Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Cozy Mystery Movies – January 2023

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Here it is, 2023 and a new winter is upon us! I’m guessing that most of us have had our fill of holiday movies, and are ready to get back to the Cozy Mystery movies that the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel airs for our entertainment.

As I have said many times, Hallmark only posts their schedule for three weeks at a time. So, I have only been able to look through the movies they will be airing until Saturday, January 14, 2023.

Bad news… as of yet they don’t have any NEW Cozy Mystery movies listed. They will be airing re-runs of old mystery movies from years of past, along with their regular daytime shows like Monk, Psych, Diagnosis Murder, and Murder, She Wrote. Because of this, I have decided to take a hiatus from posting the channel’s schedule >>> until I see they are airing a NEW Cozy Mystery movie… which I hope is soon!

 2023! Wow! It’s just too difficult to believe!

I know that a lot of us started our Cozy Mystery-reading “careers” with Nancy Drew. So I want to be sure you all know about the four movies the Turner Classic Movies channel will be airing on January 6. All four of the Nancy Drew movies that feature Bonita Granville as Nancy are on the channel’s menu. I don’t know how many times I have seen them, but let’s just say, I’ll be watching them again! I think this Nancy is the closest rendition of what the sleuth was meant to be…

Friday the 13th may be bad luck for suspects! Both Philo Vance and Torch Blane solve several mysteries on January the 13th.

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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – January 2023

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Sunday – January 1, 2023

1:45 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
97 mins

3:30 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
100 mins

5:15 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
86 mins

11:45 AM The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son’s efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
Runtime: 88 mins
*****This isn’t a mystery, however, I think it’s a really good movie.*****

3:30 PM North by Northwest (1959)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Runtime: 136 mins

6:00 PM In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black detective teams up with a racist white sheriff to solve a murder in a small town in the South. Over time, they begin to find respect for one another.
Dir: Norman Jewison. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Runtime: 109 mins

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

Tuesday – January 3, 2023

8:00 AM Payment Deferred (1932)
A milquetoast kills for money and finds it a hard habit to break.
Dir: Lothar Mendes. Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan, Dorothy Peterson
Runtime: 75 mins

6:00 PM Dial M for Murder (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Runtime: 105 mins

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

Wednesday – January 4, 2023

6:15 AM Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 71 mins

7:30 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A child explores her late mother’s life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 70 mins

8:00 PM Bullitt (1968)
A detective is sent by a politician to catch a big-time gangster so he can procure him before a Senate crime committee for selfish gain. When the gangster is killed before this can happen, the detective and the politico clash with each other.
Dir: Peter Yates. Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
Runtime: 114 mins

10:15 PM High Sierra (1941)
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist.
Dir: Raoul Walsh. Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis
Runtime: 100 mins

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Thursday – January 5, 2023

2:00 AM The Big Steal (1949)
A man is on the trail of a thief who stole a $300,000 Army payroll, but there is someone else after him – a woman.
Dir: Don Siegel. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix
Runtime: 71 mins

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Friday – January 6, 2023

1:30 AM Crossfire (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 85 mins

3:15 AM I Accuse! (1958)
True story of writer Emile Zola’s defense of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer framed by anti-Semites.
Dir: Jose Ferrer. Cast: Jose Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors
Runtime: 99 mins

8:00 PM Nancy Drew: Detective (1938)
A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman’s disappearance.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson
Runtime: 60 mins

9:15 PM Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth sets out to prove a young girl innocent of murder charges.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frank Thomas Jr.
Runtime: 68 mins

10:30 PM Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth tries to clear one of her father’s friends of a murder charge.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel
Runtime: 68 mins

11:45 PM Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth helps two old ladies deal with the “haunting” of their mansion.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel
Runtime: 60 mins

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Saturday – January 7, 2023

1:00 AM Before Dawn (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel. Cast: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland
Runtime: 60 mins

10:08 AM The Falcon’s Brother (1942)
A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir: Stanley Logan. Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 63 mins
*****George Sanders and Tom Conway really were brothers!*****

6:30 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
Runtime: 81 mins

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Wednesday – January 11, 2023

3:45 PM On Dangerous Ground (1952)
A New York detective falls for the blind sister of a rural killer sought by a victim’s father.
Dir: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
Runtime: 82 mins

