Can you believe it’s already the end of 2021? This month, the Turner Classic Movies channel is celebrating Christmas by sprinkling lots of Christmas movies throughout the month. Since the channel is showing so many good Christmas movies, I went ahead and listed them. I know they aren’t mystery movies, but I just couldn’t resist telling you about them.

The Turner Classic Movies channel is keeping their yearly tradition of showing the Thin Man mystery movies during December. This year they will be airing three Thin Man movies before midnight and three after midnight, on New Year’s Day.

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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – December 2021

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Wednesday – December 1, 2021

8:00 PM
Gaslight (1944)
A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
114 mins

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

Thursday – December 2, 2021

4:45 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. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders
82 mins

8:00 AM
The Count of The Old Town (1934)
A police inspector tracks a jewel thief to a hotel filled with eccentrics.
Dir: Sigurd Wallen. Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Valdemar Dalquist, Julia Caesar
75 mins

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

Friday – December 3, 2021

9:45 AM
Journal of a Crime (1934)
Before she can confess to shooting her husband’s mistress, a woman succumbs to amnesia.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd
65 mins

11:00 AM
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. Actors: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth
75 mins

2:30 PM
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
A woman in the process of divorce shoots her husband and gets her police lieutenant boyfriend to help hide the body.
Dir: Felix E. Feist. Actors: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall
81 mins

4:00 PM
Madeleine (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean. Actors: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny
115 mins

6:00 PM
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
116 mins

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

Saturday – December 4, 2021

10:08 AM
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
After digging up dirt on local politicians, a newswoman decides to run for office.
Dir: Ray McCarey. Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy
60 mins

1:15 PM
Little Women (1949) – Christmas movie
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy. Actors: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
121 mins

3:30 PM
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Christmas movie
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins

5:45 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins

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

Sunday – December 5, 2021

12:00 AM
The Unsuspected (1947)
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
103 mins

10:00 AM
The Unsuspected (1947)
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
103 mins

6:00 PM
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) – Christmas movie
Dejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited by Dudley, who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant.
Dir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
109 mins

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

Monday – December 6, 2021

2:15 PM
Dark Passage (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett
106 mins

8:00 PM
Too Late For Tears (1949)
A married woman’s discovery of stolen money changes her character for the worse.
Dir: Byron Haskin. Actors: Lizabeth Scott, Don Defore, Dan Duryea
99 mins

10:00 PM
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Dir: Otto Preminger. Actors: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill
95 mins

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

Tuesday – December 7, 2021

12:00 AM
Nightmare Alley (1947)
An ambitious carnival worker attempts to scam his way out of the carnival in this brutal noir.
Dir: Edmund Goulding. Actors: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray
111 mins

8:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Christmas movie
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins

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

Wednesday – December 8, 2021

6:15 PM
Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955)
The jazz band’s leader gets mixed up with a gangster in ’20s Kansas City.
Dir: Jack Webb. Actors: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien
95 mins

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

Thursday – December 9, 2021

6:45 AM
Fear (1954)
The wife of a prominent scientist is blackmailed after her extramarital affair is discovered.
Dir: Roberto Rossellini. Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt
84 mins

11:30 PM
All About Eve (1950)
Broadway legend Margo Channing has everything: a successful career, close friends, and a man who loves her. She also has a fan named Eve Harrington, who manages to worm her way into Margo’s life in order to study her like a blueprint.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Actors: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
138 mins
*****This is not a mystery, however, it’s a terrific movie.*****

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Saturday – December 11, 2021

10:08 AM
Torchy Blane… Playing with Dynamite (1939)
A female reporter gets herself arrested so she can interview a gangster’s moll.
Dir: Noel Smith. Actors: Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, Tom Kennedy
59 mins

12:00 PM
A Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins

6:00 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) – Christmas movie
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins

8:00 PM
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. Actors: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
93 mins

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Sunday – December 12, 2021

12:00 AM
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
Togawa plans to rob an armored car to help his sister.
Dir: Takumi Furukawa Actors: Jo Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
87 mins
*****In Japanese*****

