There are quite a few mystery movies that will be playing on television during February 2015, even though it’s such a short month! I have already set up my DVR for as far into the future as it allows me to go. I have many mystery movies already waiting for me on my DVR, and now I’m adding even more during February. How on earth will I ever watch all of these movies? Something’s gotta give!

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

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Monday – February 2, 2015

7:00 PM
Little Women (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir: George Cukor Cast:  Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.BW-116 mins, CC
***I know I shouldn’t start a mystery movie list with this non-mystery movie, but I think this could be the best edition of Little Women. (Not a mystery.)***

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Tuesday – February 3, 2015

10:00 AM
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake.
Dir: Richard Wallace Cast:  John Garfield, Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak.
BW-94 mins, CC

11:45 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

2:15 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

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

11:45 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

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Thursday – February 5, 2015

11:30 AM
‘G’ Men (1935)
A mob protege joins the FBI when a friend is gunned down.
Dir: William Keighley Cast:  James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak.
BW-86 mins, CC

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Friday – February 6, 2015

7:00 AM
Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast:  June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien.
C-122 mins, CC
***If you haven’t seen this Little Women edition, I think it’s a close second to the one above. (Not a mystery.)***

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Sunday – February 8

11:00 PM
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

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Tuesday – February 10

12:00 AM
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

6:00 AM
Julie (1956)
A stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast:  Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan.
BW-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 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

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

11:30 AM
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

1:15 PM
The Fallen Idol (1948)
A neglected child thinks the servant he idolizes has committed murder.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast:  Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Bobby Henrey.
BW-95 mins, CC

3:00 PM
After the Thin Man (1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW-112 mins, CC

5:00 PM
Charade (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast:  Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
C-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 PM
The Killers (1946)
An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer’s beneficiary.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien.
BW-102 mins, CC

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Thursday – February 12

8:30 PM
The Third Man (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast:  Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.

BW-104 mins, CC

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Friday – February 13

12:30 AM
Born Yesterday (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast:  Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
BW-102 mins, CC
***Judy Holliday! (Not a mystery.)***

4:30 AM
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

8:00 AM
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, Angela Lansbury.
BW-110 mins, CC

10:00 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

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Saturday – February 14

12:30 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
***Judy Holliday! (Not a mystery.)***

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Sunday – February 15

8:00 AM
T-Men (1948)
U.S. agents infiltrate a deadly counterfeiting ring.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast:  Dennis O’Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder.
BW-92 mins, CC

9:45 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

11:30 AM
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast:  Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW-112 mins, CC

1:30 PM
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
A veteran fights to prove he didn’t kill his cheating wife.
Dir: George Marshall Cast:  Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix.
BW-99 mins, CC

3:15 PM
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
BW-100 mins, CC

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Monday  – February 16

7:00 PM
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast:  James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara.
BW-161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 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
***A Doris Day and Rock Hudson movie! (Not a mystery.)***

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Tuesday – February 17

12:45 PM
In Cold Blood (1967)
Two vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast:  Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe.
BW-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 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, Letterbox Format

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Thursday – February 19

7:15 AM
Twilight of Honor (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast:  Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW-104 mins, Letterbox Format

11:30 AM
Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
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, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
An aging American judge presides over the trial of Nazi war criminals.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark.
BW-179 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***Capt. Kirk before he was Capt. Kirk!***

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Sunday – February 22

3:00 AM
Klute (1971)
A small-town detective searches for a missing man linked to a high-priced prostitute.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast:  Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi.
C-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Saturday – February 28

5:00 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-74 mins, CC

6:15 AM
Night Must Fall (1937)
A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman’s household, then reveals a deadly secret.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast:  Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
BW-116 mins, CC

8:15 AM
Kind Lady (1951)
A con artist and his criminal cohorts hold an old lady hostage in her own home.
Dir: John Sturges Cast:  Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury.
BW-78 mins, CC

9:45 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

11:45 AM
The Narrow Margin (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll on a tense train ride.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast:  Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White.
BW-72 mins, CC