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Friday – January 13, 2023

6:00 AM The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
Quick-witted private investigator Philo Vance is in search of a cryptic killer. The body of Joseph Cochrane Robin is discovered pierced by an arrow with a note that contains a snippet of the nursery rhyme “Who Killed Cock Robin”, which is curiously signed the Bishop.
Dir: David Burton. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young
Runtime: 88 mins

7:45 AM Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir: George Archainbaud. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong
Runtime: 70 mins

9:15 AM The Roadhouse Murder (1932)
Reporter has bright idea of claiming to be a murderer and writing his own expose.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben. Cast: Dorothy Jordan, Eric Linden, Rosco Ates
Runtime: 73 mins

10:45 AM The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette
Runtime: 73 mins

12:15 PM The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
Society sleuth Philo Vance looks into a murder near a mysterious “dragon pool.”
Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone. Cast: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot
Runtime: 68 mins

1:30 PM The Casino Murder Case (1935)
Society sleuth Philo Vance takes on a series of murders at an aging dowager’s mansion.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook
Runtime: 83 mins

3:00 PM The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Society sleuth Philo Vance suspects dirty doings behind a mysterious series of suicides.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume
Runtime: 62 mins

4:15 PM Grand Central Murder (1942)
A detective investigates an actress’s murder in a train car.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. Cast: Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Cecilia Parker
Runtime: 72 mins

5:45 PM The Alphabet Murders (1965)
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders committed in alphabetical order.
Dir: Frank Tashlin. Cast: Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley
Runtime: 90 mins

8:00 PM Smart Blonde (1936)
An ambitious reporter forces her policeman boyfriend to let her help with a murder case.
Dir: Frank McDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Winifred Shaw
Runtime: 59 mins

9:15 PM Fly Away Baby (1937)
Reporter Torchy Blane takes to the skies to track down a band of killers.
Dir: Frank McDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Gordon Oliver
Runtime: 60 mins

10:30 PM Torchy Blane, the Adventurous Blonde (1937)
Reporter Torchy Blane walks out on her own wedding to solve the case of a murdered actor.
Dir: Frank McDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel
Runtime: 61 mins

11:45 PM Blondes at Work (1938)
Even a jail term for contempt can’t keep reporter Torchy Blane from investigating the case of a murdered department store owner.
Dir: Frank McDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy
Runtime: 60 mins

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Saturday – January 14, 2023

1:00 AM Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
An ambitious newspaper woman traces bank robbers to an ocean liner.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy
Runtime: 58 mins

10:08 AM The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
A society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 66 mins

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Monday – January 16, 2023

10:00 PM In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black detective teams up with a racist white sheriff to solve a murder in a small town in the South. Over time, they begin to find respect for one another.
Dir: Norman Jewison. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Runtime: 109 mins

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Friday – January 20, 2023

2:15 PM Purple Noon (1961)
A young American man is hired by the father a rich young man who is in Europe. Not all goes as planned…
Dir: René Clément. Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore
Runtime: 118 mins
*****In French*****

8:00 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
Runtime: 102 mins

10:00 PM 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
Runtime: 66 mins

11:15 PM Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
A newspaperman serves as key witness in a circumstantial murder case.
Dir: Boris Ingster.Cast: Peter Lorre, John Mcguire, Margaret Tallichet
Runtime: 64 mins

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Saturday – January 21, 2023

12:30 AM Deadline at Dawn (1946)
An aspiring actress risks her life to clear a sailor charged with murder.
Dir: Harold Clurman. Cast: Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams
Runtime: 83 mins

8:28 AM Trouble in Sundown (1939)
A man’s friend searches for the real crooks when he’s accused of robbery and murder.
Dir: David Howard. Cast: George O’Brien, Rosalind Keith, Ray Whitley
Runtime: 60 mins

10:09 AM The Falcon in Danger (1943)
A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard
Runtime: 73 mins

11:30 AM Alibi Racket (1935)
A police interrogation cracks the false alibi of a criminal.
Dir: George B. Seitz. Cast: Eddie Dunn, Inez Palange, Clarence Wilson
Runtime: 18 mins