10:00 AM
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
Togawa plans to rob an armored car to help his sister.
Dir: Takumi Furukawa Actors: Jo Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
87 mins
*****In Japanese*****

2:00 PM
O. Henry’s Full House (1952) – Christmas movie
Five stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
Dir: Jasper Blystone. Actors: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
117 mins

4:15 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – Christmas movie
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins

6:15 PM
Remember the Night (1940) – Christmas movie
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
86 mins

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

Monday – December 13, 2021

6:00 AM
The Naked City (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin. Actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
96 mins

9:15 AM
The Narrow Margin (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll on a tense train ride.
Dir: Richard Fleischer. Actors: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
71 mins

10:30 AM
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson. Actors: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster
98 mins

2:15 PM
The Big Sleep (1946)
Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
Dir: Howard Hawks. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
114 mins

4:15 PM
Out of the Past (1947)
A private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station in a small town, but it catches up to him.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
97 mins

6:00 PM
Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman’s ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
113 mins

10:00 PM
North by Northwest (1959)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
136 mins

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

Wednesday – December 15, 2021

6:00 AM
Alcatraz Island (1937)
A prison inmate is framed for killing a con who once tried to kidnap his daughter.
Dir: William McGann. Actors: Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Mary Maguire
61 mins

7:15 AM
Washington Melodrama (1941)
A philanthropic businessman is framed for murder during a lobbying trip to Washington.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. Actors: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor
78 mins

8:45 AM
Flaxy Martin (1949)
Messing with a mobster’s girlfriend gets a lawyer framed for murder.
Dir: Richard Bare. Actors: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone
86 mins

10:15 AM
The Invisible Menace (1938)
An Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
Dir: John Farrow. Actors: Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven
55 mins

11:15 AM
The Big Punch (1948)
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
Dir: Sherry Shourds. Actors: Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae
50 mins

12:45 PM
They Drive by Night (1940)
Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
Dir: Raoul Walsh. Actors: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
93 mins

2:30 PM
Impact (1949)
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Actors: Brian Donlevy,Ella Raines,Charles Coburn
111 mins

4:30 PM
The Gazebo (1960)
A suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
Dir: George Marshall. Actors: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner
100 mins

6:15 PM
Night Watch (1973)
An unhappy housewife spends time looking out her window, where she sees her neighbor killing someone. The police can’t find any evidence of a murder, and dismiss the wife as a kook.
Dir: Brian G. Hutton. Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
105 mins

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

Saturday – December 18, 2021

6:15 PM
Holiday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins

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

Sunday – December 19, 2021

12:00 AM
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion–and pays the price.
Dir: Allen Baron. Actors: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
77 mins

10:00 AM
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion–and pays the price.
Dir: Allen Baron. Actors: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
77 mins

10:15 PM
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) – Christmas movie
A minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
Dir: George More O’Ferrall. Actors: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
80 mins

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

Monday – December 21, 2021

12:00 AM
Christmas Past (1925) – Christmas movie
A compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
120 mins

7:45 AM
Kind Lady (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz. Actors: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
76 mins

9:00 AM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) – Christmas movie
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins

11:00 AM
Cover Up (1949)
An insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide.
Dir: Alfred E. Green. Actors: William Bendix, Dennis O’Keefe, Barbara Britton
85 mins

2:15 PM
Backfire (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir: Vincent Sherman. Actors: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo
91 mins

6:00 PM
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. Actors: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
93 mins

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Tuesday – December 21, 2021

12:00 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. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
103 mins

2:00 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. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
95 mins

10:30 AM
A Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins

12:00 PM
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers. Actors: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane
67 mins

8:00 PM
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Christmas movie
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins

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

Wednesday – December 22, 2021

12:00 AM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Christmas movie
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins

2:00 AM
Little Women (1949) – Christmas movie
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy. Actors: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
121 mins

8:00 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – Christmas movie
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfre.y Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins

