I have heard from someone at the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel about three (yes 3!!!) NEW Hailey Dean mystery movies that will be airing this month, and I want to hurry and get the word out since one of them is premiering tomorrow night. I am including their Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel re-airing schedules in case you miss them when they first PREMIER on the three consecutive Sunday nights. But, if you want to see them as soon as possible >>> be sure to go set your DVRs up the minute you finish reading this blog entry!

These terrific mystery movies are all based on the Hailey Dean Mystery Series written by Nancy Grace. (I think they are the closest we can get to the old Mystery Woman  movies that also starred Kellie Martin as the sleuth.) For me, it’s always special to see the author, Nancy Grace, in the movies!

Sunday, June 3, 2018 – 8:00 PM Central time zone

Hailey Dean Mysteries: 2+2=Murder *****PREMIER*****
Hailey attends her niece’s school recital only to learn that the beloved music teacher has vanished. Hailey soon discovers several startling secrets amongst the staff, as well as a link between the missing young teacher and the school’s reconstruction funds. Stars Kellie Martin.

Sunday June 3 8:00 PM
Monday June 4 8:00 PM
Saturday June 9 4:00 PM
Sunday June 17 4:00 PM
Saturday June 23 8:00 AM
Friday July 13 8:00 PM

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

Sunday, June 10, 2018 – 8:00 PM Central time zone

Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Marriage Made for Murder *****PREMIER*****
Hailey’s professional code of ethics prevents her from going to the police about a client’s confession, so she must find another way to bring the killer to justice. Stars Kellie Martin, Chad Lowe.

Sunday June 10 8:00 PM
Monday June 11 8:00 PM
Sunday June 17 6:00 PM
Saturday June 23 10:00 AM
Friday July 20 8:00 PM

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

Sunday, June 17, 2018 – 8:00 PM Central time zone

Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Will to Kill *****PREMIER*****
Emotionally ready to confront her fiancé’s 15-year-old murder, Hailey finds herself caught up in the case of a missing college coed. The deeper Hailey digs into the young woman’s disappearance the more she is convinced the two events are related. Stars Kellie Martin, Chad Lowe.

Sunday June 17 8:00 PM
Monday June 18 8:00 PM
Saturday June 23 12:00 PM
Friday July 27 8:00 PM

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

Now go set up your DVRs!

The month is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss the upcoming TCM mystery movies for June!

June 2018 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Saturday – June 2, 2018

1:15 AM
PRIVATE PARTS (1972)
A young girl moves into her estranged aunt’s hotel when she begins to suspect that a guest was murdered.
Dir: Paul Bartel Cast: Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio.
C- 86 mins, CC

11:00 AM
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

9:00 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

11:00 PM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 3, 2018

9:00 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.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – June 5, 2018

2:30 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

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

Wednesday – June 6, 2018

5:15 PM
THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS (1969)
An aging lawman hears that his old nemesis is back in the area and planning a robbery.
Dir: Burt Kennedy Cast: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine.
C- 90 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – June 8, 2018

11:00 PM
OBSESSION (1949)
A jealous husband plots to dispose of his wife’s lover in an acid bath.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Newton, Naunton Wayne, Phil Brown.
BW- 98 mins, CC

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

Saturday – June 9, 2018

12:30 PM
SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (1960)
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke.
C- 111 mins, CC

11:00 PM
CONFLICT (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 85 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 10, 2018

9:00 AM
CONFLICT (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 85 mins, CC

4:30 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.
BW- 134 mins, CC

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

Monday – June 11, 2018

3:00 AM
THAT MAN FROM RIO (1964)
A pilot gets mixed up in an international search for stolen art.
Dir: Philippe de Broca Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais.
C- 116 mins

9:00 AM
HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME (1945)
Three amateur detectives try to find a missing magician.
Dir: Eddie Sutherland Cast: Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Carole Landis.
BW- 70 mins, CC

10:30 AM
HAUNTED HONEYMOON (1940)
British sleuth Sir Peter Wimsey’s wedding celebration is cut short by the discovery of a murdered man in his honeymoon cottage.
Dir: Arthur B. Woods Cast: Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks.
BW- 83 mins, CC
*****That’s right! Lord Peter Wimsey as in Dorothy L. Sayers‘s Peter Wimsey!*****

