December is upon us. Ordinarily, it would be the time for family gatherings – however, this year it’s going to be quite different. Because of this awful pandemic, we won’t be celebrating Christmas with our daughter this year. It will be the first time since she was born… and that includes the four years she interned at different jobs. Thank goodness we have our portal tv (I wrote about it a few months ago in another blog entry.) We have been able to watch our daughter’s family go from two to three – and have tremendously enjoyed watching our granddaughter go through her different growth changes. Our daughter has been great about portaling us twice a week for extended visits with her family – which is one time I am really happy my husband got us a rather large television. It’s almost like being right there in their living room!

Getting back to my Turner Classic Movie schedule for December…

There don’t seem to be an incredible amount of mystery movies this month. Of course, we can always rely on the fantastic Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley to bring us some classic noir mysteries – which are always a treat to watch. Also, for those of you who enjoy Laurel and Hardy (I’m not in this category – however much other people enjoy their movies) Mondays in December are dedicated to their movies. In the evening of Tuesday, December 8 Turner Classic Movies will be showing several Charles Dickens movies. Beginning Wednesday, December 16 you can catch a few Alfred Hitchcock mysteries – which probably most of you have already seen… several times!

And, it wouldn’t be New Year’s Eve at Turner Classic Movies without the classic Thin Man movies playing on December 31!

Along with the mystery movies, I’m going to go ahead and list several of the Christmas movies that I find on the TCM December 2020 roster. Some of them are truly classics.

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

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – December 2020

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

Tuesday – December 1

11:45 AM
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang. Actors: Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Vincent Price.
Runtime: 100 mins

1:30 PM
Zero Hour! (1957)
When a flight crew falls ill, the only man who can land the plane is afraid of flying.
Dir: Hall Bartlett. Actors: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden.
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Suspense/Mystery

9:15 PM
Crossing Delancey (1988)
An aging woman hires a matchmaker to find her independent granddaughter a man.
Dir: Joan Micklin Silver. Actors: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk.
Runtime: 97 mins
*****This is not a mystery, but I think it’s a delightful film.*****

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

Thursday – December 3

2:00 AM
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son’s efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles. Actors: Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead.
Runtime: 88 mins
*****Not a mystery, but a really good period piece.*****

6:00 AM
On Dangerous Ground (1952)
A tough cop sent to help in a mountain manhunt falls for the quarry’s blind sister.
Dir: Nicholas Ray. Actors: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond.
Runtime: 82 mins

9:45 AM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Mate. Actors: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
Runtime: 84 mins

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

Friday – December 4

12:45 AM
Two Seconds (1932)
In the last moments of his life, a criminal reviews the circumstances that led him to death row.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Preston Foster, Vivienne Osborne.
Runtime: 67 mins

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

Saturday – December 5

8:27 AM
Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
Drummond, his girlfriend, and his butler try to free a high post of Scotland Yard who has been kidnapped.
Dir: Louis King. Actors: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner.
Runtime: 58 mins

5:45 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don DeFore, Victor Moore, Gale Storm.
Runtime: 115 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

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, Sydney Greenstreet.
Runtime: 100 mins

10:00 PM
The Thin Man (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
Runtime: 91 mins

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

Sunday – December 6

12:00 AM
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released and struggles to adjust to the outside world.
Dir: Felix E. Feist. Actors: Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle.
Runtime: 91 mins

10:00 AM
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released and struggles to adjust to the outside world.
Dir: Felix E. Feist. Actors: Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle.
Runtime: 91 mins

2:00 PM
Little Women (1994)
With their father away at war, the March sister’s make the best out of life in 19th-Century New England.
Dir: Gillian Armstrong. Actors: Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes.
Runtime: 118 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

4:15 PM
Holiday Affair (1949)
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.
Runtime: 87 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

6:00 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
Runtime: 101 mins
*****Not a mystery. A terrific Christmas movie.*****

