I don’t have a huge amount to say about the upcoming month of August’s mystery movies – there are a few small “marathons” of mystery movies, usually arranged by actor, such as the Henry Fonda marathon on the first and the Melvyn Douglas marathon on the 5th, but aside from those this is just going to be a relatively normal month for TCM mystery movies.

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

Thursday – August 1

6:45 AM
THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene.
BW- 80 mins, CC

8:15 AM
LET US LIVE (1939)
Two wrongly convicted men are sentenced to death.
Dir: John Brahm Cast: Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy.
BW- 66 mins, CC

5:00 PM
THE WRONG MAN (1956)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
BW- 105 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE LADY EVE (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW- 94 mins, CC
(***** It doesn’t matter how many times I see this non mystery movie, it’s funny every time!*****)

9:00 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.
BW- 96 mins, CC
2 FRIDAY

7:30 AM
WITHIN THE LAW (1939)
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
Dir: Gustav Machaty Cast: Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal, Paul Kelly.
BW- 65 mins, CC

8:45 AM
FAST AND FURIOUS (1939)
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane get mixed up with murder during a beauty pageant.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey.
BW- 73 mins, CC

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

Saturday – August 3

2:30 AM
BLACKMAIL (1939)
A man in prison on false charges escapes to save his family from a blackmailer.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart.
BW- 81 mins, CC

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

Sunday – August 4

1:15 AM
A DRY WHITE SEASON (1989)
In South Africa, a white schoolteacher’s life and values are
threatened when he asks about a black boy who died in police custody.
Dir: Euzhan Palcy Cast: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zaeks Mokae.
C- 107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – August 5

5:00 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, CC

6:30 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, CC

8:00 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, CC

9:30 AM
THERE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN (1938)
While working on a simple case, married private eyes uncover a murder.
Dir: Alexander Hall Cast: Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor.
BW- 81 mins, CC

11:00 AM
THERE’S THAT WOMAN AGAIN (1938)
Dir: Alexander Hall Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay.
BW- 73 mins, CC

12:30 PM
MARY BURNS, FUGITIVE (1935)
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Baxter.
BW- 86 mins

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

Wednesday – August 7

5:00 AM
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

9:00 PM
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara.
BW- 161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – August 8

8:15 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.
BW- 102 mins, CC

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

Friday – August 9

7:00 PM
WHISTLING IN THE DARK (1941)
A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford.
BW- 78 mins, CC

8:30 PM
WHISTLING IN DIXIE (1942)
A radio detective’s southern honeymoon is cut short by the discovery of a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft.
BW- 74 mins, CC

10:00 PM
WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN (1943)
A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers.
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

Saturday – August 10

1:30 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.
C- 96 mins, CC

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

Sunday – August 11

5:00 AM
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage.
Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin.
BW- 82 mins, CC

6:30 AM
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (1942)
A criminal gang turns patriotic to track down a Nazi spy ring.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne.
BW- 107 mins, CC

1:00 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

5:15 PM
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy.
BW- 93 mins, CC

11:15 PM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 106 mins, CC

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

Monday – August 12

1:15 AM
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1940)
Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino.
BW- 95 mins, CC

8:00 AM
MAISIE (1939)
A Brooklyn showgirl tries to clear a ranch foreman of murder charges.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey.
BW- 75 mins, CC

9:30 AM
CONGO MAISIE (1940)
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.
Dir: Henry C. Potter Cast: Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson.
BW- 71 mins, CC

11:00 AM
GOLD RUSH MAISIE (1940)
A Brooklyn showgirl helps a poor family strike it rich.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern, Lee Bowman, Slim Summerville.
BW- 82 mins, CC

12:30 PM
MAISIE WAS A LADY (1941)
A Brooklyn showgirl signs on as maid for a family of wealthy eccentrics.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 79 mins, CC

2:00 PM
RINGSIDE MAISIE (1941)
A Brooklyn showgirl sets pulses racing at a boxers’ training camp.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling.
BW- 95 mins, CC

4:00 PM
SHADOW ON THE WALL (1950)
A child is left mute by the sight of her stepmother’s murder.
Dir: Patrick Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau.

