Here we are in the sweltering days of summer! Every once in a while it’s just good to kick back, lie on your sofa, drink a cold beverage, and watch a mystery movie in the coolness of your air conditioned home. (Anyway, it’s sweltering down here in San Antonio, and it’s great to take a little time to enjoy a good, old, black and white mystery movie in a consistently cool room.)

This month, I am including the entire Masterpiece Mystery! schedule. It begins tonight (I know, short notice!) and will run all the way through November, ending with dramatization of P.D. James’ Death Comes to Pemberley Mystery!

I have gone through my TCM Now Playing guide, and have come up with these mystery movies that will be airing during July 2014 on the Turner Classic Channel.

This month marks the 100th anniversary of WWI (July 1914 – November 1918), so there are many WWI movies airing during the month. Also, I want to point out that there are several movies based on Agatha Christie’s mystery novels that will be airing during July 2014. And for all of you Nancy Drew fans (and let’s face it, many of us came to Cozy Mysteries through the Nancy Drew portal!) there will be four Nancy Drew movies sprinkled through the July 2014 mystery movie line-up.

If any of you know of a good mystery movie that will be airing during July on another channel, please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

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

PBS Masterpiece Mystery! (Central Time zone)

PBS will begin their 2014 schedule of Masterpiece Mystery! today, June 29, 2014. Here is what is in store for us:

Sundays – June 29 to Sundays – July 20, 2014

8:00 PM
ENDEAVOUR: Season 2
The young Constable Morse is back showing us how he became Inspector Morse. (Based on Colin Dexter‘s Inspector Morse mysteries.)

*****

Sundays – July 27 to Sundays – August 3, 2014

8:00 PM
HERCULE POIROT: Season 12
Agatha Christie‘s Hercule Poirot will have the spotlight as we watch The Big Four (my least favorite of her novels) and Dead Man’s Folly.

*****

Sundays – August 24 to Sundays -September 7, 2014

8:00 PM
BREATHLESS
This is a “medical drama” set in 1960s London.

*****

Sunday – September 21 & Sunday – September 28, 2014

8:00 PM
MISS MARPLE
Agatha Christie‘s Miss Marple returns in three mysteries: A Caribbean Mystery, Greenshaw’s Folly and Endless Night. (Since this is only slated for two nights, I’m not sure if they will be consolidating the novels, or if two of them will only run one hour.)

*****

Sundays – October 5 to Sundays – October 19, 2014

8:00 PM
INSPECTOR LEWIS: Season 7
Inspector Lewis nad his sidekick, Hathaway will be returning. Remember that at the end of last season, Lewis was retiring, and Hathaway was working on being promoted to Inspector. (Based on Colin Dexter‘s Inspector Morse mysteries.)

*****

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?

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

Wednesday – July 2, 2014

1:15 AM
THE FORBIDDEN STREET (1949)
A wealthy British woman in Victorian London marries an impoverished artist from the slums and becomes victimized by a blackmail plot.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Dana Andrews, Maureen O’Hara, Dame Sybil Thorndike.
BW-91 mins

4:30 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

8:00 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

10:15 AM
NINE LIVES ARE NOT ENOUGH (1941)
A reporter tries to solve a series of boardinghouse murders.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland Cast: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason.
BW-63 mins

11:30 PM
SECRET COMMAND (1944)
A surprise visit from his brother almost blows an undercover agent out of the water.
Dir: Eddie Sutherland Cast: Pat O’Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris.
BW-82 mins

3:45 PM
MOONLIGHT MURDER (1936)
A murderer strikes an opera company.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Chester Morris, Madge Evans, Leo Carrillo.
BW-66 mins

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

Thursday – July 3, 2014

3:30 AM
THE RAVEN (1963)
A widowed sorcerer discovers his late wife is alive and living with his mortal enemy.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff.
C-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 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

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, Angela Lansbury.
BW-110 mins, CC

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

Friday – July 4, 2014

10:15 AM
THE SCARLET COAT (1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders.
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 PM
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston.
BW-126 mins, CC
*****Happy Fourth of July! This is a classic, must-see movie for today, if you live in the USA.*****

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

Saturday – July 5, 2014

9:30 AM
NANCY DREW…DETECTIVE (1938)
A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman’s disappearance.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson.
BW-66 mins, CC

9:30 PM
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1967)
A fortune hunter agrees to wed a temperamental woman so his friend can court her sister.
Dir: Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack.
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****I love this version of Shakespeare’s play. The chemistry between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is explosive! Not a mystery.*****