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

Tuesday – December 8

3:30 PM
Dial M for Murder (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings.
Runtime: 105 mins

5:45 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.
Runtime: 112 mins

8:00 PM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
Runtime: 69 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

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

Thursday – December 10

10:00 PM
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.
Runtime: 95 mins

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

Friday – December 11

12:00 AM
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
After being betrayed, a gangster hangs out in a settlement house while seeking revenge.
Dir: Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin. Actors: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland.
Runtime: 93 mins

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

Saturday – December 12

6:30 AM
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Perry Mason helps a young woman whose supposedly dead husband suddenly returns to life.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Errol Flynn.
Runtime: 80 mins

8:32 AM
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.
Runtime: 55 mins

12:00 PM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
Runtime: 69 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

5:45 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
Runtime: 113 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

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

Sunday – December 13

12:00 AM
The Burglar (1956)
A band of crooks robs a spiritualist.
Dir: Paul Wendkos. Actors: Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers.
Runtime: 90 mins

7:00 AM
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Leigh Jason. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene.
Runtime: 80 mins

10:00 AM
The Burglar (1956)
A band of crooks robs a spiritualist.
Dir: Paul Wendkos. Actors: Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers.
Runtime: 90 mins

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

Tuesday – December 15

10:45 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.
Runtime: 113 mins

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

Wednesday – December 16

8:00 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.
Runtime: 128 mins

10:15 PM
Marnie (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker.
Runtime: 130 mins

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

Thursday – December 17

12:45 AM
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
A corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine.
Runtime: 99 mins

2:30 AM
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie.
Runtime: 120 mins

4:45 AM
The Wrong Man (1956)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
Runtime: 105 mins

6:45 AM
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.
Runtime: 136 mins

9:15 AM
Night Nurse (1931)
A nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets.
Dir: William A. Wellman. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Clark Gable.
Runtime: 72 mins

11:45 AM
Angel Face (1953)
An unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit.
Dir: Otto Preminger. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Herbert Marshall.
Runtime: 91 mins

1:30 PM
Sworn Enemy (1936)
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Robert Young, Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice.
Runtime: 73 mins

2:45 PM
Downstairs (1932)
An evil chauffeur seduces and blackmails his way through high society.
Dir: Monta Bell. Actors: John Gilbert, Virginia Bruce, Paul Lukas.
Runtime: 78 mins

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

Friday – December 18

8:30 AM
The Letter (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
Runtime: 95 mins

12:00 PM
The Little Foxes (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright.
Runtime: 116 mins
*****Not a mystery. Excellent movie.*****

8:00 PM
Remember the Night (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
Runtime: 94 mins
***** Not a mystery. I love this Christmas movie!*****

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

Saturday – December 19

12:00 AM
Desk Set (1957)
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network’s research staff.
Dir: Walter Lang. Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young.
Runtime: 104 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

4:00 AM
The Silent Partner (1978)
A Toronto bank teller stashes away a little money daily, but a Santa Claus bank robber doesn’t appreciate being short-changed.
Dir: Daryl Duke. Actors: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York
Runtime: 105 mins

8:00 AM
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.
Runtime: 67 mins

10:45 AM
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir: Laurent Bouzereau. Actors: Michael Patrick Hearn, Joe Dante, Chevy Chase.
Runtime: 58 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

4:00 PM
Desk Set (1957)
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network’s research staff.
Dir: Walter Lang. Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young.
Runtime: 104 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

6:00 PM
The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
Runtime: 109 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

10:00 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, George Coulouris.
Runtime: 94 mins

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

Sunday – December 20

 

12:00 AM
The Kiss of Death (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir: Henry Hathaway. Actors: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark.
Runtime: 99 mins

2:00 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.
Runtime: 103 mins

4:00 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.
Runtime: 83 mins

5:30 AM
Backfire (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir: Vincent Sherman. Actors: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien.
Runtime: 91 mins

