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

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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.)

It’s the time of the month again to find out about next month’s upcoming mystery movies that will be on television. As usual, I’m posting the Turner Classic Movies channel mysteries (and some non-mystery movies with my favorite actors and actresses) that I think are definitely worth looking at.

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

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Saturday – September 2, 2017

9:30 AM
THE PHANTOM THIEF (1946)
A reformed thief tries to stop a murderous blackmailer.
Dir:  D. Ross Lederman Cast:  Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane.
BW- 65 mins

12:45 PM
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

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

Sunday – September 3, 2017

9:00 AM
FRAMED (1947)
A femme fatale lures an unemployed man into helping her with a criminal scheme.
Dir:  Richard Wallace Cast:  Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan.
BW- 82 mins, CC

5:15 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

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

Monday – September 4, 2017

10:45 AM
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir:  George Stevens Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter.
BW- 114 mins, CC

*** Not a mystery, however it’s really good! ***

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

Tuesday – September 5, 2017

10:00 PM
LOVE LETTERS (1945)
A soldier falls for the woman who may have killed his best friend.
Dir:  William Dieterle Cast:  Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards.
BW- 101 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – September 6, 2017

3:45 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 – September 8, 2017

6:00 AM
CHINA PASSAGE (1937)
Murder and jewel theft plague a China-bound steamer.
Dir:  Edward Killy Cast:  Constance Worth, Vinton Haworth, Leslie Fenton.
BW- 65 mins, CC

10:00 AM
WE’RE ON THE JURY (1937)
A jury member sets out to prove a murder defendant innocent.
Dir:  Ben Holmes Cast:  Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Philip Huston.
BW- 70 mins

8:30 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. This is a fantastic movie. ***

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

Saturday – September 9, 2017

11:00 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

7:00 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

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

Sunday – September 10, 2017

5:00 AM
VENGEANCE VALLEY (1951)
An honest rancher tries to block his evil brother’s plots while keeping them from their father.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru.
C- 83 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – September 13, 2017

9:00 AM
UNDER COVER OF NIGHT (1937)
A police detective and his wife try to solve a string of murders.
Dir:  George B. Seitz Cast:  Edmund Lowe, Florence Rice, Nat Pendleton.
BW- 71 mins

10:15 AM
FROM HEADQUARTERS (1933)
A police lieutenant uses scientific methods to solve a decadent playboy’s murder.
Dir:  William Dieterle Cast:  George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette.
BW- 63 mins, CC

1:15 PM
BULLETS OR BALLOTS (1936)
A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.
Dir:  William Keighley Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane.
BW- 82 mins, CC

2:45 PM
BORDERLINE (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir:  William A. Seiter Cast:  Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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

Saturday – September 16, 2017

9:30 AM
TRAPPED BY BOSTON BLACKIE (1948)
When the pearl necklace he’s been hired to guard goes missing, a reformed thief is the prime suspect.
Dir:  Seymour Friedman Cast:  Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane.
BW- 67 mins, CC

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

Sunday – September 17, 2017

9:00 AM
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

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

Tuesday – September 19, 2017

10:00 AM
THE CORSICAN BROTHERS (1941)
Siamese twins, separated in infancy, join forces to avenge their parents’ murder.
Dir:  Gregory Ratoff Cast:  Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff.
BW- 111 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – September 20, 2017

5:00 AM
THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir:  Anatole Litvak Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart.
BW- 87 mins, CC

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

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

Saturday – September 23, 2017

7:30 AM
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

9:30 AM
BOSTON BLACKIE’S CHINESE VENTURE (1948)
When he’s spotted leaving a laundry whose proprietor has just been murdered, a reformed thief has to find the real killer.
Dir:  Seymour Friedman Cast:  Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane.
BW- 59 mins

1:00 PM
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

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

Sunday – September 24, 2017

7:00 PM
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

9:00 PM
BOOMERANG (1947)
A prosecutor fights to prove the defendant in a scandalous murder case is innocent.
Dir:  Elia Kazan Cast:  Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb.
BW- 88 mins, CC

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

Monday – September 25, 2017

6:15 AM
MURDER IN THE PRIVATE CAR (1934)
A speeding train becomes the setting for murder.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle.
BW- 63 mins, CC

7:30 AM
THE TALL TARGET (1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir:  Anthony Mann Cast:  Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
BW- 78 mins, CC

3:30 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

5:30 PM
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, Letterbox Format

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

Tuesday – September 26, 2017

12:15 AM
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

3:45 AM
A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir:  Blake Edwards Cast:  Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – September 27, 2017

1:45 PM
STOP, YOU’RE KILLING ME (1952)
The surprise appearance of four corpses interferes with a beer baron’s plans to crash high society.
Dir:  Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson.
BW- 86 mins, CC

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

Thursday – September 28, 2017

5:00 AM
LADIES OF THE JURY (1932)
A jury hold-out tries to prove the defendant’s innocence.
Dir:  Lowell Sherman Cast:  Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Rosco Ates.
BW- 63 mins

9:15 AM
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (1956)
A novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
Dir:  Fritz Lang Cast:  Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer.
BW- 80 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM
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

5:00 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

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

Friday – September 29, 2017

8:30 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 particularly looking forward to these or other mystery-themed TV movies coming up in September, 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 August television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for August 2017

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