10:00 PM
Holiday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins

11:45 PM
Desk Set (1957) – Christmas movie
An efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
Dir: Walter Lang. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
103 mins

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

Thursday – December 23, 2021

12:00 PM
A Carol for Another Christmas (1964) – Christmas movie
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Actors: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
85 mins

1:45 PM
Desk Set (1957) – Christmas movie
An efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
Dir: Walter Lang. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
103 mins

8:00 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins

10:15 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) – Christmas movie
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins

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

Friday – December 24, 2021

12:15 PM
Holiday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins

2:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Christmas movie
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins

4:00 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – Christmas movie
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins

6:00 PM
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Christmas movie
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins

8:00 PM
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) – Christmas movie
Dejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited by Dudley, who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant.
Dir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
109 mins

10:00 PM
A Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins

11:30 PM
Remember the Night (1940) – Christmas movie
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
86 mins

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

Saturday – December 25, 2021

3:45 AM
Christmas Eve (1947) – Christmas movie
To save her fortune, an aging woman must reunite her three adopted sons.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott
90 mins

6:00 AM
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. Actors: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
84 mins

9:30 AM
Little Women (1933) – Christmas movie
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. Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
115 mins

1:30 PM
O. Henry’s Full House (1952) – Christmas movie
Soapy believes getting arrested and thrown into a warm jail cell is the best solution to being homeless in cold weather. Fugitives Sam and Bill kidnap a child for a ransom. Della and Jim seek to buy each other Christmas gifts.
Dir: Jasper Blystone. Actors: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
117 mins

3:45 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins

11:00 PM
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder. Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
114 mins

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

Sunday – December 26, 2021

1:15 AM
Midnight Lace (1960)
A young woman can’t get anyone to believe she’s being stalked.
Dir: David Miller. Actors: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin
108 mins

10:00 AM
Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
101 mins

1:45 PM
How to Steal a Million (1966)
A young woman enlists the help of a detective to recover a sculpture that her father, a dealer in phony art, sold to a Paris museum for fear that it will be uncovered as a hoax.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach
127 mins

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

Wednesday – December 29, 2021

8:00 PM
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Hercule Poirot finds himself on board the Orient Express where everyone seems to have concluded that Ratchett was behind the abduction and murder of the infant daughter of an aviatrix. When Ratchett is found murdered, everyone is suspect.
Dir: Sidney Lumet. Actors: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman
127 mins

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

Friday – December 31, 2021

2:30 AM
Blood Simple (1984)
An owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Dir: Joel Coen. Actors: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
95 mins

4:15 AM
Klute (1971)
A low-key small town detective journeys to New York City to investigate the murder of a friend and discovers that both the killer and the victim were clients of the same high-class call girl.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula. Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi
114 mins

8:00 PM
The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
80 mins

9:45 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. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
110 mins

11:45 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. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
105 mins

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

Saturday – January 1, 2022

1:45 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. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
97 mins

3:30 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. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson
100 mins

5:15 AM
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Dir: Edward Buzzell. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
86 mins

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

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 2021 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2021 on Turner Classic Movies channel

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 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.

For all you football fans who happen to enjoy the Turner Classic Movies channel – Monday the first of November is your day! The Turner Classic channel will be showing long-ago movies that celebrate football in one form or another. (I haven’t listed those movies since I try to focus on mystery movies.) And, along those lines, who knew that Reno, Nevada was such a popular place in the 1940s? If you’re interested in Reno or in divorce-central movies, then Tuesday, Nov. 2 is your day on Turner! (I haven’t listed those movies either…) Tuesday, November 9 is a day I have to ignore Turner Classic Movies channel. It’s going to show movies that revolve around dogs – one of the types of movies I totally avoid! Animal movies are just too sentimental for me. (And this from a person who enjoys mysteries – which involve all sorts of terrible events!)

Wednesday, November 10 looks like an old-movies-mystery-lover’s day on the Turner Classic Movies channel! The day will start with different mystery movies and shorts and will then move into several Bull Drummond mystery movies.

