Wow! It’s the end of the year already! I know that December is a busy month for a lot of people, but let’s face it, we all need to relax every once in a while. With that in mind, here are the mystery movies I found which will be airing on TV during December. I have also listed some of the Christmas movies that will be on TV.

Oh, and before I forget: All of the Thin Man movies will be airing on December 31 on the Turner Classic Movies channel. And, they’re playing them in chronological order! What a way to end 2015!

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December 2015 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Wednesday – December 2, 2015

4:30 PM
MADELEINE (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean Cast:  Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Norman Woland.
BW-115 mins, CC

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

Thursday – December 3, 2015

7:00 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

9:00 PM
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

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

Friday  – December 4, 2015

12:00 AM
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

2:00 AM
MAN HUNT (1941)
An Englishman goes behind enemy lines to assassinate Hitler.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast:  Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders.
BW-102 mins, CC

3:45 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

5:00 AM
DAY OF THE EVIL GUN (1968)
A gunman tries to control a vengeful farmer whose wife has been kidnapped.
Dir: Jerry Thorpe Cast:  Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger.
C-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

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Saturday – December 5, 2015

8:15 AM
DICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL (1946)
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Dir: Gordon M. Douglas Cast:  Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell.
BW-62 mins

7:00 PM
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast:  William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim.
BW-110 mins, CC
*****This is a classic!*****

11:00 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

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

Sunday – December 6, 2015

7:30 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.
BW-69 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

9:00 AM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW-113 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a terrific Christmas movie.*****

11:00 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.
BW-87 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

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Monday – December 7, 2015

10:45 PM
HEAVENLY CREATURES (1994)
When her mother tries to end her closest friendship, a high school girl plots her murder.
Dir: Peter Jackson Cast:  Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse.
C-99 mins
*****Based on Juliet Hulme’s (aka Anne Perry) early life.*****

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Tuesday – December 8, 2015

3:30 PM
THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
Two detectives clash over the hunt for a stripper’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast:  Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta.
BW-81 mins, Letterbox Format

11:15 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

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

Wednesday – December 9, 2015

5:30 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
*****Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin are terrific this movie.*****

7:30 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

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

Thursday – December 10, 2015

12:45 AM
THE DETECTIVE (1968)
The detective investigating a gay man’s murder discovers links to police corruption.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast:  Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset.
C-114 mins

3:00 AM
THE FIRST DEADLY SIN (1980)
A police detective nearing retirement tries to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Brian G. Hutton Cast:  Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, David Dukes.
C-112 mins, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM
SUDDENLY (1954)
Gunmen take over a suburban home to plot a presidential assassination.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast:  Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason.
BW-77 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 11, 2015

7:00 PM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW-113 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a wonderful Christmas movie.*****

9:00 PM
SCROOGE (1970)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast:  Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
C-114 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

11:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW-69 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

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Saturday – December 12, 2015

8:15 AM
DICK TRACY’S DILEMMA (1947)
Dick Tracy takes on “The Claw” in this crime thriller
Dir: John Rawlins Cast:  Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher.
BW-60 mins

5:15 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-100 mins, CC

7:00 PM
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (1941)
A prizefighter who died before his time is reincarnated as a tycoon with a murderous wife.
Dir: Alexander Hall Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains.
BW-94 mins, CC

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

7:30 AM
SCROOGE (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Dir: Henry Edwards Cast:  Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
BW-78 mins
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

11:00 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-102 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is my favorite Christmas movie.*****

5:00 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

7:00 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

8:45 PM
ALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast:  Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane.
BW-67 mins

10:00 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

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

Monday – December 14, 2015

3:30 AM
CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast:  Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara.
BW-86 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

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Wednesday – December 16, 2015

1:30 AM
SECRET COMMAND (1944)
A surprise visit from his brother almost blows an undercover agent out of the water.
Dir: Eddie Sutherland Cast:  Pat O’Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris.
BW-82 mins

3:00 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

5:00 AM
A CRIMINAL IS BORN (1938)
This short film tells the story of how a young man starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
Dir: Leslie Fenton Cast:  Dave Durand, Norman Phillips Jr., Charles Sullivan.
BW-20 mins

5:30 AM
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

7:45 AM
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (1935)
A young student murders for money then tries to escape his guilt and a brilliant detective.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast:  Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold, Marian Marsh.
BW-88 mins, CC

