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.)

As it is almost October 2020, I thought I would post the Turner Classic Movies channel’s October mystery movies today. I don’t know if other people have been so struck by this, but it seems to me that TCM is moving toward presenting more “current” movies these days. (when I say “current” I mean movies from the 1960s and 1970s.) I’ve been a fan of the channel for many years, and I don’t remember a time when the Golden Era of Hollywood was not the main focus of the channel’s movies. Hmmm… Have any of you noticed this, too? And if so, what do you think about it?

On another note, since it’s October, Turner Classic Movies is going to be showing a lot of “Halloweeny” type movies. So, if you love the old Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price (etc.) movies, then you’re in for a treat this month! (I’m not going to list them, but be sure to be on the lookout for them – if you enjoy them. I watch the same “Halloweeny” type movies year after year… I never get tired of them!) Also, while I’m not talking about movies that happen to be mysteries – for those of you who enjoy the old Dr. Kildare movies, Turner Classic Movies will be airing five of them on Wednesday the 21st of October.

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

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – OCTOBER 2020

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

Thursday – October 1

3:00 PM
TWENTY PLUS TWO (1961)
When a Hollywood secretary is found murdered, a detective is hired to investigate the murder.
Dir:  Joseph M. Newman Cast:  David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill.
BW- 103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – October 2

10:00 PM
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1958)
A millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house.
Dir:  William Castle Cast:  Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long.
BW- 75 mins, CC

11:30 PM
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir:  Robert Wise Cast:  Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
BW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – October 3

1:15 PM
KEY LARGO (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir:  John Huston Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall.
BW- 100 mins, CC

5:00 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 Cast:  Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke.
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Dir:  Otto Preminger Cast:  Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Sunday – October 4

9:00 AM
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Dir:  Otto Preminger Cast:  Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Monday – October 5

5:00 PM
LURED (1947)
A woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
Dir:  Douglas Sirk Cast:  George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn.
BW- 103 mins

7:00 PM
CASH ON DEMAND (1961)
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal money.
Dir:  Quentin Lawrence Cast:  Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon.
BW- 80 mins, CC

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

Thursday – October 8

9:00 PM
DETOUR (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir:  Edgar G. Ulmer Cast:  Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake.
BW- 68 mins, CC

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

Friday – October 9

8:45 AM
BORN TO KILL (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir:  Robert Wise Cast:  Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak.
BW- 92 mins, CC

10:30 AM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir:  Delmer Daves Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 106 mins, CC

12:30 PM
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir:  Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
BW- 97 mins, CC

2:15 PM
RACE STREET (1948)
A night-club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell.
BW- 79 mins, CC

3:45 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 Cast:  Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn.
BW- 111 mins, CC

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

Saturday – October 10

1:00 AM
WHITE LIGHTNING (1973)
A convicted moonshiner helps police track down the bayou bad guys who killed his brother.
Dir:  Joseph Sargent Cast:  Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Louise Latham.
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 AM
GATOR (1976)
An ex-con joins forces with a federal agent to bring down a vice lord.
Dir:  Burt Reynolds Cast:  Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, Lauren Hutton.
C- 116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
TOP HAT (1935)
A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend’s husband.
Dir:  Mark Sandrich Cast:  Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton.
BW- 100 mins, CC
*****It’s been a while since I last saw this movie, but I remember it as being very good. Not a mystery.*****

11:30 PM
THE RACKET (1951)
A tough cop has to fight his superiors in order to battle the mob.
Dir:  John Cromwell Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan.
BW- 89 mins, CC

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

Sunday – October 11

9:00 AM
THE RACKET (1951)
A tough cop has to fight his superiors in order to battle the mob.
Dir:  John Cromwell Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan.
BW- 89 mins, CC

2:45 PM
THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir:  Richard Brooks Cast:  Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.
BW- 94 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but it’s really good.*****

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

Tuesday – October 13

8:00 AM
THE SOLITAIRE MAN (1933)
Crooks double cross each other during a tense flight from Paris to London.
Dir:  Jack Conway Cast:  Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, Lionel Atwill.
BW- 67 mins

9:30 AM
BLIND ADVENTURE (1933)
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Dir:  Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast:  Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Roland Young.
BW- 63 mins

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

Wednesday – October 14

9:15 AM
THE UNHOLY THREE (1925)
In this silent film, a ventriloquist masquerades as an old lady to front a crime ring.
Dir:  Tod Browning Cast:  Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore.
BW- 86 mins

12:00 PM
THE BLACKBIRD (1926)
A benevolent bishop helps the needy during the day, but runs a crime syndicate at night.
Dir:  Tod Browning Cast:  Lon Chaney, Renée Adorée, Doris Lloyd.
BW- 86 mins

1:30 PM
THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR (1929)
A phony medium tries to prove her protege innocent of murder.
Dir:  Tod Browning Cast:  Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly.
BW- 72 mins, CC

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

Thursday – October 15

12:45 PM
THE BAD SEED (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C- 129 mins, CC

3:00 PM
THEY WON’T FORGET (1937)
Bigotry flares when a teacher is accused of killing a small-town girl in the South.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Friday – October 16

7:00 AM
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)
A clumsy young man nurtures a bloodthirsty plant that forces him to kill to feed it.
Dir:  Roger Corman Cast:  Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles.
BW- 72 mins, CC
*****This doesn’t  qualify as a mystery, but if you’ve seen the 1986 version of this movie, you may enjoy seeing this one. Steve Martin’s role is played by Jack Nicholson in this earlier version.*****