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

Tuesday – July 8, 2014

9:15 AM
A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE (1940)
An insurance investigator gets caught between cops and crooks when he hides the beneficiary of a million-dollar policy.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks, Eddie Foy Jr..
BW-53 mins

10:15 AM
LADY GANGSTER (1942)
A district attorney tries to reform a gangster’s moll who’s been sent up the river.
Dir: Florian Roberts Cast: Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox.
BW-62 mins

1:30 PM
THE UNSUSPECTED (1947)
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter.
BW-103 mins, CC

3:15 PM
THE BIG STEAL (1949)
Seduction and murder follow the theft of an Army payroll.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix.
BW-71 mins, CC

4:30 PM
THE PRIZE (1963)
An American Nobel Prize-winner mixes it up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer.
C-135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – July 9, 2014

1:30 AM
OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1960)
A salesman in Cuba takes up spying to support his spendthrift daughter.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O’Hara.
BW-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 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-115 mins

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

Friday – July 11, 2014

7:00 PM
PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict.
BW-88 mins, CC

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

Saturday – July 12, 2014

6:15 AM
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

9:45 AM
NANCY DREW, REPORTER (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth sets out to prove a young girl innocent of murder charges.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frank Thomas Jr..
BW-68 mins, CC,

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

Sunday – July 13, 2014

2:45 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

1:00 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
*****Another Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie I really enjoy! Not a mystery.*****

5:00 PM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C-105 mins, CC

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

Monday – July 14, 2014

7:00 PM
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-65 mins

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

Tuesday – July 15, 2014

6:15 AM
SATAN MET A LADY (1936)
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth.
BW-74 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – July 16, 2014

12:45 PM
WITNESS TO MURDER (1954)
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill.
BW-82 mins,

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

Thursday – July 17, 2014

5:15 PM
JIMMY THE GENT (1934)
An unscrupulous detective makes a killing locating missing heirs.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins.
BW-68 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE CRIMINAL CODE (1931)
A convict trying to reform is torn between conflicting loyalties when he witnesses a murder behind bars.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings.
BW-96 mins

9:00 PM
CONVICTED (1950)
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell.
BW-91 mins, CC

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

Friday – July 18, 2014

11:30 AM
STAMBOUL QUEST (1934)
A notorious enemy spy falls for an American medical student during World War I.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill.
BW-86 mins, CC

1:00 PM
EVER IN MY HEART (1933)
During World War I, a woman suspects her husband of being a German spy.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy.
BW-68 mins, CC

2:15 PM
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE (1940)
A lady spy uses a British nobleman’s home in her undercover work for the Germans.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester.
BW-61 mins

5:00 PM
RENDEZVOUS(1935)
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes.
BW-94 mins, CC

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

Saturday – July 19, 2014

9:45 AM
NANCY DREW…TROUBLE SHOOTER (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth tries to clear one of her father’s friends of a murder charge.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel.
BW-68 mins

3:15 PM
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, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – July 20, 2014

9:00 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, CC

5:00 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

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

Monday – July 21, 2014

10:15 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

7:00 PM
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
*****Agatha Christie mystery movie.*****

9:00 PM
EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982)
A detective trying to solve a case finds himself on an exclusive island frequented by the rich and famous.
Dir: Guy Hamilton Cast: Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin.
C-117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Agatha Christie mystery movie.*****

11:00 PM
MURDER, SHE SAID (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow.
BW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Agatha Christie mystery movie. However, a little different take on it.*****

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

Tuesday – July 22, 2014

12:30 AM
TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1966)
Party guests at a remote mansion have been brought together to pay for past crimes.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Hugh O’Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian.
C-90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Agatha Christie mystery movie.*****

2:30 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
*****Agatha Christie mystery movie.*****

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

Thursday – July 24, 2014

1:15 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, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM
STRONGER THAN DESIRE (1939)
A lawyer’s wife keeps mum as her husband defends an innocent woman for the crime she committed.
Dir: Leslie Fenton Cast: Virginia Bruce, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Bowman.
BW-78 mins, CC

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

Friday – July 25, 2014

1:00 AM
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

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

Saturday – July 26, 2014

9:45 AM
NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth helps two old ladies deal with the “haunting” of their mansion.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel.
BW-60 mins, CC

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

Sunday – July 27, 2014

11:15 AM
THE LADYKILLERS (1955)
An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady’s boardinghouse to plot a major heist.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom.
C-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
CAT PEOPLE (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW-73 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – July 29, 2014

5:30 AM
DODSWORTH (1936)
A husband whose wife left him looks for new love in Europe.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas.
BW-101 mins, CC
*****I love this William Wyler movie. Not a mystery.*****

