Oh my goodness! 2015 is almost here! I have gone through the Turner Classic Movies channel and the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel and here are the television mystery movies that I have found that will be airing during January 2015.

Also, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (January), please post a comment. I’m pretty sure the rest of us Cozy Mystery readers would love to know about it. Thank you!

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January 2015 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Thursday, January 1

6:30 AM
Storm Center (1956)
A librarian fights to keep a controversial book on the shelves.
Dir: Daniel Taradash Cast:  Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter.
BW-86 mins, Letterbox Format
*****This doesn’t look like a mystery, but it does look like an interesting book/library theme movie, and what a cast!*****

9:45 AM
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Family secrets come to light when a teen-ager murders her mother’s lover.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast:  Susan Hayward, Bette Davis, Michael Connors.
C-114 mins

11:45 AM
Strait-Jacket (1964)
Murder follows an axe murderer home when she’s released from a mental hospital.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson.
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 PM
Dead Ringer (1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast:  Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford.
BW-116 mins, CC

3:30 PM
Berserk (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Dir: Jim O’Connolly Cast:  Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors.
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 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

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Saturday, January 3

1:00 AM
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
An answering service operator gets mixed up in her clients’ lives.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark.
C-126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****OK, you caught me! I’m a Judy Holliday fan, and this is not a mystery!*****

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Sunday, January 4

9:15 AM
Criss Cross (1949)
A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea.
BW-93 mins, CC

7:00 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, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
Arabesque (1966)
A university professor gets mixed up with international spies and a two-timing woman.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast:  Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel.
C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday, January 5

9:00 AM
Fingers at the Window (1942)
A magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers.
Dir: Charles Lederer Cast:  Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone.
BW-81 mins, CC

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

Tuesday, January 6

5:30 PM
The Unguarded Hour (1936)
A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast:  Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone.
BW-87 mins, CC

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

Wednesday, January 7

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

7:00 PM
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast:  Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom.
C-146 mins, CC

9:45 PM
Crime and Punishment (1935)
A young student murders for money then tries to escape his guilt and a brilliant detective.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast:  Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold, Marian Marsh.
BW-88 mins, CC

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

Friday, January 9

7:00 PM
Murder by Death (1976)
A criminal madman invites the world’s greatest detectives for a night of dinner and murder.
Dir: Robert Moore Cast:  Peter Falk, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness.
BW-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** I think this is a fun Neil Simon mystery movie.*****

8:45 PM
The Cheap Detective (1978)
A private dick tackles two tough cases while trying to clear himself of a murder charge.
Dir: Robert Moore Cast:  Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** Peter Falks stars in another fun Neil Simon mystery movie.*****

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

Saturday, January 10

5:00 AM
For the Defense (1930)
An attorney, who specializes in springing criminals out of prison, is faced with a moral dilemma when his girlfriend drunkenly kills a pedestrian with her car and another man takes the blame.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast:  William Powell, Kay Francis, Scott Kolk.
BW-63 mins, CC

9:45 PM
Ministry of Fear (1944)
When hidden microfilm comes into his possession, an innocent man is drawn into espionage.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast:  Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond.
BW-87 mins, CC

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

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

Sunday, January 11

11:00 AM
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

1:00 PM
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast:  Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke.
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Tuesday, January 13

1:15 PM
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, January 15

5:00 AM
Foreign Agent (1942)
A Hollywood technician fights off enemy agents after his new searchlight design.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff.
BW-62 mins

6:15 AM
The Living Ghost (1942)
A former detective investigates a wealthy kidnap victim who returns with brain damage.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey.
BW-61 mins

10:15 AM
Leave It to the Irish (1944)
A private eye investigating one murder is framed for another.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  James Dunn, Wanda McKay, Jack La Rue.
BW-62 mins

11:30 AM
Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
Private investigators infiltrate a jewelry store to guard a priceless emerald bracelet.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Marjorie Weaver, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan.
BW-68 mins

2:00 PM
Fashion Model (1945)
When two employees of a clothing factory are murdered, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a lowly stock boy.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Robert Lowery, Marjorie Weaver, Tim Ryan.
BW-61 mins

3:15 PM
Below the Deadline (1946)
A veteran joins the mob to avenge his gangster brother’s murder.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames, Jan Wiley.
BW-65 mins