5:15 PM
THE NANNY (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Dir:  Seth Holt Cast:  Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – October 17

11:00 PM
DESTINATION MURDER (1950)
A woman infiltrates the mob to find her father’s killer.
Dir:  Edward L. Cahn Cast:  Joyce MacKenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield.
BW- 73 mins, CC

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

Sunday – October 18

9:00 AM
DESTINATION MURDER (1950)
A woman infiltrates the mob to find her father’s killer.
Dir:  Edward L. Cahn Cast:  Joyce MacKenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield.
BW- 73 mins, CC

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

Monday – October 19

8:15 AM
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
Dir:  Orson Welles Cast:  Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles.
BW- 111 mins, CC

12:45 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

3:15 PM
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
Dir:  Nicholas Ray Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy.
BW- 93 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959)
Sherlock Holmes investigates the haunting of an isolated British estate by a murderous canine.
Dir:  Terence Fisher Cast:  Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee.
C- 87 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Based on Sir Conan Doyle’s novel.*****

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

Tuesday – October 20

2:30 PM
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939)
A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
BW- 86 mins, CC
*****This is a comedy mystery movie, probably more comedy than mystery…*****

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

Wednesday – October 21

8:30 PM
THE BEAST OF THE CITY (1932)
A police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief.
Dir:  Charles Brabin Cast:  Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Thursday – October 22

7:00 PM
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:  Donald Siegel Cast:  Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes.
C- 97 mins, CC

8:45 PM
THE BREAKING POINT (1950)
A desperate fishing boat captain rents his ship to some gunmen on the lam.
Dir:  Michael Curtiz Cast:  John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter.
BW- 97 mins, CC

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

Friday – October 23

6:30 AM
ABSOLUTE QUIET (1936)
Murder follows when a plane filled with shady characters is forced to land on a tycoon’s ranch.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey, Raymond Walburn.
BW- 70 mins

3:15 PM
ASSIGNMENT TO KILL (1968)
A private eye gets too involved in his investigation of a crooked shipping magnate.
Dir:  Sheldon Reynolds Cast:  Patrick O’Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud.
C- 99 mins, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
THE DROWNING POOL (1975)
A private eye’s investigation of an anonymous letter leads to murder.
Dir:  Stuart Rosenberg Cast:  Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Tony Franciosa.
C- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – October 24

11:00 AM
HARPER (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir:  Jack Smight Cast:  Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
C- 121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 PM
FLESH AND FURY (1952)
Dir:  Joseph Pevney Cast:  Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman.
BW- 83 mins

11:00 PM
MACAO (1952)
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
Dir:  Josef von Sternberg Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix.
BW- 81 mins, CC

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

Sunday – October 25

5:15 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 Cast:  James Gleason, Edna May Oliver, Bruce Cabot.
BW- 72 mins
*****Based on Stuart Palmer’s Hildegarde Winters mystery book.*****

9:00 AM
MACAO (1952)
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
Dir:  Josef von Sternberg Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix.
BW- 81 mins, CC

4:30 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir:  Robert Aldrich Cast:  Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.
BW- 134 mins, CC

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

Monday – October 26

1:00 AM
DIABOLIQUE (1955)
A cruel man’s wife and lover plot to kill him.
Dir:  Henri-Georges Clouzot Cast:  Paul Meurisse, Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret.
BW- 117 mins
*****For those of you who speak French or who don’t mind having to read the subtitles…*****

6:45 AM
MARA MARU (1952)
A salvage diver is accused of murder while hunting a mysterious treasure.
Dir:  Gordon Douglas Cast:  Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr.
BW- 98 mins, CC

8:30 AM
THEY WON’T BELIEVE ME (1947)
A faithless husband is charged with a murder he didn’t commit.
Dir:  Irving Pichel Cast:  Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Jane Greer.
BW- 90 mins, CC

10:15 AM
WHERE DANGER LIVES (1950)
A psychopath draws her doctor into her murderous schemes.
Dir:  John Farrow Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains.
BW- 80 mins, CC

12:00 PM
FINGERS AT THE WINDOW (1942)
A magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers.
Dir:  Charles Lederer Cast:  Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone.
BW- 81 mins, CC

1:30 PM
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (1941)
An aspiring mystery writer stumbles on to a real murder.
Dir:  Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy.
BW- 96 mins, CC

3:15 PM
KILL OR CURE (1962)
A detective bumbles through the investigation of murders at a spa.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Terry-Thomas, Eric Sykes, Dennis Price.
BW- 88 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
THE GAZEBO (1960)
A suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
Dir:  George Marshall Cast:  Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner.
BW- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT (1972)
A police inspector and a doctor investigate the murders of a large fortune’s trustees.
Dir:  Peter Sasdy Cast:  Christopher Lee,
C- 91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:45 PM
MADHOUSE (1974)
A horror star’s attempted comeback is complicated by a string of murders.
Dir:  James Clark Cast:  Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Natasha Pyne.
C- 91 mins

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

Thursday – October 29

7:30 AM
BEFORE DAWN (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir:  Irving Pichel Cast:  Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland.
BW- 61 mins, CC

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

Friday – October 30

5:30 AM
DOCTOR X (1932)
A reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college.
Dir:  Michael Curtiz Cast:  Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy.
C- 76 mins, CC

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

Saturday – October 31

1:45 PM
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 Cast:  George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed.
BW- 110 mins, CC

5:00 PM
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir:  Robert Wise Cast:  Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
BW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943)
A girl’s search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
Dir:  Mark Robson Cast:  Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell.
BW- 71 mins, CC

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in October, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the September 2020 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for September 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.)