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

Wednesday – July 30, 2014

7:00 PM
DETECTIVE STORY (1951)
A rigid police detective accidentally uncovers his wife’s illegal past.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix.
BW-103 mins, CC

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

Thursday – July 31, 2014

9:00 AM
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW-103 mins, CC

2:15 PM
A LADY WITHOUT PASSPORT (1950)
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig.
BW-74 mins, CC

5:15 PM
PENELOPE (1966)
A neglected wife turns to bank robbery to get her husband’s attention.
Dir: Arthur Hiller Cast: Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn.
C-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970)
A fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise.
C-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****OK, I don’t really remember this movie, but I believe it’s a take-off on the old, black and white mystery movies.*****

10:30 PM
HIGH ANXIETY (1977)
A man must come to terms with his own “high anxiety” in this loving parody of the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman.
C-94
*****This is another movie that I saw years ago, so I don’t really remember it, but this definitely is a take-off!*****

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

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

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

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I just finished finding all of the upcoming mystery movies on the Turner Classic Channel for June 2014. I found all of these mystery movies in my TCM Now Playing guide. I am posting them in Central time, since that is what I am used to doing.

If any of you know of a good mystery movie that will be airing during June on another channel, please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

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

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Sunday – June 1, 2014

1:15 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

3:00 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, CC

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

Wednesday – June 4, 2014

5:15 AM
THEY MET IN BOMBAY (1941)
Rival jewel thieves on the run find love in the Far East.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre.
BW-92 mins, CC

7:00 AM
FAST AND LOOSE (1939)
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane investigate the killing of a noted collector.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Reginald Owen. BW-80 mins

11:00 AM
AUNTIE MAME (1958)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Rosalind Russel, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne.
C-143 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery, but since TCM is playing it again, I will again tell you how good I think this movie is!*****

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

Friday – June 6, 2014

4:00 AM
BACKFIRE (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo.
BW-91 mins, CC

5:00 PM
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
*****OK, I know this is the Cozy Mystery site, and I know I should only be telling you about mystery movies, but I thought I would tell you about this Lucy and Desi movie from the 1950s.*****

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

Saturday – June 7, 2014

5:15 AM
TOYS IN THE ATTIC (1963)
Man finds trouble when he brings young bride back to his New Orleans home.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux.
BW-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 PM
THE MOB (1951)
A police detective fakes a suspension so he can go undercover.
Dir: Robert Parrish Cast: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley.
BW-86 mins

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

Sunday – June 8, 2014

6:30 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

9:30 AM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
BW-84 mins, CC

1:00 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
*****Here I go again! I just cannot make this list without telling you about this terrific Tracy/Hepburn comedy.***** (not a mystery)

5:00 PM
NOTORIOUS (1946)
A U.S. agent recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains.
BW-101 mins, CC

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

Monday – June 9, 2014

2:30 PM
THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Tuesday – June 10, 2014

7:00 PM
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey.
BW-99 mins, CC

9:00 PM
SCARLET STREET (1945)
A middle aged wouldbe painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.
BW-102 mins

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

Wednesday – June 11, 2014

1:00 AM
THE HARVEY GIRLS (1946)
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Ray Bolger.
C-101 mins, CC
*****Good grief! Will I ever stop telling you about movies that aren’t mysteries? This one has a very young “Jessica Fletcher” looking woman in it!***** (not a mystery)

5:00 AM
NIGHT NURSE (1931)
A nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell.
BW-72 mins

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

Thursday – June 12, 2014

6:00 AM
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1940)
Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino.
BW-95 mins, CC

8:00 AM
HIGH SIERRA (1941)
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis.
BW-100 mins, CC

2:45 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

5:45 PM
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
Dir: Ida Lupino Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman.
BW-71 mins

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

Friday – June 13, 2014

(Yikes! Friday the 13th!)

10:15 AM
THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
C-60 mins, CC

11:30 AM
THE HOUR OF 13 (1952)
A gentleman thief in Victorian England tries to reform and do one good deed.
Dir: Harold French Cast: Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver.
BW-80 mins

1:00 PM
THE WOMAN ON PIER 13 (1950)
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar.
BW-73 mins, CC

2:15 PM
DEMENTIA 13 (1963)
Members of an Irish family are being killed off by one of their own who wishes to inherit the family fortune.
Dir: Francis Coppola Cast: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton.
BW-75 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 PM
13 GHOSTS (1960)
A family inherits a house haunted by 13 ghosts and a living killer.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner.
BW-82 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 PM
THIRTEEN FRIGHTENED GIRLS (1963)
A diplomat’s daughter gets mixed up in international intrigue and murder.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Murray Hamilton, Kathy Dunn, Lynne Sue Moon.
C-88 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – June 15, 2014

Happy Father’s Day!