BW- 84 mins, CC

5:30 PM
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

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

Tuesday – August 13

2:00 PM
IMPACT (1949)
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn.
BW- 111 mins, CC

4:00 PM
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, CC

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

Wednesday – August 14

12:30 AM
HANGMEN ALSO DIE (1943)
When a Nazi officer is assassinated, Czech patriots band together to protect his killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: H. H. v. Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan.
BW- 136 mins, CC

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

Thursday – August 15

7:00 AM
CRY TERROR! (1958)
A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens.
BW- 96 mins, CC

1:00 PM
BACK FROM ETERNITY (1956)
When an airliner crashes in the jungle, the repaired plane can only hold five of the survivors.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger.
BW- 97 mins, CC

5:00 PM
AL CAPONE (1959)
Chicago’s most notorious gangster rules the city ruthlessly.
Dir: Richard Wilson Cast: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory.
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM
THE BIG KNIFE (1955)
An unscrupulous movie producer blackmails an unhappy star into signing a new contract.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey.
BW- 109 mins, CC

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

Saturday – August 17

5:00 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

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

Sunday – August 18

3:15 AM
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,

11:00 PM
CHARADE (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – August 19

3:00 AM
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
C- 108 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – August 21

5:00 AM
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

7:45 AM
GAMBLING LADY (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien.
BW- 66 mins, CC

10:30 AM
DEAD END (1937)
A killer returns to his childhood home to plot his escape from the law.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart.
BW- 92 mins, CC

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

Thursday – August 22

6:30 AM
THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (1930)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a series of murders inspired by Mother Goose rhymes.
Dir: Nick Grindé Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young.
BW- 87 mins, CC

8:15 PM
THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR (1929)
A phony medium tries to prove her protege innocent of murder.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly.
BW- 73 mins

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

Friday – August 23

2:30 AM
THE PHANTOM OF PARIS (1931)
A magician is charged with killing his fiancee’s father.
Dir: John S. Robertson Cast: John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone.
BW- 74 mins, CC

3:45 AM
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

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

Saturday – August 24

12:30 PM
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
A corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick.
C- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – August 26

3:15 AM
AGATHA (1979)
A fictional account of the real life, eleven day, never explained 1926 disappearance of famed murder mystery writer Agatha Christie.
Dir: Michael Apted Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton.
C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 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.
BW- 74 mins, CC

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

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

Tuesday – August 27

3:15 AM
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 – August 29

7:00 AM
DOWNSTAIRS (1932)
An evil chauffeur seduces and blackmails his way through high society.
Dir: Monta Bell Cast: John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce.
BW- 77 mins, CC

10:00 AM
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.
BW- 82 mins, CC

5:30 PM
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.
BW- 83 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

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

Friday – August 30

1:30 PM
THEY WON’T BELIEVE ME (1947)
A faithless husband is charged with a murder he didn’t commit.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Jane Greer.
BW- 80 mins, CC

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

Saturday – August 31

5:00 AM
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
BW- 115 mins, CC

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

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 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for July 2019 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.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)

If you’re a fan of Sherlock Holmes, then be sure you tune in to the Turner Classic Movies channel (TCM) on Wednesday (July 3) for a marathon of mystery movies that feature Sir Conan Doyle’s great detective. I was surprised to find out that all of the movies don’t feature the famous Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce acting duo! These will be followed by two Dick Tracy mystery movies.

Something I have noticed (particularly this month!) is the amount of movies from the late 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s TCM is now showing. Even though I list the “newer” mystery movies, I generally prefer movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age (earlier than the 1960s) over these. Most of the time I simply don’t watch them – unless they feature a favorite actor or actress. I sometimes wonder if lots of other people prefer the older movies. I started watching TCM years ago, when Robert Osbourne just-about WAS TCM. Back then the channel rarely showed these “newer” movies…

Either way, here’s the July 2019 Turner Classic Movies channel‘s mystery movie line-up:

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

Monday – July 1

5:15 AM
CHANDLER (1971)
A former private eye lands in hot water when he agrees to protect a government witness.
Dir: Paul Magwood Cast: Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier.
C- 86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
THE BIG HEAT (1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando.
BW- 90 mins, CC

10:45 PM
A STOLEN LIFE (1946)
A twin takes her deceased sister’s place as wife of the man they both love.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark.
BW- 107 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – July 2

2:45 AM
RANSOM! (1956)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
Dir: Alex Segal Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen.
BW- 102 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – July 3

5:00 AM
THE TRIUMPH OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1935)
Dir: Leslie S. Hiscott Cast: Conway Dixon, Minnie Rayner, Jane Carr.
BW- 83 mins

6:30 AM
SILVER BLAZE (1941)
Sherlock Holmes returns to Baskerville Hall to track down a stolen racehorse.
Dir: Thomas Bentley I Cast: Minnie Rayner, Ralph Truman, Arthur Macrae.
BW- 69 mins

8:00 AM
THE WOMAN IN GREEN (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke.
BW- 67 mins, CC

9:15 AM
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN DRESSED TO KILL (1946)
Sherlock Holmes sets out to find why people are killing each other over a seemingly inexpensive music box.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison.
BW- 71 mins

11:00 AM
DICK TRACY (1945)
Dick is faced with a series of murders in which the victims all come from different social and economic backgrounds.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki.
BW- 61 mins, CC