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

Tuesday – June 12, 2018

12:30 AM
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934)
A British aristocrat’s effete facade masks a swashbuckling hero rescuing victims of the French revolution.
Dir: Harold Young Cast: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey.
BW- 98 mins

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

Wednesday – June 13, 2018

6:15 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,
*****Conan Doyle‘s Sherlock Holmes!*****

7:30 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
*****A Conan Doyle double-header!*****

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

Friday – June 15, 2018

1:30 PM
THE DOUBLE MAN (1967)
Russian secret service officials attempts to kidnap a CIA officer and replace him with a double of its own.
Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill.
C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 PM
THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS (1967)
A Nazi officer tries to catch a serial killer attacking prostitutes.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay.
C- 144 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – June 16, 2018

1:15 AM
EYES OF LAURA MARS (1978)
A fashion photographer develops the ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
Dir: Irvin Kershner Cast: Faye Dunaway, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois.
C- 103 mins, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
COMA (1978)
A lady doctor investigates a series of strange deaths and disappearing bodies at her hospital.
Dir: Michael Crichton Cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley.
C- 113 mins, CC

11:15 PM
THE PITFALL (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Sunday – June 17, 2018

9:00 AM
THE PITFALL (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – June 20, 2018

11:00 PM
THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.
BW- 94 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery, but a terrific movie.*****

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

Saturday – June 23, 2018

1:30 AM
HE KNOWS YOU’RE ALONE (1980)
A killer stalks a brides-to-be.
Dir: Armand Mastroianni Cast: Don Scardino, Elizabeth Kemp, Caitlin O’Heaney.
C- 94 mins, CC

3:15 AM
ALICE, SWEET ALICE (1977)
When people in an Italian-American neighborhood are murdered, suspicion falls on a lonely 12-year-old.
Dir: Alfred Sole Cast: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard.
C- 105 mins, CC

11:00 AM
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall.
BW- 121 mins, CC

3:00 PM
GET CARTER (1971)
A small-time gangster searches for the truth behind his brother’s death.
Dir: Mike Hodges Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland.
C- 112 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE CAREY TREATMENT (1972)
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle.
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – June 25, 2018

5:30 PM
OUTWARD BOUND (1930)
Passengers on a fog-shrouded ship learn that they are lost souls on the way to heaven or hell.
Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Helen Chandler.
BW- 83 mins

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

Wednesday – June 27, 2018

11:45 AM
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray.
C- 107 mins, CC

4:30 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

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

Friday – June 29, 2018

8:00 AM
M (1931)
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Theo Lingen, Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke.
BW- 110 mins

10:00 AM
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)
A British family gets mixed up with spies and an assassination plot while vacationing in Switzerland.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Nova Pilbeam.
BW- 76 mins, CC

12:45 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.
BW- 64 mins, CC

2:00 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

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

Saturday – June 30, 2018

3:45 AM
CLEOPATRA JONES (1973)
A female drug agent locks horns with a violent drug dealer.
Dir: Jack Starrett Cast: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes.
C- 89 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

7:00 PM
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.
BW- 96 mins, CC

9:00 PM
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

11:00 PM
ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (1950)
A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman.
BW- 68 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 May 2018 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for May 2018 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.)

The month is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss the upcoming TCM mystery movies for May!

There are quite a few mystery movie marathons this month – too many to discuss in this paragraph! So I’ll just point them out when they come up. Most are toward the end of the month.

May 2018 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Wednesday – May 2, 2018

7:00 PM
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

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

Thursday – May 3, 2018

7:30 AM
UP GOES MAISIE (1946)
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks out to steal his ideas.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Hillary Brooke.
BW- 89 mins, CC

9:15 AM
UNDERCOVER MAISIE (1947)
A stranded showgirl joins the police force and risks her life to expose a phony psychic.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Ann Sothern, Barry Nelson, Mark Daniels.
BW- 90 mins, CC

3:15 PM
GILDERSLEEVE’S BAD DAY (1943)
A small-town politician is the jury hold-out in a sensational murder case.
Dir:  Gordon Douglas Cast:  Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates.
BW- 63 mins, CC

