This month is going to be a little different, since we have Halloween movies to enjoy. I know a lot of you enjoy Paranormal settings in your books, so I will be posting a special entry (in a few days) with the movies that feature Ghosts, Halloween/Horror, Vampires, and even one very early Christmas movie. For now, let’s just focus on the mystery movies that I have been able to find.

Here is the list of the mystery movies for the month of October 2014. I have gone through the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as the PBS Masterpiece Mystery shows, and the Hallmark Movie channel mystery movies. I hope there are a few that you enjoy! (For those of you who have asked about the Jesse Stone mystery movies and the Mystery Woman mystery movies, please be sure to take a look at the bottom of this entry in the Hallmark Movie Channel section.)

As usual, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (October), please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

October 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Thursday – October 2, 2014

12:30 PM
THE BIG STORE (1941)
A detective and his zany pals take over a failing department store.
Dir: Charles Riesner Cast:  Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx.
BW-83 mins, CC

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

Friday – October 3, 2014

12:15 AM
A PLACE OF ONE’S OWN (1945)
An elderly woman’s caregiver becomes possessed by a murdered girl’s spirit.
Dir: Bernard Knowles Cast:  Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen.
BW-93 mins

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

Saturday – October 4, 2014

5:00 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

9:00 PM
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

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

Sunday – October 5, 2014

7:15 AM
GREEN FOR DANGER (1946)
A police inspector investigates an operating room death that may be murder.
Dir: Sidney Gilliat Cast:  Trevor Howard.
BW-91 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – October 7, 2014

6:30 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

8:15 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 UNFAITHFUL (1947)
While her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast:  Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott.
BW-109 mins

2:00 PM
WHERE DANGER LIVES (1950)
A psychopath draws her doctor into her murderous schemes.
Dir: John Farrow Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains.
BW-80 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

5:15 PM
A KISS BEFORE DYING (1956)
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Dir: Gerd Oswald Cast:  Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith.
C-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – October 9, 2014

12:30 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

7:00 PM
PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948)
An artist discovers his gift when he falls for a beautiful ghost.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast:  Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore.
C-86 mins, CC

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

Friday – October 10, 2014

5:30 PM
ILLEGAL (1955)
A DA falls apart when his machinations send an innocent man to the chair.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe.
BW-88 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – October 12, 2014

6:30 AM
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (1941)
An aspiring mystery writer stumbles on to a real murder.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy.
BW-96 mins, CC

7:00 PM
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

9:00 PM
THE STEEL TRAP (1952)
When he has second thoughts, an embezzler races the clock to return what he stole.
Dir: Andrew Stone Cast:  Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale.
BW-85 mins, CC

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

Monday – October 13, 2014

12:00 PM
FINGERS AT THE WINDOW (1942)
A magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers.
Dir: Charles Lederer Cast:  Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone.
BW-81 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – October 14, 2014

9:00 AM
SHOOTING STRAIGHT (1930)
A gambler accidentally commits murder and hides under the guise of a clergyman.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast:  Richard Dix, Mary Lawlor, James Neill.
BW-71 mins

1:15 PM
YELLOW DUST (1936)
After he’s accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
Dir: Wallace Fox Cast:  Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olson.
BW-69 mins

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

Wednesday – October 15, 2014

12:00 AM
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

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

Friday – October 17, 2014

9:00 AM
I CONFESS (1953)
A priest suspected of murder can only clear himself by violating the sanctity of the confessional.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden.
BW-95 mins, CC

4:45 PM
THE DEFECTOR (1966)
A shady CIA agent recruits an American physicist to help a Russian scientist defect.
Dir: Raoul Lévy Cast:  Montgomery Clift, Hardy Kruger, Macha Méril.
C-100 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – October 19, 2014

3:00 PM
HIGH ANXIETY (1977)
A man must come to terms with his own “high anxiety” in this loving parody of the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast:  Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman.
C-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 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-120 mins, CC

7:00 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

9:30 PM
JULIE (1956)
A stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast:  Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan.
BW-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – October 20, 2014

8:15 AM
SIDE STREET (1929)
A cop discovers the killer he’s chasing is his brother.
Dir: Malcolm St. Clair Cast:  Tom Moore, Matt Moore, Owen Moore.
BW-74 mins

1:30 PM
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

7:00 PM
SABOTEUR (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger.
BW-109 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – October 22, 2014

12:15 AM
MURDER IS MY BEAT (1955)
After a businessman is found dead, two detectives scramble to find the killer.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast:  Paul Langton, Barbara Payton, Robert Shayne.
BW-77 mins

1:45 AM
DETOUR (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast:  Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake.
BW-68 mins

11:15 AM
AFTER OFFICE HOURS (1935)
A society newspaperwoman tries to prove to her editor that she can crack a murder case.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast:  Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin.
BW-72 mins, CC

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

Thursday – October 23, 2014

6:45 AM
THEY MADE HER A SPY (1939)
A woman becomes a secret agent to avenge her brother’s death.
Dir: Jack Hively Cast:  Sally Eilers, Allan Lane, Fritz Leiber.
BW-69 mins,