7:00 AM
Kind Lady (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz. Actors: Basil Rathbone, Aline MacMahon, Mary Carlisle.
Runtime: 76 mins

10:00 AM
The Kiss of Death (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir: Henry Hathaway. Actors: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark.
Runtime: 99 mins

12:00 PM
Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. Actors: June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford.
Runtime: 122 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

4:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
Runtime: 99 mins
***** Not a mystery. Terrific Christmas movie.*****

8:00 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don DeFore, Victor Moore, Gale Storm.
Runtime: 115 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

10:15 PM
The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
A minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
Dir: George More O’Ferrall. Actors: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton.
Runtime: 81 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas.*****

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

Monday – December 21

12:00 AM
Christmas Past (1925)
A compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
Runtime: 122 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

9:00 AM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
Runtime: 69 mins
***** Not a mystery. Christmas*****

10:30 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.
Runtime: 95 mins

2:00 PM
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
After being betrayed, a gangster hangs out in a settlement house while seeking revenge.
Dir: Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin. Actors: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland.
Runtime: 93 mins

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

Tuesday – December 22

7:15 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.
Runtime: 83 mins

2:00 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.
Runtime: 103 mins

8:00 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
Runtime: 101 mins
*****Not a mystery. Terrific Christmas movie.*****

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

Wednesday – December 23

12:00 AM
Holiday Affair (1949)
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.
Runtime: 87 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

1:45 AM
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir: Laurent Bouzereau. Actors: Michael Patrick Hearn, Joe Dante, Chevy Chase.
Runtime: 58 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

11:45 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
Runtime: 113 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

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

Thursday – December 24

11:45 AM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don DeFore, Victor Moore, Gale Storm.
Runtime: 115 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

6:00 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
Runtime: 101 mins
*****Not a mystery. Terrific Christmas movie.*****

8:00 PM
The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
Runtime: 109 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

10:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
Runtime: 99 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

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

Friday – December 25

12:00 AM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
Runtime: 69 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

7:15 AM
Little Women (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
Runtime: 115 mins
*****Not a mystery. This is my favorite version of Little Women.*****

2:00 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
Runtime: 113 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

4:00 PM
Holiday Affair (1949)
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.
Runtime: 87 mins
*****Not a mystery. Christmas*****

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

Sunday – December 27

12:15 AM
Detour (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer. Actors: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake.
Runtime: 68 mins

4:00 AM
Mara Maru (1952)
A salvage diver is accused of murder while hunting a mysterious treasure.
Dir: Gordon Douglas. Actors: Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr.
Runtime: 98 mins

10:00 AM
Detour (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer. Actors: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake.
Runtime: 68 mins

8:00 PM
Ocean’s 11 (1960)
A group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
Dir: Lewis Milestone. Actors: Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr..
Runtime: 127 mins

10:15 PM
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in.
Dir: Norman Jewison. Actors: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke.
Runtime: 102 mins

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

Wednesday – December 30

11:00 AM
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
A detective 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.
Runtime: 117 mins
*****An Agatha Christie Poirot mystery.*****

8:00 PM
The Birds (1963)
In a California coastal area, flocks of birds unaccountably make deadly attacks on humans.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy.
Runtime: 119 mins

10:15 PM
Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.
Runtime: 109 mins

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

Thursday – December 31

12:15 AM
Cape Fear (1962)
An ex-convict plots to destroy the district attorney who sent him to prison.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson. Actors: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen.
Runtime: 106 mins

2:15 AM
Sisters (1972)
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Dir: Brian De Palma. Actors: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning.
Runtime: 92 mins

5:45 AM
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
A woman seeks revenge on the five men who murdered her fiance.
Dir: Francois Truffaut. Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet.
Runtime: 108 mins
*****In French*****

9:15 AM
The Thin Man (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
Runtime: 91 mins

11:00 AM
After the Thin Man (1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
Runtime: 112 mins

1:00 PM
Another Thin Man (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, C. Aubrey Smith.
Runtime: 103 mins

2:45 PM
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed.
Runtime: 97 mins

4:30 PM
The Thin Man Goes Home(1945)
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Richard Thorpe. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson.
Runtime: 100 mins

6:15 PM
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.
Runtime: 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 2020 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 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.