9:30 AM
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
*****This is another classic.*****

11:30 AM
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1958)
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

4:00 PM
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast:  James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara.
BW-161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday  – December 18, 2015

5:00 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

7:00 PM
I’LL BE SEEING YOU (1944)
A soldier meets a woman on Christmas furlough from prison and they fall in love.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast:  Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple.
BW-85 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

8:30 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-102 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a terrific Christmas movie.*****

10:30 PM
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
BW-94 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is another terrific Christmas movie.*****

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Saturday – December 19, 2015

12:15 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.
BW-87 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

8:15 AM
DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME (1947)
Dick Tracy tracks down a bank robber using nerve gas.
Dir: John Rawlins Cast:  Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne.
BW-65 mins

7:00 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.
BW-99 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a lovely Christmas movie.*****

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Sunday – December 20, 2015

1:00 AM
POSSESSION (1981)
In search of his missing wife, a man uncovers a deadly motive for her behavior.
Dir: Andrzej Zulawski Cast:  Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen.
C-127 mins

7:00 AM
SCROOGE (1970)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast:  Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
C-114 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

9:00 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, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

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

Tuesday – December 22, 2015

8:45 AM
STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
An acting student goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding.
BW-110 mins, CC

10:45 AM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW-101 mins, CC

12:30 PM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C-105 mins, CC

2:30 PM
THE WRONG MAN (1956)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
BW-105 mins, CC

4:30 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 24, 2015

8:15 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.
BW-69 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

1:15 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-102 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a wonderful Christmas movie.*****

3:15 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.
BW-87 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

7:00 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.
BW-109 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

9:00 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 is a Christmas movie.*****

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

Friday – December 25, 2015

1:45 AM
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.
BW-99 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a delightful Christmas movie.*****

7:45 AM
SCROOGE (1970)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast:  Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
C-114 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

11:45 AM
I’LL BE SEEING YOU (1944)
A soldier meets a woman on Christmas furlough from prison and they fall in love.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast:  Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple.
BW-85 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

1:15 PM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW-113 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a really good Christmas movie.*****

5:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. This is a Christmas movie.*****

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

Saturday – December 26, 2015

5:00 AM
LARCENY, INC. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford.
BW-95 mins, CC

7:00 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

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
*****Not a mystery. This movie leaves me laughing.*****

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Sunday – December 27, 2015

1:00 AM
GOD TOLD ME TO (1976)
A cop investigates a series of gruesome murders seemingly inspired by God.
Dir: Larry Cohen Cast:  Tony LoBianco, Sandy Dennis, Deborah Raffin.
C-91 mins

11:00 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

9:15 PM
AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD (1952)
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband’s killer.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast:  Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby.
BW-98 mins

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

Tuesday – December 29, 2015

9:15 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

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

Wednesday – December 30, 2015

1:00 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

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

Thursday – December 31, 2015

7:00 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW-91 mins, CC

8:45 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

10:45 PM
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW-103 mins, CC

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

Friday – January 1, 2016

12:45 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

2:30 AM
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-101 mins, CC

4:15 AM
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-87 mins, CC

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

(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)

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Hallmark & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Countdown to Christmas 2015

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The rest of us would absolutely love hearing about any more mystery movies that will be airing during December 2015. So, if you know of any I haven’t listed, please post a comment.

Here is the November 2015 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2015

Here is the page on my site with lots and lots of entries of movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section

I’m having a difficult time believing that it’s almost November >>> but it is! Since that’s the case, I want to hurry up and post the mystery movies that I have found that will air in that month. Oh, before I forget, I want to mention that the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will be showing a whole lot of Christmas movies during November, so I was only able to find one mystery movie, which happens to also be a Christmas movie. And, I don’t know if you all have noticed, but ever since the Turner Classic Movies channel started airing more recent movies, it has cut down the number of old, black & white mystery movies. What a drag! But, at least they are showing some!

