Some months certainly have more mysteries than others on TCM, and I’m afraid that February will be a bit “light” in the mystery department! Still, I’ve tried to sort out the mysteries, and included a bit more in the “personal favorites” category to try to make up for the shortage!

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

Saturday – February 2

4:15 AM
NIGHT MUST FALL (1937)
A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman’s household, then reveals a deadly secret.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
BW- 116 mins, CC

6:15 AM
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
An ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged woman, then plots with his mistress to murder her.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame.
BW- 111 mins, CC

8:15 AM
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
BW- 105 mins, CC

10:00 AM
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)
A killer evades the police not knowing he has a deadly plague.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes.
BW- 96 mins

11:45 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
**** This is a terrific mystery movie. Unfortunately, the studio made Alfred Hitchcock change the end, but it’s still a terrific movie. *****

1:30 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

3:30 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

6:00 PM
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
C- 108 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – February 5

12:30 AM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC
***** I love this movie! It’s a movie I re-watch from time to time. *****

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

Thursday – February 7

9:45 AM
THE CRIMINAL CODE (1931)
A convict trying to reform is torn between conflicting loyalties when he witnesses a murder behind bars.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings.
BW- 96 mins, CC

8:00 PM
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star’s career and love life.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders.
BW- 138 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but an absolutely terrific movie.*****

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

Friday – February 8

6:00 AM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
BW- 101 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but the cast makes this a very fun movie to watch.*****

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

Saturday – February 9

8:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – February 10

9:45 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 Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – February 12

10:00 AM
THE STRANGER (1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Friday – February 15

4:00 AM
THE WINDOW (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
BW- 73 mins, CC

5:30 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
*****Yikes!*****

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

Tuesday – February 19

11:00 AM
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright.
BW- 116 mins, CC
***** Not a mystery, but Bette Davis is at her best here!*****

1:00 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

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

Wednesday – February 20

12:00 AM
BLOW-UP (1966)
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings.
C- 111 mins, CC

2:15 PM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM
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

6:15 PM
12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley.
BW- 96 mins, CC

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

Sunday – February 24

3:30 AM
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

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

Tuesday – February 26

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

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

Wednesday – February 27

10:00 AM
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

12:00 PM
THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
BW- 96 mins, CC

2:00 PM
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW- 112 mins, CC

6:00 PM
MYSTERY STREET (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim’s bones to go on.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC

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

Thursday – February 28

10:00 AM
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, but definitely terrific!*****

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in February, 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 January 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for January 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.)

So, the year’s coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that mystery movies will be coming to an end! I’m pretty busy with the holidays, so let’s get right to the movies!

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

Tuesday – January 1

6:45 AM
THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir:  Leigh Jason Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene.
BW- 80 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – January 2

2:30 AM
HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME (1945)
Three amateur detectives try to find a missing magician.
Dir:  Eddie Sutherland Cast:  Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Carole Landis.
BW- 70 mins, CC

6:00 AM
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE (1951)
An actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
Dir:  King Vidor Cast:  Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge.
BW- 90 mins, CC

7:45 AM
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

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

Friday – January 4

2:00 PM
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972)
A self-appointed judge cleans up a corrupt western town twice.
Dir:  John Huston Cast:  Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs.
C- 123 mins, CC

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

Saturday – January 5

8:29 AM
SOMEWHERE IN SONORA (1933)
A young cowhand gets roped into the outlaw’s life when he’s falsely accused of a crime.
Dir:  Mack V. Wright Cast:  John Wayne, Duke, Henry B. Walthall.
BW- 58 mins, CC

10:08 AM
THE PLOT THICKENS (1936)
Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers suspects a deadly link between two seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir:  Ben Holmes Cast:  James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Owen Davis Jr..
BW- 69 mins, CC
*****This movie is based on Stuart Palmer’s Miss Hildegarde Mystery Series.*****

1:30 PM
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

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

Sunday – January 6

4:00 AM
AN IDEAL HUSBAND (1947)
An upstanding politician is haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion.
Dir:  Alexander Korda Cast:  Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Constance Collier.
C- 93 mins, CC

7:45 AM
NIGHT MUST FALL (1937)
A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman’s household, then reveals a deadly secret.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
BW- 116 mins, CC

10:00 PM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir:  William Wyler Cast:  Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Monday – January 7

11:00 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

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

Wednesday – January 9

6:15 AM
SAGEBRUSH TRAIL (1933)
A man, wrongly imprisoned for murder, escapes to track down the real killer.
Dir:  Armand Schaefer Cast:  John Wayne, Nancy Shubert, Lane Chandler.
BW- 53 mins

