I’m so excited that it’s already (almost) 2021! This past year has been a difficult year for all of us. Covid 19 has kept us all from celebrating our different holidays AND also from letting us visit with our extended families. What a colossal drag! Thank goodness for all of the hard-working pharmaceutical research scientists and the many, many essential workers!
It’s a good thing we have had our Cozy Mysteries to read and our mystery movies to watch!
Turner Classic Movies will be showing some movies this month that I want to point out. On January 20 (PM) and 21 (AM) the channel will be showing four Agatha Christie Miss Marple mystery movies starring Margaret Rutherford. These are very loosely based on Christie’s Miss Marple, as they are comedies. And speaking of comedies, I have listed the Judy Holliday movies as well as those with Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Those movies are not mysteries, but they are quite good.
***** ***** ***** *****
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – January 2021
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Friday – January 1, 2021
4:00 PM
Born Yesterday (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
102 mins
*****Judy Holliday non-mystery comedy.*****
6:00 PM
Lover Come Back (1961)
An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann. Actors: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall.
107 mins
*****Doris Day/Rock Hudson non-mystery comedy.*****
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – January 2, 2021
8:09 AM
The Law and the Lab (1956)
This short film focuses on the job of a lab technician and forensic detail.
Dir: Frances Dinsmoor. 8 mins
8:27 AM
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
An old enemy kidnaps Bulldog Drummond’s fiancée.
Dir: Louis King. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, Anthony Quinn.
59 mins
9:45 PM
Vertigo (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
128 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – January 3, 2021
12:00 AM
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
A film noir involving a bachelor and his two sisters.
Dir: Robert Siodmak. Actors: George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines
80 mins
10:00 AM
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
A film noir involving a bachelor and his two sisters.
Dir: Robert Siodmak. Actors: George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines
80 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – January 5, 2021
10:45 AM
Gilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she’s married to his new boss.
Dir: Charles Vidor. Actors: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready.
110 mins
3:00 PM
It Should Happen to You (1953)
A dizzy model in love with fame rents a billboard and puts her name on it.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford.
87 mins
*****Judy Holliday non-mystery comedy.*****
10:00 PM
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet.
100 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – January 6, 2021
8:00 PM
Death on the Nile (1978)
Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an heiress during an Egyptian tour.
Dir: John Guillermin. Actors: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Bette Davis.
140 mins
10:30 PM
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Hercule Poirot trying to solve a case finds himself on an exclusive island frequented by the rich and famous.
Dir: Guy Hamilton. Actors: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith.
117 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – January 7, 2021
12:45 AM
The Last of Sheila (1973)
A game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
Dir: Herbert Ross. Actors: Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn.
119 mins
3:00 AM
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor’s wife suddenly drops dead.
Dir: Woody Allen. Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Adler.
108 mins
5:00 AM
Deathtrap (1982)
A blocked playwright plots to kill a beginner and steal his script.
Dir: Sidney Lumet. Actors: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon.
116 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – January 9, 2021
2:30 AM
Games (1967)
A mysterious woman inserts herself into a rich young couple’s strange pranks and questionable jokes.
Dir: Curtis Harrington. Actors: Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross.
100 mins
8:27 AM
Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)
Bulldog Drummond postpones his wedding to track down a band of bank robbers.
Dir: James P. Hogan. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner.
56 mins
12:00 PM
The Big Heat (1953)
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. Actors: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin.
90 mins
1:45 PM
Midnight Lace (1960)
A young woman can’t get anyone to believe she’s being stalked.
Dir: David Miller. Actors: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, Myrna Loy.
108 mins
3:45 PM
Family Plot (1976)
A phony psychic takes on a pair of kidnappers.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black.
120 mins
8:00 PM
North by Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
136 mins
10:30 PM
Saboteur (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd.
109 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – January 10, 2021
12:30 AM
The Glass Key (1942)
A hired gun and his gangster boss fall out over a woman.
Dir: Stuart Heisler. Actors: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy.
85 mins
10:00 AM
The Glass Key (1942)
A hired gun and his gangster boss fall out over a woman.
Dir: Stuart Heisler. Actors: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy.
85 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – January 11, 2021
8:45 AM
The Liquidator (1966)
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a plot to assassinate England’s Prince Phillip.
Dir: Jack Cardiff. Actors: Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St. John.
104 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – January 12, 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.
120 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – January 13, 2021
6:45 AM
Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
A woman is released from an asylum after the shock suffered during the death of her mother.
Dir: Bert I. Gordon. Actors: Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Zsa Zsa Gabor.
83 mins
10:15 AM
Nanny (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Dir: Seth Holt. Actors: Bette Davis, William Dix, Jill Bennett.
93 mins
12:00 PM
Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A lonely child creates an imaginary playmate with surprisingly dangerous results.
Dir: Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch. Actors: Kent Smith, Simone Simon, Julia Dean.