I finally came to the realization that I really, really like Halloween-type B movies! During October I have been getting my fill of a whole lot of “scary” movies from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Mummies, bats, vampires, mad scientists… I just couldn’t get enough! I mean, before coming to this B-movie realization, I liked these movies, but I didn’t realize how much I look forward to October! But, now that it’s November, I’m going to have to wean myself off of those movies, and get back to my mystery movies.

Wow-zee! November’s theme must be Film Noirs! I’m delighted to tell you there will be (more than!) several film noir movies sprinkled throughout the month. So you don’t have to just wait until Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley weekly showings!

Here’s another highlight from this month on the Turner Classic Movies channel: director Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery movies will be featured starting the evening of November 26 (Thursday) and will continue through most of the 27th. Now that’s something to look forward to! Most of us have probably seen these movies countless times before, which is a testament to how good they are.

This month I have used the Eastern time zone on the Turner Classic Movies schedule. So, rather than Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley airing late Saturday night, it will be airing extremely early on Sunday morning on this eastern time zone. Actually, both of the airings of his monthly pick will be shown on Sunday morning on this eastern time zone schedule. I never miss his picks, and am especially grateful for his introductions and comments after the movies. He’s very detailed.

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

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – November 2020

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

Sunday – November 1

12:00 AM
The Seventh Victim (1943)
A girl’s search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
Dir: Mark Robson Actors: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
Runtime: 71 mins

10:00 AM
The Seventh Victim (1943)
A girl’s search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
Dir: Mark Robson Actors: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
Runtime: 71 mins

11:30 AM
Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman’s ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
Runtime: 113 mins

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

Monday – November 2

12:00 PM
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
Runtime: 78 mins

01:30 PM
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Actors: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford
Runtime: 77 mins

03:00 PM
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
A radio detective’s southern honeymoon is cut short by the discovery of a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Actors: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft
Runtime: 74 mins

04:30 PM
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Actors: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers
Runtime: 87 mins

06:30 PM
Two O’Clock Courage (1945)
An amnesiac discovers he’s wanted for murder.
Dir: Anthony Mann Actors: Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane
Runtime: 66 mins

08:00 PM
The Gangster (1947)
A troubled gangster, who has lost all faith in people, loses his weak grip on life.
Dir: Gordon Wiles Actors: Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring
Runtime: 86 mins

10:00 PM
Cry of the City (1948)
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Actors: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark
Runtime: 96 mins

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

Tuesday – November 3

12:00 AM
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
Runtime: 81 mins

01:30 AM
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Actors: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson
Runtime: 109 mins

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

Wednesday – November 4

12:30 PM
Dangerous Mission (1954)
A woman flees westward after witnessing a mob killing.
Dir: Louis King Actors: Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix
Runtime: 75 mins

06:00 PM
The Petrified Forest (1936)
When a burned out Brit wanders into a diner and gas station in the middle of the desert, the owner’s daughter falls for him. However, the situations of all concerned change when the restaurant is held up at gunpoint by a desperate gangster.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Actors: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin
Runtime: 83 mins

08:00 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
Runtime: 99 mins

10:00 PM
Dead Reckoning (1947)
A tough veteran sets out to solve his war buddy’s murder.
Dir: John Cromwell Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky
Runtime: 100 mins

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

Thursday – November 5

12:00 AM
Pitfall (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre Detoth Actors: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt
Runtime: 84 mins

01:45 AM
The Racket (1951)
A tough cop has to fight his superiors in order to battle the mob.
Dir: John Cromwell Actors: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 88 mins

