Two days ago I posted a list of television Christmas movies that will be airing during December 2014. Having just finished putting up our Christmas tree, I thought I would hurry up and post it, even though we haven’t yet had Thanksgiving!
So, now it’s time for me to post the Upcoming Television Mystery Movies that will be airing during December 2014. This month all of the movies I found are from the Turner Classic Movies channel.
As usual, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (December), please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!
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December 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
Tuesday – December 2, 2014
2:30 PM
Fear (1946)
A detective uses psychological warfare to get a confession out of a murderous student.
Dir: Alfred Zeisler Cast: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne.
BW-68 mins, CC
7:00 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
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Wednesday – December 3, 2014
11:30 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
1:15 PM
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
An overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
Dir: Charles Crichton Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James.
BW-81 mins, CC
5:00 PM
Gambit (1966)
A man dreams of the perfect robbery but can’t seem to pull it off.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom.
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Friday – December 5, 2014
3:45 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
5:30 PM
Laura (1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb.
BW-88 mins, CC
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Sunday – December 7, 2014
4:30 AM
The Golden Years (1960)
In this instructional short film, bowling is made respectable and appealing to middle-class Americans through modernization and design.
BW-15 mins
*****OK, I don’t bowl and this isn’t a mystery movie, but I thought this might be fun to watch. Some of the 1950s and 1960s short films “educating” the public are pretty funny. I haven’t seen this one, so I can’t vouch for it.*****
7:00 AM
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
A young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas.
BW-96 mins, CC
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Tuesday – December 9, 2014
9:45 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
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Wednesday – December 10, 2014
12:30 PM
Flight from Destiny (1941)
An elderly professor with six months to live plots a murder to reunite two young lovers.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn.
BW-75 mins, CC
5:30 PM
Handle with Care (1958)
During a mock trial, a small-town law student uncovers new evidence about a real crime.
Dir: David Friedkin Cast: Dean Jones, Joan O’Brien, Thomas Mitchell.
BW-82 mins
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Thursday – December 11, 2014
1:00 AM
Village of the Damned (1961)
After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
Dir: Wolf Rilla Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens.
BW-77 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Friday – December 12, 2014
6:00 AM
Wonderful World of Tupperware (1959)
This short industrial film focuses on the making of Tupperware.
Dir: George J. Yarbrough
C-29 mins
*****Here’s another “educational” film for the public. It could be good but I haven’t see it yet so I can’t vouch for it.*****
6:30 AM
The Widow from Chicago (1930)
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast: Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson.
BW-62 mins
1:45 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
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Saturday – December 13, 2014
11:00 AM
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
1:00 PM
Marnie (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker.
C-130 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – December 14, 2014
5:00 AM
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-113 mins, CC
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Monday – December 15, 2014
2:30 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
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Wednesday – December 17, 2014
5:00 AM
Destination Murder (1950)
A woman infiltrates the mob to find her father’s killer.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Joyce MacKenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield.
BW-73 mins, CC
6:15 AM
Dial 1119 (1950)
A killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King.
BW-75 mins, CC
9:30 AM
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
Lawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson.
BW-68 mins
10:45 AM
Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
A lawyer and a widow encounter murder on a train ride.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak.
BW-69 mins, CC
12:00 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
4:45 PM
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
6:00 PM
Experiment Alcatraz (1951)
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: John Howard, Joan Dixon, Walter Kingsford.
BW-59 mins, CC
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Saturday – December 20, 2014
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
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Sunday – December 21, 2014
3:00 AM
New Year’s Evil (1981)
During a rocking New Year’s celebration, a man threatens to kill a series of women, including the show’s host.
Dir: Emmett Alston Cast: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace.
C-86 mins, Letterbox Format
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Monday – December 22, 2014
5:00 AM
Barricade (1950)
Two fugitives try to prove the head of a mining camp is a murderer.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman.
C-75 mins,
9:15 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,
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
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Friday – December 26, 2014
3:15 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, Letterbox Format
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Saturday – December 27, 2014
11:00 AM
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey.
BW-108 mins, CC
1:00 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, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – December 28, 2014
5:00 PM
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, however really, really good.*****
7:00 PM
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
9:00 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
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Monday – December 29, 2014
6:30 AM
Conflict (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-86 mins, CC
8:00 AM
And Then There Were None (1945)
Guests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
Dir: René Clair Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward.
BW-97 mins, CC
1:45 PM
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
5:00 PM
Undercurrent (1946)
A sheltered woman realizes that either her husband or his mysterious brother is a psychopath.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum.
BW-116 mins, CC
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Tuesday – December 30, 2014
1:15 AM
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
7:30 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
9:30 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-100 mins, CC
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Wednesday – December 31, 2014
9:45 AM
Brighton Rock (1951)
A small-time hood tries to cover up his murder of a rival.
Dir: John Boulting Cast: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley.
BW-92 mins, CC
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(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)
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If you know of any other Mystery theme movies that are going to be aired on television during December 2014, please post a comment.
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Here is the Upcoming Mystery Movies for November 2014 entry, in case you want to see what is playing the rest of this month.
And this is the Upcoming Christmas Television Movies for December 2014 entry.
Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies in Central time zone
Lifetime Channel Christmas Movies in Central time zone
ION Channel Christmas Movies in Central time zone
Here are two entries that I wrote about favorite Christmas movies:
A few years ago I started watching all of the Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies. They make new ones each year. This year, I believe the Hallmark channel has an even dozen new Christmas movies in store for us, and Lifetime channel has four. They are usually “feel good” types of movies, which I especially enjoy. Here is the schedule of the premiers for these 2014 Christmas movies.
I copied and pasted the descriptions from the Hallmark channel Christmas movies from the Hallmark channel’s television schedule online. (I’m glad I got this entry ready before they changed to their new online television schedule page. I find their new one extremely convoluted and difficult to navigate!) Hallmark channel changed their schedule, so I just updated this entry. (Nov. 21, 2014)
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I copied and pasted the description of the ION channel Christmas movies from a September 22, 2014 article entitled “ION Television Invites Viewers to ‘Get Wrapped Up in the Holidays!’ with Five Original Holiday Movies” found on the 