70 mins
1:30 PM
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw’s widow in search of the man’s hidden loot.
Dir: Charles Laughton. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
93 mins
3:15 PM
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
A medium kidnaps a child so she can help the police solve the crime.
Dir: Bryan Forbes. Actors: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Nanette Newman.
117 mins
5:30 PM
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
A distraught mother searches for her seemingly non-existent daughter, bringing her sanity into question.
Dir: Otto Preminger. Actors: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier.
107 mins
8:00 PM
Murder by Death (1976)
A criminal madman invites the world’s greatest detectives for a night of dinner and murder.
Dir: Robert Moore. Actors: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers.
95 mins
9:45 PM
Clue (1985)
Based on the board game, six strangers go to a mansion where they must solve a mysterious murder.
Dir: Jonathan Lynn. Actors: Eileen Brennan. Tim Curry. Madeline Kahn.
87 mins
11:30 PM
Ten Little Indians (1966)
Party guests at a remote mansion have been brought together to pay for past crimes.
Dir: George Pollock. Actors: Hugh O’Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian.
90 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – January 14, 2021
1:15 AM
The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
An heiress experiences a variety of strange goings on when she goes to collect her inheritance.
Dir: William Beaudine. Actors: Helen Parris, Dick Purcell, Tim Ryan.
61 mins
2:30 AM
Before Midnight (1934)
A police inspector investigates the murder of a man who prophesied his own death.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer. Actors: Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer, Claude Gillingwater.
62 mins
3:45 AM
The Phantom of Crestwood (1933)
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben. Actors: Karen Morley, Ricardo Cortez, H.B. Warner.
76 mins
5:15 AM
Mystery House (1938)
A detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
Dir: Noel Smith. Actors: Ann Sheridan, Dick Purcell, Anne Nagel.
57 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – January 15, 2021
8:00 PM
Charade (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen. Actors: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
113 mins
10:00 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. Actors: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie.
120 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – January 16, 2021
12:15 AM
The Third Man (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed. Actors: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli.
8:30 AM
Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (1939)
Bulldog Drummond discovers the house he’s rented for his wedding hides a secret treasure.
Dir: James P. Hogan. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner.
54 mins
4:00 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. Actors: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr.
112 mins
6:00 PM
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison. Actors: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
110 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – January 17, 2021
12:00 AM
Witness To Murder (1954)
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill.
82 mins
4:30 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. Actors: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
63 mins
10:00 AM
Witness To Murder (1954)
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill.
82 mins
1:30 PM
Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon. Actors: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall.
102 mins
*****Doris Day/Rock Hudson non-mystery comedy.*****
10:10 PM
The Incident (1967)
Passengers on a New York subway are held by two criminals.
Dir: Larry Peerce. Actors: Martin Sheen, Tony Musante
107 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – January 19, 2021
10:00 PM
Adam’s Rib (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
101 mins
*****Judy Holliday comedy.*****
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – January 20, 2021
2:00 AM
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett. Actors: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
113 mins
8:00 PM
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, Joan Hickson.
86 mins
9:45 PM
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
11:15 PM
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, Francesca Annis.
91 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – January 21, 2021
1:00 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, Miles Malleson.
93 mins
2:45 AM
The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir: George Archainbaud. Actors: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Mae Clarke.
65 mins
*****Based on Stuart Palmer’s Miss Hildegard mystery series.*****
4:00 AM
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
A schoolteacher matches wits with a police detective when they both try to solve a pretty music teacher’s murder.
Dir: George Archainbaud. Actors: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot.
71 mins
*****Based on Stuart Palmer’s Miss Hildegard mystery series.*****
5:30 AM
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
A young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty.
96 mins
7:15 AM
When Were You Born? (1938)
An astrologer tries to help the police catch a killer.
Dir: William McGann. Actors: Anna May Wong, Margaret Lindsay, Lola Lane.
65 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – January 22, 2021
6:00 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.
72 mins
11:00 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: Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Constance Bennett.
103 mins
1:00 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. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
103 mins
3:00 PM
High Wall (1947)
Psychiatry provides the key to proving a veteran flyer innocent of his wife’s murder.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt. Actors: Robert Taylor, Herbert Marshall, Audrey Totter.
99 mins
4:45 PM
Tension (1950)
A man who had planned to murder his wife’s lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
Dir: John Berry. Actors: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Barry Sullivan.
91 mins
6:30 PM
The Sellout (1951)
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
Dir: Gerald Mayer. Actors: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter.
83 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – January 23, 2021
4:00 AM
Stunts (1977)
A stuntman investigates his brother’s death on a movie shoot.
Dir: Mark L. Lester. Actors: Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Ray Sharkey.
89 mins
8:00 PM
Out of the Past (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
97 mins
10:00 PM
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw’s widow in search of the man’s hidden loot.
Dir: Charles Laughton. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
93 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – January 24, 2021
12:00 AM
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
2:00 AM
It Should Happen to You (1953)
A dizzy model in love with fame rents a billboard and puts her name on it.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford.