12:15 PM
DICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL (1946)
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Dir: Gordon M. Douglas Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell.
BW- 62 mins

1:30 PM
THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933)
A crime wave grips the city and all clues seem to lead to the nefarious Dr. Mabuse.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Rudolf Shundler.
BW- 121 mins

3:45 PM
BLACKMAIL (1939)
A man in prison on false charges escapes to save his family from a blackmailer.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart.
BW- 81 mins, CC

5:15 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

7:00 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross- country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

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

Thursday – July 4

4:15 AM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW- 113 mins, CC

7:00 PM
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston.
BW- 126 mins, CC
*****This is not a mystery, however, seeing James Cagney’s terrific dancing makes this Fourth of July themed movie a treat to watch.*****

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

Saturday – July 6

11:00 PM
THE TATTOOED STRANGER (1950)
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
Dir: Edward J. Montagne Cast: John Miles, Patricia White, Walter Kinsella.
BW- 64 mins, CC

12:30 AM
THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
A television newswoman stumbles onto deadly secrets at a nuclear power plant.
Dir: James Bridges Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Daniel Lewk.
C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 AM
ABSENCE OF MALICE (1981)
An ambitious reporter unwittingly slanders a businessman under federal investigation.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban.
C- 116 mins, CC

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

Sunday – July 7

9:00 AM
THE TATTOOED STRANGER (1950)
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
Dir: Edward J. Montagne Cast: John Miles, Patricia White, Walter Kinsella.
BW- 64 mins, CC

12:30 PM
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
BW- 102 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, however, lots of fun – especially if you’re a Judy Holliday fan!*****

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

Monday – July 8

5:00 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

8:30 PM
GILDA (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she’s married to his new boss.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready.
BW- 110 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – July 9

12:15 AM
AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD (1952)
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband’s killer.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby.
BW- 98 mins, CC

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

Thursday – July 11

12:15 AM
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
Soulless pods take over the inhabitants of a small California town.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates.
BW- 80 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 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

4:45 AM
NANCY DREW…DETECTIVE (1938)
A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman’s disappearance.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson.
BW- 66 mins, CC

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

Friday – July 12

12:30 PM
FAST AND LOOSE (1939)
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane investigate the killing of a noted collector.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Reginald Owen.
BW- 80 mins, CC

5:15 PM
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW- 103 mins, CC

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

Saturday – July 13

2:30 AM
ALONE IN THE DARK (1982)
Four escaped lunatics invade a doctor’s home.
Dir: Jack Sholder Cast: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Paula Raflo.
C- 93 mins, CC

1:00 PM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW- 106 mins, CC

3:00 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

4:45 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

11:00 PM
THE PEOPLE AGAINST O’HARA (1951)
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Pat O’Brien, Diana Lynn.
BW- 102 mins, CC

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

Sunday – July 14

7:00 AM
KEEPER OF THE FLAME (1943)
A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn,
Richard Whorf.
BW- 101 mins, CC

9:00 AM
THE PEOPLE AGAINST O’HARA (1951)
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Pat O’Brien, Diana Lynn.
BW- 102 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – July 17

11:30 PM
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, CC

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

Friday – July 19

4:15 PM
FIVE CAME BACK (1939)
Survivors of a jungle plane crash realize that their repaired airplane can only carry five passengers.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie.
BW- 75 mins, CC
*****I’m not sure if this qualifies as a mytery, but it’s an interesting concept and you can’t be quite sure who will be returning…*****

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

Saturday – July 20

5:00 AM
ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON (1942)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak.
BW- 115 mins, CC

2:30 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.
BW- 96 mins, CC

11:00 PM
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders.
BW- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – July 21

9:00 AM
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders.
BW- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – July 22

11:30 AM
HORROR HOTEL (1960)
A young coed travels to a village to continue her research on witchcraft, and discovers some horrifying secrets.
Dir: John Moxey Cast: Patricia Jessel, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee.
BW- 78 mins, CC

11:15 PM
THE GAZEBO (1960)
A suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner.
BW- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – July 24

10:00 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- 99 mins, CC

8:30 PM
LAURA (1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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

Thursday – July 25

3:30 AM
NIGHT MUST FALL (1964)
A psychopath worms his way into an elderly woman’s household.
Dir: Karel Reisz Cast: Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire.
BW- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – July 26

5:15 AM
PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1939)
Rival detectives fall in love when they’re forced to work together.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Jane Wyman, Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson.
BW- 56 mins, CC

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

7:30 AM
JAMAICA INN (1939)
A young woman on the British coast stumbles onto a ring of bloodthirsty scavengers.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Charles Laughton, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie.
BW- 99 mins, CC