11:30 AM
SABOTEUR (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger.
BW-109 mins, CC

1:30 PM
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
A man falsely suspected of killing a spy races across Scotland handcuffed to the beautiful blonde who turned him in.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim.
BW-86 mins, CC

3:15 PM
ABOVE SUSPICION (1943)
A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast:  Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt.
BW-91 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE INNOCENTS (1961)
A governess convinces herself the children in her charge are haunted.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast:  Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins.
BW-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
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

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

Sunday – October 26, 2014

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

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

Monday – October 27, 2014

1:15 AM
DIABOLIQUE (1955)
A cruel man’s wife and lover plot to kill him.
Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot Cast:  Paul Meurisse, Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret.
BW-117 mins

3:15 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

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

Wednesday – October 29, 2014

3:30 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

9:00 PM
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast:  Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles.
BW-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 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

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

Thursday – October 30, 2014

12:45 AM
HARPER (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast:  Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
C-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
AN AMERICAN DREAM (1966)
A man suspected of murdering his wife has to elude the police and a gang of hoodlums.
Dir: Robert Gist Cast:  Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker.
C-103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM
A NIGHT OF ADVENTURE (1944)
A lawyer tries to clear his wife’s lover of murder charges.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast:  Tom Conway, Audrey Long, Edward Brophy.
BW-65 mins

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

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

October 2014 PBS Masterpiece Mystery! Movies (Central time zone):

Sundays – October 5 to Sundays – October 19, 2014

8:00 PM
INSPECTOR LEWIS: Season 7
Inspector Lewis nad his sidekick, Hathaway will be returning. Remember that at the end of last season, Lewis was retiring, and Hathaway was working on being promoted to Inspector. (Based on Colin Dexter‘s Inspector Morse mysteries.)

*****

Sundays – October 26 to Sundays – November 2, 2014

8:00 PM
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
Remember when I told you that P.D. James had ventured into a Jane Austen novel? Well this will bring that novel to life. Elizabeth and Darcy will be holding a ball at Pemberley, and what do you suppose happens?

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

Here are the Mystery Movies I found on the Hallmark Movie channel, (which I believe is going to be renamed as the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel):

October 2014 Hallmark Movie Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Sunday – October 05, 2014

10:00 AM
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. When a series of murders takes place, he’s forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes. Stars Tom Selleck and Mimi Rodgers.
***** All of these Jesse Stone mystery movies are based on Robert B. Parker‘s series.*****

12:00 PM
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Tom Selleck returns to the role of Jesse Stone, the troubled police chief of Paradise, Mass. As Stone obsesses on solving a local murder, he also works a domestic violence case and faces a run-in with Boston mobsters that may lead to grave consequences. Stars Tom Selleck.

2:00 PM
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
The fourth installment of the Jesse Stone series finds restless New England police chief Stone fighting boredom by attempting to solve a twelve year-old cold case involving a murdered bank teller. Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and Sean Young.

4:00 PM
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice – Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case. Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and William Devane.

6:00 PM
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse’s pursuit becomes hazardous. Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth.

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

Monday – October 06, 2014

12:00 AM
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
The fourth installment of the Jesse Stone series finds restless New England police chief Stone fighting boredom by attempting to solve a twelve year-old cold case involving a murdered bank teller. Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and Sean Young.

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

Sunday – October 12, 2014

8:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

10:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

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

Monday – October 13, 2014

4:00 PM
A Painted House
Until the summer of 1952, 10-year-old Luke had never kept a secret or told a lie. But when two groups of migrant workers-and two dangerous men-come to work the family’s Arkansas cotton farm, mysteries suddenly flood Luke’s world. From the John Grisham best-selling novel. Stars Scott Glenn, Melinda Dillon and Robert Sean Leonard.

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

Thursday – October 16, 2014

8:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

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

Friday – October 17, 2014

8:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

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

Saturday – October 18, 2014

10:00 AM
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Samantha and Philby are back on the call when an attempted murder takes place in the bookstore. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

12:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Snapshot
Samantha’s friend Barbara turns up murdered after accusing her family of rigging her brother’s will. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

2:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Sing Me A Murder
Samantha offers her quaint shop as the perfect venue for a once-famous folk/rock trio to benefit a charity drive. But when a murder brings all-new meaning to Top Ten Hit, Samantha and her partner in crime, Philby, decide it’s time to investigate. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

4:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
Invited to a health spa for the weekend, Samantha Kinsey becomes embroiled in murder when a fellow guest is found dead. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

6:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Game Time
Samantha is thrilled when she finally gets the reclusive mystery writer Donald Fiske to agree to a book signing in her store. But when Mr. Fiske is found dead, Samantha and the team must solve his latest mystery, his own murder. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

08:00 PM
Mystery Woman: At First Sight
When Samantha receives news of a hereditary health problem, she must go in search her birth mother to find answers. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

10:00 PM
Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
When a traveling Wild West Show comes into town, Samantha gets involved in
solving the murder of one of the cowboys. Stars Kellie Martin and Clarence Williams III.