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

Thursday – January 10

1:15 AM
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)
A killer evades the police not knowing he has a deadly plague.
Dir:  Elia Kazan Cast:  Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes.
BW- 96 mins

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

Saturday – January 12

10:08 AM
FORTY NAUGHTY GIRLS (1938)
A schoolteacher turns detective to solve a theatrical murder.
Dir:  Edward Cline Cast:  James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie Lord.
BW- 63 mins

*****Based on Stuart Palmer’s Miss Witherspoon Mystery Series.*****

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

Sunday – January 13

12:00 AM
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

10:00 AM
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

1:45 PM
GILDA (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she’s married to his new boss.
Dir:  Charles Vidor Cast:  Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready.
BW- 110 mins, CC

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

Monday – January 14

6:00 AM
EMERGENCY CALL (1933)
A promising surgeon discovers his hospital is run by gangsters.
Dir:  Edward Cahn Cast:  Bill Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan.
BW- 61 mins

11:45 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

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

Tuesday – January 15

3:45 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

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

Wednesday – January 16

6:00 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
*****I’m not sure if this is actually a mystery, fantasy, or horror movie…”*****

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

Thursday – January 17

8:00 AM
THE FALCON IN MEXICO (1944)
A society sleuth travels South of the border to investigate an art dealer’s murder.
Dir:  William Berke Cast:  Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha MacVicar.
BW- 70 mins, CC

10:45 AM
THE HAPPY THIEVES (1962)
A worldly art thief gets mixed up with murder.
Dir:  George Marshall Cast:  Rex Harrison, Rita Hayworth, Joseph Wiseman.
C- 89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 PM
THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947)
A woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith.
BW- 99 mins, CC

6:30 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

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

Friday – January 18

6:15 AM
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.
Dir:  Archie L. Mayo Cast:  Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin.
BW- 82 mins, CC

8:00 PM
SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (1964)
A medium kidnaps a child so she can help the police solve the crime.
Dir:  Bryan Forbes Cast:  Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Mark Eden.
BW- 117 mins, CC

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

Saturday – January 19

4:15 AM
STRAIT-JACKET (1964)
Murder follows an axe murderer home when she’s released from a mental hospital.
Dir:  William Castle Cast:  Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson.
BW- 93 mins, CC

8:29 AM
THE STAR PACKER (1934)
A U.S. Marshall takes on the job of defeating a mysterious criminal.
Dir:  R. N. Bradbury Cast:  John Wayne, Verna Hillie, George Hayes.
BW- 55 mins,

10:08 AM
THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG (1934)
Perry Mason gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.
Dir:  Alan Crosland Cast:  Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 74 mins, CC

1:45 PM
THE PROWLER (1951)
A policeman’s obsession with a married woman leads to murder.
Dir:  Joseph Losey Cast:  Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell.
BW- 93 mins, CC

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

Sunday – January 20

12:00 AM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW- 95 mins, CC

10:00 AM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW- 95 mins, CC

2:00 PM
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir:  Lewis Milestone Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
BW- 115 mins, CC

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

Monday – January 21

2:45 AM
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Dir:  Peter Weir Cast:  Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray.
C- 107 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – January 22

12:30 AM
A SOLDIER’S STORY (1984)
During World War II, an African-American officer investigates a murder that may have been racially motivated.
Dir:  Norman Jewison Cast:  Howard E Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington.
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – January 24

7:30 AM
MIDNIGHT SHADOW (1939)
A young girl must decide which of her suitors robbed and killed her father.
Dir:  George Randol Cast:  Frances Redd, Buck Woods, Richard Bates.
BW- 52 mins

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

Friday – January 25

6:30 AM
WASHINGTON STORY (1952)
A reporter in search of government corruption falls for a congressman.
Dir:  Robert Pirosh Cast:  Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern.
BW- 82 mins, CC

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

Sunday – January 27

2:15 AM
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir:  Terence Young Cast:  Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
C- 108 mins, CC

8:00 PM
ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949)
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Dir:  Fred Zinnemann Cast:  Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh.
BW- 82 mins, CC

9:45 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

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

Monday – January 28

10:00 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 – January 30

1:30 PM
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964)
A mysterious killer stalks a design house’s models.
Dir:  Mario Bava Cast:  Eva Bartok, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Reiner.
C- 88 mins

3:00 PM
HUSH… HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964)
A wealthy southern spinster fights to keep her family’s secrets hidden.
Dir:  Robert Aldrich Cast:  Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 133 mins, CC