9:15 AM
YOU CAN’T GET AWAY WITH MURDER (1939)
A young tough takes the rap for a hardened gangster.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop.
BW- 79 mins, CC

10:45 AM
THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL (1939)
A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he’s killed an opponent in the ring.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson.
BW- 92 mins, CC

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

Saturday – July 27

3:00 AM
NIGHT SCHOOL (1981)
A police investigator attempts to solve the murders of two women from a local night school.
Dir: Ken Hughes Cast: Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder.
C- 89 mins, CC

7:29 AM
LAWLESS VALLEY (1939)
After doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him.
Dir: David Howard Cast: George O’Brien, Kay Sutton, Walter Miller.
BW- 59 mins, CC

12:15 PM
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man
avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara.
BW- 161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – July 28

1:00 AM
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
BW- 102 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, however, lots of fun – especially if you’re a Judy Holliday fan!*****

3:00 AM
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1953)
A dizzy model in love with fame rents a billboard and puts her name on it.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon.
BW- 87 mins, CC
*****Another non-mystery Judy Holliday movie.*****

9:00 AM
DEAD RECKONING (1947)
A tough veteran sets out to solve his war buddy’s murder.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky.
BW- 100 mins, CC

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

Monday – July 29

1:45 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

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

Tuesday – July 30

12:30 PM
FULL CONFESSION (1939)
A priest hears a murderer’s confession, then finds himself suspected of the same crime.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers, Joseph Calleia.
BW- 73 mins,

3:30 PM
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

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

Wednesday – July 31

1:15 AM
NIAGARA (1953)
Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters.
C- 89 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****

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 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for June 2019 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.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)

I know that summer is a time when lots of people head outdoors, but it is also the time for spending some time indoors, with the air conditioner. This is especially true if you live someplace hot and humid like San Antonio! It’s a perfect time to chill-out while watching a good movie.

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will be showing lots of Murder, She Wrote, Hart to Hart, Columbo, Perry Mason, Matlock, Monk, and Psych shows throughout the weekdays and Saturdays. However, every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday they will be re-airing one of their original mystery shows at 8:00 PM Central. On Thursday nights they will be re-airing Christmas movies. (I’m going to just post the channel’s original mystery and Christmas movies.)

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

Saturday – June 1, 2019

Monk marathon

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

Sunday – June 2, 2019

8:00 AM
FLOWER SHOP MYSTERIES: MUM’S THE WORD
Abby Knight is the proud owner of her hometown flower shop, but a new low-cost competitor is killing her profits and a black SUV just rammed her vintage Corvette in a hit-and-run. She’s determined to track down the driver, but when the trail turns deadly, the next flower arrangement might be for her own funeral. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.
(Based on Kate Collins‘ Flower Shop Mystery Series.)

10:00 AM
FLOWER SHOP MYSTERIES: SNIPPED IN THE BUD
When Abby Knight, former lawyer turned flower shop owner, agrees to deliver an anonymous bouquet of black roses to her daughter’s disagreeable law professor, she is hoping for a chance to get him on her good side. When he responds by throwing the flowers in the trash, Abby realizes she may be fighting a losing battle and leaves. Unwilling to sacrifice the bouquet, she returns to claim the flowers, only to discover the dead body of another professor and her former courtroom adversary. Now as the main suspect, Abby must work to clear her name and keep those she loves out of danger. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.

12:00 PM
FLOWER SHOP MYSTERIES: DEARLY DEPOTTED
Abby Knight, ex-lawyer and crime buff, and the owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at her drama queen cousin’s wedding, Abby ends up not just doing the flowers…but having to find out who murdered a wedding crasher. Stars Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges.

2:00 PM
CHRONICLE MYSTERIES: RECOVERED
Alex McPherson launches a podcast with a cold case from her past. With the help of local reporter, Drew Godfrey, new mysteries mix with old as the two work to recover what’s been lost. Starring Alison Sweeney and Benjamin Ayres.

4:00 PM
CHRONICLE MYSTERIES: VINES THAT BIND
Podcaster Alex McPherson travels to a vineyard to investigate the suspicious death of a winemaker, while partner Drew explores corporate buyouts surrounding the vineyard’s town. Starring Alison Sweeney and Benjamin Ayres.

6:00 PM
RUBY HERRING MYSTERIES: SILENT WITNESS
When consumer reporter, Ruby Herring stumbles onto a murder, the spunky redhead discovers a knack for crime solving. With the help of a handsome detective, Ruby finds a new career covering crime. Stars Taylor Cole, Stephen Huszar

8:00 PM
MYSTERY 101
When a college student is found dead, English professor Amy uses her crime fiction expertise to unravel the case faster than detective Travis, who ends up working with Amy to catch the killer. Stars Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha

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

Monday – June 3, 2019

8:00 PM
HAILEY DEAN MYSTERIES: A PRESCRIPTION FOR MURDER
Hailey Dean must prove a doctor’s innocence in a string of unexplainable deaths at Atlanta Memorial Hospital and stop the true killer before he can strike again. Starring Kellie Martin
(Based on Nancy Grace‘s Hailey Dean Mystery Series.)

