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A New Hallmark Mystery Movie Series Starting in September 2017!

August 28, 2017

UPDATE: Apparently this aired back in June and July as well! Sorry about that, folks. Well, the future airing information is still good at least!

Well, I know I said I wasn’t going to be doing anymore Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel movies since their website is so doggone difficult to navigate, but I just found out about a new mystery movie series they will be starting in a few days EDIT: a mystery movie series that I apparently missed because their channel is hard to use! I am also posting the re-airing dates of the four new Garage Sale mystery movies they showed during August.

Here’s the news about a the new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries series:

Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 3, 2017  8:00 PM (Central)

Brilliant, dedicated, and driven, archaeologist Emma Fielding is trying to unearth evidence of a 17th century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, one of the most significant archaeological finds in years. But the dead body that accompanies it has embroiled Emma and her students in a different kind of exploration. Stars Courtney Thorne-Smith and James Tupper. (Based on Dana Cameron’s Emma Fielding Mystery Series. <—You can click on this link to go to her page on my site.)
It will be re-aring: Wednesday – September 20 6:00 PM

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In case any of you missed the four new Garage Sale mystery movies the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel aired in August, well, here are the re-airing dates:

Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder

Annie Winters is a long-time customer of Rags-to-Riches and her husband Garret is a wealthy internet entrepreneur. When Garret’s dead body is found washed up on the beach, it looks like an apparent surfing accident. But Annie doesn’t believe the death was accidental and pleads with Jenn to take a closer look. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Thursday – September 7 8:00 PM (Central)
Monday – September 18 8:00 PM (Central)

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Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text

Famous country singer John Dalton’s concert rehearsal is stalled when the entire crew receives a suicide note from Lita, the band’s bassist. After discovering that a Taser was used to immobilize her before her death, Jenn is skeptical that Lita’s death was actually suicide. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Wednesday – September 13 8:00 PM (Central)
Tuesday – September 19 8:00 PM (Central)

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Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval

Jenn finds the body of a local college history professor hidden in the 15th century suit of armor she purchased for a wealthy client. As she narrows down the number of murder suspects, Jenn finds herself caught in the killer’s web of dangerous lies. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Tuesday – September 12 6:00 PM (Central)
Monday – September 25 8:00 PM (Central)

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Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of Murder

Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a patient’s apartment, Jenn’s investigation leads to other patients whose love lives are more entangled than she was first led to believe. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Monday – August 28 6:00 PM (Central)  — Tonight!
Friday – September 1 8:00 PM (Central)
Sunday – September 3 10:00 PM (Central)
Friday – September 29 6:00 PM (Central)

I am going to go set up my DVR right now. I hope you do, too!

(The descriptions of the movies above were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries website.)

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Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for September 2017

August 26, 2017

It’s the time of the month again to find out about next month’s upcoming mystery movies that will be on television. As usual, I’m posting the Turner Classic Movies channel mysteries (and some non-mystery movies with my favorite actors and actresses) that I think are definitely worth looking at.

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September 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Saturday – September 2, 2017

9:30 AM
THE PHANTOM THIEF (1946)
A reformed thief tries to stop a murderous blackmailer.
Dir:  D. Ross Lederman Cast:  Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane.
BW- 65 mins

12:45 PM
RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)
A cowboy infiltrates a bandit hideout in search of his girlfriend’s killer.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer.
C- 89 mins, CC

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

Sunday – September 3, 2017

9:00 AM
FRAMED (1947)
A femme fatale lures an unemployed man into helping her with a criminal scheme.
Dir:  Richard Wallace Cast:  Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan.
BW- 82 mins, CC

5:15 PM
ROPE (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger.
C- 81 mins, CC

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

Monday – September 4, 2017

10:45 AM
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir:  George Stevens Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter.
BW- 114 mins, CC

*** Not a mystery, however it’s really good! ***

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

Tuesday – September 5, 2017

10:00 PM
LOVE LETTERS (1945)
A soldier falls for the woman who may have killed his best friend.
Dir:  William Dieterle Cast:  Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards.
BW- 101 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – September 6, 2017

3:45 PM
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Dir:  Ida Lupino Cast:  Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman.
BW- 71 mins, CC

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

Friday – September 8, 2017

6:00 AM
CHINA PASSAGE (1937)
Murder and jewel theft plague a China-bound steamer.
Dir:  Edward Killy Cast:  Constance Worth, Vinton Haworth, Leslie Fenton.
BW- 65 mins, CC