9:00 PM
Whispering Smith (1948)
A railroad detective tries to bring in a gang of train robbers and a lost love.
Dir: Leslie Fenton Cast:  Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Donald Crisp.
C-89 mins

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

Friday, January 16

5:30 AM
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
A submarine commander inadvertently causes the death of a romantic rival under his command.
Dir: Nathan Juran Cast:  Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, Arthur Franz.
BW-81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday, January 17

7:00 PM
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-120 mins, CC

11:00 PM
Above Suspicion (1943)
A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast:  Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt.
BW-91 mins, CC

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

Thursday, January 22

9:00 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, Letterbox Format
***** Not a mystery, but this movie packs a punch!*****

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Friday, January 23

12:30 AM
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Musical biography of the backwoods girl who struck it rich in Colorado and survived the Titanic.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast:  Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley.
C-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** Not a mystery. Debbie Reynolds at her very best! *****

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Sunday, January 25

1:00 PM
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Dir: George Sidney Cast:  Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger.
C-101 mins, CC
***** Not a mystery, but I believe you see a young Angela Lansbury sing.*****

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Tuesday, January 27

9:45 AM
Eyes in the Night (1942)
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast:  Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed.
BW-80 mins, CC

5:30 PM
Condemned Women (1938)
Murder creates an uproar in a women’s prison.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast:  Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley.
BW-77 mins

9:00 PM
All the President’s Men (1976)
Two Washington Post reporters investigate the Watergate break-in that ended Nixon’s presidency.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast:  Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards Jr..
C-138 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A CIA researcher uncovers top secret information and finds himself marked for death.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast:  Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson.
C-117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday, January 28

5:00 PM
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
Dir: Albert Lewin Cast:  George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed.
BW-110 mins, CC
***** Another movie with a very young Angela Lansbury. *****

10:15 PM
10 Rillington Place (1970)
A serial killer frames a mentally challenged man.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast:  Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt.
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday, January 29

2:00 AM
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
A medium kidnaps a child so she can help the police solve the crime.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast:  Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Mark Eden.
BW-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
A playwright descended from the Borgias becomes a murder suspect.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast:  Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, C. Aubrey Smith.
BW-69 mins

7:15 AM
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
Dir: Edgar Selwyn Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allen, Lewis Stone.
BW-84 mins, CC

10:00 AM
London by Night (1937)
A blackmailer holds the key to several murders.
Dir: William Thiele Cast:  George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Virginia Field.
BW-69 mins

11:15 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
***** Sir Peter Wimsey! We have Dorothy L. Sayers to thank!*****

12:45 PM
Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
A series of mysterious murders haunts the inhabitants of a boarding house.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast:  Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel.
BW-64 mins

5:15 PM
The Secret Partner (1961)
A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Stewart Granger, Haya Harareet, Bernard Lee.
BW-91 mins, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
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

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

Saturday, January 31

1:15 PM
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
An overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
Dir: Charles Crichton Cast:  Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James.
BW-81 mins, CC

2:45 PM
The Lion In Winter (1968)
England’s Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Dir: Anthony Harvey Cast:  Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow.
C-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***** Not a mystery. A wonderful movie. *****

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(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)

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January 2015 PBS Masterpiece Mystery! Shows Grantchester (Central time zone):

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Sunday – January 18, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 1
Based on James Runcie’s mystery novels. “Set in the English countryside’s most idyllic village, Grantchester follows two unlikely allies as they solve a series of cases that reveal the dark side of early 1950s England.” (from the PBS site)

***** *****

Sunday – January 25, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 2

***** *****

Sunday – February 1, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 3

***** *****

Sunday – February 8, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 4

***** *****

Sunday – February 15, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 5

***** *****

Sunday – February 22, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 6

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

January 2015 Hallmark Movies & Mystery Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Thursday – January 1, 2015

4:00 AM – 11:59 PM Hart to Hart marathon
*****I’m putting 11:59 only because I don’t want to have to annotate the next day’s date on the description.

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Friday – January 2, 2015

12:00 AM – 4:00 AM Hart to Hart marathon

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

Saturday – January 3, 2015

6:00 AM – 11: 59 PM Murder, She Wrote marathon

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

Sunday – January 4, 2015

8:00 AM – 11:59 Hart to Hart marathon

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

Monday – January 5, 2015

12:00 AM – 1:59 AM Hart to Hart marathon continues

8:00 AM Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery

10:00 AM Mystery Woman: Sing Me A Murder

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

Sunday – January 11, 2015

8:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

10:00 AM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

12:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

2:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

4:00 PM
My Gal Sunday
A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

6:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

8:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

10:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

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

Monday – January 12, 2015

8:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

10:00 AM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

4:00 PM
After All These Years
When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody. Based on the book by best-selling author Susan Isaacs. Stars Wendie Malick Gregory Harrison.

