Since next month will be December, there will be quite a few Christmas movies, which I will be listing if they are some of my personal favorites. They’ll be marked as Christmas movies, and unless noted otherwise, are not particularly “mysterious”.

It’s also worth mentioning, though they aren’t quite mysteries, TCM will (again) be showing the Thin Man movies on New Year’s Eve.

So, let’s get started!

December 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Friday – December 1, 2017

9:15 AM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir:  Frank Capra Cast:  Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW- 118 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 2, 2017

2:00 AM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir:  Laurent Bouzereau
C- 58 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

3:00 PM
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
An ambitious young man sets out to kill everyone who stands between him and a fortune.
Dir:  Robert Hamer Cast:  Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood.
BW- 106 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 3, 2017

9:00 AM
PUSHOVER (1954)
A police detective falls for the bank robber’s girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Dir:  Richard Quine Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey, Kim Novak.
BW- 88 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 AM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Tuesday – December 5, 2017

5:00 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

7:00 AM
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, Gustav Diesel, Otto Wernicke.
BW- 121 mins

5:15 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

7:00 PM
THEY WON’T FORGET (1937)
Bigotry flares when a teacher is accused of killing a small-town girl in the South.
Dir:  Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 8, 2017

7:00 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)
Ghosts visit a miser during the holidays to teach him the errors of his ways.
Dir:  Brian Desmond-Hurst Cast:  Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns.
BW- 86 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

8:45 PM
SCROOGE (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Dir:  Henry Edwards Cast:  Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
BW- 78 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

10:15 PM
LADY IN THE LAKE (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Dir:  Robert Montgomery Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
BW- 103 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 9, 2017

12:15 AM
LADY ON A TRAIN (1945)
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
Dir:  Charles David Cast:  Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce.
BW- 94 mins

3:45 AM
LARCENY, INC. ( 1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Wyman , Broderick Crawford .
BW- 95 mins, CC

5:30 AM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1931)
In the first screen version of The Maltese Falcon, detective Sam Spade investigates the theft of a priceless statue.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges.
BW- 78 mins, CC

1:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Sunday – December 10, 2017

1:00 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

4:45 AM
A VISIT TO SANTA (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C- 12 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

11:00 AM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

12:45 PM
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir:  Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor.
C- 113 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – December 11, 2017

3:00 AM
FEAR (1954)
The wife of a prominent scientist is blackmailed after her extramarital affair is discovered.
Dir:  Roberto Rossellini Cast:  Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt.
BW- 79 mins,

5:45 PM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir:  Laurent Bouzereau
C- 58 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Tuesday – December 12, 2017

10:00 AM
TWO SECONDS ( 1932)
In the last moments of his life, a criminal reviews the circumstances that led him to death row.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Vivienne Osborne , Guy Kibbee .
BW- 67 mins

2:00 PM
A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER ( 1938)
A gangster finds the straight life ain’t so simple.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Bryan , Allen Jenkins .
BW- 85 mins, CC

7:00 PM
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

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

Wednesday – December 13, 2017

2:15 PM
SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS (1943)
A small-town girl changes her identity to make it in New York, leaving her boyfriend a suspect in her “disappearance.”
Dir:  Wesley Ruggles Cast:  Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan.
BW- 94 mins, CC

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

Thursday – December 14, 2017

12:30 PM
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON (1930)
In this short film, a criminal attempting to go straight stops a young lady on Christmas eve from committing suicide. Vitaphone Release 1094-1095.
Dir:  Arthur Hurley Cast:  Eric Dressler, Lenita Lane, Pat O’Brien.
BW- 14 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Friday – December 15, 2017

7:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:00 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

10:45 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Saturday – December 16, 2017

1:00 AM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW- 113 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

11:15 AM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW- 69 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Sunday – December 17, 2017

7:45 AM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)
Star interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
Dir:  Laurent Bouzereau
C- 58 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:00 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

11:15 AM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

1:15 PM
THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
BW- 109 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – December 18, 2017

1:00 PM
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir:  Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
BW- 97 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 19, 2017

7:30 AM
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

8:45 AM
RAGE IN HEAVEN (1941)
A jealous man plots to fake his death and incriminate his wife’s suspected lover.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders.
BW- 85 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 22, 2017

7:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy. One of the best Christmas movies.****