7:00 PM
PRIVATE SCREENINGS: ROBERT OSBORNE (2014)
TCM host Robert Osborne sits down with Alec Baldwin to discuss Osborne’s life and career.
C- 74 mins, CC

10:30 PM
ROBERT OSBORNE’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE (2015)
A look back at Robert Osborne’s life and career as host of Turner Classic Movies.
C- 47 mins, CC

11:30 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

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

Friday – May 4, 2018

3:30 AM
PRIVATE SCREENINGS: ROBERT OSBORNE (2014)
TCM host Robert Osborne sits down with Alec Baldwin to discuss Osborne’s life and career.
C- 74 mins, CC

1:00 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

5:00 PM
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir:  Terence Young Cast:  Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
C- 108 mins, CC

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

Saturday – May 5, 2018

2:45 AM
HOMICIDAL (1961)
A nurse and her husband conspire to collect a rich inheritance.
Dir:  William Castle Cast:  Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Jean Arless.
BW- 87 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
THE NARROW MARGIN (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll on a tense train ride.
Dir:  Richard Fleischer Cast:  Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White.
BW- 72 mins, CC

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

Sunday – May 6, 2018

12:30 AM
A FEW GOOD MEN (1992)
When a Marine dies on a US Navy base, two fellow Marines stand trial for murder.
Dir:  Rob Reiner Cast:  Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore.
C- 138 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir:  Boris Sagal Cast:  Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 AM
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir:  Frank Capra Cast:  Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
BW- 105 mins, CC

9:00 AM
THE NARROW MARGIN (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll on a tense train ride.
Dir:  Richard Fleischer Cast:  Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White.
BW- 72 mins, CC

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

Monday – May 7, 2018

11:30 AM
THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can’t remember the details of the encounter.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern.
BW- 88 mins, CC

3:45 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

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

Tuesday – May 8, 2018

2:15 AM
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (1934)
After escaping prison, an innocent man seeks revenge on the men who framed him.
Dir:  Rowland V. Lee Cast:  Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern.
BW- 113 mins, CC

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

Friday – May 11, 2018

11:00 AM
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

3:00 PM
MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Dir:  Tod Browning Cast:  Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allen, Lionel Atwill.
BW- 60 mins, CC

5:45 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.
BW- 71 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1979)
Three crooks plot to steal a fortune in gold from a moving train.
Dir:  Michael Crichton Cast:  Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down.
C- 111 mins, CC

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

Saturday – May 12, 2018

1:45 PM
THE F.B.I. STORY (1959)
A dedicated FBI agent thinks back on the agency’s battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton.
C- 149 mins, CC

9:15 PM
THE RUNNING MAN (1963)
A man fakes his death to get back at the insurance company that denied an earlier claim.
Dir:  Carol Reed Cast:  Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates.
C- 104 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – May 14, 2018

8:45 AM
THE KING’S THIEF (1955)
A highwayman uncovers a plot to assassinate King Charles II.
Dir:  Robert Z. Leonard Cast:  Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven.
C- 79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM
SCARAMOUCHE (1952)
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend’s murder.
Dir:  George Sidney Cast:  Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh.
C- 115 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – May 15, 2018

8:15 AM
THE STEEL TRAP (1952)
When he has second thoughts, an embezzler races the clock to return what he stole.

Dir:  Andrew Stone Cast:  Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale.
BW- 85 mins, CC

9:45 AM
THE MAN WITH A CLOAK (1951)
A mystery man tries to help a young innocent escape a murderous housekeeper.
Dir:  Fletcher Markle Cast:  Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern.
BW- 80 mins, CC

11:15 AM
HUSH… HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964)
A wealthy southern spinster fights to keep her family’s secrets hidden.
Dir:  Robert Aldrich Cast:  Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 133 mins, CC

1:30 PM
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir:  Carol Reed Cast:  Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
BW- 105 mins, CC

*****The following Andy Hardy movies (starring Mickey Rooney) are not mysteries. they are fun, family-type movies you may find yourself enjoying.******

7:00 PM
A FAMILY AFFAIR (1936)
In the first Hardy Family film, a small-town judge fights for re-election while dealing with family problems.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden.
BW- 69 mins, CC

8:15 PM
YOU’RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE (1938)
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Mickey Rooney.
BW- 78 mins, CC

9:45 PM
JUDGE HARDY’S CHILDREN (1938)
A small-town judge’s Washington trip lands his son in hot water with a diplomat’s daughter.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW- 77 mins, CC

11:15 PM
LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
A small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW- 91 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – May 16, 2018

1:00 AM
OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS (1938)
A small-town judge takes his family on a western vacation so he can help a friend negotiate water rights.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden.
BW- 84 mins, CC

2:30 AM
THE HARDYS RIDE HIGH (1939)
A small-town family inherits a fortune but has trouble adjusting to society life.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.