5:30 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

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

Thursday – January 31

2:30 AM
JAMAICA INN (1939)
A young woman on the British coast stumbles onto a ring of bloodthirsty scavengers.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Charles Laughton, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie.
BW- 99 mins, CC
*****Based on the Daphne du Maurier novel.*****

7:15 AM
SOMEWHERE IN SONORA (1933)
A young cowhand gets roped into the outlaw’s life when he’s falsely accused of a crime.
Dir:  Mack V. Wright Cast:  John Wayne, Duke, Henry B. Walthall.
BW- 58 mins, CC

9:45 AM
THE FIGHTING GRINGO (1939)
A cowboy tries to clear an innocent Mexican rancher of murder charges.
Dir:  David Howard Cast:  George O’Brien, Lupita Tovar, Lucio Villegas.
BW- 59 mins

11:00 AM
TROUBLE IN SUNDOWN (1939)
A man’s friend searches for the real crooks when he’s accused of robbery and murder.
Dir:  David Howard Cast:  George O’Brien, Rosalind Keith, Ray Whitley.
BW- 60 mins, CC

12:15 PM
COME ON DANGER (1942)
When a woman turns outlaw, she’s suspected of murder.
Dir:  Edward Killy Cast:  Tim Holt, Frances Neal, Ray Whitley.
BW- 59 mins

1:30 PM
SAGEBRUSH LAW (1943)
A Western bank president is framed on embezzlement charges.
Dir:  Sam Nelson Cast:  Tim Holt, Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards, Joan Barclay.
BW- 56 mins

5:00 PM
GUNS OF HATE (1948)
Two drifters are falsely accused of murder.
Dir:  Lesley Selander Cast:  Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin.
BW- 62 mins

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

Friday – February 1

3:15 AM
THE PLAYER (1992)
A rising producer tries to cover up the accidental killing of a screenwriter who was stalking him.
Dir:  Robert Altman Cast:  Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Peter Falk.
C- 124 mins, Letterbox Format

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

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

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the December 2018 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for December 2018 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.)

Wow! I can’t believe we’re already at the end of the year! Pretty soon we’ll all have to re-teach ourselves the proper date. However, before we move into 2019, we have one more month…

While I was finding the mystery movies that will be shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel, I went ahead and also annotated the Christmas movies. There really is nothing like watching an old (Golden) Hollywood Christmas movie. I hope some of you try to fit a few of them into your December television-viewing time.

I noticed that TCM will again show the Thin Man movies on New Year’s Eve. Some of you have written that you watch them every December 31st.

Also, I want to mention that all three of the Hildegarde Withers movies (based on Stuart Palmer’s Cozy Mystery series) that star Edna May Oliver will be shown this month, as well as one that featured another actress.

Enjoy your December movie viewing!

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

Saturday – December 1

7:08 AM
THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir:  George Archainbaud Cast:  Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong.
*****This mystery movie is based on Stuart Palmer‘s Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series. Edna May Oliver starred as Hildegarde in three of the movies, which are all airing this month.*****

BW- 65 mins, CC

11:00 AM
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.
Dir:  Archie L. Mayo Cast:  Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin.
BW- 82 mins, CC

6:45 PM
THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
BW- 109 mins, CC

9:00 PM
CRACK-UP (1946)
An art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall.
BW- 93 mins, CC

11:00 PM
MAGNUM FORCE (1973)
A maverick San Francisco police detective hunts down a band of vigilante cops.
Dir:  Ted Post Cast:  Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitch Ryan.
C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – December 2

3:30 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 Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
BW- 115 mins, CC

5:30 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 Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
BW- 69 mins, CC

7:00 AM
CRACK-UP (1946)
An art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall.
BW- 93 mins, CC

8:45 AM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
*****This is a very good Judy Holliday non-mystery movie.*****
BW- 101 mins, CC

10:45 AM
THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
*****I love this non-mystery movie.*****
Dir:  Richard Brooks Cast:  Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.
BW- 94 mins, CC

12:30 PM
BELLS ARE RINGING (1960)
An answering service operator gets mixed up in her clients’ lives.
Dir:  Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark.
*****You can’t go wrong watching a Judy Holliday movie! This is a non-mystery movie.*****
C- 126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 PM
CHARADE (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir:  Stanley Donen Cast:  Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
BW- 99 mins, CC

7:00 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

Monday – December 3

5:00 PM
THE KENNEL MURDER CASE (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
*****Based on S.S. Van Dine‘s Philo Vance Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  Michael Curtiz Cast:  William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette.
BW- 73 mins, CC

6:30 PM
THE DRAGON MURDER CASE (1934)
Society sleuth Philo Vance looks into a murder near a mysterious “dragon pool.”
*****Based on S.S. Van Dine‘s Philo Vance Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  H. Bruce Humberstone Cast:  Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot.
BW- 67 mins, CC