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

Sunday – October 19, 2014

12:00 AM
Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
When a baby boy is left at the door of the Mystery Woman book store, Samantha gets involved in solving a murdered tied to the baby’s missing parents. Stars Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, and Nina Siemaszko.

10:00 AM
Dear Prudence
Prudence Macintyre is a humorous Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, who escapes on a much needed vacation from her work-driven life. While on her vacation, she finds herself embroiled in solving a murder mystery by using her own quick wit and good housekeeping tips. Stars Jane Seymour and Jamey Sheridan.

12:00 PM
Mary Higgins Clark: You Belong to Me
When several wealthy women are murdered after checking in at a variety of “lonely hearts” luxury hotels, Susan launches an investigation, with the help of fellow “radio shrink” Dr. Richards and millionaire Aidan Masters. The key to the mystery may well be a ménage à trois involving two women and one man, but by the time Susan gets to the truth, her own life is in jeopardy. Stars Lesley-Anne Down, Barclay Hope and Daniel Morgenroth. (Based on Mary Higgins Clark‘s mystery.)

2:00 PM
Mary Higgins Clark: Pretend You Don’t See Her
When a young rising star on Manhattan’s high-powered and competitive real estate scene witnesses a murder, she is placed in a Federal Witness Protection Program and starts a new life in Minnesota. But that new life is put in danger when a professional hitman discovers her identity. Stars Emma Samms, Hannes Jaenicke and Beau Starr.  (Based on Mary Higgins Clark‘s mystery.)

4:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

6:00 PM
Undercover Bridesmaid
Tanya, a highly-trained security guard who lost her zest for romance after being left at the altar, takes an assignment where she poses as a bridesmaid for a woman who has been receiving death threats before her wedding day. While undercover, Tanya not only solves the mystery, but she is finally able to put the past behind her and give love a second chance. Stars Brooke Burns, Nicole Paggi, and Gregory Harrison.

8:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.  (Based on Deborah Donnelly‘s Carnegie Kincaid Wedding Planner Mystery Series.)

10:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.  (Based on Deborah Donnelly‘s Carnegie Kincaid Wedding Planner Mystery Series.)

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

Monday – October 20, 2014

12:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

8:00 AM
The Runaway
Racial tensions flare in 1949 Georgia when an old murder case involving the deaths of three black men is reopened. Stars Dean Cain, Pat Hingle, and Maya Angelou.

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

Wednesday – October 22, 2014

8:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.  (Based on Deborah Donnelly‘s Carnegie Kincaid Wedding Planner Mystery Series.)

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

Thursday – October 23, 2014

10:00 AM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.  (Based on Deborah Donnelly‘s Carnegie Kincaid Wedding Planner Mystery Series.)

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

Friday – October 24, 2014

10:00 AM
Dear Prudence
Prudence Macintyre is a humorous Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, who escapes on a much needed vacation from her work-driven life. While on her vacation, she finds herself embroiled in solving a murder mystery by using her own quick wit and good housekeeping tips. Stars Jane Seymour and Jamey Sheridan.

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

Saturday – October 25, 2014

(It looks like they will be running a marathon of the 2-hour Murder, She Wrote mystery movies.)

10:00 AM
Murder, She Wrote – An Irish ghost story becomes all too real when a killer tries to make a spirit of Jessica.

12:00 PM
Murder, She Wrote – When Jessica publishes her first murder mystery, it shoots to the top of the best-seller list. Then, at a costume party, Jessica must solve the murder of another guest costumed as Sherlock Holmes.

2:00 PM
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest – Headed to a lecture by train, Jessica is sent on a mysterious journey after she has a brief encounter in the dining car with a woman who later vanishes. Stars Angela Lansbury and Mel Harris.

4:00 PM
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For – A former KGB agent is killed at the same writer’s conference Angela Fletcher is attending. Stars Angela Lansbury and Richard Crenna.

6:00 PM
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man – Jessica Fletcher attends a lecture given by Cassandra Hawkins who is trying to clear the name of her ancestor Samuel Pinckney, a slave accused of killing a white plantation owner. Jessica’s investigation reveals that she herself is a descendant of Samuel’s owner and the mystery continues to intrigue both women. Stars Angela Lansbury and Phylicia Rashad.

8:00 PM
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle – Jessica’s vacation in Ireland is nearly ruined when her friends start dying. Stars Angela Lansbury and Fionnula Flanagan.

10:00 PM
Murder, She Wrote – An Irish ghost story becomes all too real when a killer tries to make a spirit of Jessica.

(When I was getting the Hallmark Movie Channel’s list of mystery movies together, it only ran until Oct. 25, 2014.)

(All of the above Hallmark Movie channel descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movie channel site.)

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

If you know of any other Mystery theme movies that are going to be aired on television during October 2014, please post a comment.

If you would like to see more Television and Movies ideas, click on this link.