10:00 AM
WE’RE ON THE JURY (1937)
A jury member sets out to prove a murder defendant innocent.
Dir:  Ben Holmes Cast:  Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Philip Huston.
BW- 70 mins

8:30 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. This is a fantastic movie. ***

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

Saturday – September 9, 2017

11:00 AM
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 Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

7:00 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

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

Sunday – September 10, 2017

5:00 AM
VENGEANCE VALLEY (1951)
An honest rancher tries to block his evil brother’s plots while keeping them from their father.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru.
C- 83 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – September 13, 2017

9:00 AM
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

10:15 AM
FROM HEADQUARTERS (1933)
A police lieutenant uses scientific methods to solve a decadent playboy’s murder.
Dir:  William Dieterle Cast:  George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette.
BW- 63 mins, CC

1:15 PM
BULLETS OR BALLOTS (1936)
A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane.
BW- 82 mins, CC

2:45 PM
BORDERLINE (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir:  William A. Seiter Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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

Saturday – September 16, 2017

9:30 AM
TRAPPED BY BOSTON BLACKIE (1948)
When the pearl necklace he’s been hired to guard goes missing, a reformed thief is the prime suspect.
Dir:  Seymour Friedman Cast:  Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane.
BW- 67 mins, CC

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

Sunday – September 17, 2017

9:00 AM
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

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

Tuesday – September 19, 2017

10:00 AM
THE CORSICAN BROTHERS (1941)
Siamese twins, separated in infancy, join forces to avenge their parents’ murder.
Dir:  Gregory Ratoff Cast:  Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff.
BW- 111 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – September 20, 2017

5:00 AM
THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir:  Anatole Litvak Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart.
BW- 87 mins, CC

7:00 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

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

Saturday – September 23, 2017

7:30 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 Cast:  Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter.
BW- 103 mins, CC

9:30 AM
BOSTON BLACKIE’S CHINESE VENTURE (1948)
When he’s spotted leaving a laundry whose proprietor has just been murdered, a reformed thief has to find the real killer.
Dir:  Seymour Friedman Cast:  Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane.
BW- 59 mins

1:00 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

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Sunday – September 24, 2017

7:00 PM
CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948)
A Chicago reporter re-opens a ten year old murder case.
Dir:  Henry Hathaway Cast:  James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 111 mins, CC

9:00 PM
BOOMERANG (1947)
A prosecutor fights to prove the defendant in a scandalous murder case is innocent.
Dir:  Elia Kazan Cast:  Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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

Monday – September 25, 2017

6:15 AM
MURDER IN THE PRIVATE CAR (1934)
A speeding train becomes the setting for murder.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle.
BW- 63 mins, CC

7:30 AM
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

3:30 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

5:30 PM
MURDER SHE SAID (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow.
BW- 86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Tuesday – September 26, 2017

12:15 AM
THE LADYKILLERS (1956)
An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady’s boardinghouse to plot a major heist.
Dir:  Alexander Mackendrick Cast:  Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom.
C- 91 mins, CC

3:45 AM
A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – September 27, 2017

1:45 PM
STOP, YOU’RE KILLING ME (1952)
The surprise appearance of four corpses interferes with a beer baron’s plans to crash high society.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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Thursday – September 28, 2017

5:00 AM
LADIES OF THE JURY (1932)
A jury hold-out tries to prove the defendant’s innocence.
Dir:  Lowell Sherman Cast:  Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Rosco Ates.
BW- 63 mins

9:15 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

3:00 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

5:00 PM
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir:  Billy Wilder Cast:  Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton.
BW- 116 mins, CC

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Friday – September 29, 2017

8:30 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 Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
BW- 115 mins, CC

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If you’re particularly looking forward to these or other mystery-themed TV movies coming up in September, 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 August television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for August 2017

And of course, 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

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Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for August 2017

July 25, 2017

It’s the time of the month again to find out about next month’s upcoming mystery movies that will be on television. As usual, I’m posting the Turner Classic Movies channel mysteries (and some non-mystery movies with my favorite actors and actresses) that I think are definitely worth looking at.

For all you “Murder, She Wrote” fans – TCM will be showing Angela Lansbury movies all day on Saturday, August 19 – before her Jessica Fletcher days.