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

Tuesday – June 4, 2019

8:00 PM
HAILEY DEAN MYSTERIES: A PRESCRIPTION FOR MURDER
Hailey Dean must prove a doctor’s innocence in a string of unexplainable deaths at Atlanta Memorial Hospital and stop the true killer before he can strike again. Starring Kellie Martin

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

Wednesday – June 5, 2019

8:00 PM
FIXER UPPER MYSTERIES: FRAMED FOR MURDER
In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hammer, owner of Hammer Construction Company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and…
(Based on Kate Carlisle‘s Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.)

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

Thursday – June 6, 2019

8:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS FOR THE BOOKS
Set to host a prestigious holiday gala and stuck in a love triangle, a lifestyle guru must prove she’s a romance expert. Stars Chelsea Kane and Drew Seeley.

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

Friday – June 7, 2019

8:00 PM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: A DEADLY RECIPE
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron…
(Based on Joanne Fluke‘s Hannah Swensen Mystery Series.)

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

Saturday – June 8, 2019

Monk marathon

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

Sunday – June 9, 2019

THE GOOD WITCH MARATHON

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

Monday – June 10, 2019

8:00 PM
HAILEY DEAN MYSTERIES: KILLER SENTENCE
Hailey Dean knows District Attorney Paulina D’Orazio is innocent of the murder of a man she once put behind bars and must do all she can to prove it in the face of mounting evidence. Starring Kellie Martin

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

Tuesday – June 11, 2019

8:00 PM
RUBY HERRING MYSTERIES: SILENT WITNESS
When consumer reporter, Ruby Herring stumbles onto a murder, the spunky redhead discovers a knack for crime solving. With the help of a handsome detective, Ruby finds a new career covering crime. Stars Taylor Cole, Stephen Huszar

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

Wednesday – June 12, 2019

8:00 PM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: A PEACH COBBLER MYSTERY
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to…

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

Thursday – June 13, 2019

8:00 PM
LAST VERMONT CHRISTMAS
The Marvin sisters gather for what may be their last Christmas at their childhood home. Will they have to say goodbye to the memories? Or is this an opportunity for new traditions? Stars Erin Cahill, Justin Bruening.

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

Friday – June 14, 2019

8:00 PM
MYSTERY 101
When a college student is found dead, English professor Amy uses her crime fiction expertise to unravel the case faster than detective Travis, who ends up working with Amy to catch the killer. Stars Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha

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

Saturday – June 15, 2019

Monk marathon

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

Sunday – June 16, 2019

8:00 AM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: THE JULIUS HOUSE
Aurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history. As she prepares to…

10:00 AM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: DEAD OVER HEELS
Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns. She also never wanted to see him dead, but when he winds up murdered, she can’t help but get involved. When other strange things…

12:00 PM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: A BUNDLE OF TROUBLE
Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once again,…

2:00 PM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: LAST SCENE ALIVE
A Hollywood film crew descends on the town of Lawrenceton, GA to produce a film based on a book written by Aurora’s onetime boyfriend Robin Daniels. However, when the lead actress, who is playing Aurora is killed, the real…

4:00 PM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: REAP WHAT YOU SEW
Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new embroidery business. But not everyone is happy with Poppy’s success when she turns up dead. To find the…

6:00 PM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: THE DISAPPEARING GAME
Aurora Teagarden has just recently moved into her new home in Lawrenceton when four students from a nearby college vanish one evening. Unfortunately for Aurora, her cousin, Phillip, is one of them. When one of the college kids…

8:00 PM
PICTURE PERFECT MYSTERIES: NEWLYWED AND DEAD
*****PREMIER*****
Photographer Allie Adams is shocked when the groom at a wedding she is covering is shot dead. What’s even worse, is she must convince Detective Sam Acosta that her brother isn’t the killer. Starring Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega

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

Monday – June 17, 2019

8:00 PM
GOURMET DETECTIVE MYSTERIES: EAT, DRINK AND BE BURIED
Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son pulls the…
(Based on Peter King‘s Gourmet Detective Mystery Series.)

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

Tuesday – June 18, 2019

8:00 PM
CHRONICLE MYSTERIES: RECOVERED
Alex McPherson launches a podcast with a cold case from her past. With the help of local reporter, Drew Godfrey, new mysteries mix with old as the two work to recover what’s been lost. Starring Alison Sweeney and Benjamin Ayres.