Here is the list of the mystery movies that I have been able to find for the month of September 2014. I have gone through the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as the PBS Masterpiece Mystery shows, and the Hallmark Movie channel mystery movies. I hope there are a few that you enjoy!

As usual, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (September), please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

September 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Monday – September 1, 2014

3:00 PM
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

9:30 PM
PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948)
An artist discovers his gift when he falls for a beautiful ghost.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore.
C-86 mins, C

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

Wednesday – September 3, 2014

7:00 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
*****I think this movie is terrific. How could it not be with Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Judy Holliday >>> not to mention George Cukor at the helm?

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

Thursday – September 4, 2014

3:30 PM
OBSESSION (1949)
A jealous husband plots to dispose of his wife’s lover in an acid bath.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Newton, Sally Gray, Naunton Wayne.
BW-98 mins

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

Friday – September 5, 2014

12:30 PM
FRISCO JENNY (1932)
A district attorney prosecutes his own mother for murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy.
BW-71 mins, CC

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

Saturday – September 6, 2014

5:00 AM
HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE (1965)
After marrying while drunk, a cartoonist puts his murderous fantasies into his work.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas.
C-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****I’m not sure if this is a mystery or a comedy.*****

4:45 PM
ROLLERCOASTER (1977)
A terrorist spreads a climate of fear by attacking amusement parks across the U.S.
Dir: James Goldstone Cast: George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms.
C-118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – September 7, 2014

1:45 AM
HOUSE OF WOMEN (1962)
A young woman is wrongly implicated in a crime and sent to prison for five years.
Dir: Walter Doniger Cast: Shirley Knight, Andrew Duggan, Constance Ford.
BW-85 mins, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM
CAGED (1950)
A young innocent fights to survive the harsh life in a women’s prison.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby.
BW-97 mins, CC

11:00 AM
SUSPICION (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
BW-100 mins, CC

5:00 PM
THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963)
A doctor tries to cope with his wife’s newfound stardom as an advertising pitch woman.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis.
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery. Doris Day and James Garner: How can you go wrong?

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

Tuesday – September 9, 2014

8:15 AM
THE MOUTHPIECE (1932)
A crusading DA goes into private practice and succumbs to the temptations of corruption.
Dir: James Flood Cast: Warren William, Sidney Fox, Aline MacMahon.
BW-86 mins

9:45 AM
HEAT LIGHTNING (1934)
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster.
BW-64 mins

12:15 PM
KIND LADY (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle.
BW-76 mins, CC

7:00 PM
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

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

Wednesday – September 10, 2014

1:00 AM
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)
An aging American judge presides over the trial of Nazi war criminals.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark.
BW-179 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery. William Shatner as Capt. Harrison Byers before he became Capt. James T. Kirk. What a cast!*****

5:00 AM
STRANGE ALIBI (1941)
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry, Jonathan Hale.
BW-63 mins

6:15 AM
THE GET-AWAY (1941)
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger, Donna Reed.
BW-89 mins, CC

8:45 AM
I WAS FRAMED (1942)
A news man’s political investigations land him in prison.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Michael Ames, Julie Bishop, Regis Toomey.
BW-62 mins

11:00 AM
THE BRIGHTON STRANGLER (1945)
An actor playing a notorious killer begins to live the part.
Dir: Max Nosseck Cast: John Loder, June Duprez, Michael St. Angel.
BW-67 mins

12:15 PM
THE HIDDEN EYE (1945)
Blind detective Duncan Maclaine uses his other senses to piece together confusing clues behind a murder.
Dir: Richard Whorf Cast: Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, Ray Collins.
BW-69 mins

1:30 PM
THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE (1947)
After being framed for a policeman’s murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Dir: [Alberto] Cavalcanti Cast: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones.
BW-101 mins, CC

3:15 PM
FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949)
Police track a mysterious killer nicknamed “The Judge.”
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey.
BW-59 mins, CC

4:15 PM
STRANGE BARGAIN (1949)
A young bookkeeper is framed for his boss’s murder.
Dir: Will Price Cast: Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Henry Morgan.
BW-68 mins, CC

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

Thursday – September 11, 2014

6:45 AM
ARSENE LUPIN RETURNS (1938)
A reformed jewel thief helps detectives track down a criminal.
Dir: Geo. Fitzmaurice Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William.
BW-81 mins

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

Friday – September 12, 2014

10:15 AM
FOR THE DEFENSE (1930)
An attorney, who specializes in springing criminals out of prison, is faced with a moral dilemma when his girlfriend drunkenly kills a pedestrian with her car and another man takes the blame.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Scott Kolk.
BW-63 mins, CC

11:30 AM
UNION DEPOT (1932)
An out-of-luck con artist discovers a suitcase full of money at a train station.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee.
BW-67 mins

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

Saturday – September 13, 2014

1:30 AM
THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE (1933)
A society girl gets mixed up with blackmail and murder after a vicious sexual assault.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue.
BW-71 mins, CC

11:15 PM
FRISCO JENNY (1932)
A district attorney prosecutes his own mother for murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy.
BW-71 mins, CC