The Turner Classic Movies channel will be airing all four of the Miss Marple movies in which Margaret Rutherford starred. These are loosely based on Agatha Christie’s novels, which of course were not comedies! The channel is showing the movies out-of-sequence, so in case you want to watch the movies in sequence: “Murder, She Said” (1961), “Murder at the Gallop” (1963), “Murder Most Foul” (1964), and “Murder Ahoy!” (1964).

Two of the Nancy Drew movies starring Bonita Granville will play this month. On Monday, November 8 >>> “Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase” (1939) and on Monday, November 29 >>> “Nancy Drew: Detective” (1938). I think Bonita Granville is excellent playing the Nancy Drew we grew up with!

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

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – November 2021

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Tuesday – November 2, 2021

11:30 AM
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
On a trip to Reno, a Brooklyn showgirl tries to stop a soldier and his wife from divorcing.
Dir: Harry Beaumont. Actors: Ann Sothern, John Hodiak, Tom Drake
90 mins

4:00 PM
Born to Kill (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise. Actors: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
92 mins

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

Wednesday – November 3, 2021

8:00 AM
Sabotage (1936)
An unhappily married woman discovers her husband is an enemy agent.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester
76 mins

9:30 AM
Fury (1936)
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge.
Dir: Fritz Lang. Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel
94 mins

11:15 AM
You Only Live Once (1937)
When he’s framed for murder, an escaped convict returns to crime to protect his wife and child.
Dir: Fritz Lang. Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton Maclane
85 mins

12:45 PM
They Live by Night (1948)
After an unjust prison sentence, a young innocent gets mixed-up with hardened criminals and a violent escape.
Dir: Nicholas Ray. Actors: Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
95 mins

8:00 PM
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
100 mins

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

Thursday – November 4, 2021

12:00 AM
Conflict (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet
86 mins

8:00 PM
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
An FBI agent risks his life to infiltrate Nazi sympathizers in the U.S.
Dir: Anatole Litvak. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders
110 mins

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

Saturday – November 6, 2021

10:12 AM
Blondes at Work (1938)
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. Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy
60 mins

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

Sunday – November 7, 2021

12:00 AM
5 Steps to Danger (1957)
A couple attempts to keep important secrets from Communist spies.
Dir: Henry S. Kesler. Actors: Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer
81 mins

10:00 AM
5 Steps to Danger (1957)
A couple attempts to keep important secrets from Communist spies.
Dir: Henry S. Kesler. Actors: Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer
81 mins

2:00 PM
Marty (1955)
A lonely butcher finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family.
Dir: Delbert Mann. Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
91 mins
*****Not a mystery. Excellent movie, in the Library of Congress.*****

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

Monday – November 8, 2021

12:00 PM
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth helps two old ladies deal with the “haunting” of their mansion.
Dir: William Clemens. Actors: Bonita Granville,Frankie Thomas,John Litel
60 mins

1:15 PM
Before Dawn (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel. Actors: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland
60 mins

2:30 PM
Shield for Murder (1954)
A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
Dir: Edmond O’Brien. Actors: Edmond O’Brien, Marla English, John Agar
80 mins

4:00 PM
The Long Night (1947)
A veteran tries to free his former love from a sadistic lover.
Dir: Anatole Litvak. Actors: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price
97 mins

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

Tuesday – November 9, 2021

1:15 PM
Behave Yourself! (1951)
A young couple’s dog gets them mixed up in a string of murders.
Dir: George Beck. Actors: Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest
81 mins

10:00 PM
The Last Wave (1977)
An examination of the relationship between white and Aboriginal Australia through the trial of five Aborigines accused of killing another.
Dir: Peter Weir. Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
106 mins

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

Wednesday – November 10, 2021

5:45 AM
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Dir: Peter Weir. Actors: Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray
115 mins

7:45 AM
Where Is Jane Doe? (1956)
New York City police detectives investigate the case of a missing girl.
Dir: Larry O’Reilly. Actors: Bob Hite, Alexander Lockwood, Frances Dinsmoor
8 mins