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

Wednesday – June 19, 2019

8:00 PM
PICTURE PERFECT MYSTERIES: NEWLYWED AND DEAD
(For those of you who missed this premier on Sunday.)
Photographer Allie Adams is shocked when the groom at a wedding she is covering is shot dead. What’s even worse, is she must convince Detective Sam Acosta that her brother isn’t the killer. Starring Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega

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

Thursday – June 20, 2019

8:00 PM
HEARTS OF CHRISTMAS
When a beloved neonatal intensive care unit supervisor is forced to take early retirement, her young colleague, Jenny, decides to turn the upcoming staff Christmas party into a surprise celebration for her. But the plan is…

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

Friday – June 21, 2019

8:00 PM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: LAST SCENE ALIVE
A Hollywood film crew descends on the town of Lawrenceton, GA to produce a film based on a book written by Aurora’s onetime boyfriend Robin Daniels. However, when the lead actress, who is playing Aurora is killed, the real…

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

Saturday – June 22, 2019

Monk marathon

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

Sunday – June 23, 2019

8:00 AM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE MYSTERY
Free spirited cookie baker Hannah Swensen jumps in to help a handsome new detective track down the culprit and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of her friend and local milk delivery man. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron…

10:00 AM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: A PLUM PUDDING MYSTERY
When a murder takes place at the local Christmas tree carnival, it seems there are quite a few suspects. With the twelve days of Christmas ticking away, Hannah’s running out of time to nab a murderous Scrooge who doesn’t want…

12:00 PM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: A PEACH COBBLER MYSTERY
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to…

2:00 PM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: A DEADLY RECIPE
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron…

4:00 PM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: JUST DESSERTS
Hannah is thrilled when she is chosen as a guest for the first Eden Lake Dessert Bake-Off, but when a fellow judge is found murdered, Hannah once again takes it upon herself to find herself to find the killer. Stars Alison…

6:00 PM
PICTURE PERFECT MYSTERIES: NEWLYWED AND DEAD
Photographer Allie Adams is shocked when the groom at a wedding she is covering is shot dead. What’s even worse, is she must convince Detective Sam Acosta that her brother isn’t the killer. Starring Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega
(For those of you who missed this premier on Sunday the 16th.)

8:00 PM
MYSTERY 101: PLAYING DEAD
The local theater is producing a mystery that crime fiction expert Amy unearthed. When one of the actress’ life is threatened, Amy & Travis must uncover which character is playing for keeps. Stars Jill Wagner & Kristoffer Polaha
*****PREMIER*****

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

Monday – June 24, 2019

8:00 PM
CROSSWORD MYSTERIES: A PUZZLE TO DIE FOR
After several of her puzzles are linked to the murder of an art gallery owner, a crossword puzzle editor teams up with a no nonsense detective to stop a killer in their midst. Starring Lacey Chabert & Brennan Elliott

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

Tuesday – June 25, 2019

8:00 PM
MYSTERY 101: PLAYING DEAD
The local theater is producing a mystery that crime fiction expert Amy unearthed. When one of the actress’ life is threatened, Amy & Travis must uncover which character is playing for keeps. Stars Jill Wagner & Kristoffer Polaha

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

Wednesday – June 26, 2019

8:00 PM
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: THE DISAPPEARING GAME
Aurora Teagarden has just recently moved into her new home in Lawrenceton when four students from a nearby college vanish one evening. Unfortunately for Aurora, her cousin, Phillip, is one of them. When one of the college kids…

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

Thursday – June 27, 2019

8:00 PM
THE CHRISTMAS NOTE
Gretchen returns to her hometown with son Ethan and meets her new neighbor Melissa under unusual circumstances. Melissa’s mother has passed away, and the two form a reluctant friendship when Melissa discovers she has a sibling…

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

Friday – June 28, 2019

All day Christmas movies:

6:00 AM
MURDER, SHE BAKED: A PLUM PUDDING MYSTERY
When a murder takes place at the local Christmas tree carnival, it seems there are quite a few suspects. With the twelve days of Christmas ticking away, Hannah’s running out of time to nab a murderous Scrooge who doesn’t want…

8:00 AM
LOVE ALWAYS, SANTA
After losing her husband Bradley three years ago on Christmas day, Celia Banks never thought she’d fall in love again. Now, her entire world revolves around taking care of her daughter Lilly. Lilly writes a letter to Santa…

10:00 AM
THE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Widow Kathy Howard is having a hard time facing her first Christmas without her husband when she meets Christmas tree lot owner Tim Pierce who helps her to see that there is still hope and love in the world. Kathy however,…

12:00 PM
JOURNEY BACK TO CHRISTMAS
WWII has ended and Hanna is still grieving over her husband’s disappearance. When the Christmas Comet appears for the first time in 70 years, Hanna is caught in a terrible storm and knocked unconscious. When she wakes up,…

2:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER
A harsh TV personality needs a break from her own life, so she hops into a car and drives to a small town mountain retreat. On her way there, a blizzard veers her off the road and she crashes. When she comes to, she has…

4:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS FOR THE BOOKS
Set to host a prestigious holiday gala and stuck in a love triangle, a lifestyle guru must prove she’s a romance expert. Stars Chelsea Kane and Drew Seeley.