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

Sunday – September 14, 2014

1:00 AM
MADHOUSE (1974)
A horror star’s attempted comeback is complicated by a string of murders.
Dir: James Clark Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry.
C-91 mins, Letterbox Format
*****This may be a bit “campy”,  >>> I’m pretty sure I have it, but can’t remember. I like to watch Vincent Price movies during the Halloween season.*****

8:15 AM
SCARED TO DEATH (1947)
A beautiful murder victim recalls how she met her untimely end.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton.
C-68 mins

9:45 AM
THE SMILING GHOST (1941)
A newswoman investigates a haunted house.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith.
BW-71 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE OLD MAID (1939)
An unmarried mother gives her illegitimate child to her cousin.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent.
BW-95 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. One of the Bette Davis/Miriam Hopkins movies I love to watch.*****

9:00 PM
OLD ACQUAINTANCE (1943)
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young.
BW-110 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. Another treat with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.*****

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

Monday – September 15, 2014

1:45 PM
GALLANT SONS (1940)
When a man is charged with murder, his son’s schoolboy friends set out to solve the case.
Dir: William Ryan Cast: Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gene Reynolds.
BW-76 mins

7:00 PM
PRIVATE SCREENINGS: LAUREN BACALL  (2005)
Lauren Bacall discusses her life and career with host Robert Osborne.
C-50 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery.*****

10:00 PM
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW-114 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – September 16, 2014

1:45 am
PRIVATE SCREENINGS: LAUREN BACALL  (2005)
Lauren Bacall discusses her life and career with host Robert Osborne.
C-50 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery.*****

2:45 AM
HARPER (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
C-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 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

5:00 PM
DESIGNING WOMAN (1957)
A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray.
C-118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery. Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall!

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

Wednesday – September 17, 2014

10:30 AM
THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can’t remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern.
BW-88 mins, CC

1:30 PM
POSTMARK FOR DANGER (1955)
When a journalist dies, his brother takes up his investigation of a smuggling ring.
Dir: Guy Green Cast: Terry Moore, Robert Beatty, William Sylvester.
BW-78 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – September 18, 2014

12:30 AM
FAST COMPANY (1938)
Married book-dealers Joel and Gerda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller .
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd.
BW-75 mins

3:45 AM
DANGEROUS CORNER (1935)
Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.
Dir: Phil Rosen Cast: Virginia Bruce, Conrad Nagel, Melvyn Douglas.
BW-66 mins

6:15 AM
TELL NO TALES (1939)
In search of a big scoop for his failing paper, an editor tries to solve a kidnapping case that’s turned into murder.
Dir: Leslie Fenton Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Louise Platt, Gene Lockhart.
BW-69 mins

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

Saturday – September 20, 2014

1:15 AM
THOU SHALT NOT: SEX, SIN, AND CENSORSHIP IN PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD (2008)
This documentary looks at how the social, financial and moral forces all helped shape one of the most intriguing periods in Hollywood history.
C-68 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. I think this is the documentary I saw a few years ago (?) that was pretty interesting to me. They aired this on Friday, Sept. 5.*****

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

Monday – September 22, 2014

10:45 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. Bette Davis at her best!*****

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

Tuesday – September 23, 2014

2:15 PM
JUDGE HARDY’S CHILDREN (1938)
A small-town judge’s Washington trip lands his son in hot water with a diplomat’s daughter.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW-77 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. I had never sat through an Andy Hardy movie before, but after watching the Nancy Drew movies last month, I watched a few that I had DVR-ed. I wanted to watch some more good, old, black and white family-fare movies. I truly enjoyed them. Now I look forward to the Andy Hardy movies!*****

3:45 PM
THE HARDYS RIDE HIGH (1939)
A small-town family inherits a fortune but has trouble adjusting to society life.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW-81 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery.*****

5:15 PM
LOVE LAUGHS AT ANDY HARDY (1946)
A small-town boy returns to college after the war only to find his sweetheart engaged to another.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden.
BW-93 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery.*****

11:15 PM
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

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

Thursday – September 25, 2014

11:15 AM
LADY OF VENGEANCE (1957)
When he hires a killer to avenge an innocent girl’s death, a man gets caught up in a string of killings.
Dir: Burt Balaban Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Ann Sears, Anton Differing.
BW-75 mins

12:45 PM
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-82 mins

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

Friday – September 26, 2014

10:15 PM
PENTHOUSE (1933)
The mob frames a lawyer for murder, so he enlists a call girl’s help in finding the real killer.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth.
BW-89 mins

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

Saturday – September 27, 2014

2:30 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

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, Letterbox Format

7:00 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

11:00 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. Delightful movie.*****

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

Sunday – September 28, 2014

5:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
BW-105 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery. Delightful movie.*****

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

Monday – September 29, 2014

4:45 PM
PHANTOM KILLER (1942)
A district attorney investigates a crook who seems to be in two places at the same time.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton.
BW-61 mins

6:00 PM
THE MYSTERY OF THE 13TH GUEST (1943)
An heiress experiences a variety of strange goings on when she goes to collect her inheritance.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Tim Ryan.
BW-61 mins

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

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

PBS Masterpiece Mystery! (Central time zone)

Sundays – August 24 to Sundays -September 7, 2014

8:00 PM
BREATHLESS
This is a “medical drama” set in 1960s London.