8:00 AM
The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
The retired British captain forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis.
Dir: Walter Summers. Actors: Joyce Kennedy, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
73 mins

9:15 AM
Bulldog Drummond’s Peril (1938)
Bulldog Drummond hunts down an assassin after a priceless diamond.
Dir: James Hogan. Actors: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell
66 mins

10:30 AM
Camera Sleuth (1950)
This short film dramatizes how real-life investigator Jo Goggin uses a motion-picture surveillance camera to gather evidence.
Dir: Dave O’Brien Actors: Jo A. Goggin, Pete Smith, John Miljan
10 mins

10:45 AM
Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
Bulldog Drummond must race to Africa to save his friend from a madman.
Dir: Louis King. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner
60 mins

11:45 AM
Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)
Bulldog Drummond postpones his wedding to track down a band of bank robbers.
Dir: James Hogan. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner
56 mins

12:45 PM
So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case.
Dir: Richard Bare. Actors: Charles Horvath, Art Gilmore, Howard Mitchell
10 mins

1:00 PM
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939)
Bulldog Drummond solves the murder of a scientist.
Dir: James Hogan. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner
57 mins

2:00 PM
Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (1939)
Bulldog Drummond discovers the house he’s rented for his wedding hides a secret treasure.
Dir: James Hogan. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner
54 mins

3:00 PM
Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge (1937)
Captain Drummond travels to Switzerland in order to marry his girlfriend but the disappearance of a dangerous cargo of explosives makes him delay his plans.
Dir: Louis King. Actors: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell
55 mins

4:00 PM
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he tries to protect a beautiful heiress from an espionage organization.
Dir: James Hogan. Actors: Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel
67 mins

5:15 PM
How to Be a Detective (1936)
Robert Benchley attempts to teach the audience what it takes to be a successful detective.
Dir: Felix E. Feist. Actors: Robert Benchley, Dewey Robinson, Arthur Hoyt
8 mins

5:30 PM
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
An old enemy kidnaps Bulldog Drummond’s fiancée.
Dir: Louis King. Actors: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell
58 mins

6:30 PM
Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
The British sleuth comes out of retirement to help catch a band of thieves armed with military weapons.
Dir: Victor Saville. Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty
79 mins

8:00 PM
Flamingo Road (1949)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet
94 mins

9:45 PM
The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
109 mins

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

Friday – November 12, 2021

7:30 AM
Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
71 mins

11:45 AM
Experiment Perilous (1944)
A small-town doctor tries to help a beautiful woman with a deranged husband.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas
91 mins

1:30 PM
Out of the Past (1947)
A private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station in a small town, but it catches up to him.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
97 mins

3:15 PM
Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
86 mins

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

Saturday – November 13, 2021

10:08 AM
Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
An ambitious newspaper woman traces bank robbers to an ocean liner.
Dir: William Clemens. Actors: Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy
58 mins

12:00 PM
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett. Actors: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
111 mins

10:00 PM
To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)
A Secret Service agent becomes obsessed with tracking down a notorious and dangerous Los Angeles counterfeitor.
Dir: William Friedkin. Actors: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro
116 mins

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

Sunday – November 14, 2021

12:15 AM
The Lineup (1958)
A pair of hit men track down a heroin shipment while the police get closer.
Dir: Don Siegel. Actors: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel
86 mins

2:00 AM
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
It’s 1948 and World War II veteran Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins takes the wrong job after being fired.
Dir: Carl Franklin. Actors: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle
102 mins

10:00 AM
The Lineup (1958)
A pair of hit men track down a heroin shipment while the police get closer.
Dir: Don Siegel. Actors: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel
86 mins

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

Monday – November 15, 2021

12:00 PM
His Kind of Woman (1951)
A deported gangster causes problems for guests at a Mexican resort.
Dir: John Farrow. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price
122 mins

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

Tuesday – November 16, 2021

1:30 PM
The Big Sleep (1946)
Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
Dir: Howard Hawks. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
114 mins

