Here’s the upcoming TCM movies that are either mystery related or just personal favorites for the month of March! The biggest thing worth mentioning this month is that we’ll have a good number of Perry Mason movies this month – not based off the ’50s and ’60s TV series, but instead from the 1930s films. They’re definitely worth a watch!
Friday – March 1
2:00 PM
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 Cast: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White.
BW- 72 mins, CC
6:00 PM
BULLITT (1968)
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
C- 114 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – March 6
3:30 PM
AFTER OFFICE HOURS (1935)
A society newspaperwoman tries to prove to her editor that she can crack a murder case.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin.
BW- 72 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – March 7
8:00 PM
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
Two Washington Post reporters investigate the Watergate break-in that ended Nixon’s presidency.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards Jr..
C- 138 mins, CC
Friday – March 8
5:00 AM
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
8:30 AM
THE WILD NORTH (1952)
A Mountie tracks an accused killer through the Canadian wilderness.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse.
C- 97 mins, CC
10:15 AM
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 Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse.
BW- 91 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – March 9
6:00 AM
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955)
A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero’s family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis.
C- 81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:20 AM
WHERE IS JANE DOE? (1956)
In this short film, New York City police detectives investigate the case of a missing girl.
Dir: Larry O’Reilly Cast: Alexander Lockwood,
BW- 8 mins
8:29 AM
RANDY RIDES ALONE (1934)
An undercover agent searches for a murderous outlaw.
Dir: Harry Fraser Cast: John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, George Hayes.
BW- 52 mins
10:08 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 Cast: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods.
BW- 80 mins, CC
*****Based on Erle Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason Mystery Series.*****
8:00 PM
MCQ (1974)
A police lieutenant tackles corruption when his best friend is killed.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur.
C- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM
GET CARTER (1971)
A small-time gangster searches for the truth behind his brother’s death.
Dir: Mike Hodges Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland.
C- 112 mins, CC
Sunday – March 10
12:00 AM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
BW- 84 mins, CC
1:45 AM
COMA (1978)
A lady doctor investigates a series of strange deaths and disappearing bodies at her hospital.
Dir: Michael Crichton Cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley.
C- 113 mins, CC
10:00 AM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
BW- 84 mins, CC
4:00 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 Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW- 112 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – March 12
6:00 AM
SKY MURDER (1940)
Detective Nick Carter tries to prove a beautiful immigrant innocent of murder.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Karen Verne.
BW- 72 mins, CC
7:15 AM
SCENE OF THE CRIME (1949)
A detective tries to solve a policeman’s murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria De Haven.
BW- 94 mins, CC
9:00 AM
THE TATTOOED STRANGER (1950)
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
Dir: Edward J. Montagne Cast: John Miles, Patricia White, Walter Kinsella.
BW- 64 mins, CC
10:15 AM
MUSS ‘EM UP (1936)
A tough detective investigates organized crime’s ties to the murder of a millionaire’s dog.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Preston Foster, Margaret Callahan, Alan Mowbray.
BW- 69 mins
11:30 AM
SUPER SLEUTH (1937)
A movie detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast: Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli.
BW- 70 mins, CC
12:45 PM
UNDER COVER OF NIGHT (1937)
A police detective and his wife try to solve a string of murders.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Edmund Lowe, Florence Rice, Nat Pendleton.
BW- 71 mins
2:00 PM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW- 100 mins, CC
4:00 PM
MYSTERY HOUSE (1938)
A detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel.
BW- 57 mins
5:00 PM
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18 (1938)
A hospitalized detective probes the murder of a fellow patient.
Dir: Bobby Connolly Cast: Patric Knowles, Ann Sheridan, Eric Stanley.
BW- 59 mins
6:00 PM
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW- 114 mins, CC
Thursday – March 14
8:00 PM
ACE IN THE HOLE (1951)
A small-town reporter milks a local disaster to get back into the big time.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur.
BW- 111 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – March 15
12:00 AM
SCANDAL SHEET (1952)
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek.
BW- 82 mins, CC
1:30 AM
THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can’t remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern.
BW- 88 mins, CC
3:15 AM
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders.
BW- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:15 AM
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (1956)
A novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer.
BW- 80 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:00 AM
SUSPICION (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
BW- 99 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – March 16
10:08 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 L. Mayo Cast: Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis.
BW- 77 mins, CC
*****Another Perry Mason movie.*****
Sunday – March 17
12:30 AM
HIGH SIERRA (1941)
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis.
BW- 100 mins, CC
8:00 AM
RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL (1953)
While driving through the Irish countryside, a man picks up a hitchhiker who tells him of a strange event.
Dir: Hilton Edwards Cast: Orson Welles, Michael Laurence, Shelah Richards.
BW- 24 mins
10:00 AM
HIGH SIERRA (1941)
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis.