*****

Sunday – September 21 & Sunday – September 28, 2014

8:00 PM
MISS MARPLE
Agatha Christie‘s Miss Marple returns in three mysteries: A Caribbean Mystery, Greenshaw’s Folly and Endless Night. (Since this is only slated for two nights, I’m not sure if they will be consolidating the novels, or if two of them will only run one hour.)

*****

Sundays – October 5 to Sundays – October 19, 2014

8:00 PM
INSPECTOR LEWIS: Season 7
Inspector Lewis nad his sidekick, Hathaway will be returning. Remember that at the end of last season, Lewis was retiring, and Hathaway was working on being promoted to Inspector. (Based on Colin Dexter‘s Inspector Morse mysteries.)

*****

Sundays – October 26 to Sundays – November 2, 2014

8:00 PM
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
Remember when I told you that P.D. James had ventured into a Jane Austen novel? Well this will bring that novel to life. Elizabeth and Darcy will be holding a ball at Pemberley, and what do you suppose happens?

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

Here are the mystery shows I found on the Hallmark Movie channel:

Hallmark Movie Channel (Central Time Zone)

Sunday – August 31, 2014

10:00 AM
Murder, She Wrote marathon begins.

Monday – September 01, 2014

2:00 AM
Murder, She Wrote marathon ends.

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

Wednesday September 3, 2014

08:00 AM
Dear Prudence – Prudence Macintyre is a humorous Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, who escapes on a much needed vacation from her work-driven life. While on her vacation, she finds herself embroiled in solving a murder mystery by using her own quick wit and good housekeeping tips. Stars Jane Seymour and Jamey Sheridan.

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

Friday September 5, 2014

10:00 AM
After All These Years – When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody. Based on the book by best-selling author Susan Isaacs. Stars Wendie Malick Gregory Harrison.

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

Sunday September 7, 2014

10:00 AM
Perry Mason marathon begins.

Monday September 8, 2014

4:00 AM
Perry Mason marathon ends.

08:00 AM
Recipe For Murder – Fed up with the system, Murray Maguire, Chief Medical Examiner for the City of New York, decides to personally investigate the death of his goddaughter. Stars Gary Basaraba.

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

Thursday September 11, 2014

10:00 AM
My Gal Sunday – A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

06:00 PM
My Gal Sunday – A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

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

Sunday September 14, 2014

10:00 AM
Matlock marthon begins.

Monday September 15, 2014

2:00 AM
Matlock marathon ends.

(The Hallmark Movie channel guide currently ends to Sept. 20, so I am not able to check beyond that date for any more mystery movies.)

(All of the above Hallmark Movie channel descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movie channel site.)

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

If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during September 2014, please post a comment.

If you would like to see more Television and Movies ideas, click on this link.

Good grief! Is summer almost over?!? I’m going to repeat myself (again!): As I get older, time goes by faster. What’s with that?

I have gone through my TCM Now Playing guide and hope I have found all of the mystery movies that the Turner Classic Movies channel will be airing during August 2014. I posted the PBS Masterpiece Mystery! schedule last month but decided to include it again, starting with the mystery shows that will air in August.

If any of you know of a good mystery movie that will be airing during August on another channel, please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

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

PBS Masterpiece Mystery! (Central Time zone)

Sundays – July 27 to Sundays – August 3, 2014

8:00 PM
HERCULE POIROT: Season 12
Agatha Christie‘s Hercule Poirot will have the spotlight as we watch The Big Four (my least favorite of her novels) and Dead Man’s Folly.

*****

Sundays – August 24 to Sundays -September 7, 2014

8:00 PM
BREATHLESS
This is a “medical drama” set in 1960s London.

*****

Sunday – September 21 & Sunday – September 28, 2014

8:00 PM
MISS MARPLE
Agatha Christie‘s Miss Marple returns in three mysteries: A Caribbean Mystery, Greenshaw’s Folly and Endless Night. (Since this is only slated for two nights, I’m not sure if they will be consolidating the novels, or if two of them will only run one hour.)

*****

Sundays – October 5 to Sundays – October 19, 2014

8:00 PM
INSPECTOR LEWIS: Season 7
Inspector Lewis nad his sidekick, Hathaway will be returning. Remember that at the end of last season, Lewis was retiring, and Hathaway was working on being promoted to Inspector. (Based on Colin Dexter‘s Inspector Morse mysteries.)

*****

Sundays – October 26 to Sundays – November 2, 2014

8:00 PM
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
Remember when I told you that P.D. James had ventured into a Jane Austen novel? Well this will bring that novel to life. Elizabeth and Darcy will be holding a ball at Pemberley, and what do you suppose happens?