BW- 81 mins, CC

4:00 AM
ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER (1939)
A teenage boy falls in love with his drama teacher.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW- 85 mins, CC

5:30 AM
JUDGE HARDY AND SON (1939)
A small-town judge tries to save an elderly couple from eviction while coping with his wife’s illness.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW- 90 mins, CC

7:00 AM
ANDY HARDY MEETS DEBUTANTE (1940)
A teenage boy goes into debt to court a Manhattan socialite.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker.
BW- 88 mins, CC

8:30 AM
ANDY HARDY’S PRIVATE SECRETARY (1941)
On the verge of graduation, a high-school boy decides he needs a social secretary.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden.
BW- 101 mins, CC

10:15 AM
LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY HARDY (1941)
A small-town boy tries life in the big city before going to college.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland.
BW- 101 mins, CC

12:00 PM
THE COURTSHIP OF ANDY HARDY (1942)
A teenager dates a girl whose parents’ divorce is being decided by his father.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW- 95 mins, CC

1:45 PM
ANDY HARDY’S DOUBLE LIFE (1942)
A new college student lets romance get in the way of his studies.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW- 92 mins, CC

3:30 PM
ANDY HARDY’S BLONDE TROUBLE (1944)
A college boy has to cope with a pair of beautiful twins.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden.
BW- 107 mins, CC

5:30 PM
ANDY HARDY COMES HOME (1958)
In a sequel to the popular film series, Andy Hardy returns to Carvel to negotiate a land deal.
Dir:  Howard W. Koch Cast:  Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden.
BW- 80 mins, CC

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

Thursday – May 17, 2018

5:15 PM
DR. GILLESPIE’S CRIMINAL CASE (1943)
A wheelchair-bound doctor tries to prove a convicted killer’s innocence.
Dir:  Willis Goldbeck Cast:  Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Keye Luke.
BW- 89 mins

7:00 PM
ANGEL (1937)
While vacationing without her husband, a married woman falls for another man.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas.
BW- 91 mins, CC

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

Friday – May 18, 2018

10:30 AM
ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir:  John Sturges Cast:  Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan.
C- 152 mins, CC

5:15 PM
MATA HARI (1932)
Romantic biography of World War I’s notorious lady spy.
Dir:  George Fitzmaurice Cast:  Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore.
BW- 89 mins, CC

9:00 PM
THE BELLES OF ST. TRINIAN’S (1954)
Schoolgirls take it upon themselves to uncover the mystery of a valuable missing racehorse.
Dir:  Frank Launder Cast:  Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole.
BW- 91 mins

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

Saturday – May 19, 2018

5:00 AM
RIFFRAFF (1936)
Young marrieds in the fishing business run afoul of the law.
Dir:  J. Walter Ruben Cast:  Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel.
BW- 94 mins, CC

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

Sunday – May 20, 2018

2:30 AM
MAGNUM FORCE (1973)
A maverick San Francisco police detective hunts down a band of vigilante cops.
Dir:  Ted Post Cast:  Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Felton Perry.
C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – May 21, 2018

11:45 PM
DEADLINE U.S.A. (1952)
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Dir:  Richard Brooks Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter.
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – May 22, 2018

6:30 AM
FURY (1936)
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel.
BW- 92 mins, CC

*****Yahoo for Nancy Drew!*****

7:00 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.
BW- 66 mins, CC

8:15 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..
BW- 68 mins, CC

9:45 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.
BW- 68 mins

11:15 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.
BW- 60 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – May 23, 2018

*****OK, if you expect to see Miss Marple as Agatha Christie described her >>> these movies may not be for you. However, if you’re in the mood for a fun romp, then be sure not to miss them!******

12:30 AM
MURDER, SHE SAID (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow.
BW- 86 mins, CC