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

Tuesday – January 13, 2015

8:00 PM
Undercover Bridesmaid
Tanya, a highly-trained security guard who lost her zest for romance after being left at the altar, takes an assignment where she poses as a bridesmaid for a woman who has been receiving death threats before her wedding day. While undercover, Tanya not only solves the mystery, but she is finally able to put the past behind her and give love a second chance. Stars Brooke Burns, Nicole Paggi, and Gregory Harrison.

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

Wednesday – January 14, 2015

8:00 AM
Undercover Bridesmaid
Tanya, a highly-trained security guard who lost her zest for romance after being left at the altar, takes an assignment where she poses as a bridesmaid for a woman who has been receiving death threats before her wedding day. While undercover, Tanya not only solves the mystery, but she is finally able to put the past behind her and give love a second chance. Stars Brooke Burns, Nicole Paggi, and Gregory Harrison.

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

Thursday – January 15, 2015

8:00 AM
Beverly Lewis’ The Shunning
Katie Lapp is known in her Amish community for not always adhering to the strict rules of the religious township. When she discovers her parents have long kept secret the fact she was adopted and that her birth mother is trying to contact her, she brings great shame to her father by refusing to marry the town’s bishop. Shunned by her community and family, Katie struggles between the only home she has known and the outside world. Stars Danielle Panabaker and Sherry Stringfield.
***** Not a mystery, but I know that Amish books/movies are quite popular, so I thought I would tell you about this (what appears to be) two-part movie duo. The next movie looks like it’s a continuation of this movie.*****

10:00 AM
Beverly Lewis’ The Confession
After leaving her Amish town and the only family she has ever known, Katie Lapp ventures to New York City to find her birth mother, Laura Mayfield-Bennett. Katie finds Laura but is shocked to discover an imposter claiming to be Katie Lapp is already living in Laura’s home. As Katie tries to unravel the mystery, Daniel Fisher, the young man who captured Katie’s heart years ago, has returned to find Katie—the one woman he ever truly loved. Stars Sherry Stringfield, Katie Leclerc, Adrian Paul and Cameron Stewart.
***** Not a mystery, but this looks like the follow-up movie to the earlier Amish theme movie.*****

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Saturday – January 17, 2015

10:00 AM
Thicker Than Water
After the death of her father, Natalie discovers he was married to a woman prior to her mother. Upset that her father kept part of his life a secret, she sets out to find the woman her father once loved. Starring Melissa Gilbert, Lindsay Wagner, Brian Wimmer and Lindy Newton.

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

Sunday – January 18, 2015

8:00 AM – 11:50 PM
Diagnosis Murder marathon

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

Sunday – January 26, 2015

8:00 AM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

10:00 AM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

12:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

2:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

4:00 PM
My Gal Sunday
A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

6:00 PM
Along Came a Nanny
Detective Mike Logan takes on a special undercover assignment as a nanny when a quiet, upscale neighborhood is turned upside down by a string of robberies. When the mystery begins to unravel, new relationships are threatened as he struggles to protect his secret identity and solve a difficult case. Stars Sarah Lancaster and Cameron Mathison.

8:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she’s opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antique Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime. Stars Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, and Steve Bacic.

10:00 PM
Garage Sale Mystery
Jennifer loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop, but when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend’s murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. Stars Lori Loughlin and Andrew Dunbar.

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

Monday – January 28, 2015

8:00 AM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.

10:00 AM
My Gal Sunday
A newlywed couple must prove their crime-solving prowess when their politically-tied parents are taken hostage by a vengeful kidnapper looking for justice for the wrongful murder conviction of his brother. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark. Stars Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison and Rachel Blanchard.

4:00 PM
Lies Between Friends
When art restorer Joss Jenner joins her old college friends for a weekend reunion, old jealousies and deeply buried secrets lead to murder. Devastated by the loss, Joss is unable to rest until she figures out who is responsible for the crime. Stars Gabrielle Anwar and Craig Sheffer.

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

(All of the above Hallmark Movies & Mysteries descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries site.)