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

August 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Friday – August 1, 2014

4:45 PM
THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
A television newswoman stumbles onto deadly secrets at a nuclear power plant.
Dir: James Bridges Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas.
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
KLUTE (1971)
A small-town detective searches for a missing man linked to a high-priced prostitute.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi.
C-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – August 2, 2014

7:00 PM
THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – August 3, 2014

3:00 AM
CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1983)
The world’s worst detective investigates the disappearance of Inspector Clouseau.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Ted Wass, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom.
C-110 mins, Letterbox Format

8:00 AM
6000 ENEMIES (1939)
A prison riot traps an innocent couple.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Paul Kelly.
BW-62 mins

11:30 AM
THE UNKNOWN MAN (1951)
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he’s gotten off was really guilty.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Barry Sullivan.
BW-86 mins

1:00 PM
CALLING BULLDOG DRUMMOND(1951)
The British sleuth comes out of retirement to help catch a band of thieves armed with military weapons.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty.
BW-80 mins

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

Tuesday – August 5, 2014

11:45 AM
LADY OF BURLESQUE (1943)
A star dancer and comedian team to investigate murders.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, Iris Adrian.
BW-90 mins

1:30 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

3:15 PM
CRY WOLF (1947)
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband’s family.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks.
BW-84 mins, CC

9:00 PM
NIGHT NURSE (1931)
A nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell.
BW-72 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – August 6, 2014

12:00 AM
THE MAN WITH A CLOAK (1951)
A mystery man tries to help a young innocent escape a murderous housekeeper.
Dir: Fletcher Markle Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern.
BW-81 mins, CC

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

Thursday – August 7, 2014

11:00 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 movie, but a real Christmas movie treat!*****

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

Friday – August 8, 2014

7:00 PM
THE TRIAL (1963)
In this adaptation of Kafka’s classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider.
BW-120 mins, CC

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

Saturday – August 9, 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
*****If you haven’t seen any of the Thin Man movies, settle down to be entertained!*****

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
*****When you’re finished treating yourself to the above The Thin Man, make sure you watch this sequel.*****

10:45 PM
CROSSROADS(1942)
A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor.
BW-83 mins, CC

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

Sunday – August 10, 2014

9:00 PM
TRUE CONFESSION (1937)
A compulsive liar, married to a scrupulously honest lawyer, confesses to a murder she didn’t commit to help further his career.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore.
BW-85 mins

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

Monday – August 11, 2014

3:00 AM
THE FORMULA (1980)
A detective is in jeopardy after discovering a synthetic formula for gasoline.
Dir: John G. Avildsen Cast: George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller.
BW-118 mins, Letterbox Format
*****I’m not sure how much of a mystery movie this is…*****

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

Tuesday – August 12, 2014

1:00 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

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

Wednesday – August 13, 2014

1:45 PM
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
*****Most of you mystery lovers have probably already seen this movie, but if you haven’t, how can you go wrong with Cary Grant and Frank Capra!*****

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

Friday – August 15, 2014

9:00 PM
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975)
A CIA researcher uncovers top secret information and finds himself marked for death.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson.
C-117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
CHINATOWN (1974)
A Los Angeles private eye unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder, then joins his seductive widow to unearth the corruption behind the crime.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Perry Lopez.
C-130 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday  – August 16, 2014

1:30 PM
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
***** I absolutely love this movie! Bette Davis doing what she does best, at her very best!*****

5:15 PM
THE UNDERWORLD STORY (1950)
A corrupt newspaperman, blacklisted from his big-city paper, becomes involved with a murder case for a small town paper.
Dir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm.
BW-91 mins

7:00 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-120 mins, CC

9:15 PM
MURDER! (1930)
A juror who had voted to convict a murder suspect tries to prove someone else did it before the execution date.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring, Miles Mander.
BW-100 mins

11:00 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
*****Yow, Bette!*****

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

Sunday – August 17, 2014

12:45 AM
THE LETTER (1929)
A planter’s wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
Dir: Jean De Limur Cast: Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen.
BW-60 mins
*****I haven’t seen this original The Letter. Bette did it so doggone well in the re-make, that I never sought it out.*****

2:00 AM
HIGH WALL (1947)
Psychiatry provides the key to proving a veteran flyer innocent of his wife’s murder.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall.
BW-99 mins, CC

5:15 PM
TWO SMART PEOPLE (1946)
In New Orleans, lady crook tries to steal a con man’s hidden loot.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan.
BW-93 mins, CC

7:00 PM
LIFEBOAT (1944)
Survivors of a torpedoed boat take in a German Naval officer from the sub that sank them.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak.
BW-97 mins, CC

11:00 PM
THE HARVEY GIRLS (1946)
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury.
C-101 mins, CC
*****I know this isn’t a mystery movie, but it’s neat to see Angela Lansbury singing and being a “bad girl”.*****

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

Monday – August 18, 2014

12:45 AM
THE ARNELO AFFAIR (1947)
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
Dir: Arch Oboler Cast: John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford.
BW-87 mins