9:00 PM
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir:  Mitchell Leisen Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
BW- 94 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy. What a treat for Christmas!****

11:00 PM
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir:  Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor.
C- 113 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Saturday – December 23, 2017

4:00 PM
KING OF KINGS (1961)
Epic retelling of Christ’s life and the effects of his teachings on those around him.
Dir:  Nicholas Ray Cast:  Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan.
C- 160 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Sunday – December 24, 2017

4:45 AM
A VISIT TO SANTA (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C- 12 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

7:00 AM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW- 113 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:00 AM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW- 115 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

1:15 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

3:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW- 101 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

5:00 PM
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir:  Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor.
C- 113 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

7:00 PM
THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir:  Henry Koster Cast:  Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
BW- 109 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – December 25, 2017

1:00 AM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW- 69 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

5:00 AM
STAR IN THE NIGHT (1945)
In this short film, three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve. Vitaphone Release 1401A.
Cast:  Lynne Baggett,
BW- 22 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

9:30 AM
SCROOGE (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Dir:  Henry Edwards Cast:  Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
BW- 78 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

5:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir:  Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW- 99 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

7:00 PM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

9:00 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

11:30 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

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

Tuesday – December 26, 2017

3:45 AM
VERTIGO (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
C- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey.
BW- 108 mins, CC
****yow-zee!****

8:00 AM
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

10:00 AM
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

4:45 PM
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie.
C- 120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
MADAME X (1966)
A fallen woman on trial for murder is defended by the son she abandoned years earlier.
Dir:  David Lowell Rich Cast:  Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban.
C- 100 mins, CC

9:00 PM
PORTRAIT IN BLACK (1960)
A woman and her lover kill her husband and are targeted by someone who knows of their crime.
Dir:  Michael Gordon Cast:  Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart.
C- 113 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 30, 2017

10:00 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

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

Sunday – December 31, 2017

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

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

Monday – January 1, 2017

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

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

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

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the November 2017 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2017 on Turner Classic Movies channel

Also, I have two Christmas movie lists you might be interested in:

Christmas : Favorite Classic Holiday Movies: Old, Black & White… and a Few In Color (not mysteries)

Christmas : Favorite Holiday Movies – More Recent, In Color (not mysteries)

And of course, 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 hope everyone has been enjoying the beginnings of Fall! This month there appear to be fewer mystery movies on TCM. I thought maybe it would be because they were showing lots of Christmas movies, but that’s not the case… well, there will be some Christmas movies starting, but not too many this month. I’ve marked the Christmas movies I recommend that don’t happen to be mysteries.

The big mystery marathon for this month will be a Falcon marathon on Monday, the 6th. So if you’re interested in gentleman sleuths from the 1940s, be sure to tune in!

So, let’s get started!

November 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Wednesday – November 1, 2017

5:00 AM
THE MURDER MAN (1935)
A hard-drinking reporter specializes in murder cases, until he becomes a suspect in one himself.
Dir:  Tim Whelan Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill.
BW- 69 mins, CC

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

Thursday – November 2, 2017

1:00 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

5:00 AM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir:  Edwin L. Marin Cast:  Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW- 69 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

5:15 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 – November 4, 2017

1:00 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

3:00 AM
FRENZY (1972)
When a temperamental man’s ex-wife falls victim to a serial killer, he becomes the number one suspect.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt.
C- 116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 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

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

Monday – November 6, 2017

5:00 AM
THE GAY FALCON (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 67 mins, CC

6:15 AM
A DATE WITH THE FALCON (1941)
The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason.
BW- 63 mins, CC

7:30 AM
THE FALCON TAKES OVER (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug’s lost girlfriend.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason.
BW- 63 mins, CC

8:45 AM
THE FALCON’S BROTHER (1942)
A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir:  Stanley Logan Cast:  George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW- 63 mins, CC

10:00 AM
THE FALCON STRIKES BACK (1943)
A society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph.
BW- 66 mins, CC

11:15 AM
THE FALCON IN DANGER (1943)
A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard.
BW- 70 mins, CC

12:30 PM
THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS (1944)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday.
BW- 68 mins, CC

1:45 PM
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

3:00 PM
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

4:15 PM
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

5:30 PM
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

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

Tuesday – November 7, 2017

1:00 AM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 8, 2017

11:15 AM
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939)
A runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:  Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Thursday – November 9, 2017