03:30 AM
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
Runtime: 116 mins

05:30 AM
The Luckiest Guy in the World (1946)
A man destroys his life through gambling debts and stealing company funds in this short film.
Dir: Joseph Newman Actors: Nolan Leary, Robert Emmett O’connor, Red Skelton
Runtime: 21 mins

06:00 AM
London by Night (1937)
A blackmailer holds the key to several murders.
Dir: William Thiele Actors: George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Virginia Field
Runtime: 69 mins

07:15 AM
Finger Of Guilt (1956)
A Hollywood film editor turned London producer confronts a strange woman who claims to be his lover.
Dir: Joseph Losey Actors: Richard Basehart, Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings
Runtime: 95 mins

11:00 AM
The Venetian Affair (1967)
A reporter investigates an American diplomat’s murder in Venice.
Dir: Jerry Thorpe Actors: Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer, Felicia Farr
Runtime: 92 mins

02:30 PM
Zigzag (1970)
A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.
Dir: Richard A. Colla Actors: George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach
Runtime: 105 mins

04:15 PM
Cat O’Nine Tails (1971)
A blind man and a reporter investigate a break-in at a center for genetic research.
Dir: Dario Argento Actors: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak
Runtime: 112 mins

10:00 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
Runtime: 128 mins

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

Friday – November 6

11:45 AM
Woman Wanted (1935)
An innocent woman is chased by both gangsters and the police.
Dir: George B. Seitz Actors: Maureen O’sullivan, Joel Mccrea, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 70 mins

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

Saturday – November 7

08:08 AM
We Never Sleep (1956)
This highlights the work of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, the U.S.A.’s oldest private detective company.
Dir: Larry O’reilly Actors: Peter Roberts, Burton Benjamin, Frances Dinsmoor
Runtime: 8 mins

04:30 PM
Point Blank (1967)
A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman Actors: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 92 mins

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

Sunday – November 8

01:00 AM
Nightfall (1957)
A man on a hunting trip gets mixed up with murderous bank robbers.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Actors: Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft
Runtime: 78 mins

10:00 AM
Nightfall (1957)
A man on a hunting trip gets mixed up with murderous bank robbers.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Actors: Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft
Runtime: 78 mins

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

Monday – November 9

06:15 AM
Deception (1946)
A woman tries to protect her refugee husband from her rich and powerful ex-lover.
Dir: Irving Rapper Actors: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 110 mins

08:15 AM
Dead Ringer (1964)
One of a pair of twins, jealous that the other became wealthy and took away her husband, kills her sister and takes over the latter’s identity.
Dir: Paul Henreid Actors: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
Runtime: 115 mins

02:00 PM
The Unfaithful (1947)
While her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Actors: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott
Runtime: 109 mins

04:00 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
Runtime: 111 mins

06:00 PM
Nora Prentiss (1947)
An ambitious singer ruins a doctor’s life.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Actors: Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett
Runtime: 111 mins

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

Tuesday – November 10

03:30 AM
Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Actors: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
Runtime: 121 mins

09:15 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
Runtime: 103 mins

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

Wednesday – November 11

08:15 AM
The Teckman Mystery (1955)
A biographer falls for the sister of a supposedly dead test pilot whose case alarms Scotland Yard.
Dir: Wendy Toye Actors: Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver
Runtime: 90 mins

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

Thursday – November 12

08:00 AM
They Won’t Believe Me (1947)
A faithless husband is charged with a murder he didn’t commit.
Dir: Irving Pichel Actors: Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Jane Greer
Runtime: 95 mins

11:15 PM
Blind Adventure (1933)
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Actors: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Roland Young
Runtime: 65 mins

12:30 AM
The Mob (1951)
A police detective fakes a suspension so he can go undercover.
Dir: Robert Parrish Actors: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley
Runtime: 87 mins

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

Friday – November 13

02:15 AM
Penthouse (1933)
The mob frames a lawyer for murder, so he enlists a call girl’s help in finding the real killer.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Actors: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth
Runtime: 88 mins