2:45 AM
HIT MAN (1973)
A racketeer tears up L.A.’s underworld searching for his brother’s killer.
Dir: George Armitage Cast: Bernie Casey, Pamela Grier, Lisa Moore.
C-91 mins, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM
LIFE WITH FATHER (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor.
C-118 mins, CC
*****This movie is delightful.***** (not a mystery)

5:00 PM
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.
BW-93 mins, CC
*****Today is the day for delightful movies that will make you smile.***** (not a mystery)

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

Monday – June 16, 2014

7:00 PM
BLACKOUT (1954)
An American in London finds himself caught up in a murder plot.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies.
BW-88 mins

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

Tuesday – June 17, 2014

11:15 PM
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

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

Wednesday – June 18, 2014

6:30 PM
SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE: CRY JUSTICE (1956)
A man plots revenge on the friend who framed him for his own murder.
BW-26 mins

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

Thursday – June 19, 2014

5:45 AM
THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR (1937)
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Dame May Whitty, Madge Evans, Lewis Stone.
BW-67 mins

7:00 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

9:00 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

1:15 PM
SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS (1943)
A small-town girl changes her identity to make it in New York, leaving her boyfriend a suspect in her “disappearance.”
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan.
BW-94 mins, CC

Today they are showing all three of the Doris Day and Rock Hudson movies I have talked about on different occasions. Here is the entry I wrote about these movies:  Doris Day and Rock Hudson Comedy Movies… (not mysteries)

7:00 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

9:00 PM
LOVER COME BACK (1961)
An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
SEND ME NO FLOWERS (1964)
When he mistakenly thinks he’s dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife’s next husband.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – June 20, 2014

5:00 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, CC

6:45 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

8:30 AM
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

10:30 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

12:00 PM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW-95 mins, CC

1:45 PM
HARPER (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
C-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970)
The legendary sleuth becomes involved with a mysterious French woman while investigating the Loch Ness monster.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Irene Handl.
C-125 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – June 21, 2014

11:15 AM
BITTER CREEK (1954)
A man attempts to find the killer of his brother.
Dir: Thomas Carr Cast: Wild Bill Elliott, Carleton Young, Beverly Garland.
BW-74 mins

12:45 PM
OCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960)
A group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra.
C-127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 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

11:00 PM
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, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – June 22, 2014

DESIGN FOR SCANDAL (1941)
A reporter is assigned to dig up dirt on a lady judge.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold.
BW-85 mins, CC

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

Monday – June 23, 2014

9:45 AM
THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943)
A girl’s search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell.
BW-71 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – June 24, 2014

8:45 PM
ANOTHER MAN’S POISON (1951)
A mystery writer’s real life turns to intrigue when her criminal husband escapes from prison.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams.
BW-91 mins

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

Wednesday – June 25, 2014

10:00 PM
BORN TO KILL (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak.
BW-92 mins, CC

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

Thursday – June 26, 2014

1:00 AM
STEP BY STEP (1946)
The FBI trails a young couple suspected of stealing government plans.
Dir: Phil Rosen Cast: Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys, Lowell Gilmore.
BW-61 mins

5:15 AM
M (1931)
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Grundgens.
BW-111 mins,

7:15 AM
STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940)
A newspaperman serves as key witness in a circumstantial murder case.
Dir: Boris Ingster Cast: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet.
BW-64 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
BACKGROUND TO DANGER (1943)
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-80 mins, CC

5:30 PM
THE VERDICT (1946)
A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring.
BW-86 mins, CC

7:00 PM
A FINE PAIR (1969)
A detective gets involved with a beautiful jewel thief.
Dir: Francesco Maselli Cast: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian.
C-115 mins

8:45 PM
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, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (1971)
A young man’s first sexual explorations are threatened by a string of murders.
Dir: Roger Vadim Cast: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas.
C-91 mins

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

Friday – June 27, 2014

6:00 PM
HIDDEN VALUES: THE MOVIES OF THE ’50S (2001)
A look at some of the movies that defined the decade and what they said about Americans and American culture.
Cast: Peter Biskind, John Carpenter, Roger Corman.
C-47 mins, Cc
*****I thought this might be interesting.***** (not a mystery)

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

Saturday – June 28, 2014

7:00 AM
VICTOR / VICTORIA (1982)
An unemployed female singer poses as a female impersonator and becomes a star.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren.
C-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****What a cast!***** (not a mystery)