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Sunday – January 22, 2023

12:00 AM The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
An artist meets and marries a woman on a fishing trip in Scotland.
Dir: Peter Godfrey.Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 99 mins

4:00 AM Mr. Ricco (1975)
A defense lawyer faces down racist killers to prove his black client innocent.
Dir: Paul Bogart. Cast: Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Cindy Williams
Runtime: 98 mins

10:00 AM The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
An artist meets and marries a woman on a fishing trip in Scotland.
Dir: Peter Godfrey.Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 99 mins

8:00 PM 12 Angry Men (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet. Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Runtime: 95 mins

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Tuesday – January 24, 2023

9:15 AM The Red House (1947)
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Dir: Delmer Daves. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson
Runtime: 100 mins

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Wednesday – January 25, 2023

7:45 AM Illegal (1932)
A bitter divorcee opens an illegal gambling club to support her daughters.
Dir: William Mcgann. Cast: Isobel Elsom, Ivor Barnard, D. E. Clarke-smith
Runtime: 72 mins

10:15 AM Night Spot (1938)
An undercover cop tries to catch a gang of jewel thieves at a high-society nightclub.
Dir: Christy Cabanne. Cast: Harry Parke, Allan Lane, Gordon Jones
Runtime: 60 mins

2:30 PM Stage Struck (1948)
The murder of nightclub hostess leads an investigator to seedy nightspots.
Dir: William Nigh. Cast: Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel
Runtime: 71 mins

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Friday – January 27, 2023

6:00 AM The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
The retired British captain forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis.
Dir: Walter Summers. Cast: Joyce Kennedy, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Runtime: 73 mins

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Saturday – January 28, 2023

12:15 AM Twenty Plus Two (1961)
When a Hollywood secretary is found murdered, a detective is hired to investigate the murder.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman. Cast: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill
Runtime: 102 mins

4:00 AM Performance (1970)
A wounded mobster holes up in a reclusive rock star’s decaying mansion.
Dir: Donald Cammell. Cast: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg
Runtime: 106 mins

10:08 AM The Falcon and the Co-eds (1944)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday
Runtime: 68 mins

2:30 PM 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
Runtime: 95 mins

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

Sunday – January 29, 2023

12:00 AM Highway 301 (1950)
A brutal bank robber fights internal divisions within his gang.
Dir: Andrew Stone. Cast: Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby Andre
Runtime: 83 mins

4:00 AM Blow-Up (1966)
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings
Runtime: 111 mins

10:00 AM Highway 301 (1950)
A brutal bank robber fights internal divisions within his gang.
Dir: Andrew Stone. Cast: Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby Andre
Runtime: 83 mins

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

Monday – January 30, 2023

6:00 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
Runtime: 100 mins

10:30 PM Z (1969)
A political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption.
Dir: Costa-Gavras. Cast: Yves Montand, Jean-louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin
Runtime: 125 mins

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

Tuesday – January 31, 2023

6:15 PM Angel Face (1953)
A beautiful woman uses a man…
Dir: Otto Preminger. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman
Runtime: 91 mins

8:00 PM Breathless (1960)
A petty criminal, wanted for the murder of a police officer, returns to Paris where he meets an American girl who hawks newspapers. They become lovers, but eventually the police pressure her into betraying him and revealing his whereabouts.
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard. Cast: Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Liliane David
Runtime: 90 mins
*****In French*****

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

Wednesday – February 1, 2023

5:00 AM A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers (2013)
Writers of crime fiction and nonfiction discuss influential movies about police officers and the criminal element.
Dir: Laurent Bouzereau. Cast: James Ellroy, Philip Kerr, Michael Connelly
Runtime: 57 mins

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

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

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the November 2022 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for December 2022 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

Oh my gosh! It’s almost 2023! And, speaking of 2023, the Turner Classic Movies channel will be repeating their tradition of showing The Thin Man mystery movies on New Year’s eve – running through the night to be the very first movies of 2023. I have seen these movies so many times that I can’t even figure out how many times… Even so, I’ll be setting my DVR again! They are a bit “dated” – but I can certainly overlook that — knowing they are products of their times.

The Turner Classic Movies channel will be showing a whole lot of The Falcon mystery movies this month. Both George Sanders and his brother Tom Conway played the main character in these movies. It’s astounding to me how alike the brothers sounded.