06:00 AM
While the Patient Slept (1935)
A nurse investigates murder at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Ray Enright Actors: Aline Macmahon, Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot
Runtime: 65 mins

07:15 AM
Their Big Moment (1934)
A phony psychic conjures up a real ghost who asks her to solve his murder.
Dir: James Cruze Actors: Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, William Gaxton
Runtime: 68 mins

06:00 PM
The Haunting (1963)
A professor experimenting in parapsychology brings along two women with ESP talents to investigate a haunted New England mansion. Soon, the ghosts start to play their scary tricks.
Dir: Robert Wise Actors: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Runtime: 112 mins

11:00 PM
Berserk (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Dir: Jim O’connolly Actors: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors
Runtime: 96 mins

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

Saturday – November 14

02:00 PM
In a Lonely Place (1950)
An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy

Runtime: 91 mins

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

Sunday – November 15

12:00 AM
Fear (1946)
A detective uses psychological warfare to get a confession out of a murderous student.
Dir: Alfred Zeisler Actors: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne
Runtime: 54 mins

01:30 AM
Family Plot (1976)
A phony psychic is hired to trace the whereabouts of a woman’s nephew, who is now heir to a fortune.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris
Runtime: 120 mins

03:45 AM
Frenzy (1972)
A murdering rapist has been terrorizing London. The police manage to track him down and sentence him to life imprisonment. However, Inspector Oxford has his doubts as to whether or not they have indeed the right man.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-hunt
Runtime: 116 mins

10:00 AM
Fear (1946)
A detective uses psychological warfare to get a confession out of a murderous student.
Dir: Alfred Zeisler Actors: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne
Runtime: 54 mins

01:45 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
Runtime: 114 mins

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

Monday – November 16

06:00 AM
Comet over Broadway (1938)
A stage star’s rampant ambition leads to murder.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Actors: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel
Runtime: 69 mins

09:00 AM
Over the Wall (1938)
A prison chaplain tries to help a man framed for murder prove his innocence.
Dir: Frank Macdonald Actors: Dick Foran, June Travis, John Litel
Runtime: 66 mins

11:15 PM
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results.
Dir: Robert Wise Actors: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters
Runtime: 95 mins

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

Tuesday – November 17

06:00 AM
The Petrified Forest (1936)
When a burned out Brit wanders into a diner and gas station in the middle of the desert, the owner’s daughter falls for him. However, the situations of all concerned change when the restaurant is held up at gunpoint by a desperate gangster.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Actors: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin
Runtime: 83 mins

11:15 AM
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
Runtime: 93 mins

01:00 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
Runtime: 100 mins

02:45 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
Runtime: 114 mins

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

Friday – November 20

01:45 AM
Intruder in the Dust (1949)
Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob.
Dir: Clarence Brown Actors: David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernandez
Runtime: 89 mins

07:15 AM
Woman Wanted (1935)
An innocent woman is chased by both gangsters and the police.
Dir: George B. Seitz Actors: Maureen O’sullivan, Joel Mccrea, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 70 mins

11:15 AM
Make Your Own Bed (1944)
Detectives masquerade as a butler and maid to get the goods on a crook.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Actors: Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Irene Manning
Runtime: 82 mins

12:45 PM
One Night at Susie’s (1930)
A boarding house keeper’s gangster tenants step in to help when her son is framed for murder.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Actors: Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks, Helen Ware
Runtime: 85 mins

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

Saturday – November 21

08:28 AM
British Intelligence (1940)
A lady spy uses a British nobleman’s home in her undercover work for the Germans.
Dir: Terry Morse Actors: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester
Runtime: 62 mins

06:00 PM
The Front Page (1974)
The ruthless managing editor of a Chicago newspaper angrily learns his ace reporter plans to leave the paper to get married. While he trains a replacement, all hell breaks loose and a convicted killer escapes from right under the nose of a bumbling sheriff.
Dir: Billy Wilder Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett
Runtime: 105 mins