2:15 AM
MURDER AT THE GALLOP (1963)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson.
BW- 81 mins, CC

3:45 AM
MURDER MOST FOUL (1964)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell.
BW- 91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM
MURDER AHOY (1964)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes to the seas to investigate murder on a naval training ship.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell.
BW- 93 mins, CC

******The following are Torchy Blane mystery movies.******

7:45 AM
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.
BW- 59 mins, CC

9:00 AM
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.
BW- 60 mins

10:15 AM
THE ADVENTUROUS BLONDE (1937)
Reporter Torchy Blane walks out on her own wedding to solve the case of a murdered actor.
Dir:  Frank MacDonald Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel.
BW- 61 mins

11:30 AM
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.
BW- 64 mins

12:45 PM
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.
BW- 59 mins

2:00 PM
TORCHY GETS HER MAN (1938)
Female reporter Torchy Blane tries to crack a counterfeiting case.
Dir:  William Beaudine Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW- 63 mins

3:15 PM
TORCHY BLANE IN CHINATOWN (1938)
A daring lady reporter sets out to catch a blackmailer.
Dir:  William Beaudine Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW- 58 mins, CC

4:30 PM
TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR (1939)
After digging up the dirt on local politicians, a newswoman decides to run for office.
Dir:  Ray McCarey Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW- 60 mins, CC

5:45 PM
TORCHY PLAYS WITH DYNAMITE (1939)
A female reporter gets herself arrested so she can interview a gangster’s moll.
Dir:  Noel Smith Cast:  Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, Tom Kennedy.
BW- 59 mins, CC

******TCM usually shows this mystery movie series on New Year’s Eve…******

7:00 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

8:45 PM
AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW- 112 mins, CC

10:45 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 II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW- 103 mins, CC

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

Thursday – May 24, 2018

12:45 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 II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
BW- 97 mins, CC

2:30 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.
BW- 101 mins, CC

4:15 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.
BW- 86 mins, CC

******What a treat! Here are some Perry Mason movies – with a Perry who even pre-dates Raymond Burr’s.

5:45 AM
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

7:15 AM
THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE (1935)
Perry Mason helps a young woman whose supposedly dead husband suddenly returns to life.
Dir:  Michael Curtiz Cast:  Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods.
BW- 80 mins, CC

8:45 AM
THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LEGS (1935)
Perry Mason tries to stay on the wagon while investigating the murder of a crooked beauty contest promoter.
Dir:  Archie L. Mayo Cast:  Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis.
BW- 78 mins, CC

10:15 AM
THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS (1936)
Perry Mason’s honeymoon with Della Street is interrupted by the murder of a scandal-sheet publisher.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Warren William, Claire Dodd, Winifred Shaw.
BW- 63 mins, CC

11:30 AM
THE CASE OF THE BLACK CAT (1936)
Perry Mason looks into a trio of murders heralded by the shriek of a cat.
Dir:  William McGann Cast:  Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan.
BW- 66 mins, CC

12:45 PM
THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP (1937)
Perry Mason tries to find out if a long-lost heiress is the real thing.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel.
BW- 70 mins, CC

***** Yow-zee! We’re even getting Dick Tracy this month!*****

2:00 PM
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

3:15 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

4:30 PM
DICK TRACY’S DILEMMA (1947)
Dick Tracy takes on “The Claw” in this crime thriller
Dir:  John Rawlins Cast:  Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher.
BW- 60 mins

5:45 PM
DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME (1947)
Dick Tracy tracks down a bank robber using nerve gas.
Dir:  John Rawlins Cast:  Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne.
BW- 65 mins

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

Sunday – May 27, 2018

12:15 AM
CORNERED (1946)

A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel.
BW- 103 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – May 29, 2018

6:45 AM
MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (1947)
A baby photographer mistaken for a private eye ends up framed for murder.
Dir:  Elliott Nugent Cast:  Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre.
BW- 86 mins, CC

*****On to Boston Blackie…*****

7:00 PM
MEET BOSTON BLACKIE (1941)
A reformed thief uncovers a spy ring while investigating a murder at sea.
Dir:  Robert Florey Cast:  Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane.
BW- 61 mins, CC