1:00 AM
CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948)
A Chicago reporter re-opens a ten year old murder case.
Dir:  Henry Hathaway Cast:  James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 111 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 11, 2017

9:15 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

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

Sunday – November 12, 2017

9:00 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

4:45 PM
BULLITT (1968)
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
Dir:  Peter Yates Cast:  Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
C- 114 mins, CC

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

Monday – November 13, 2017

5:00 AM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir:  Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW- 87 mins, CC
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Tuesday – November 14, 2017

2:00 AM
THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir:  Jules Dassin Cast:  Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
BW- 96 mins, CC

9:00 AM
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW (1944)
A newspaper editor writes headlines that predict the future.
Dir:  René Clair Cast:  Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie.
BW- 85 mins

10:30 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

5:15 PM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir:  Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW- 95 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 15, 2017

5:00 PM
ROPE (1948)
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger.
C- 81 mins, CC

7:00 PM
VERTIGO (1958)
A detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
C- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:30 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

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

Friday – November 17, 2017

1:15 AM
AUDREY ROSE (1977)
A married couple fear their daughter is the reincarnation of a girl killed in a terrible accident.
Dir:  Robert Wise Cast:  Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck.
C- 113 mins, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM
THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir:  George Archainbaud Cast:  Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
C- 60 mins, CC

2:00 PM
THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE (1933)
A murder brings together a woman and the son she was forced to give up years earlier.
Dir:  Charles Brabin Cast:  Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes.
BW- 84 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 18, 2017

7:00 PM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 19, 2017

4:30 AM
A VISIT TO SANTA (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C- 12 mins
****Christmas, not Cozy****

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

Monday – November 20, 2017

1:00 PM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir:  Frank Capra Cast:  Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW- 118 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 22, 2017

12:15 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, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – November 23, 2017

1:15 AM
REAR WINDOW (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey.
C- 112 mins, CC

3:15 AM
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie.
C- 120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – November 25, 2017

9:00 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,

4:45 PM
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

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

Sunday – November 26, 2017

9:00 AM
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

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

Monday – November 27, 2017

12:45 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

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in November, 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 September 2017 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2017 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And of course, 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.)

Happy Autumn! That’s right – today marks the beginning of autumn. It is currently 91º as I type this entry about the mystery movies that October has in store for us. Yow – do I miss the four seasons!

The Turner Classic Movies channel will be reminding us all month long that October is the Halloween month. For those of you who enjoy Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi, you’ll be delighted to find out that every Sunday and Tuesday night in October TCM will be showing those old classic Edgar Allan Poe and Dracula-type movies.

Also on our October horizon, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will be airing three new mystery movies, two of which are based on Cozy Mystery book series.

So, let’s get started!

October 2017 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel (Central time zone):

Sunday – October 8, 2017
8:00 PM

Gourmet Detective: 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 trigger, he kills his stepbrother in front of a roomful of witnesses. Henry and Maggie have to figure out who wanted the stepson dead and why. Stars Dylan Neal, Brooke Burns, Bruce Boxleitner.
(Based on Peter King’s Gourmet Detective Mystery Series – click on the link to go to his page on my site.)

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

Sunday – October 15, 2017
8:00 PM

Hailey Dean Mystery: Dating is Murder
Attorney turned therapist Hailey Dean is pulled into another investigation when a popular new dating app links multiple missing persons cases from around the city. Reuniting with her old team, Hailey discovers the potential dangers of online interaction, and must track down a killer before anyone else gets hurt. Stars Kellie Martin.
(Based on Nancy Grace’s Hailey Dean Mystery Series – click on the link to go to her page on my site.)

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

Sunday – October 22, 2017
8:00 PM

Darrow & Darrow
Claire Darrow, a lawyer, fights for what’s right, regardless of whether it makes her a dime. Naomi, Claire’s estranged mother and a lawyer as well, would rather make a profit. They clash on nearly everything, even on the best way to raise Claire’s daughter, Louise. Stars Kimberly Williams-Paisely, Tom Cavanagh, Wendie Malick.