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If you know of any other Mystery theme movies that are going to be aired on television during January 2015, please post a comment.

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Here is the Upcoming Mystery Movies for December 2014 entry, in case you want to see what is playing the rest of this month.

Two days ago I posted a list of television Christmas movies that will be airing during December 2014. Having just finished putting up our Christmas tree, I thought I would hurry up and post it, even though we haven’t yet had Thanksgiving!

So, now it’s time for me to post the Upcoming Television Mystery Movies that will be airing during December 2014. This month all of the movies I found are from the Turner Classic Movies channel.

As usual, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (December), please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

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December 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Tuesday – December 2, 2014

2:30 PM
Fear (1946)
A detective uses psychological warfare to get a confession out of a murderous student.
Dir: Alfred Zeisler Cast: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne.
BW-68 mins, CC

7:00 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

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

Wednesday – December 3, 2014

11:30 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

1:15 PM
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
An overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
Dir: Charles Crichton Cast:  Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James.
BW-81 mins, CC

5:00 PM
Gambit (1966)
A man dreams of the perfect robbery but can’t seem to pull it off.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast:  Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom.
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – December 5, 2014

3:45 PM
Angel Face (1953)
An unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman.
BW-91 mins, CC

5:30 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

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

Sunday – December 7, 2014

4:30 AM
The Golden Years (1960)
In this instructional short film, bowling is made respectable and appealing to middle-class Americans through modernization and design.
BW-15 mins
*****OK, I don’t bowl and this isn’t a mystery movie, but I thought this might be fun to watch. Some of the 1950s and 1960s short films “educating” the public are pretty funny. I haven’t seen this one, so I can’t vouch for it.*****

7:00 AM
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
A young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas.
BW-96 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 9, 2014

9:45 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

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

Wednesday – December 10, 2014

12:30 PM
Flight from Destiny (1941)
An elderly professor with six months to live plots a murder to reunite two young lovers.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast:  Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn.
BW-75 mins, CC

5:30 PM
Handle with Care (1958)
During a mock trial, a small-town law student uncovers new evidence about a real crime.
Dir: David Friedkin Cast:  Dean Jones, Joan O’Brien, Thomas Mitchell.
BW-82 mins

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

Thursday – December 11, 2014

1:00 AM
Village of the Damned (1961)
After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
Dir: Wolf Rilla Cast:  George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens.
BW-77 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – December 12, 2014

6:00 AM
Wonderful World of Tupperware (1959)
This short industrial film focuses on the making of Tupperware.
Dir: George J. Yarbrough
C-29 mins
*****Here’s another “educational” film for the public. It could be good but I haven’t see it yet so I can’t vouch for it.*****

6:30 AM
The Widow from Chicago (1930)
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast:  Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson.
BW-62 mins

1:45 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

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

Saturday – December 13, 2014

11:00 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

1:00 PM
Marnie (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker.
C-130 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – December 14, 2014

5:00 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

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

Monday – December 15, 2014

2:30 AM
Blow-Up (1966)
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast:  Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings.
C-111 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 17, 2014

5:00 AM
Destination Murder (1950)
A woman infiltrates the mob to find her father’s killer.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast:  Joyce MacKenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield.
BW-73 mins, CC

6:15 AM
Dial 1119 (1950)
A killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast:  Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King.
BW-75 mins, CC

9:30 AM
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
Lawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast:  Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson.
BW-68 mins

10:45 AM
Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
A lawyer and a widow encounter murder on a train ride.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast:  Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak.
BW-69 mins, CC

12:00 PM
Mystery Street (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim’s bones to go on.
Dir: John Sturges Cast:  Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
BW-93 mins, CC

4:45 PM
The Tattooed Stranger (1950)
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
Dir: Edward J. Montagne Cast:  John Miles, Patricia White, Walter Kinsella.
BW-64 mins

6:00 PM
Experiment Alcatraz (1951)
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast:  John Howard, Joan Dixon, Walter Kingsford.
BW-59 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 20, 2014

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

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

Sunday – December 21, 2014

3:00 AM
New Year’s Evil (1981)
During a rocking New Year’s celebration, a man threatens to kill a series of women, including the show’s host.
Dir: Emmett Alston Cast:  Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace.
C-86 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – December 22, 2014

5:00 AM
Barricade (1950)
Two fugitives try to prove the head of a mining camp is a murderer.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman.
C-75 mins,