11:15 AM
THE FORTY-NINERS (1954)
A man poses as a gunman to learn the identity of three killers.
Dir: Thomas Carr Cast: Wild Bill Elliott, Virginia Grey, Henry Morgan.
BW-71 mins

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

Sunday – June 29, 2014

1:00 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

3:00 PM
IF IT’S TUESDAY, THIS MUST BE BELGIUM (1969)
American tourists wreak havoc while traveling through Europe.
Dir: Mel Stuart Cast: Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane, Mildred Natwick.
C-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Not a mystery, but very funny traveling movie.*****

9:00 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,

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

Monday – June 30, 2014

8:00 AM
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,

9:30 AM
THEY WON’T BELIEVE ME (1947)
A faithless husband is charged with a murder he didn’t commit.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Jane Greer.
BW-80 mins, CC,

9:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****I think this movie has been on TCM every month!****

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

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

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

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I know I say this just about every month I post one of these Upcoming Television Mystery Movies entries, but really, where has the time gone? Can you believe we’re already starting the fifth month of 2014? I can’t!

I have to tell you that when I go through my TCM Now Playing guide and find movies that I really want to see, I wish my DVR would go out further than just a two week time frame. I have recently started taping movies that I have seen already, but I know I’m going to want to see again.

Anyway, here are the TCM mystery movies that I was able to find for the month of May 2014, plus I am telling you about some others that you just might enjoy.

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

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

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

Friday – May 2, 2014

1:00 AM
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
***OK, I  know I shouldn’t start an upcoming mystery movie list with a non-mystery movie, and I also know I have told you about this movie before, but I have got to repeat that it really is a good movie.***

5:00 PM
THE ANGRY HILLS (1959)
A World War II correspondent fights to get strategic information out of occupied Greece.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Mueller.
BW-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – May 3, 2014

3:00 AM
ROAD GAMES (1981)
A truck driver’s attempt to find a vanished hitchhiker leads police to suspect him of her murder.
Dir: Richard Franklin Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page.
C-101 mins

7:30 AM
HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948)
After killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts.
BW-79 mins

3:00 PM
THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW-103 mins, CC

7:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Sunday – May 4, 2014

1:15 AM
THE DOLL SQUAD (1973)
A squad of beautiful government agents tries to catch saboteurs.
Dir: Ted V. Mikels Cast: Michael Ansara, Francine York, Anthony Eisley.
C-91 mins, Letterbox Format
***”Beautiful government agents”: only in the ’60s and ’70s!***

2:50 AM
MATCH YOUR MOOD (1968)
Westinghouse shows women how to improve their lives by decorating their refrigerators in this short film.
C-6 mins
***Let’s take a look at how Westinghouse improved the lives of 1960s’ women!)***

3:00 AM
TEN VIOLENT WOMEN (1982)
Women miners get fed up with their line of work and turn to a life of crime.
Dir: Ted V. Mikels Cast: Sherri Vernon, Dixie Lauren, Georgia Morgan.
C-97 mins

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, CC, Letterbox Format

9:15 PM
A KISS BEFORE DYING (1956)
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Dir: Gerd Oswald Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith.
C-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – May 5, 2014

5:30 PM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
BW-84 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – May 6, 2014

7:00 AM
SCARLET PAGES (1930)
A female attorney makes a startling discovery about the woman she’s defending from murder charges.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Marion Nixon.
BW-63 mins

10:15 AM
A STUDY IN SCARLET (1933)
Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the case when secret society members start dropping like flies.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde.
BW-72 mins

1:15 PM
SCARLET STREET (1945)
A middle aged would be painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.
BW-102 mins

3:15 PM
THE SCARLET CLUE (1945)
Charlie Chan tracks down a spy ring that has stolen plans for a new radar system.
Dir: Phil Rosen Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter.
BW-65 mins

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

Friday – May 9, 2014

5:30 AM
BEFORE DAWN (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland.
BW-61 mins

4:00 PM
JOHNNY ALLEGRO (1949)
A reformed hoodlum gets mixed up with counterfeiters and a deadly manhunt.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready.
BW-81 mins, CC

9:00 PM
THE LAST WAVE (1977)
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized murder and in the process learns disquieting things about himself.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil.
C-106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – May 10, 2014

6:00 AM
BORDERLINE (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.
BW-88 mins, CC