BW- 100 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – March 18
6:00 AM
YOU’LL FIND OUT (1940)
Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff.
BW- 97 mins, CC
4:00 PM
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 Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
BW- 115 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, I think this is the best edition of Little Women.*****
6:00 PM
JEZEBEL (1938)
A tempestuous Southern belle’s willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent.
BW- 104 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. Sort of a “Bette Davis Gone with the Wind”.*****
Tuesday – March 19
5:30 PM
A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER (1938)
A gangster finds the straight life ain’t so simple.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 85 mins, CC
7:00 PM
HERE COMES TROUBLE (1948)
A newspaper publisher and his ace reporter try to solve the murder of a blackmailing stripper.
Dir: Fred Guiol Cast: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell.
BW- 54 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – March 21
8:00 PM
THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
A television newswoman stumbles onto deadly secrets at a nuclear power plant.
Dir: James Bridges Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas.
C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – March 22
9:30 AM
FORT DOBBS (1958)
A frontierswoman suspects the man who rescued her from the Comanches of killing her husband.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Brian Keith.
BW- 90 mins, CC
11:15 AM
RENEGADE RANGER (1938)
A Texas Ranger discovers the man he’s chasing for murder is a woman.
Dir: David Howard Cast: George O’Brien, Rita Hayworth, Tim Holt.
BW- 59 mins, CC
10:15 PM
NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (1940)
A British agent masquerades as a Nazi officer to protect an inventor and his daughter.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul von Henreid.
BW- 95 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – March 23
10:07 AM
THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS (1936)
Perry Mason’s honeymoon with Della Street is interrupted by the murder of a scandal-sheet publisher.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Winifred Shaw.
BW- 63 mins, CC
****Perry Mason, again!*****
Sunday – March 24
12:00 AM
LADY IN THE LAKE (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Dir: Robert Montgomery Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
BW- 103 mins, CC
4:00 AM
THE ALPHABET MURDERS (1965)
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders committed in alphabetical order.
Dir: Frank Tashlin Cast: Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley.
BW- 91 mins, CC
*****Hmmm… Tony Randall as Poirot…*****
10:00 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 Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
BW- 103 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – March 25
6:00 AM
MADELEINE (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny.
BW- 115 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – March 26
12:15 PM
SHADOWS ON THE STAIRS (1941)
A series of mysterious murders haunts the inhabitants of a boarding house.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel.
BW- 64 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – March 27
12:45 PM
YOU’LL FIND OUT (1940)
Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff.
BW- 97 mins, CC
Thursday – March 28
5:30 PM
AUNTIE MAME (1958)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne.
C- 143 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery. This movie is fun, fun, fun.*****
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – March 29
11:45 AM
THE FAKE (1953)
An American investigator in London discovers that a posh museum’s da Vinci is a fake.
Dir: Godfrey Grayson Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams.
BW- 71 mins, CC
1:00 PM
HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948)
After killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts.
BW- 79 mins, CC
2:30 PM
ARSENE LUPIN (1932)
A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley.
BW- 84 mins, CC
8:00 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 Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C- 105 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – March 30
4:00 AM
NIGHT SCHOOL (1981)
A police investigator attempts to solve the murders of two women from a local night school.
Dir: Ken Hughes Cast: Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder.
C- 89 mins, CC
10:08 AM
THE CASE OF THE BLACK CAT (1936)
Perry Mason looks into a trio of murders heralded by the shriek of a cat.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan.
BW- 66 mins, CC
12:00 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 Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford.
BW- 95 mins, CC
2:00 PM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW- 113 mins, CC
4:00 PM
OCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960)
A group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra.
C- 127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:15 PM
MURDER MOST FOUL (1964)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell.
BW- 91 mins, CC
*****A different take on Miss Marple.*****
Sunday – March 31
12:00 AM
BORDER INCIDENT (1949)
Police try to crack down on the illegal immigration racket.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva.
BW- 95 mins, CC
2:00 AM
THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
A filmmaker documents the history of Spinal Tap, the world’s loudest rock band.
Dir: Rob Reiner Cast: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean.
C- 83 mins, CC
*****A definite for fans of 1970/1980 documentaries about Rock bands. This is one very funny, non mystery movie.*****
10:00 AM
BORDER INCIDENT (1949)
Police try to crack down on the illegal immigration racket.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva.
BW- 95 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in March, 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 February 2019 television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for February 2019 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.
(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)
I am finding myself watching movies I didn’t used to watch. In the past I watched Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis types of movies. I also gravitated towards movies with famous duos such as Katherine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy or Doris Day/Rock Hudson. However, there were some movies I never thought I’d find myself watching. While I enjoyed mystery movies, there was a certain type I avoided: film noir. Good grief, I didn’t even give film noir movies a chance!