87 mins
*****Judy Holliday non-mystery comedy.*****
10:00 AM
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
8:00 PM
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
When he mistakenly thinks he’s dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife’s next husband.
Dir: Norman Jewison. Actors: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
100 mins
*****Doris Day/Rock Hudson non-mystery comedy.*****
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – January 25, 2021
9:45 AM
The Letter (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
95 mins
11:30 AM
The Right to Live (1935)
A crippled war hero’s death turns out to be murder.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: George Brent, Colin Clive, Josephine Hutchinson.
69 mins
8:00 PM
Criss Cross (1949)
A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
Dir: Robert Siodmak. Actors: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea.
88 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – January 26, 2021
6:00 AM
The Crooked Way (1949)
A war hero’s amnesia keeps him from dealing with his criminal past.
Dir: Robert Florey. Actors: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew.
86 mins
7:30 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
8:45 AM
Two O’Clock Courage (1945)
An amnesiac discovers he’s wanted for murder.
Dir: Anthony Mann. Actors: Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane.
66 mins
10:00 AM
Hysteria (1965)
An amnesiac stumbles on to a murder plot.
Dir: Freddie Francis. Actors: Robert Webber, Anthony Goldoni, Anthony Newlands.
85 mins
6:00 PM
Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
Based on the real 1950 (+/-) $2.5 Great Brink’s Robbery in Boston.
Dir: Joseph Pevney. Actors: Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams.
96 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – January 27, 2021
1:30 AM
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
A veteran fights to prove he didn’t kill his cheating wife.
Dir: George Marshall. Actors: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix.
100 mins
6:00 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: W.S. Van Dyke II. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed.
97 mins
6:00 PM
Ransom! (1956)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
Dir: Alex Segal. Actors: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen.
102 mins
8:00 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 II. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
112 mins
10:00 PM
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette.
73 mins
11:30 PM
Green For Danger (1946)
A police inspector investigates an operating room death that may be murder.
Dir: Sidney Gilliat. Actors: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Alastair Sim.
92 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – January 28, 2021
1:15 AM
The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Roy William Neill. Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke.
67 mins
2:30 AM
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
Perry Mason tries to stay on the wagon while investigating the murder of a crooked beauty contest promoter.
Dir: Archie Mayo. Actors: Warren William, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins.
78 mins
4:00 AM
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he intents to protect a beautiful heiress of an espionage organization.
Dir: James P. Hogan. Actors: Ray Milland, Guy Standing, Heather Angel.
67 mins
5:15 AM
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
The Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
Dir: John Farrow. Actors: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Barry Fitzgerald.
64 mins
8:00 PM
The Heiress (1949)
A plain young woman’s money makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson.
115 mins
*****A really good non-mystery movie.*****
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – January 29, 2021
8:00 PM
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
A Korean War hero doesn’t realize he’s been programmed to kill by the enemy.
Dir: John Frankenheimer. Actors: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury.
127 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – January 30, 2021
3:45 AM
The Caller (1987)
A woman in her cabin is joined by a man who says his car broke down.
Dir: Arthur Allan Seidelman. Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Madolyn Smith.
98 mins
8:29 AM
A Shot In The Dark (1941)
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner’s murder.
Dir: William C. McGann. Actors: William Lundigan, Nan Wynn, Regis Toomey.
57 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – January 31, 2021
12:30 AM
The Killers (1964)
Surprised that their contract victim didn’t try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
Dir: Don Siegel. Actors: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes.
95 mins
2:30 AM
The Late Show (1977)
An aging private eye hooks up with a Hollywood eccentric to investigate his partner’s murder.
Dir: Robert Benton. Actors: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy.
93 mins
4:15 AM
The Carey Treatment (1972)
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Dir: Blake Edwards. Actors: James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Skye Aubrey.
101 mins
10:00 AM
The Killers (1964)
Surprised that their contract victim didn’t try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
Dir: Don Siegel. Actors: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes.
95 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in January, be sure to leave a comment below!
In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the December 2020 television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for December 2020 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.
Welcome, December! It looks like the Hallmark channels are going to be ushering us out of 2020 with a whole lot of NEW “feel good” Christmas Cozy movies… and let’s face it, we can all do with a little “feel good” time!
Saturday – December 12, 2020
Saturday – December 19, 2020
Here are some blog entries you might be interested in – if you’re looking for some other Christmas movies. You can probably find a lot of them playing on TV as we approach the holiday season. The entries are from my Cozy Mystery site.
November and daylight savings time are upon us! I absolutely cannot believe we’re already into what a lot of us think as the holiday seasons. Halloween is over and now we’re looking forward to Thanksgiving – which will undoubtedly be very, very different than our Thanksgivings of past years. 
Saturday – November 14, 2020
Monday – November 23, 2020
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****