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

October 2017 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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

Sunday – October 1, 2017

11:00 AM
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir:  William Wyler Cast:  Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright.
BW- 116 mins, CC
***Absolutely wonderful movie, even though it’s not a mystery.***

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

Monday – October 2, 2017

3:00
THE UNSUSPECTED ( 1947)

The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Caulfield , Claude Rains , Audrey Totter .
BW- 103 mins, CC,

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

Tuesday – October 3, 2017

12:45 PM
THE FORTY-NINERS (1954)
A man poses as a gunman to learn the identity of three killers.
Dir:  Thomas Carr Cast:  Wild Bill Elliott, Virginia Grey, Henry Morgan.
BW- 71 mins, CC

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

Thursday – October 5, 2017

5:00 PM
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir:  Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
BW- 97 mins, CC

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

Sunday – October 8, 2017

1:00 AM
NIGHT OF THE STRANGLER (1975)
A young serial-killer carves a bloody trail on Halloween through an unsuspecting city.
Dir:  Joy N. Houck Sr. Cast:  Micky Dolenz, Chuck Patterson, James Ralston.
C- 88 mins

6:15 AM
BLIND ADVENTURE (1933)
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Dir:  Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast:  Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Roland Young.
BW- 63 mins

7:30 AM
DETOUR (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir:  Edgar G. Ulmer Cast:  Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake.
BW- 68 mins, CC

9:00 AM
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

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

Monday – October 9, 2017

7:00 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

9:00 PM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
BW- 101 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. Very good movie.***

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

Wednesday – October 11, 2017

9:00 AM
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
***Not a mystery. A nice family movie.***

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

Thursday – October 12, 2017

10:00 AM
HOTEL RESERVE (1946)
An Austrian refugee tries to figure out which guest at a French resort is a spy.
Dir:  Victor Hanbury Cast:  James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell.
BW- 79 mins, CC

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

Friday – October 13, 2017

10:00 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, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM
THE INNOCENTS (1961)
A governess convinces herself the children in her charge are haunted.
Dir:  Jack Clayton Cast:  Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins.
BW- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 PM
A PLACE OF ONE’S OWN (1945)
An elderly woman’s caregiver becomes possessed by a murdered girl’s spirit.
Dir:  Bernard Knowles Cast:  Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen.
BW- 93 mins

3:30 PM
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
*** Yow!***

7:00 PM
FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT (1963)
A woman tries to free herself from her husband by helping him fake his own death.
Dir:  Anatole Litvak Cast:  Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young.
BW- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – October 15, 2017

7:45 AM
FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949)
Police track a mysterious killer nicknamed “The Judge.”
Dir:  Richard O. Fleischer Cast:  William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey.
BW- 60 mins, CC

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

Monday – October 16, 2017

1:00 AM
DIABOLIQUE (1955)
A cruel man’s wife and lover plot to kill him.
Dir:  Henri-Georges Clouzot Cast:  Paul Meurisse, Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret.
BW- 117 mins

3:15 AM
GASLIGHT (1944)
A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir:  George Cukor Cast:  Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 114 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – October 17, 2017

11:00 AM
KID GLOVE KILLER (1942)
A police scientist investigates the mayor’s murder.
Dir:  Fred Zinnemann Cast:  Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman.
BW- 74 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – October 18, 2017

5:15 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

4:00 PM
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

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

Thursday – October 19, 2017

11:00 PM
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

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

Friday – October 20, 2017

9:15 PM
WINTER KILLS (1979)
An assassinated president’s brother investigates the unsolved crime.
Dir:  William Richert Cast:  Jeff Bridges, Anthony Perkins, John Huston.
C- 94 mins

11:15 PM
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972)
A self-appointed judge cleans up a corrupt western town twice.
Dir:  John Huston Cast:  Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs.
C- 123 mins, CC

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

Saturday – October 21, 2017

1:15 PM
THE LADYKILLERS (1956)
An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady’s boardinghouse to plot a major heist.
Dir:  Alexander Mackendrick Cast:  Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom.
C- 91 mins, CC

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

Sunday – October 22, 2017

7:30 AM
STAGE STRUCK (1948)
A murder spurs an investigation into the dark and twisted world of mobster racketeer¿s.
Dir:  William Nigh Cast:  Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel.
BW- 72 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – October 24, 2017

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

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

Wednesday – October 25, 2017

5:00 PM
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

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

Friday – October 27, 2017

9:00 AM
MAKE YOUR OWN BED (1944)
Detectives masquerade as butler and maid to get the goods on a crook.
Dir:  Peter Godfrey Cast:  Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Irene Manning.
BW- 82 mins