7:45 PM
THE CASINO MURDER CASE (1935)
Society sleuth Philo Vance takes on a series of murders at an aging dowager’s mansion.
*****Based on S.S. Van Dine‘s Philo Vance Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook.
BW- 83 mins, CC

9:15 PM
THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (1930)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a series of murders inspired by Mother Goose rhymes.
*****Based on S.S. Van Dine‘s Philo Vance Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  Nick Grindé Cast:  Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young.
BW- 87 mins, CC

11:00 PM
THE GARDEN MURDER CASE (1936)
Society sleuth Philo Vance suspects dirty doings behind a mysterious series of suicides.
*****Based on S.S. Van Dine‘s Philo Vance Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume.
BW- 61 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 4

12:15 AM
CALLING PHILO VANCE (1939)
Society sleuth Philo Vance tangles with foreign agents when he investigates the murder of an aircraft manufacturer.
*****Based on S.S. Van Dine‘s Philo Vance Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill.
BW- 62 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 5

4:45 AM
FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949)
Police track a mysterious killer nicknamed “The Judge.”
Dir:  Richard O. Fleischer Cast:  William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey.
BW- 60 mins, CC

6:00 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

7:15 AM
MYSTERY STREET (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim’s bones to go on.
Dir:  John Sturges Cast:  Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC

10:15 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

12:00 PM
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

1:45 PM
THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir:  Jules Dassin Cast:  Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
BW- 96 mins, CC

3:30 PM
THE BIG COMBO, THE (1955)
A police detective tries to convict a mob boss by going to the man’s girlfriend.
Dir:  Joseph Lewis Cast:  Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy.
BW- 84 mins

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

Saturday – December 8

7:08 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.
*****Based on Stuart Palmer‘s Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  George Archainbaud Cast:  James Gleason, Edna May Oliver, Bruce Cabot.
BW- 72 mins

7:00 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.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW- 113 mins, CC

9:00 PM
TOO LATE FOR TEARS (1949)
A married woman’s discovery of stolen money changes her character for the worse.
Dir:  Byron Haskin Cast:  Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea.
BW- 101 mins

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

Sunday – December 9

5:15 AM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie. I think it’s probably my very favorite.*****
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC

7:00 AM
TOO LATE FOR TEARS (1949)
A married woman’s discovery of stolen money changes her character for the worse.
Dir:  Byron Haskin Cast:  Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea.
BW- 101 mins

9:00 AM
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

5:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC

7:15 PM
O. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE (1952)
Five stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
BW- 118 mins, CC

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

Monday – December 10

3:00 AM
WHISTLING IN THE DARK (1933)
A mystery writer’s plan for the perfect murder greatly interests a mobster.
Dir:  Elliott Nugent Cast:  Ernest Truex, Una Merkel, Edward Arnold.
BW- 79 mins,

7:00 AM
DAY OF RECKONING (1933)
A man’s nagging wife drives him to crime.
Dir:  Charles Brabin Cast:  Richard Dix, Madge Evans, Conway Tearle.
BW- 69 mins

11:15 AM
MURDER IN THE PRIVATE CAR (1934)
A speeding train becomes the setting for murder.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle.
BW- 63 mins, CC

12:30 PM
THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE (1933)
When his ex-wife is murdered, a hard-living lawyer defends the chief suspect.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Otto Kruger, Una Merkel, Ben Lyon.
BW- 75 mins

7:15 PM
PATHS OF GLORY (1958)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Dir:  Stanley Kubrick Cast:  Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 11

1:45 PM
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

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

Thursday – December 13

5:00 AM
THE PROWLER (1951)
A policeman’s obsession with a married woman leads to murder.
Dir:  Joseph Losey Cast:  Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell.
BW- 93 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 14

10:00 AM
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932)
A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey.
Dir:  Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast:  Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong.
BW- 63 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 15

7:08 AM
MURDER ON A HONEYMOON (1935)
A schoolteacher jumps into detective mode when a fellow airplane passenger gets sick and dies.
*****Based on Stuart Palmer‘s Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  Lloyd Corrigan Cast:  Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane.
BW- 74 mins, CC

9:00 AM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 16

12:30 AM
MIDNIGHT LACE (1960)
A young woman can’t get anyone to believe she’s being stalked.
Dir:  David Miller Cast:  Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin.
C- 108 mins, CC

3:00 AM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC

3:00 PM
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir:  Carol Reed Cast:  Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
BW- 105 mins, CC

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

Monday – December 17

7:00 AM
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir:  John Huston Cast:  Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW- 112 mins, CC