As it is December, I have also listed the holiday movies that I could identify. (There may be others that I didn’t find…)

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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – December 2022

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Thursday – December 1, 2022

8:00 PM The Killers (1946)
An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer’s beneficiary.
Dir: Robert Siodmak. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien
102 mins

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

Friday – December 2, 2022

12:15 AM The Bribe (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton
98 mins

7:00 AM Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
On a trip to Reno, a Brooklyn showgirl tries to stop a soldier and his wife from divorcing.
Dir: Harry Beaumont. Cast: Ann Sothern, John Hodiak, Tom Drake
90 mins

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

Saturday – December 3, 2022

10:08 AM The Gay Falcon (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins
66 mins

4:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins

6:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
*****holiday*****

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Sunday – December 4, 2022

12:00 AM Decoy (1946)
A woman saves her gangster boyfriend from the gas chamber to get her hands on his hidden money.
Dir: Jack Bernhard. Cast: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Herbert Rudley
76 mins

8:00 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
97 mins

10:00 AM Decoy (1946)
A woman saves her gangster boyfriend from the gas chamber to get her hands on his hidden money.
Dir: Jack Bernhard. Cast: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Herbert Rudley
76 mins

4:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Thursday – December 8, 2022

6:00 AM The 39 Steps (1935)
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed — with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as “The 39 Steps.”
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
87 mins

7:30 AM The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Miss Froy disappears on her return train trip from a vacation in the Balkans. However, Iris Henderson is the only person, on a train filled with suspicious and unsavory characters, who can attest that Miss Froy was ever on that trip.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
97 mins

12:45 PM Gaslight (1940)
A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she’s going mad.
Dir: Thorold Dickinson. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell
84 mins

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

Friday – December 9, 2022

4:45 AM My Forbidden Past (1951)
A beauty with a skeleton in her closet seeks revenge on the suitor who jilted her.
Dir: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas
81 mins

1:45 PM I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang.
Dir: Stuart Heisler. Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson
109 mins

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

Saturday – December 10, 2022

10:08 AM A Date with the Falcon (1941)
The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
Dir: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason
63 mins

6:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 11, 2022

12:15 AM Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
A small-time crook on the run is reformed by the love of a crippled woman.
Dir: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington
81 mins

6:00 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
106 mins

10:00 AM Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
A small-time crook on the run is reformed by the love of a crippled woman.
Dir: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington
81 mins

4:15 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
87 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 12, 2022

12:00 AM Christmas Past (1925)
A compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
Vintage holiday films
120 mins
*****holiday*****
*****Silent*****

12:00 PM Miracles for Sale (1939)
A magician turns detective to investigate murder and a phony seance.
Dir: Tod Browning. Cast: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven
71 mins

6:00 PM Confidentially Yours (1983)
An accused man’s secretary tries to find the real killer.
Dir: François Truffaut. Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach
111 mins
*****In French*****

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

Tuesday – December 13, 2022

4:45 AM The Human Factor (1980)
A diplomat is suspected of being a double agent.
Dir: Otto Preminger. Cast: Nicol Williamson, Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer
115 mins

7:00 AM The Falcon in Danger (1943)
A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard
73 mins

8:30 AM The Falcon and the Co-eds (1944)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday
68 mins

9:45 AM The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
A society sleuth tours the movie capital, where he uncovers an actor’s murder.
Dir: Gordon Douglas. Cast: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg
67 mins

11:00 AM The Falcon’s Alibi (1946)
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron’s lost jewels.
Dir: Ray McCarey. Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
62 mins

12:15 PM The Leopard Man (1943)
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks
66 mins

1:30 PM The Seventh Victim (1943)
A girl’s search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
Dir: Mark Robson. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
71 mins
*****A horror film noir*****

3:00 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
65 mins

5:30 PM Two O’Clock Courage (1945)
An amnesiac discovers he’s wanted for murder.
Dir: Anthony Mann. Cast: Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane
66 mins

8:00 PM Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley
95 mins

10:00 PM The Big Sleep (1946)
Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
Dir: Howard Hawks. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
114 mins