3:45 PM
Dark Passage (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett
106 mins

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

Wednesday – November 17, 2021

8:00 PM
The Verdict (1946)
A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
Dir: Don Siegel. Actors: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring
86 mins

9:45 PM
Three Strangers (1946)
Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Actors: Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre
92 mins

11:30 PM
The Conspirators (1944)
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Actors: Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins

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

Saturday – November 20, 2021

10:08 AM
Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
Female reporter Torchy Blane tries to crack a counterfeiting case.
Dir: William Beaudine. Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton Maclane, Tom Kennedy
62 mins

8:00 PM
Niagara (1953)
Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife.
Dir: Henry Hathaway. Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters
92 mins

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

Sunday – November 21, 2021

12:00 AM
Johnny O’Clock (1947)
Gambling hall owners get mixed up with a cop on the take, leading to murder and mystery.
Dir: Robert Rossen. Actors: Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb
95 mins

5:00 AM
Randy Rides Alone (1934)
An undercover agent searches for a murderous outlaw.
Dir: Harry Fraser. Actors: John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, George Hayes
60 mins
*****I haven’t seen this movie, so I’m not sure if it’s a mystery of sorts. However, when I looked it up, I thought that if John Wayne was playing a Philip-Marlow type of detective instead of a cowboy, it might be…*****

10:00 AM
Johnny O’Clock (1947)
Gambling hall owners get mixed up with a cop on the take, leading to murder and mystery.
Dir: Robert Rossen. Actors: Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb
95 mins

4:15 PM
Charade (1963)
A young woman returns home from vacation to find her elegant apartment stripped and her husband murdered.
Dir: Stanley Donen. Actors: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
114 mins

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

Tuesday – November 23, 2021

10:30 AM
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
Dir: Albert Lewin. Actors: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed
110 mins

12:30 PM
The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
109 mins

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

Wednesday – November 24, 2021

10:00 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****This terrific Christmas movie is not a mystery.*****

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

Thursday – November 25, 2021

12:00 AM
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Actors: Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson
95 mins

4:00 AM
The Velvet Touch (1948)
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
Dir: John Gage. Actors: Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor
97 mins

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

Friday – November 26, 2021

1:15 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****This delightful Christmas movie is not a mystery.*****

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

Saturday – November 27, 2021

10:08 AM
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1938)
A daring female reporter sets out to catch a blackmailer.
Dir: William Beaudine. Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton Maclane, Tom Kennedy
59 mins

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

Sunday – November 28, 2021

12:00 AM
Tight Spot (1955)
A district attorney tries to get a hardboiled woman to testify against the mob.
Dir: Phil Karlson. Actors: Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
97 mins

10:00 AM
Tight Spot (1955)
A district attorney tries to get a hardboiled woman to testify against the mob.
Dir: Phil Karlson. Actors: Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
97 mins

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

Monday – November 29, 2021

6:15 AM
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
Dir: George Pollock. Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell
90 mins

8:00 AM
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
Dir: George Pollock. Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson
81 mins

9:30 AM
Murder Ahoy! (1964)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes to the seas to investigate murder on a naval training ship.
Dir: George Pollock. Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell
93 mins

11:15 AM
Murder She Said (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir: George Pollock. Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow
86 mins

12:45 PM
Lured (1947)
A woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk. Actors: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn
102 mins

2:45 PM
Nancy Drew: Detective (1938)
A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman’s disappearance.
Dir: William Clemens. Actors: Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson
60 minser

4:00 PM
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
An aspiring actress risks her life to clear a sailor charged with murder.
Dir: Harold Clurman Actors: Susan Hayward,Paul Lukas,Bill Williams
83 mins

5:30 PM
Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)
A postal detective tracks the gang that robbed a mail truck and killed the driver.
Dir: Edward Killy. Actors: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Judith Blake
66 mins

6:45 PM
The Big Steal (1949)
A man is on the trail of a thief who stole a $300,000 Army payroll, but there is someone else after him – a woman.
Dir: Don Siegel. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix
71 mins

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

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 2021 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2021 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.