2:15 AM
A LADY WITHOUT A PASSPORT (1950)
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig.
BW-74 mins, CC

3:15 PM
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939)
A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
BW-86 mins, CC

5:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
BW-105 mins, CC
***** This movie is just a whole lot of fun. It’s got that classic scene with first Clark Gable attempting to hitchhike, and then Claudette Colbert actually hitchhiking. Not a mystery.*****

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

Tuesday – August 19, 2014

10:15 AM
THE PRIZE (1963)
An American Nobel Prize-winner mixes it up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer.
C-135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 PM
HARPER (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
C-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
Two free-spirited bank robbers flee railroad detectives and head for Bolivia.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross.
C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery movie, but well worth watching!*****

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

Wednesday – August 20, 2014

6:30 AM
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb.
C-165 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery, but good grief! Who wasn’t in this movie?!?*****

9:00 PM
PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953)
A petty thief accidentally steals a communist spy’s purse.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter.
BW-80 mins, CC

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

Thursday – August 21, 2014

12:30 AM
PILLOW TALK (1959)
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****You all may be wondering when I’m going to stop pointing out the Rock Hudson/Doris Day NON mystery movies…*****

7:30 AM
CRIMINAL LAWYER (1937)
A wily defense attorney changes his tune when he’s named district attorney.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame, Eduardo Cianelli.
BW-72 mins

10:00 AM
WANTED: JANE TURNER (1936)
A postal detective tracks the gang that robbed a mail truck and killed the driver.
Dir: Edward Killy Cast: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Judith Blake.
BW-66 mins

12:30 PM
BEHIND THE HEADLINES (1937)
A radio station’s newsman rushes to the rescue of his peer, who has been kidnapped by bank robbers.
Dir: Richard Rosson Cast: Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Donald Meek.
BW-58 mins

4:15 PM
LOVE IS A RACKET (1932)
A beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee.
BW-71 mins

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

Friday – August 22, 2014

12:30 AM
DOCTOR X (1932)
A reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy.
C-76 mins

7:00 AM
THE LAVENDAR 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

8:30 AM
THE SECRET PEOPLE (1952)
A refugee gets mixed up in a plot to assassinate the dictator who killed her father.
Dir: Thorold Dickinson Cast: Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner.
BW-95 mins

5:00 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, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – August 23, 2014

12:00 AM
MY FAIR LADY (1964)
A phonetics instructor bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway.
C-172 mins, CC, Letterbox FormatA
*****Watch for a young Jeremy Brett  (as in the absolute best Sherlock Holmes ever) – Eliza’s high society boyfriend.

12:00 PM
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955)
A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero’s family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis.
C-82 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 PM
ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan.
C-152 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:45 PM
PAY OR DIE (1960)
A policeman attempts to crack down on organized crime “protection” rackets.
Dir: Richard Wilson Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin.
BW-111 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – August 24, 2014

7:00 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 – August 25, 2014

12:15 AM
HE RAN ALL THE WAY (1951)
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl’s apartment.
Dir: John Berry Cast: John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford.
BW-78 mins

8:15 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

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

Tuesday – August 26, 2014

2:00 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

11:15 PM
ARABESQUE (1966)
A university professor gets mixed up with international spies and a two-timing woman.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel.
C-107 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – August 27, 2014

7:00 AM
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

8:30 AM
A CRY IN THE NIGHT (1956)
A police captain’s emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
Dir: Frank Tuttle Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood.
BW-75 mins

3:15 PM
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

7:00 PM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
BW-84 mins, CC

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

Thursday – August 28, 2014

8:15 AM
NO QUESTIONS ASKED (1951)
A young lawyer’s primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
Dir: Harold F. Kress Cast: Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy.
BW-81 mins

9:45 AM
SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE (1957)
An insurance investigator’s ex-girlfriend draws him into a web of blackmail and murder.
Dir: Sidney Gilliat Cast: Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price.
BW-95 mins, Letterbox Format

5:00 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

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

Friday – August 29, 2014

10:30 AM
THE STEEL TRAP (1952)
When he has second thoughts, an embezzler races the clock to return what he stole.
Dir: Andrew Stone Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale.
BW-85 mins, CC

2:00 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

11:15 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-104 mins, CC

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

Saturday – August 30, 2014

3:30 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

7:00 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

10:45 PM
I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941)
A celebrity promoter is accused of murdering one of his clients.
Dir: Bruce Humberstone Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis.
BW-82 mins

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

Sunday – August 31, 2014

10:00 AM
THE MAN IN THE NET (1959)
An artist falsely accused of ransacking his own house is proved innocent by the children of the neighborhood.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster.
BW-97 mins, Letterbox Format

9:15 PM
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
A hired killer dodges police while tracking down the enemy agents who tried to frame him.
Dir: Frank Tuttle Cast: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar.
BW-81 mins

11:00 PM
THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
A veteran fights to prove he didn’t kill his cheating wife.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix.
BW-99 mins, CC

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

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

If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during August 2014, please post a comment.

If you would like to see more Television and Movies ideas, click on this link.