7:30 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

10:30 PM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
BW-95 mins, CC

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

Sunday – May 11, 2014

1:00 AM
BLUE SUNSHINE (1979)
Tainted LSD leads to a series of shocking murders.
Dir: Jeff Lieberman Cast: Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Mark Goddard.
C-95 mins, Letterbox Format

6:45 AM
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
***I guess TCM thinks this is a really good movie, also! Second airing in the same month…***

10:30 AM
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
***Everyone in this movie is exceptional! Not a mystery.***

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

Monday – May 12, 2014

5:00 AM
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’m not sure if this is my favorite Little Women movie, or if the one TCM will be airing later this month (see below) is my favorite. Not a mystery.***

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
***Tracy and Hepburn at their best! Not a mystery.***

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

Tuesday – May 13, 2014

10:30 AM
THE PITFALL (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.
BW-86 mins

3:30 PM
CRIMINAL LAWYER (1951)
An alcoholic lawyer sobers up to defend his friend in a murder case.
Dir: Seymour Friedman Cast: Pat O’Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid.
BW-74 mins

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

Wednesday – May 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

7:00 AM
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
BW-116 mins, CC
***Yow! Barbara Stanwyck! That’s about all I can say.***

9:00 AM
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

11:00 AM
THE UNFAITHFUL (1947)
While her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott.
BW-109 mins

1:00 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

3:00 PM
A FEVER IN THE BLOOD (1961)
A former governor is murdered and his killer’s trial is sensationalized in the media.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly.
BW-117 mins, CC

5:00 PM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW-104 mins, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
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
***I know this is supposed to be a list of just the mystery movies, but when I see the really great ones I just can’t stop myself! Again, I’m just not sure which of the two Little Women TCM is playing this month is my favorite. Which is yours?***

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

Thursday – May 15, 2014

5:00 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

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

Saturday – May 17, 2014

7:45 AM
JOHNNY ANGEL (1946)
A sailor sets out to solve his father’s murder.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso.
BW-79 mins, CC

5:00 PM
THE CAREY TREATMENT (1972)
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle.
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Monday – May 19, 2014

9:00 PM
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (1987)
A shut-in’s correspondence with a London book dealer leads to a close friendship.
Dir: David Jones Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench.
C-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***This is not a mystery movie, but I remember seeing it years ago, and also remember that I really enjoyed it.***

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

Tuesday – May 20, 2014

11:15 AM
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 – May 21, 2014

6:15 AM
WE’RE ON THE JURY (1937)
A jury member sets out to prove a murder defendant innocent.
Dir: Ben Holmes Cast: Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Philip Huston.
BW-70 mins

1:15 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC
***I doubt anyone is DVR-ing their Christmas movies this early, but if you are, this takes place during the Christmas holiday. Not a mystery.***

7:00 PM
TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR (1944)
Singing sisters create a World War II canteen and become rivals for the same man.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson.
BW-124 mins, CC
***OK, even though these movies were made before I was born, I love the June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movies. Oh, they aren’t mysteries.***

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

Thursday – May 22, 2014

12:45 AM
TOO YOUNG TO KISS (1951)
A grown woman poses as a child prodigy to advance her career as a concert pianist.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young.
BW-89 mins, CC
***June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***

2:30 AM
THE BRIDE GOES WILD (1948)
A womanizing author of children’s books borrows a son to woo his illustrator.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins.
BW-98 mins, CC
***June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***

4:15 AM
HIGH BARBAREE (1947)
A downed pilot looks back on his life as he awaits rescue in the South Pacific.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell.
BW-91 mins, CC
***June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***

12:00 PM
PUBLIC HERO NO. 1 (1935)
An undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob’s secrets.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris.
BW-90 mins, CC

1:30 PM
THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD (1936)
A detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason.
BW-82 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET (1945)
An FBI agent infiltrates a Nazi spy ring.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso.
BW-88 mins, CC

8:45 PM
THE HOUSE ON 56TH STREET (1933)
A woman loses her family after being falsely convicted of a crime.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond.
BW-68 mins, CC

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

Friday – May 23, 2014

1:30 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

5:00 AM
DODSWORTH (1936)
A husband whose wife left him looks for new love in Europe.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas.
BW-101 mins, CC
***This movie based on Sinclair Lewis’ novel is well worth watching. Not a mystery.***

?????5:45 PM
TALK ABOUT A STRANGER (1952)
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Dir: David Bradley Cast: George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Billy Gray.
BW-65 mins, CC
***If this Nancy Davis is the one I’m thinking about, she’s former First Lady Nancy Reagan. I have the question marks because I’m not sure if the movie is a mystery, or not.***