6:00 PM
CHRISTMAS AT GRAND VALLEY
Artist Kelly Riley returns home to the picturesque Grand Valley just in time for Christmas. It will take the spirit of the season to open her heart to the love around her. Stars Danica McKellar and Brennan Elliott.

8:00 PM
A VETERAN’S CHRISTMAS
Separated from her K9 partner Captain Grace is stranded in a small town for Christmas. Judge Joe offers her a place to stay and takes it upon himself to show Grace everything she’s been missing. Stars Eloise Mumford, Sean Faris.

10:00 PM
KAREN KINGSBURY’S MAGGIE’S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
Single mom Maggie is trying to be devoted to son Jordan while having a career. Jordan meets Casey, a tutor. They bond. What he wishes most is for his mom to find happiness and love at Christmas. Stars Jill Wagner, Luke Macfarlane.

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

Saturday – June 29, 2019

Christmas movies continue all day:

12:00 AM
CHRISTMAS IN ANGEL FALLS
Guardian angel Gabby loves watching humans find true love. On assignment from the head angel, Gabby is sent to the town of Angel Falls in hopes of restoring it’s Christmas Spirit. Stars Rachel Boston, Paul Greene.

2:00 AM
DEBBIE MACOMBER’S DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
After a snafu at the airport, Ashley is forced to rent a car in order to make it home to Seattle by Christmas. She ends up sharing the last car on the lot with Dash, a handsome stranger, who also needs to get to Seattle….

4:00 AM
FINDING CHRISTMAS
When New York adman, Sean, swaps his swanky loft for a country cottage owned by small-town aspiring musician, Owen, these single gentlemen get a little more than they bargained for this Christmas when Sean meets Mia and Owen…

6:00 AM
CHRISTMAS ENCORE
An actress is cast in her last Broadway show before giving up and moving home. When the theater where they perform loses its lease and the show is set to fold, she needs a Christmas miracle. Stars Maggie Lawson, Brennan Elliott.

8:00 AM
MAGICAL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
Publishing executive Marie finds her Christmas spirit reawakened as her mother begins sending her the family’s ornaments. As each ornament arrives, it brings a positive change to Marie’s life. Stars Jessica Lowndes, Brendan Penny.

10:00 AM
THE CHRISTMAS SECRET
Christine Eisley is a single mom of two struggling to keep her family afloat during Christmas time in the small town of Wilsonville. Having recently moved into town, Christine becomes acquainted with the townspeople, and as…

12:00 PM
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS
Sarah heads to her uncle’s struggling ranch to escape the spotlight. Returning home, complications arise when Graham, a Hollywood star, arrives at the ranch to prepare for his next film. Stars Kristoffer Polaha, Lindy Booth.

2:00 PM
CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING
A military widow rents an apartment to an Army Captain. As they team up to save the town’s military museum with a Christmas fundraising event, these “wounded birds” find themselves falling in love. Stars Julie Benz, Michael Shanks

4:00 PM
CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND
When art curator Heidi returns home to babysit her niece and nephew, she must work with her high school sweetheart to plan the high school winter dance. She rediscovers her passion for painting. Stars Emily Osment, Ryan Rottman.

6:00 PM
TIME FOR ME TO COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Cara, meets with her banker while country star, Heath, plays a concert. When their flight to Tulsa is cancelled, this pair travels together to get home in time for the holidays. Stars Josh Henderson, Megan Park.

8:00 PM
ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
When a young woman with stage-4 liver disease meets the Marine who’s organ donation could save her, the last thing they expect is to fall in love. Stars Aimee Teegarden, Brett Dalton.

10:00 PM
LAST VERMONT CHRISTMAS
The Marvin sisters gather for what may be their last Christmas at their childhood home. Will they have to say goodbye to the memories? Or is this an opportunity for new traditions? Stars Erin Cahill, Justin Bruening.

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

So, now we’re only missing what the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel has in store for us on the last day of the month. I guess we’ll find out next Sunday!

P.S. The descriptions of the movies were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries website.

Here’s the upcoming list for TCM’s mysteries for June, plus a few of my own personal favorites! A few highlights of what I haven’t put on but people might still be interested in – June 3rd will have a number of movies highlighting divorce, Father’s Day (June 16) will have a number of movies featuring fathers, and the month overall seems to have a lot of war and cowboy movies. 

