These are the mystery movies that I have found which will be airing during February 2014. So far I have been able to find mystery movies that will be airing on both the Turner Classic Movie channel and the Hallmark Movie channel.
I have gone through TCM‘s Now Playing for February 2014 and see that there are a lot less mystery movies this month. The reason for this is that they are focusing on the Oscars, and are showing Oscar-related movies for thirty one days in a row. That’s a lot of really good viewing! But since I only focus (for the most part) on mystery movies, I won’t be highlighting all of TCM’s highlighted Oscar movies.
February 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
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Sunday – February 2
5:00 AM
THE LETTER (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
5:15 PM
12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – February 3
1:15 AM
SPELLBOUND (1945)
A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – February 4
2:45 PM
Z (1969)
A political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption.
Dir: Costa-Gavras Cast: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin
C-127 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – February 6
12:15 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, TV-PG, CC
2:30 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
BW-134 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
5:00 PM
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna
C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Friday – February 7
5:30 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, TV-PG, CC
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Saturday – February 8
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, TV-PG, CC
9:30 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, TV-PG, CC
7:00 PM
THE HEIRESS (1949)
A plain young woman’s money makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson
BW-115 mins, TV-PG, CC
***This is not a mystery, but I absolutely love this movie. Olivia de Havilland is exceptional in this.***
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Monday – February 10
8:30 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, TV-PG, CC
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Tuesday – February 11
7:30 AM
THE LADY EVE (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC
***I’ve said this before, but this is one of my very favorite Barbara Stanwyck movies. It makes me laugh every time I see it. (This is not a mystery.) ***
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Wednesday – February 12
3:00 PM
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
A Korean War hero doesn’t realize he’s been programmed to kill by the enemy.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh
BW-127 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Saturday – February 15
4:00 AM
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955)
A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero’s family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – February 16
9:00 AM
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, TV-G, CC
2:30 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, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
***I think this movie is terrific. (It is not a mystery.)***
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – February 17
7:00 AM
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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – February 18
8:45 AM
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, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
11:00 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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Wednesday – February 19
1:30 AM
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, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – February 20
5:15 AM
THE LETTER (1929)
A planter’s wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what
happened.
Dir: Jean De Limur Cast: Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen
BW-60 mins, TV-PG
***I have never seen this version of The Letter. I have enjoyed the 1940 version with Bette Davis, which they aired on February 2.***)
12:30 PM
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)
A beautiful neurotic will stop at nothing to hold onto her husband’s love.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
C-110 mins, TV-PG, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – February 22
12:00 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, TV-PG, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – February 25
12:15 AM
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (1965)
A British agent infiltrates the enemy by allowing himself to be disgraced at home.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner
BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
7:30 AM
LIFEBOAT (1944)
Survivors of a torpedoed boat take in a German Naval officer from the sub that sank them.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak
BW-97 mins, TV-14, CC
9:15 AM
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, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – February 26
9:00 PM
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC
***Yow! The whole cast is terrific, and Bette Davis is phenomenally brutal! (This is not a mystery.)***
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(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)
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Now, on to the mystery movies that will be playing on the Hallmark Movie channel during February 2014. I’m also listing the Hallmark Movie channel mystery movies in Central time zone.
February 2014 Hallmark Movie Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
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Sunday – February 2 through Monday – February 3
There will be a Murder, She Wrote marathon going all day on the Hallmark Movie channel. It will start at 8:00 AM on Sunday and run through Monday at 4:00 AM.
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Sunday – February 9
8:00 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.
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
12:00 PM
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.
2:00 PM
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.
4:00 PM
McBride: Tune In For Murder
McBride’s case involves two larger than life radio stars who host the highly successful morning show “Ron and Bob.” But when Ron is murdered and all the evidence points to Bob, McBride and Phil begin investigating and what they turn up are a lot of unanswered questions.
Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois, and Matt Lutz.
6:00 PM
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.
8:00 PM
McBride: The Chameleon Murder
As a favor to a friend, defense attorney McBride takes on a client accused of murdering a woman. When McBride and his partner Phil investigate the deceased, they discover she had many identities and with each new life she was leading the list of suspects grows larger. Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois, Matt Lutz.
10:00 PM
McBride: It’s Murder, Madam
An actress, furious that she has been duped into working at an escort service, goes to confront her boss about the situation. She is shocked when she discovers her boss’s dead body and is later arrested for the murder. Defense attorney McBride takes on the case to prove Marilyn is innocent.
Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois, Matt Lutz.
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – February 10
12:00 AM
McBride: Dogged
The annual L.A. Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canine’s lovely handler.
Stars John Larroquette, Marta DuBois, and Matt Lutz.
2:00 AM
McBride: Murder Past Midnight
Ex-cop turned defense attorney, Jim McBride takes on a new and very beautiful client accused of murdering her husband.
Stars John Larroquette, Marta Dubois, and Matt Lutz.
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – February 16
08:00 AM
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, and William Devane.
10:00 AM
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Tom Selleck returns to the role of small town police chief Jesse Stone in this prequel to Stone Cold. His first assignment is to inestigate the murder of his predecessor whose death may or may not be tied in with a local domestic-abuse case.
Also stars Stephen Baldwin and Saul Rubinek.
12:00 PM
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. When a series of murders takes place, he’s forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes.
Stars Tom Selleck and Mimi Rodgers.
02:00 PM
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Tom Selleck returns to the role of Jesse Stone, the troubled police chief of Paradise, Mass. As Stone obsesses on solving a local murder, he also works a domestic violence case and faces a run-in with Boston mobsters that may lead to grave consequences.
Stars Tom Selleck.
04:00 PM
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
The fourth installment of the Jesse Stone series finds restless New England police chief Stone fighting boredom by attempting to solve a twelve year-old cold case involving a murdered bank teller.
Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and Sean Young.
06:00 PM
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and William Devane.
08:00 PM
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse’s pursuit becomes hazardous.
Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth.
10:00 PM
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse’s pursuit becomes hazardous.
Stars Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth.
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday- – February 17
12:00 AM
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Tom Selleck returns to the role of small town police chief Jesse Stone in this prequel to Stone Cold. His first assignment is to inestigate the murder of his predecessor whose death may or may not be tied in with a local domestic-abuse case.
Also stars Stephen Baldwin and Saul Rubinek.
02:00 AM
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. When a series of murders takes place, he’s forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes.
Stars Tom Selleck and Mimi Rodgers.
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(All of the above descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movie channel site.)
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