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

Sunday – November 22

12:15 AM
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
After trying to rescue a fleeing girl on the road one night, lowlife detective Mike Hammer is drawn into investigating first a murder, then the whereabouts of a mysterious box that seems to have prompted the crime.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Actors: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart
Runtime: 104 mins

02:15 AM
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
A bored millionaire decides to live his life on the edge and stages a multimilion dollar bank heist, but falls in love with an insurance investigator (from the victim bank) who suspects him of the crime.
Dir: Norman Jewison Actors: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke
Runtime: 102 mins

10:00 AM
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
After trying to rescue a fleeing girl on the road one night, lowlife detective Mike Hammer is drawn into investigating first a murder, then the whereabouts of a mysterious box that seems to have prompted the crime.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Actors: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart
Runtime: 104 mins

12:00 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
Runtime: 80 mins

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

Monday – November 23

04:15 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
Runtime: 114 mins

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

Tuesday – November 24

04:15 AM
The Young Savages (1961)
An assistant DA suspects one of the delinquents he’s prosecuting for murder is his son.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Actors: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters
Runtime: 100 mins

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

Wednesday – November 25

11:15 AM
Above Suspicion (1943)
A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Actors: Joan Crawford, Fred Macmurray, Conrad Veidt
Runtime: 90 mins

04:45 PM
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Actors: Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran
Runtime: 103 mins

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

Thursday – November 26

08:00 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, Wendell Corey
Runtime: 112 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
Runtime: 119 mins

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

Friday – November 27

12:15 AM
The Birds (1963)
An immense flock of birds descends upon a seacoast town, makes it their nesting ground, and begins to attack and kill the townsfolk.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy
Runtime: 120 mins

02:30 AM
Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Runtime: 109 mins

04:30 AM
Rope (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger
Runtime: 80 mins

06:00 AM
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Miss Froy disappears on her return train trip from a vacation in the Balkans. However, Iris Henderson is the only person, on a train filled with suspicious and unsavory characters, who can attest that Miss Froy was ever on that trip.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
Runtime: 97 mins

07:45 AM
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
Runtime: 96 mins

09:30 AM
Saboteur (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger
Runtime: 108 mins

11:45 AM
Torn Curtain (1966)
An American scientist fakes a defection into Communist East Germany in order to get hold of defense secrets.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova
Runtime: 128 mins

02:00 PM
Marnie (1964)
A woman with a penchant for stealing money from the places she works as a receptionist marries one of her bosses who knows she’s guilty. He then proceeds to try to uncover the mysteries surrounding her past.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker
Runtime: 130 mins

04:15 PM
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
A corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick
Runtime: 99 mins

06:00 PM
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Young Charlie is a small-town girl consumed with finding out whether her unhinged Uncle Charlie is a serial killer.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey
Runtime: 108 mins

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

Saturday – November 28

06:00 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
Runtime: 101 mins

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

Sunday – November 29

12:15 AM
Suspense (1946)
The new manager of an ice show plots to steal the owners business and his wife.
Dir: Frank Tuttle. Actors: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville.
Runtime: 101 mins

04:30 AM
My Favorite Spy (1942)
Bandleader Kay Kyser leaves his bride at the altar to help catch international spies.
Dir: Tay Garnett Actors: Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman
Runtime: 86 mins

10:00 AM
Suspense (1946)
The new manager of an ice show plots to steal the owners business and his wife.
Dir: Frank Tuttle. Actors: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville.
Runtime: 101 mins

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

Monday – November 30

02:15 PM
Red Light (1949)
An embezzler’s revenge on the businessman who turned him in leads to a bloody vendetta.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Actors: George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Gene Lockhart
Runtime: 83 mins

04:00 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
Runtime: 91 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 2020 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 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.

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