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

Saturday – June 1

9:08 AM

THE FALCON OUT WEST (1944)
A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale.
BW- 64 mins, CC

11:45 PM
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW- 112 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 2

5:30 AM
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.
BW- 73 mins, CC

9:00 AM
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW- 112 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – June 4

1:15 AM
GILDA (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she’s married to his new boss.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready.
BW- 110 mins, CC

6:30 AM
ZOU ZOU (1934)
A singing star tries to clear a childhood friend of murder charges.
Dir: Marc Allegret Cast: Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Pierre Larquey.
BW- 88 mins

8:15 AM
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw’s widow in search of the man’s hidden loot.
Dir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
BW- 93 mins, CC
*****Robert Mitchum is terrific as the creepy preacher…*****

3:00 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
*****Wilkie Collins is the author of the 1860 mystery novel on which this is based. This novel is on the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list by the Mystery Writers of America.*****

5:00 PM
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
BW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – June 5

7:00 AM
A WICKED WOMAN (1934)
A woman kills her drunken husband to defend her children.
Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Charles Bickford.
BW- 73 mins, CC

8:15 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

10:00 AM
CONSPIRATOR (1949)
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng.
BW- 87 mins, CC

11:30 AM
UNDERCURRENT (1946)
A sheltered woman realizes that either her husband or his mysterious brother is a psychopath.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum.
BW- 116 mins, CC

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

Friday – June 7

8:00 AM
THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY (1937)
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery.
BW- 98 mins, CC
*****I’m not sure if this or the next movie are actually mysteries.*****

10:00 AM
THE LAW AND THE LADY (1951)
A society jewel thief falls for one of her marks.
Dir: Edwin H. Knopf Cast: Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas.
BW- 104 mins, CC

12:00 PM
SATAN MET A LADY (1936)
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth.
BW- 74 mins, CC
*****This movie and the next are based on the Maltese Falcon mystery books by Dashiell Hammett.*****

1:30 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

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

Saturday – June 8

9:08 AM
THE FALCON IN MEXICO (1944)
A society sleuth travels South of the border to investigate an art dealer’s murder.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha MacVicar.
BW- 70 mins, CC

1:00 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.
C- 105 mins, CC
*****I first saw this movie years ago so I decided not to watch it again. However, I watched it the second time two weeks ago and even though I could remember the plot, I enjoyed it a lot.*****

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

Sunday – June 9

JULIE (1956)
A stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan.
BW- 97 mins, CC,

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

Monday  – June 10

5:00 AM
IMPACT (1949)
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn.
BW- 111 mins, CC

10:45 AM
HOLLOW TRIUMPH (1948)
A crook on the lam poses as a psychiatrist.
Dir: Steve Sekely Cast: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz.
BW- 82 mins, CC

2:00 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

3:45 PM
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, CC

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

Saturday – June 15

9:08 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.
BW- 67 mins, CC

1:15 PM
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster.
BW- 99 mins, CC

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

Monday – June 17

10:45 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

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

Saturday – June 22

9:08 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 Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward S. Brophy.
BW- 66 mins, CC

11:15 PM
SHADOW ON THE WALL (1950)
A child is left mute by the sight of her stepmother’s murder.
Dir: Patrick Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau.
BW- 84 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 23

1:00 AM
THE BAD SEED (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C- 129 mins, CC

3:15 AM
THE NANNY (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Dir: Seth Holt Cast: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett.
BW- 93 mins, CC

9:00 AM
SHADOW ON THE WALL (1950)
A child is left mute by the sight of her stepmother’s murder.
Dir: Patrick Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau.
BW- 84 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – June 25

3:30 AM
SHAFT (1971)
A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight
the mob.
Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles
Cioffi.
C- 100 mins, CC

12:00 PM
OCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960)
A group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra.
C- 127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM
MYSTERY IN MEXICO (1948)
An insurance agent searches Mexico for a missing colleague.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez.
BW- 66 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – June 26

2:15 AM
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES (1964)
Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Walter Slezak, Bryan Russell, Roger Mobley.
BW- 99 mins, CC

4:00 AM
NEVER A DULL MOMENT (1968)
Dir: Jerry Paris Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine.
BW- 100 mins, CC

7:45 AM
THE LAST RIDE (1944)
A detective suspects foul play in a series of accidental deaths.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker.
BW- 57 mins

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

Saturday – June 29

9:07 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.
BW- 63 mins, CC

11:00 PM
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1952)
A tough cop sent to help in a mountain manhunt falls for the quarry’s blind sister.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond.
BW- 82 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 30

9:00 AM
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1952)
A tough cop sent to help in a mountain manhunt falls for the quarry’s blind sister.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond.
BW- 82 mins, CC

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in June, 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 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for April 2019 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.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)