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August 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Tuesday – August 1, 2017

8:30 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 PM
NIAGARA (1953)
Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife.
Dir:  Henry Hathaway Cast:  Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters.
C- 89 mins, CC

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Wednesday – August 2, 2017

6:15 AM
BULLDOG DRUMMOND ESCAPES (1937)
Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he intents to protect a beautiful heiress of an espionage organization.
Dir:  James Hogan Cast:  Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel.
BW- 67 mins

7:00 PM
THE BIG CLOCK (1948)
A corrupt publisher tries to frame a career-driven editor for murder.
Dir:  John Farrow Cast:  Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 95 mins, CC

9:00 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

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

Thursday – August 3, 2017

3:00 AM
HOSTILE WITNESS ( 1969)
A lawyer out to avenge his daughter’s death becomes the suspect in a suspect’s murder.
Dir: Ray Milland Cast: Ray Milland , Sylvia Syms , Felix Aylmer .
C- 103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – August 4, 2017

5:00 AM
DEAD END (1937)
A killer returns to his childhood home to plot his escape from the law.
Dir:  William Wyler Cast:  Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart.
BW- 92 mins, CC

6:45 AM
THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir:  Anatole Litvak Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart.
BW- 87 mins, CC

5:30 PM
JOHNNY ANGEL (1946)
A sailor sets out to solve his father’s murder.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso.
BW- 79 mins, CC

7:00 PM
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

9:00 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

11:00 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

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

Saturday – August 5, 2017

1:00 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

3:00 AM
BORDERLINE (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir:  William A. Seiter Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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

Sunday – August 6, 2017

6:30 AM
WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (1944)
After a whirlwind romance, a small-town girl suspects she¿s married a murderer.
Dir:  William Castle Cast:  Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum.
BW- 67 mins

8:00 AM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW- 86 mins, CC

1:15 PM
ANGEL FACE (1953)
An unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit.
Dir:  Otto Preminger Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman.
BW- 91 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw’s widow in search of the man’s hidden loot.
Dir:  Charles Laughton Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
BW- 93 mins, CC

9:00 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 – August 8, 2017

1:00 AM
THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 109 mins, CC

9:45 AM
FAST AND FURIOUS (1939)
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane get mixed up with murder during a beauty pageant.
Dir:  Busby Berkeley Cast:  Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey.
BW- 73 mins, CC

8:45 PM
THE UNGUARDED HOUR (1936)
A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
Dir:  Sam Wood Cast:  Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone.
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

Thursday – August 10, 2017

11:00 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

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

Friday – August 11, 2017

11:30 AM
STAR OF MIDNIGHT (1935)
A New York lawyer tries to track down a kidnapped actress.
Dir:  Stephen Roberts Cast:  William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly.
BW- 90 mins, CC

9:00 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
***If you haven’t seen this non-mystery movie >>> be prepared to laugh.***

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

Saturday – August 12, 2017

12:45 AM
TIGHT SPOT (1955)
A district attorney tries to get a hardboiled woman to testify against the mob.
Dir:  Phil Karlson Cast:  Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith.
BW- 96 mins, CC

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

Sunday – August 13, 2017

9:30 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

11:00 AM
THE LADY EVE (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir:  Preston Sturges Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW- 94 mins, CC
***This is another very funny (non-mystery) movie.***

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

Monday – August 14, 2017

1:00 PM
AGATHA (1979)
A fictional account of the real life, eleven day, never explained 1926 disappearance of famed murder mystery writer Agatha Christie.
Dir:  Michael Apted Cast:  Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton.
C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM
THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION (1976)
Sherlock Holmes seeks psychiatric help from Sigmund Freud and gets caught up in mystery.
Dir:  Herbert Ross Cast:  Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall.
C- 113 mins, CC

11:30 PM
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

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

Tuesday – August 15, 2017

11:00 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 – August 17, 2017

6:30 AM
TROUBLE FOR TWO (1936)
Before he can marry, a European prince gets mixed up with a suicide club.
Dir:  J. Walter Ruben Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan.
BW- 74 mins, CC

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

Saturday – August 19, 2017

1:00 PM
KIND LADY (1951)
A con artist and his criminal cohorts hold an old lady hostage in her own home.
Dir:  John Sturges Cast:  Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury.
BW- 78 mins, CC
*** I love this mystery movie! Ethel Barrymore is terrific! ***