?????9:00 PM
THE PLUMBER (1979)
The arrival of a mysterious plumber upsets a doctor’s wife.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Judy Morris, Robert Coleby, Ivar Kants.
C-77 mins, Letterbox Format
***I’m not sure if this is a mystery movie, or not.The description makes it look like it is, however, I don’t know.***

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

Tuesday – May 27, 2014

9:00 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

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

Wednesday – May 28, 2014

7:00 AM
FRISCO JENNY (1932)
A district attorney prosecutes his own mother for murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy.
BW-71 mins

12:15 PM
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
BW-97 mins, CC

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

Thursday – May 29, 2014

9:45 AM
SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE (1935)
A mystery writer runs into the real thing when he holes up at a deserted inn.
Dir: William Hamilton Cast: Gene Raymond, Margaret Callahan, Eric Blore.
BW-69 mins

9:15 PM
F FOR FAKE (1973)
Director Orson Welles examines the career of a notorious art forger.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten.
C-88 mins, Letterbox Format

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

Friday – May 30, 2014

10:00 AM
SCARLET STREET (1945)
A middle aged would be painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.
BW-102 mins

2:00 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

5:15 PM
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders.
BW-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – May 31, 2014

7:30 AM
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

11:30 PM
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
***Each time a Judy Holliday movie is on, I’m reminded how much I like her! Not a mystery.***

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

(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. There were a few mystery movies that appeared in my monthly TCM Now Playing that didn’t show up on TCM’s schedule online, so I didn’t add them to the list.)

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

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

TCM will be celebrating both its 20th Anniversary as well as John Wayne during April. If you happen to be a John Wayne fan, you should be excited about the 58 movies TCM will be airing. (I know my younger brother is looking forward to those movies. they will be airing them (mostly?) during April 21 and the 25th, which explains the fact that I don’t have very many mystery movies showing that week.

Since they are celebrating an anniversary, they will be showing a few shows that might interest those of you who are especially interested in Hollywood’s Golden era. I have annotated some of those movies. As usual, I have included a few movies that are not mysteries, but that I particularly enjoy, and think some of you might also enjoy seeing them.

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

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

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Tuesday – April 1, 2014

9:30 AM
THE NITWITS (1935)
Two cigar-stand attendants get mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating.
BW-82 mins

12:30 PM
THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 PM
THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970)
A fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise.
C-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – April 2, 2014

11:00 AM
THE SCAPEGOAT (1959)
A man is tricked into trading places with a look-alike nobleman with murderous plans.
Dir: Robert Hamer Cast: Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey.
BW-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 PM
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
An ambitious young man sets out to kill everyone who stands between him and a fortune.
Dir: Robert Hamer Cast: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood.
BW-106 mins, CC

2:45 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

7:00 PM
THE LADYKILLERS (1955)
An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady’s boardinghouse to plot a major heist.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom.
C-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – April 3, 2014

7:00 AM
LOVER COME BACK (1961)
An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***OK, I guess I should disclose that I am a Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedies fan. This is not a mystery.***

7:00 PM
THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963)
A doctor tries to cope with his wife’s newfound stardom as an advertising pitch woman.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis.
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***I guess I’m just a Doris Day comedy fan.This one doesn’t have Rock Hudson in it, however, James Garner comes pretty close. This is not a mystery.***

11:00 PM
SEND ME NO FLOWERS (1964)
When he mistakenly thinks he’s dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife’s next husband.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***Not a Mystery, however it is a Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedy movie, of which (as I mentioned) I am a fan.***

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

Friday – April 4, 2014

6:00 AM
MISS PINKERTON (1932)
A private duty nurse gets herself mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joan Blondell, George Brent, Ruth Hall.
BW-66 mins
***This movie is based on Mary Roberts Rinehart‘s Miss Pinkerton.*** 

9:45 AM
BABBITT (1934)
A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd.
BW-74 mins, CC

12:15 PM
THE MOONLIGHTER (1953)
A former jailbird makes good after the wrong man is accused for his crime.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond.
BW-78 mins, CC

4:45 PM
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? (1971)
After their sons are convicted of murder, two women relocate to Hollywood to start a talent school.
Dir: Curtis Harrington Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver.
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Saturday – April 5, 2014

10:45 AM
MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS, PART I: THE LION ROARS (1992)
Patrick Stewart takes viewers through the history of Hollywood’s greatest film studio, MGM, from its formation in 1924 through the death of its greatest production genius, Irving J. Thalberg. Featuring interviews with Joan Crawford and Groucho Marx.
Dir: Frank Martin Cast: Patrick Stewart, Kirk Kerkorian, R E Turner (Ted).
C-122 mins
***I hope this three-part special is as good as it looks. All three parts will be shown during April.***