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

Saturday – October 28, 2017

3:00 AM
THE TRIAL (1963)
In this adaptation of Kafka’s classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime.
Dir:  Orson Welles Cast:  Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider.
BW- 119 mins, CC

8:00 AM
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

***Yikes! Bette Davis!***

11:00 PM
M (1951)
When the police hunt for a child killer cramps their style, the criminal underworld tries to track him down.
Dir:  Joseph Losey Cast:  David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Luther Adler.
BW- 88 mins

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

Sunday – October 29, 2017

5:00 AM
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945)
Guests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
Dir:  René Clair Cast:  Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward.
BW- 97 mins, CC
***Agatha Christie at her best!***

7:00 AM
TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1966)
Party guests at a remote mansion have been brought together to pay for past crimes.
Dir:  George Pollock Cast:  Hugh O’Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian.
C- 90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***Remake of the above Agatha Christie movie.***

9:00 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

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

Monday – October 30, 2017

7:15 AM
THE WHIP HAND (1951)
A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
Dir:  William Cameron Menzies Cast:  Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier.
BW- 82 mins, CC

11:30 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 – October 31, 2017

3:30 AM
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

8:30 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
***Great for Halloween though not so much a mystery.***

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

Wednesday – November 1, 2017

3:30 AM
THE BAT (1959)
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Dir:  Crane Wilbur Cast:  Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon.
BW- 80 mins, CC

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in October, 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 September 2017 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for September 2017 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for September 2017 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And of course, 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.)

UPDATE: Apparently this aired back in June and July as well! Sorry about that, folks. Well, the future airing information is still good at least!

Well, I know I said I wasn’t going to be doing anymore Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel movies since their website is so doggone difficult to navigate, but I just found out about a new mystery movie series they will be starting in a few days EDIT: a mystery movie series that I apparently missed because their channel is hard to use! I am also posting the re-airing dates of the four new Garage Sale mystery movies they showed during August.

Here’s the news about a the new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries series:

Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 3, 2017  8:00 PM (Central)

Brilliant, dedicated, and driven, archaeologist Emma Fielding is trying to unearth evidence of a 17th century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, one of the most significant archaeological finds in years. But the dead body that accompanies it has embroiled Emma and her students in a different kind of exploration. Stars Courtney Thorne-Smith and James Tupper. (Based on Dana Cameron’s Emma Fielding Mystery Series. <—You can click on this link to go to her page on my site.)
It will be re-aring: Wednesday – September 20 6:00 PM

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

In case any of you missed the four new Garage Sale mystery movies the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel aired in August, well, here are the re-airing dates:

Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder

Annie Winters is a long-time customer of Rags-to-Riches and her husband Garret is a wealthy internet entrepreneur. When Garret’s dead body is found washed up on the beach, it looks like an apparent surfing accident. But Annie doesn’t believe the death was accidental and pleads with Jenn to take a closer look. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Thursday – September 7 8:00 PM (Central)
Monday – September 18 8:00 PM (Central)

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

Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text

Famous country singer John Dalton’s concert rehearsal is stalled when the entire crew receives a suicide note from Lita, the band’s bassist. After discovering that a Taser was used to immobilize her before her death, Jenn is skeptical that Lita’s death was actually suicide. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Wednesday – September 13 8:00 PM (Central)
Tuesday – September 19 8:00 PM (Central)

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

Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval

Jenn finds the body of a local college history professor hidden in the 15th century suit of armor she purchased for a wealthy client. As she narrows down the number of murder suspects, Jenn finds herself caught in the killer’s web of dangerous lies. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Tuesday – September 12 6:00 PM (Central)
Monday – September 25 8:00 PM (Central)

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

Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of Murder

Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a patient’s apartment, Jenn’s investigation leads to other patients whose love lives are more entangled than she was first led to believe. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic. (Based on Suzy Weinert’s Mystery Series.)
Monday – August 28 6:00 PM (Central)  — Tonight!
Friday – September 1 8:00 PM (Central)
Sunday – September 3 10:00 PM (Central)
Friday – September 29 6:00 PM (Central)

I am going to go set up my DVR right now. I hope you do, too!

(The descriptions of the movies above were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries website.)