9:00 AM
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
Dir:  Phil Karlson Cast:  John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster.
BW- 99 mins, CC

5:00 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 Cast:  Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce.
BW- 94 mins

7:00 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 Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
BW- 103 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 18

12:45 AM
COVER-UP (1949)
An insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide.
Dir:  Alfred E. Green Cast:  William Bendix, Dennis O’Keefe, Barbara Britton.
BW- 83 mins

2:15 AM
BACKFIRE (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir:  Vincent Sherman Cast:  Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo.
BW- 91 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 19

5:45 AM
THE NITWITS (1935)
Two cigar-stand attendants get mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir:  George Stevens Cast:  Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating.
BW- 82 mins, CC

6:00 AM
THE KEYHOLE (1933)
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he’s been hired to frame.
Dir:  Michael Curtiz Cast:  Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell.
BW- 69 mins

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

Thursday – December 20

6:30 PM
YOU NEVER CAN TELL (1951)
Poisoned after inheriting its master’s estate, a dog comes back to Earth to find its killer.
Dir:  Lou Breslow Cast:  Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Joyce Holden.
BW- 78 mins

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

Friday – December 21

4:30 AM
TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1966)
Party guests at a remote mansion have been brought together to pay for past crimes.
*****This is based on an Agatha Christie mystery.*****
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Hugh O’Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian.
C- 90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – December 22

5:00 PM
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie. It is one of my very favorite Christmas movies.*****
Dir:  Mitchell Leisen Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
BW- 94 mins, CC

7:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
*****This is a terrific non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 23

12:45 AM
A CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast:  Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara.
BW- 86 mins

3:00 AM
SCROOGE (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Henry Edwards Cast:  Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
BW- 78 mins

7:00 AM
BEWARE, MY LOVELY (1952)
A widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient.
Dir:  Harry Horner Cast:  Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes.
BW- 77 mins, CC

8:45 AM
O. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE (1952)
Five stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe.
BW- 118 mins, CC

5:00 PM
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (1952)
A minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  George More O’Ferrall Cast:  Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton.
BW- 83 mins

7:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)
Ghosts visit a miser during the holidays to teach him the errors of his ways.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Brian Desmond-Hurst Cast:  Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns.
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

Monday – December 24

4:30 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.
*****This is a non-mystery movie and probably the best Little Women movie >>> anyway that’s my opinion…*****
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
BW- 115 mins, CC

9:30 AM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC

11:15 AM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC

1:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie. It is my very favorite Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC

5:00 PM
THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
BW- 109 mins, CC

7:00 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.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW- 69 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 25

12:30 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.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW- 113 mins, CC

2:45 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
*****This is a non-mystery Christmas movie.*****
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 26

4:45 AM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir:  Frank Capra Cast:  Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW- 118 mins, CC

7:00 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

2:30 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

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

Thursday – December 27

5:00 PM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW- 95 mins, CC

6:45 PM
THE PITFALL (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir:  Andre DeToth Cast:  Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.
BW- 86 mins, CC

10:30 PM
THE TALL TARGET (1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir:  Anthony Mann Cast:  Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
BW- 78 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 29

3:30 AM
THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir:  Leigh Jason Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene.
BW- 80 mins, CC

7:07 AM
MURDER ON A BRIDLE PATH (1936)
Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers matches wits with the police to solve the murder of a society bride in Central Park.
*****Based on Stuart Palmer’s Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series.*****
Dir:  Edward Killy Cast:  James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer.
BW- 66 mins, CC

7:00 PM
KEEPER OF THE FLAME (1943)
A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf.
BW- 101 mins, CC

9:00 PM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
Dir:  Billy Wilder Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
BW- 108 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 20

7:00 AM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
Dir:  Billy Wilder Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
BW- 108 mins, CC

5:00 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

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

Monday – December 31

4:00 AM
I LOVE YOU AGAIN (1940)
A solid married man discovers he’s forgotten a past existence as a con artist.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh.
BW- 99 mins, CC

5:45 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 Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

7:30 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 Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW- 112 mins, CC

9:30 AM
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 Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW- 103 mins, CC

11:30 AM
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir:  Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
BW- 97 mins, CC

1:15 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 Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson.
BW- 100 mins, CC

3:15 PM
SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947)
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Dir:  Edward Buzzell Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

For those of you who are interested, I have two lists on my Cozy Mystery site that include a lot of great Christmas movie titles:

Christmas : Favorite Classic Holiday Movies: Old, Black & White… and a Few In Color (not mysteries)

Christmas : Favorite Holiday Movies – More Recent, In Color (not mysteries)