9:15 AM
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
An actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
Dir: King Vidor Cast:  Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge.
BW-90 mins,

10:45 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

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

Friday – December 26, 2014

3:15 PM
The Wrong Man (1956)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
BW-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – December 27, 2014

11:00 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

1:00 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, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – December 28, 2014

5:00 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, however really, really good.*****

7:00 PM
Dark Passage (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW-106 mins, CC

9:00 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

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

Monday – December 29, 2014

6:30 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-86 mins, CC

8:00 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

1:45 PM
Beware, My Lovely (1952)
A widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient.
Dir: Harry Horner Cast:  Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes.
BW-77 mins, CC

5:00 PM
Undercurrent (1946)
A sheltered woman realizes that either her husband or his mysterious brother is a psychopath.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum.
BW-116 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 30, 2014

1:15 AM
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

7:30 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

9:30 AM
Suspicion (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
BW-100 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 31, 2014

9:45 AM
Brighton Rock (1951)
A small-time hood tries to cover up his murder of a rival.
Dir: John Boulting Cast:  Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley.
BW-92 mins, CC

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

(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)

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If you know of any other Mystery theme movies that are going to be aired on television during December 2014, please post a comment.

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Here is the Upcoming Mystery Movies for November 2014 entry, in case you want to see what is playing the rest of this month.

And this is the Upcoming Christmas Television Movies for December 2014 entry.

It’s almost November, and I finished the Upcoming Television Mystery Movies entry a bit early. Here are the television mystery movies that we have in store for us during November 2014. I have also listed a few of my truly-enjoyed non-mystery movies, just in case you might be in the mood for one of them.

These are mystery movies from the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as the PBS Masterpiece Mystery shows. I hope you’re able to find a few that spark your interest.

As usual, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (November), please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

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November 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

Saturday – November 1, 2014

5:45 AM
Doctor X (1932)
A reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast:  Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy.
C-76 mins

7:15 AM
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1941)
A scientist’s investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner.
BW-113 mins, CC

9:30 AM
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
A wheelchair-bound doctor fights off a homicidal maniac.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast:  Lionel Barrymore, Philip Dorn, Donna Reed.
BW-84 mins

9:00 PM
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
*****Margaret Rutherford is a totally different type of Miss Marple.*****

10:45 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, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – November 2, 2014

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

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

Monday – November 3, 2014

2:00 PM
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
An aspiring actress risks her life to clear a sailor charged with murder.
Dir: Harold Clurman Cast:  Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams.
BW-83 mins, CC

3:30 PM
Nocturne (1946)
A police detective refuses to believe a composer’s death was suicide.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast:  George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston.
BW-87 mins, CC

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

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

Tuesday – November 4, 2014

10:00 PM
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

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

Wednesday – November 5, 2014

1:00 PM
Gambling Lady (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien.
BW-66 mins, CC

2:15 PM
Woman Wanted (1935)
An innocent woman is chased by both gangsters and the police.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast:  Maureen O’Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Lewis Stone.
BW-67 mins, CC

4:45 PM
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-120 mins, CC

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

Thursday – November 6, 2014

4:00 AM
Secrets of the French Police (1932)
Strange crimes committed by a hypnotized woman are solved by a French detective.
Dir: Edward Sutherland Cast:  Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, Frank Morgan.
BW-58 mins

9:15 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, Letterbox Format

11:15 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-104 mins, CC

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

Friday – November 7, 2014

4:45 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

7:00 PM
Detour (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast:  Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake.
BW-68 mins, CC

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

Saturday – November 8, 2014

7:15 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
*****What a delightful movie!*****

11:00 AM
Scene of the Crime (1949)
A detective tries to solve a policeman’s murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast:  Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria De Haven.
BW-94 mins, CC

5:00 PM
Saboteur (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger.
BW-109 mins, CC

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

Sunday – November 9, 2014

5:15 PM
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
A New York businessman’s dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast:  Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas.
BW-94 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery.*****

7:00 PM
Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.
BW-87 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 12, 2014

2:30 PM
Gypsy (1962)
A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden.
C-143 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Rosalind Russell is like a force of nature in this movie. Not a mystery.*****

7:00 PM
In This Our Life (1942)
A neurotic southerner steals her sister’s husband then vies with her for another man.
Dir: John Huston Cast:  Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent.
BW-97 mins, CC
*****No one can do mean like Bette Davis did! Not a mystery.*****

