The Turner Classic Movie channel will be celebrating the Fourth of July by showing some movies that feature patriotic-themed issues. If you’re a fan of Jimmy Cagney, be sure to watch Yankee Doodle Dandy. Known as an actor who embodied gangsters and slick characters, this movie shows what a great dancer he was.
For you Elvis Presley fans, the Turner Classic Movie channel will be showing his movies on Thursday (July 8) and Friday (July 9). These are not mystery movies, but I’m guessing there may be a few Elvis fans who will want to add these movies to their queus of must-watch movies.
Wednesday (July 28) celebrates immigrants, and on a very different note, Friday (July 30) movies feature spies.
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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – July 2021
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Thursday – July 1, 2021
10:30 AM
The Letter (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
97 mins
12:15 PM
The Little Foxes (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
116 mins
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Friday – July 2, 2021
8:00 PM
Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight. Actors: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
121 mins
10:15 PM
Point Blank (1967)
A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman. Actors: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
92 mins
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Saturday – July 3, 2021
8:27 AM
Lady Gangster (1942)
A district attorney tries to reform a gangster’s moll who’s been sent up the river.
Dir: Robert Florey. Actors: Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox
62 mins
10:08 AM
The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
A society sleuth tours the movie capital, where he uncovers an actor’s murder.
Dir: Gordon Douglas. Actors: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg
67 mins
12:00 PM
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
96 mins
4:00 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. Actors: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles
93 mins
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Sunday – July 4, 2021
12:30 AM
Guilty Bystander (1950)
An alcoholic ex policeman has to solve a crime for which his son and brother-in-law have been framed.
Dir: Joseph Lerner. Actors: Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland
92 mins
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Monday – July 5, 2021
10:15 PM
Obsession (1976)
A businessman falls in love with a double for his murdered wife.
Dir: Brian De Palma. Actors: Don Hood, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Patrick Mcnamara
98 mins
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Tuesday – July 6, 2021
12:00 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. Actors: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
92 mins
1:45 AM
Blow Out (1981)
An audio technician records a car crash that involves a presidential candidate.
Dir: Brian De Palma. Actors: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow. Dennis Franz
107 mins
4:00 AM
Body Double (1984)
An out of work actor thinks he sees a violent crime committed against a woman with whom he’s obsessed.
Dir: Brian De Palma. Actors: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
109 mins
12:45 PM
Obsession (1949)
A jealous husband plots to dispose of his wife’s lover in an acid bath.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk. Actors: Robert Newton, Phil Brown, Naunton Wayne
96 mins
4:15 PM
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
A businessman kills his boss to cover up his affair with the man’s wife.
Dir: Louis Malle. Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly
87 mins (in French)
6:00 PM
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett. Actors: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
111 mins
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Thursday – July 8, 2021
12:45 PM
They Won’t Believe Me (1947)
A philandering playboy with a wealthy wife and two girlfriends ends up on trial for murder when two of the ladies turn up dead, and he’s the most likely suspect.
Dir: Irving Pichel. Actors: Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Jane Greer
95 mins
6:00 PM
Once a Thief (1965)
A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.
Dir: Ralph Nelson. Actors: Alain Delon, Van Heflin, Jack Palance
107 mins
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Friday – July 9, 2021
8:00 PM
Get Carter (1971)
A small-time gangster searches for the truth behind his brother’s death.
Dir: Mike Hodges. Actors: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland
112 mins
10:00 PM
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
An aging hood turns police informer, with deadly results.
Dir: Peter Yates. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan
103 mins
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Saturday – July 10, 2021
12:00 AM
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. Actors: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Perry Lopez
131 mins
10:08 AM
The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
A society sleuth travels South of the border to investigate an art dealer’s murder.
Dir: William Berke. Actors: Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha Macvicar
70 mins
11:30 AM
Torture Money (1937)
The police track down a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. Actors: Norman Willis, Murray Alper, John Hamilton
20 mins
5:15 PM
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges. Actors: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick Mcgoohan
148 mins
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Sunday – July 11, 2021
12:30 AM
The Bribe (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. Actors: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton
98 mins
10:00 AM
The Bribe (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. Actors: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton
98 mins
8:00 PM
The Women (1939)
Catty New York socialites gossip about a friend and her husband’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell
132 mins
*****I’m a fan of all three of the main characters listed above, and as this is a movie classic, I’m recommending that you see this movie – even though I know I should be telling you about mystery movies…*****
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Tuesday – July 13, 2021
4:45 AM
Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman’s ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
113 mins
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Thursday – July 15, 2021
1:45 AM
A Stranger in Town (1943)
A Supreme Court justice on vacation takes on crooked small-town politicians.
Dir: Roy Rowland. Actors: Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers
67 mins
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Friday – July 16, 2021
6:00 AM
The Secret Bride (1935)
A district attorney secretly marries the daughter of a man he’s trying to convict.
Dir: William Dieterle. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William, Glenda Farrell
76 mins
8:45 AM
Gambling Lady (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel Mccrea, Pat O’brien
66 mins
9:45 PM
Body Heat (1981)
A femme fatale seduces a Florida lawyer and convinces him to kill her husband.
Dir: Lawrence Kasdan. Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna
113 mins
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Saturday – July 17, 2021
3:45 AM
Stunts (1977)
A stuntman is killed on set, so his brother takes over the job to investigate.
Dir: Mark L. Lester. Actors: Robert Forster ,Fiona Lewis, Joanna Cassidy
90 mins
8:29 AM
City in Terror (1939)
Family who witness a murder are pursued by gangsters.
