Clurman Cast: Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams.
BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC

MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)  10:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

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

Saturday 29, 2013

BIG SLEEP, THE (1946)  12:00 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

LADY IN THE LAKE (1947)  2:00 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)   4:00 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC

THE FALCON IN HOLLYWOOD (1944)  9:45 AM (Central)
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, TV-G, CC

THIRD MAN, THE (1949)  5:00 PM (Central)
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-104 mins, TV-14, CC

AUNTIE MAME (1958)  7:00 PM (Central)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne.
C-143 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
***Rosalind Russell is terrific in this movie. It is not a mystery.***

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE? (1969)  9:30 PM (Central)
A woman signs on as housekeeper in the home where her friend disappeared.
Dir: Lee H. Katzin Cast: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth.
C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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

If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be airing this month, feel free to post a comment.

(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)