1:00 PM
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW-101 mins, CC

2:45 PM
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

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

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

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Sunday – February 1, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 3

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Sunday – February 8, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 4

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Sunday – February 15, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 5

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Sunday – February 22, 2015

8:00 PM
Grantchester – Part 6

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

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Sunday – February 1, 2015

8:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Matlock marathon

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Saturday – February 7, 2015

8:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Mystery Woman marathon

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Monday – February 9, 2015

8:00 AM
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
Cathy’s mom, Polly, a former CSA agent, comes for a visit. When a British agent with some top secret information is kidnapped, Cathy and Polly set aside their mother/daughter angst to uncover a plot which has global implications. Stars Lea Thompson, Joe Penny, and Donna Mills.

10:00 AM
McBride: Semper Fi
On a quiet street, in a seemingly ordinary home, a horrific crime has occurred, and a fireman and former marine medic is accused of killing his wife and daughters. Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois, and Matt Lutz.

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Tuesday – February 10, 2015

8:00 AM
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Though CEO Everett Myers is accused of murdering his partner, CSA puzzle solver Cathy Davis is certain he’s innocent, despite witnesses, surveillance cameras, and a surefire motive. Stars Lea Thompson, Joe Penny, and Robert Carradine.

10:00 AM
McBride: The Doctor is Out…Really Out
When therapist George Prescott is murdered, investigator Jim McBride is summoned to questions the doctor’s biggest head cases, including vindictive lovers, jealous colleagues, and vengeful rivals. Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois,and Matt Lutz.

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Wednesday – February 11, 2015

8:00 AM
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Cathy is brought in to find the U.S. Attorney’s missing wife and to ensure a money laundering investigation does not fall apart at a crucial point. Stars Lea Thompson and Joe Penny.

10:00 AM
McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty?
When Tracy, an aspiring singer breaks up with her longtime boyfriend Joe on the set of a popular talk show, everyone assumes it’s nothing more than tv tabloid hijinks. But when the talk show host turns up dead, all evidence points to Joe. McBride must take center stage and clear his client of murder. Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois, and Matt Lutz.

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Thursday – February 12, 2015

8:00 AM
Jane Doe: How To Fire Your Boss
When a fellow agent kills his mentor in cold blood and can’t remember the crime, puzzle-solver Cathy Davis is enlisted to discover the motive. What she uncovers is a government experiment in mind-control developed to weed out terrorists. But the man behind the brainstorm could have other, more insidious motives. Stars Lea Thompson, Joe Penny and Erin Gray.

10:00 AM
McBride: Fallen Idol
McBride and Phil represent a young man accused of murdering a famous and success lawyer, who is also McBride’s mentor. Stars John Larroquette, Marta DuBois, and Matt Lutz.

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Friday – February 13, 2015

8:00 AM
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Horning Cereal is dumping contaminated food on 3rd World countries. When former CSA agent Jim Monroe is found hovering over the drowned CEO of Horning Cereal, he is immediately the prime suspect. Cathy and Frank try to find out who framed Jim. Stars Lea Thompson, Joe Penny, and Billy Moses.

10:00 AM
McBride: Requiem
In life, Ava Fletcher was a virtuoso classical violinist and a darling of the critics, if not her peers. In death, she’s McBride’s new puzzle, and she’s got a grieving father eager to nail her low-class fiancé. McBride isn’t convinced, especially with an orchestra pit full of suspects all of who have solid motives for snipping Ava’s strings. Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois and Matt Lutz

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Sunday – February 22, 2015

8:00 AM –
Hart to Hart marathon begins

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Monday – February 23, 2015

1:59 AM
Hart to Hart marathon ends

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(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 themed movies that are going to be aired on television during February 2015, please post a comment.

If you would like to see more Television and Movies ideas, click on this link.

Here is the Upcoming Mystery Movies for January 2015 entry, in case you want to see what is playing the rest of this month.

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

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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.*****

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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

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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. *****

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

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

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

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

***** *****

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):

***** *****

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.

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

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.*****

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

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