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

Thursday – November 13, 2014

3:00 PM
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
*****If you haven’t seen this, make sure you do! Not a mystery.*****

5:00 PM
Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast:  Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****What can I say? I just love these movies with the Rock, Doris, and Tony. Not a mystery.*****

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

Saturday – November 15, 2014

9:30 AM
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

9:00 PM
Dead Ringer (1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast:  Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford.
BW-116 mins, CC
*****Did I mention no one does evil like Bette Davis? Not technically a mystery.*****

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Monday – November 17, 2014

5:00 AM
A Fine Pair (1969)
A detective gets involved with a beautiful jewel thief.
Dir: Francesco Maselli Cast:  Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian.
C-90 mins, CC

8:30 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

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

Tuesday – November 18, 2014

4:30 PM
Super Sleuth (1937)
A movie detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast:  Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli.
BW-70 mins

11:45 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

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

Wednesday – November 19, 2014

12:15 PM
Counterplot (1959)
While hiding in Puerto Rico, a man framed for murder dodges the police, his girlfriend and the real killer.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast:  Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes, Gerald Milton.
BW-76 mins, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
The Whistler (1944)
A grieving widower hires an assassin to kill him only to have his late wife turn up alive.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Richard Dix, J. Carrol Naish, Gloria Stuart.
BW-60 mins, CC

8:15 PM
The Power of the Whistler (1945)
A young woman seeks an amnesiac’s true identity in the clues in his pockets.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast:  Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell.
BW-66 mins, CC

10:45 PM
The Mysterious Intruder (1946)
A detective discovers the woman he’s been hired to track down is the key to an unusual inheritance.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale.
BW-62 mins

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

Thursday – November 20, 2014

12:00 AM
Whistling In The Dark (1941)
A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast:  Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford.
BW-78 mins, CC

1:30 AM
Whistling In Dixie (1942)
A radio detective’s southern honeymoon is cut short by the discovery of a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast:  Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft.
BW-74 mins, CC

3:00 AM
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

4:30 AM
Whistling In The Dark (1933)
A mystery writer’s plan for the perfect murder greatly interests a mobster.
Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast:  Ernest Truex, Una Merkel, Edward Arnold.
BW-79 mins

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

Sunday – November 23, 2014

1:00 AM
Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971)
A blind man and a reporter investigate a break-in at a center for genetic research.
Dir: Dario Argento Cast:  Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak.
C-112 mins, Letterbox Format

1:00 PM
The Big Sleep (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
BW-114 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – November 26, 2014

5:30 PM
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
An artist discovers his gift when he falls for a beautiful ghost.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast:  Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore.
C-86 mins, CC

10:30 PM
The Fake (1953)
An American investigator in London discovers that a posh museum’s da Vinci is a fake.
Dir: Godfrey Grayson Cast:  Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams.
BW-71 mins

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

Thursday – November 27, 2014

12:00 AM
The Happy Thieves (1962)
A worldly art thief gets mixed up with murder.
Dir: George Marshall Cast:  Rex Harrison, Rita Hayworth, Joseph Wiseman.
C-89 mins, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM
Crack-Up (1946)
An art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast:  Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall.
BW-93 mins, CC

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

Friday – November 28, 2014

4:30 AM
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
A young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas.
BW-96 mins, CC

6:30 AM
Saboteur (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger.
BW-109 mins, CC

8:30 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

10:30 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

10:30 PM
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
*****Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable at their best. Not a mystery.*****

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Saturday – November 29, 2014

4:15 AM
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Life on the road isn’t what it’s cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast:  Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main.
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Lucy and “Ricky” sixty years ago! Not a mystery.*****

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November 2014 PBS Masterpiece Mystery! Movies (Central time zone):

Sundays – October 26 to Sundays – November 2, 2014

8:00 PM
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
Remember when I told you that P.D. James had ventured into a Jane Austen novel? Well this will bring that novel to life. Elizabeth and Darcy will be holding a ball at Pemberley, and what do you suppose happens?

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

I recently started including the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel’s line up in my monthly television mystery movies entry. However, the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel just changed their online schedule, and I find it so difficult to read through that I won’t be able to include these movies anymore. I’m sorry!

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If you know of any other Mystery theme movies that are going to be aired on television during November 2014, please post a comment.

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Here is last month’s Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2014 entry, in case you want to see what is playing the rest of this month.

And this is the Upcoming Halloween Television Movies for October 2014 entry.