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

Wednesday – December 14, 2022

12:00 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
103

4:00 AM Marlowe (1969)
Detective Philip Marlowe probes the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles in search of a woman’s missing sister.
Dir: Paul Bogart. Cast: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O’Connor
95 mins

11:45 PM 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
105 mins
*****Funny Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie*****

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

Thursday – December 15, 2022

3:45 PM The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette
73 mins

6:30 PM The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Perry Mason gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.
Dir: Alan Crosland. Cast: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins
74 mins

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

Friday – December 16, 2022

9:30 AM 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
93 mins

10:30 PM Gaslight (1940)
A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she’s going mad.
Dir: Thorold Dickinson. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell
84 mins

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

Saturday – December 17, 2022

6:00 AM The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake.
Dir: Richard Wallace. Cast: John Garfield, Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak
94 mins

10:08 AM The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug’s lost girlfriend.
Dir: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason
63 mins

5:00 PM King of Kings (1961)
Epic retelling of Christ’s life and the effects of his teachings on those around him.
Dir: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan
168 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 PM The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Epic scale chronicle of the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Dir: George Stevens. Cast: Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia
225 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 18, 2022

4:15 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
69 mins
*****holiday*****

5:45 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, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Monday – December 19, 2022

12:00 AM The King of Kings (1927)
In this silent film, Cecil B. DeMille directs an epic retelling of the life of Christ.
Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: H. B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence
155 mins
*****holiday*****

5:00 AM Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
A young boy comes of age at Christmas in rural Quebec.
Dir: Claude Jutra. Cast: Claude Jutra, Jacques Gagnon, Olivette Thibault
110 mins
*****holiday*****
*****In French*****

8:00 AM Roadblock (1951)
An insurance agent’s greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Dir: Harold Daniels. Cast: Charles Mcgraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
73 mins

8:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Tuesday – December 20, 2022

9:00 AM 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
76 mins

12:00 PM 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
95 mins

2:00 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
103 mins

4:00 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
91 mins

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

Wednesday – December 21, 2022

9:45 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
69 mins
*****holiday*****

11:15 AM A 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
85 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****holiday*****

10:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins
*****holiday*****

11:45 PM Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
121 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Thursday – December 22, 2022

2:00 AM Auntie Mame (1958)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton Dacosta. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
143 mins
*****holiday*****

4:30 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
84 mins
*****holiday*****

7:45 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A child explores her late mother’s life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
70 mins

9:00 AM The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
80 mins

5:30 PM The Lion in Winter (1968)
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine celebrate Christmas together and battle for control of the throne.
Dir: Anthony Harvey. Cast: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow
134 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 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, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
*****holiday*****

10:15 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Saturday – December 24, 2022

7:30 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
84 mins
*****holiday*****

12:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****holiday*****

1:45 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, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
*****holiday*****

4:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****holiday*****

6:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
*****holiday*****

10:00 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
69 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 25, 2022

6:00 AM Star in the Night (1945)
Three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Don Siegel. Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lynne Baggett, Anthony Caruso
21 mins
*****holiday*****

6:30 AM Little Women (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir: George Cukor. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
115 mins
*****holiday*****

2:15 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
*****holiday*****

4:15 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
87 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Tuesday – December 27, 2022

9:15 AM The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson
95 mins

11:00 AM Three Strangers (1946)
Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre
92 mins

12:45 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
109 mins

2:45 PM Flamingo Road (1949)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet
94 mins

6:15 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
100 mins

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

Wednesday – December 28, 2022

10:00 PM The Window (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff. Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
73 mins

11:30 PM Night Watch (1973)
An unhappy housewife who settles her fraying nerves with alcohol while staring out her window. When she witnesses what she thinks is a murder through a neighbor’s window, she calls the police. No one believes her…
Dir: Brian G. Hutton. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
105 mins

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

Thursday – December 29, 2022

1:30 AM Sisters (1972)
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Dir: Brian De Palma. Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
92 mins

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

Saturday – December 31, 2022

8:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
80 mins

9:45 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
110 mins

11:45 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
105 mins

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

Sunday – January 1, 2023

1:45 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
97 mins

3:30 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
100 mins

5:15 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
86 mins

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

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

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the November 2022 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2022 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.