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November 2015 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Monday – November 2, 2015

7:30 AM
YOU’RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE (1938)
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker.
BW-78 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. I didn’t watch my first Andy Hardy movie until very recently, and I’m glad I did. You may enjoy them, too.***

9:00 AM
ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER (1939)
A teenage boy falls in love with his drama teacher.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
BW-85 mins, CC
***Not a mystery, but you may enjoy it.***

2:00 PM
WASHINGTON MELODRAMA (1941)
A philanthropic businessman is framed for murder during a lobbying trip to Washington.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor.
BW-81 mins, CC

3:30 PM
WHISTLING IN THE DARK (1941)
A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Conrad Veidt
BW-78 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 4, 2015

9:00 AM
HUNT THE MAN DOWN (1950)
Lawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Willard Parker.
BW-68 mins

4:45 PM
FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT (1963)
A woman tries to free herself from her husband by helping him fake his own death.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast:  Anthony Perkins, Sophia Loren, Gig Young.
BW-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – November 5, 2015

11:15 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

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

Friday – November 6, 2015

7:00 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

9:00 PM
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945)
Guests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
Dir: René Clair Cast:  Walter Huston, Barry Fitzgerald, Louis Hayward.
BW-97 mins, CC
***An Agatha Christie adaptation.***

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

Saturday – November 7, 2015

12:30 AM
BERSERK (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Dir: Jim O’Connolly Cast: Joan Crawford, Diana Dors, Ty Hardin.
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM
THE NANNY (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Dir: Seth Holt Cast:  Bette Davis, William Dix, Jill Bennett.
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 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

4:45 PM
THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973)
A game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast:  Richard Benjamin, James Colburn, Diane Cannon.
C-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 PM
MARIE: A TRUE STORY (1985)
A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
Dir: Roger Donaldson Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Morgan Freeman.
C-112 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Tuesday – November 10, 2015

11:30 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

1:15 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

5:00 PM
EVELYN PRENTICE (1934)
A criminal lawyer’s wife faces blackmail when she has an affair.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Una Merkel.
BW-79 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 11, 2015

12:45 PM
GAMBLING LADY (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast:  Pat O’Brien, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea.
BW-66 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

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

Thursday – November 12, 2015

7:30 AM
MR. AND MRS. NORTH (1941)
A sappily married couple discover a murder victim in their closet.
Dir: Robert B. Sinclair Cast: Gracie Allen, William Post, Jr., Paul Kelly.
BW-67 mins

11:15 AM
THE SECRET FURY (1950)
A mysterious figure tries to stop a woman’s marriage by driving her mad.
Dir: Mel Ferrer Cast:  Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl.
BW-86 mins, CC

3:45 PM
GUNSIGHT RIDGE (1957)
A sheriff tries to find the man who killed his predecessor.
Dir: Francis D. Lyon Cast: Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens, Joan Weldon.
BW-85 mins

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

Friday – November 13, 2015

5:00 AM
LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
A small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland.
BW-91 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. Another Andy Hardy movie.***

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

Saturday – November 14, 2015

12:00 AM
THE WRONG BOX (1966)
Two elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Michael Caine.
C-106 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – November 15, 2015

12:30 PM
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)
A beautiful neurotic will stop at nothing to hold onto her husband’s love.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Craine.
C-110 mins, CC

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

Monday – November 16, 2015

9:00 PM
THE KISS OF DEATH (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark.
BW-99 mins

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

Wednesday – November 18, 2015

9:00 PM
IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
Two vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forthsythe.
BW-135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – November 19, 2015

9:15 AM
BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS (1933)
A police chief helps a young bride find her missing husband or at least his corpse.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Pat O’Brien, Bette Davis, Lewis Stone.
BW-73 mins

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

Saturday – November 21, 2015

11:00 AM
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, Joan Hickson.
BW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***A very different take on an Agatha Christie mystery. Includes a young Joan Hickson, who later went on to play an absolutely perfect Miss Marple.***

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

9:00 PM
POINT BLANK (1967)
A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
EXPERIMENT IN TERROR (1962)
A master criminal tries to force a bank teller to help him pull off a big heist.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Ross Martin.
BW-123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday  – November 22, 2015

7:00 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 – November 23, 2015

8:45 AM
THE INVISIBLE MENACE (1938)
An Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
Dir: John Farrow Cast:  Boris Karloff, Regis Toomey, Marie Wilson.
BW-55 mins

2:00 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, Boris Karloff.
BW-103 mins