8:15 PM
CONFESSIONS OF BOSTON BLACKIE (1941)
A reformed thief cracks a ring of art thieves to clear himself of murder charges.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Chester Morris, Harriet Hilliard, Richard Lane.
BW- 65 mins, CC

9:30 PM
ALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir:  Lew Landers Cast:  Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane.
BW- 67 mins, CC

10:45 PM
BOSTON BLACKIE GOES HOLLYWOOD (1942)
When he’s framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit.
Dir:  Michael Gordon Cast:  Chester Morris, William Wright, Constance Worth.
BW- 68 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – May 30, 2018

12:00 AM
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH BOSTON BLACKIE (1943)
A reformed thief gets himself arrested fetching some jewels for a friend.
Dir:  Lew Landers Cast:  Chester Morris, Richard Lane, Ann Savage.
BW- 65 mins, CC

*****Bulldog Drummond….*****

1:15 AM
BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1929)
A British adventurer helps a blonde beauty rescue her uncle from an unscrupulous psychiatrist.
Dir:  F. Richard Jones Cast:  Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Lilyan Tashman.
BW- 89 mins, CC

3:00 AM
THE RETURN OF BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1934)
Dir:  Walter Summers Cast:  Joyce Kennedy, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd.
BW- 0 mins

4:15 AM
BULLDOG DRUMMOND ESCAPES (1937)
Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he intents to protect a beautiful heiress of an espionage organization.
Dir:  James Hogan Cast:  Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel.
BW- 67 mins

5:30 AM
BULLDOG DRUMMOND AT BAY (1937)
A rock thrown through his window sets a gentleman adventurer on a search for enemy agents.
Dir:  Norman Lee Cast:  John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill, Victor Jory.
BW- 74 mins

7:00 AM
BULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK (1937)
An old enemy kidnaps Bulldog Drummond¿s fiancée.
Dir:  Louis King Cast:  John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell.
BW- 59 mins

8:00 AM
BULLDOG DRUMMOND’S REVENGE (1937)
Captain Drummond travels to Switzerland in order to marry his girlfriend but the disappearance of a dangerous cargo of explosives makes him delay his plans.
Dir:  Louis King Cast:  John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell.
BW- 55 mins

*****Followed by The Saint.*****

9:00 AM
THE SAINT IN NEW YORK (1938)
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York’s mob kingpins.
Dir:  Ben Holmes Cast:  Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Rumann.
BW- 72 mins, CC

10:15 AM
THE SAINT STRIKES BACK (1939)
The Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
Dir:  John Farrow Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jerome Cowan.
BW- 64 mins, CC

11:30 AM
THE SAINT IN LONDON (1939)
The Saint’s investigation of a counterfeiting ring uncovers a nest of spies.
Dir:  John Paddy Carstairs Cast:  George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns.
BW- 72 mins, CC

12:45 PM
THE SAINT’S DOUBLE TROUBLE (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Dir:  Jack Hively Cast:  George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale.
BW- 67 mins, CC

2:00 PM
THE SAINT TAKES OVER (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who’s been framed on bribery charges.
Dir:  Jack Hively Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale.
BW- 70 mins, CC

3:15 PM
THE SAINT IN PALM SPRINGS (1941)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar’s efforts to deliver a fortune in rare stamps are complicated by murder.
Dir:  Jack Hively Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle.
BW- 66 mins, CC

4:30 PM
THE SAINT’S VACATION (1941)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar vies with Nazi agents for possession of a mysterious music box.
Dir:  Leslie Fenton Cast:  Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae.
BW- 61 mins, CC

5:45 PM
THE SAINT MEETS THE TIGER (1943)
The Saint infiltrates a small English village run by smugglers.
Dir:  Paul Stein Cast:  Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod.
BW- 69 mins, CC

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

Thursday – May 31, 2018

7:00 PM
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
Dir:  Orson Welles Cast:  Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles.
BW- 111 mins, CC

9:00 PM
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir:  Billy Wilder Cast:  Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton.
BW- 116 mins, CC

11:15 PM
STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
An acting student goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding.
BW- 110 mins, CC

1:15 AM
RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)
A cowboy infiltrates a bandit hideout in search of his girlfriend’s killer.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer.
C- 89 mins, CC

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in May, 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 April 2018 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for April 2018 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.)