9:30 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

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

Sunday – August 20, 2017

1:00 PM
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

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

Monday – August 21, 2017

12:30 PM
THE WITNESS CHAIR (1936)
A woman lets her lover stand trial for the murder she committed.
Dir:  George Nicholls Jr. Cast:  Ann Harding, Walter Abel, Douglass Dumbrille.
BW- 64 mins, CC

3:30 PM
EYES IN THE NIGHT (1942)
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Dir:  Fred Zinnemann Cast:  Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed.
BW- 80 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – August 22, 2017

9:15 PM
THE VIOLENT MEN (1955)
The wife of a crooked cattle baron plots his murder.
Dir:  Rudolph Maté Cast:  Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
C- 96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – August 24, 2017

11:30 AM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC
***This isn’t a mystery, but it’s a terrific Christmas movie.***

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

Saturday – August 26, 2017

7:45 AM
JIMMY THE GENT (1934)
An unscrupulous detective makes a killing locating missing heirs.
Dir:  Michael Curtiz Cast:  James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 68 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – August 30, 2017

5:00 AM
CAIRO (1963)
Master thieves set their sights on King Tut’s jewels in this remake of The Asphalt Jungle.
Dir:  Wolf Rilla Cast:  George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama.
BW- 91 mins, CC

7:00 AM
BLUEBEARD’S TEN HONEYMOONS (1960)
A gold digger persuades her older lover to murder for her.
Dir:  W. Lee Wilder Cast:  George Sanders, Corinne Calvet, Jean Kent.
BW- 91 mins

10:30 AM
THE SAINT STRIKES BACK (1939)
The Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
Dir:  John Farrow Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jerome Cowan.
BW- 64 mins, CC

11:45 AM
THE GAY FALCON (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 67 mins, CC

1:00 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

3:00 PM
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall.
BW- 121 mins, CC

5:15 PM
A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – August 31, 2017

1:00 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

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

Friday – September 1, 2017

2:00 AM
NIGHT WATCH (1973)
A woman recovering from mental problems witnesses a murder, but nobody believes her.
Dir:  Brian G. Hutton Cast:  Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw.
C- 99 mins, CC

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

If you’re particularly looking forward to these or other mystery-themed TV movies coming up in August, 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 July television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for July 2017

And of course, 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

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The Brokenwood Mysteries (TV Mystery Shows)

July 13, 2017

Do NOT miss this terrific television series from New Zealand! The series takes its name from the rural town in which it’s set, but don’t try to find this beautiful setting on a map!

Neill Rea stars as Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shephard – a country western music fanatic who happens to love his vintage 1970s car. He’s new to Brokenwood, and isn’t particularly appreciated by Detective Kristin Sims (played by Fern Sutherland). Detective Sims was hoping to be in charge of the detective department. Both Fern Sutherland and Neill Rea are terrific in their respective roles.

This new detective-boss takes some getting used to. One of Detective Senior Sergeant Shepard’s idiosyncrasies: he talks to the crime victims >>> when he first meets them, while they’re laying dead on the ground!

As much as I appreciate the two main leads of The Brokenwood Mysteries, I will say this: I look forward to all the scenes Shepherd has with the Russian forensic pathologist (played beautifully by Cristina Ionda).  The interaction between the coroner and… well just about anyone brings a terrific addition of humor to the shows. Unfortunately she isn’t one of the main characters of the show, so you won’t see a lot of her…

With Mike Shepherd being new to the area, it’s a wonderful fluke that he makes friends with Jared Morehu (played by Pana Hema Taylor). Mike is able to get the entire history of the town – in minute detail – from Jared. Name any subject (wine, dramatic arts, rugby, golf, etc) and Jared knows all the local juicy gossip.

Another of the main characters is D.C. Breen (Nic Sampson). I was really happy to see that his role on the show was expanded (I think after the first season). He provides a lot of the humor in the show also.

My husband, grown daughter, and I all enjoyed these television mystery shows. The setting is absolutely beautiful, the acting is great, the humor is appreciated, the mysteries are full of red herrings, and the writing is terrific. Thumbs up!

And, by the way, this is just one of the terrific tv shows available on Acorn TV.

P.S. My husband and I use the subtitles while viewing this really, really good mystery show.

For more Cozy viewing ideas, click on my Cozy Mystery TV & Movies page.

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