5:15 PM
THE VENETIAN AFFAIR (1967)
A reporter investigates an American diplomat’s murder in Venice.
Dir: Jerry Thorpe Cast:  Boris Karloff, Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer.
C-89 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Tuesday – November 24, 2015

7:00 AM
SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954)
A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
Dir: Edmond O’Brien, Howard Coch Cast:  Edmond O’Brien, John Agar, Carolyn Jones.
BW-82 mins

10:30 AM
THE BURNING HILLS (1956)
A young cowboy and a Mexican girl run from a ruthless criminal.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast:  Tab Hunter, Skip Homeier, Natalie Wood.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 PM
HOT SUMMER NIGHT (1957)
A hot-shot reporter risks his life to land an interview with a notorious crook.
Dir: David Friedkin Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Edward Andrews, Jay C. Flippen.
BW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – November 25, 2015

7:00 PM
A TIME TO KILL (1996)
Dir: Joel Schumacher Cast: Matthey McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson.
BW-128 mins

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

Thursday – November 26, 2015

12:00 AM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)
A poacher has to elude the Texas Rangers and the mob after stealing drug money.
Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen Cast:  Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem.
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***The next five movies star Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy. They are not mysteries.***

7:00 PM
DESK SET (1957)
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network’s research staff.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young.
C-103 mins

9:00 PM
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir: George Stevens Cast:  Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Fay Bainter.
BW-114 mins, CC

11:00 PM
STATE OF THE UNION (1948)
A presidential candidate fights to keep his integrity and his wife during a grueling campaign.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury.
BW-123 mins, CC

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

Friday – November 27, 2015

1:15 AM
PAT AND MIKE (1952)
Romance blooms between a female athlete and her manager.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Aldo Ray.
BW-95 mins, CC

3:00 AM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday.
BW-101 mins, CC

2:30 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

4:30 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

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

Saturday – November 28, 2015

8:15 AM
DICK TRACY (1945)
Dick is faced with a series of murders in which the victims all come from different social and economic backgrounds.
Dir: William Berke Cast:  Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki.
BW-61 mins, CC

1:15 PM
BADLANDS (1973)
A young tough guy and his teen-aged girlfriend take off on a killing spree.
Dir: Terrence Malick Cast:  Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates.
C-94 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 29, 2015

7:00 AM
RANSOM! (1956)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
Dir: Alex Segal Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen.
BW-102 mins, CC

1:15 PM
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1954)
A dizzy model in love with fame rents a billboard and puts her name on it.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford.
BW-87 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. Judy Holliday is terrific!***

3:00 PM
CROSSING DELANCEY (1988)
An aging woman hires a matchmaker to find her independent granddaughter a man.
Dir: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk.
C-97 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. I just watched this movie last week, and as I watched it, I wished I would have told you all about it so you could have DVR-ed it. I’m delighted TCM is re-airing it so I can tell you about it now.***

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

Monday – November 30, 2015

6:30 AM
SMART GIRLS DON’T TALK (1948)
A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, Helen Westcott.
BW-81 mins

11:45 AM
FLAXY MARTIN (1949)
Messing with a mobster’s girlfriend gets a lawyer framed for murder.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: Zachary Scott, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone.
BW-86 mins, CC

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

(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)

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

November 2015 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Sunday – November 8, 2015

10:00 PM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas
Oliver, Shane, Norman and Rita work together in the dead letter office to solve the mystery behind an undeliverable Christmas card from years past. Stars Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson.
***Not a mystery, but I know there are some Signed, Sealed, Delivered fans out there.***

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

Sunday – November 22, 2015 9/8c

Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
This holiday season, Hannah Swensen is making plum pudding and trying to solve the murder of a man in his own office. It turns out the list of suspects who would have wanted to see the guy dead is a long one, from a bitter ex-wife to exasperated investors. But Hannah is on the case, not to mention ready for a little Christmas season romance. (Based on Joanne Fluke‘s very popular (very Cozy!) Hannah Swensen Mystery Series/)
Starring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison

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

(Both of the above Hallmark Movies & Mysteries descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries site.)

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The rest of us would absolutely love hearing about any more mystery movies they will be airing during November 2015. So, if you know of any I haven’t listed, please post a comment.

Here is the October 2015 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2015

Hallmark & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Countdown to Christmas 2015

Here is the page on my site with lots and lots of entries of movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section