Dir: Crane Wilbur. Actors: Jane Bryan, Henry O’Neill, John Russell
60 mins
10:08 AM
The Falcon Out West (1944)
A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
Dir: William Clemens. Actors: Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale
64 mins
12:00 PM
Green For Danger (1946)
A police inspector investigates an operating room death that may be murder.
Dir: Sidney Gilliat. Actors: Leo Genn, Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard
91 mins
1:45 PM
The Last Of Sheila (1973)
A game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
Dir: Herbert Ross. Actors: James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon
120 mins
6:00 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. Actors: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
114 mins
8:00 PM
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
A washed-up prizefighter tries to free himself from his ruthless promoters to build a new life.
Dir: Ralph Nelson. Actors: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney
87 mins
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Sunday – July 18, 2021
12:15 AM
Los Tallos Amargos (1956)
Dir: Fernando Ayala. Actors: Carlos Cores, Aída Luz, Julia Sandoval, Pablo Moret
A journalist falls into a criminal’s plans.
90 mins (This Argentine movie may be in Spanish.)
10:00 AM
Los Tallos Amargos (1956)
Dir: Fernando Ayala. Actors: Carlos Cores, Aída Luz, Julia Sandoval, Pablo Moret
A journalist falls into a criminal’s plans.
90 mins (This Argentine movie may be in Spanish.)
1:30 PM
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
116 mins
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Thursday – July 22, 2021
5:45 PM
Thirteen Women (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir: George Archainbaud. Actors: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond
74 mins
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Friday – July 23, 2021
8:00 PM
Blood Simple (1984)
An owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen. Actors: John Getz, Frances Mcdormand, Dan Hedaya
95 mins
10:00 PM
Night Moves (1975)
An L.A. private detective puts aside his own marital woes while tracing a topless nymphet to the Florida Keys.
Dir: Arthur Penn. Actors: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark
99 mins
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Saturday – July 24, 2021
2:00 AM
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
A babysitter is tormented by a series of ominous phone calls until the psycnotic killer is captured. Seven years later, it all starts again.
Dir: Fred Walton. Actors: Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst
97 mins
10:09 AM
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
A society sleuth enlists a little girl’s help in nabbing a mob of silk smugglers.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis. Actors: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward S. Brophy
66 mins
12:00 PM
The Petrified Forest (1936)
People in a desert diner/gas station are held up at gunpoint by a desperate gangster.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo. Actors: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin
83 mins
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Sunday – July 25, 2021
12:30 AM
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
A woman fights to intercept a letter in which her husband tries to prove her guilty of murder.
Dir: Tay Garnett. Actors: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling
74 mins
4:15 AM
Night Watch (1973)
Ellen Wheeler is 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, who find nothing when they investigate. With her neglectful husband skeptical and unsupportive, Ellen turns to her friend Sarah, who is slig
Dir: Brian G. Hutton. Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
105 mins
10:00 AM
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
A woman fights to intercept a letter in which her husband tries to prove her guilty of murder.
Dir: Tay Garnett. Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling
74 mins
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Monday – July 26, 2021
6:00 AM
Heat Lightning (1934)
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy. Actors: Aline Macmahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster
63 mins
7:15 AM
Hot Summer Night (1957)
A hot-shot reporter risks his life to land an interview with a notorious crook.
Dir: David Friedkin. Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, Edward Andrews
86 mins
8:45 AM
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett. Actors: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
111 mins
10:45 AM
Red Hot Tires (1935)
A race-car driver wrongly convicted of murder escapes prison to prove his innocence.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman. Actors: Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor, Roscoe Karns
61 mins
8:00 PM
Johnny Belinda (1948)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Actors: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford
102 mins
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Thursday – July 29, 2021
6:30 AM
Private Detective 62 (1933)
A private eye in Paris falls for the beautiful gambling lady he’s investigating.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly
67 mins
10:30 AM
Crossroads (1942)
A French diplomat who’s recovering from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.
Dir: Jack Conway. Actors: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor
84 mins
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Saturday – July 31, 2021
10:09 AM
The Falcon’s Adventure (1946)
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
Dir: William Berke. Actors: Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward S. Brophy
61 mins
1:30 PM
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Recently paroled master criminal Erwin “Doc” Riedenschneider gathers several crooks together in Cincinnati for a heist. The robbery is pulled off successfully until an alert night watchman shoots the team’s safe-cracker.
Dir: John Huston. Actors: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
112 mins
6:15 PM
The Late Show (1977)
An aging private eye hooks up with a Hollywood eccentric to investigate his partner’s murder.
Dir: Robert Benton. Actors: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy
94 mins
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Sunday – August 1, 2021
12:30 AM
Hollow Triumph (1948)
A crook on the lam poses as a psychiatrist.
Dir: Steve Sekely. Actors: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz
83 mins
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If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in July, 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 June 2021 television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for June 2021 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.
Summer time is here! I know that technically summer doesn’t begin until June 20 this year, however, let’s face it, June is sort of the start of summer for most of us. Down here in San Antonio that means we have our more hot and humid days ahead of us. My husband and I lived in Panama, and some of our days here in San Antonio remind me a lot of the weather down there! (My husband was in the Air Force.)
May is the beginning of really hot weather here in San Antonio. Oh, oh – I’m sure that sounds doggone good to a lot of you. For me, however, it’s getting sort of old… At any rate, I hope you are ALL enjoying your spring wherever you are!