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

Sunday – April 6, 2014

7:00 AM
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1940)
Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino.
BW-95 mins, CC

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

Monday – April 7, 2014

7:00 PM
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

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

Tuesday – April 8, 2014

6:45 AM
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN DRESSED TO KILL (1946)
Sherlock Holmes sets out to find why people are killing each other over a seemingly inexpensive music box.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison.
BW-71 mins

9:30 AM
BLACKMAIL (1939)
A man in prison on false charges escapes to save his family from a blackmailer.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart.
BW-81 mins, CC

7:00 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
***This is not a mystery, but I just love this movie. You might enjoy it, too.***

8:45 PM
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

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

Wednesday – April 9, 2014

6:45 AM
KID GLOVE KILLER (1942)
A police scientist investigates the mayor’s murder.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman.
BW-74 mins, CC

10:00 AM
THE PRIZE (1963)
An American Nobel Prize-winner mixes it up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer.
C-135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Thursday – April 10, 2014

12:45 AM
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, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM
TRIAL (1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy.
BW-109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 PM
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

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

Friday – April 11, 2014

9:00 AM
THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can’t remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern.
BW-88 mins, CC

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

Saturday – April 12, 2014

10:45 AM
MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS, PART II: THE LION REIGNS SUPREME (1992)
Patrick Stewart takes viewers through the history of Hollywood’s greatest film studio at its height during the thirties and early forties. Featuring interviews with Katharine Hepburn and Joan Crawford.
Dir: Frank Martin Cast: Patrick Stewart, Kirk Kerkorian, R E Turner (Ted).
C-121 mins
***The second part of this three-part special.***

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

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

Monday – April 14, 2014

6:00 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

10:00 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

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

Wednesday – April 16, 2014

7:00 PM
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993)
A proper British butler sacrifices happiness to remain faithful to his position.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve.
C-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***This is not a mystery, but is really, really good.***

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

Thursday – April 17, 2014

9:30 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, CC

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

Friday – April 18, 2014

10:00 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, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-113 mins, CC

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

Saturday – April 19, 2014

10:45 AM
MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS, PART III: THE LION IN WINTER (1992)
Patrick Stewart takes viewers through the history of Hollywoods greatest film studio as it fades from glory during the fifties. Featuring interviews with Gene Kelly and Charlton Heston.
Dir: Frank Martin Cast: Patrick Stewart, Kirk Kerkorian, R E Turner (Ted).
C-123 mins
***The third and final part of this special.***

7:00 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

8:45 PM
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill.
BW-95 mins, CC

10:30 PM
THE IRON CURTAIN (1948)
This film, based on real events, focuses on the defection of Soviet Embassy code specialist Igor Gouzenko.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc.
BW-87 mins

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

Sunday – April 20, 2014

1:00 AM
HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON (1970) (horror?)
A bridal design shop owner kills various young brides-to-be.
Dir: Mario Bava Cast: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti.
C-88 mins

2:45 AM
THE TERROR (1963) (horror?)
A lost soldier discovers a mysterious beauty haunting a half-deserted castle.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight.
C-79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Tuesday – April 22, 2014

3:00 AM
THOU SHALT NOT: SEX, SIN AND CENSORSHIP IN PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD (2008)
This documentary looks at how the social, financial and moral forces all helped shape one of the most intriguing periods in Hollywood history.
C-68 mins, CC
***I had no idea how racy pre-code Hollywood was!***

5:30 PM
1939: HOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST YEAR (2009)
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood’s greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
C-68 mins, CC
***Why not? Might as well end the TCM anniversary finding out about Hollywood’s greatest year.***

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

Sunday – April 27, 2014

2:45 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

7:30 AM
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
A man falsely suspected of killing a spy races across Scotland handcuffed to the beautiful blonde who turned him in.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim.
BW-86 mins, CC

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

Monday – April 28, 2014

3:45 AM
GUN CRAZY (1950)
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger.
BW-87 mins, CC

6:45 AM
THE UNHOLY NIGHT (1929)
A mad strangler haunts the London fog.
Dir: Lionel Barrymore Cast: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian.
BW-93 mins

10:15 AM
GUILTY HANDS (1931)
A district attorney tries to frame an innocent girl for the murder he committed.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis, Madge Evans.
BW-69 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – April 29, 2014

4:30 AM
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

3:45 PM
SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
A reporter fakes insanity to crack a murder committed in an asylum.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans.
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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

Wednesday – April 30, 2014

7:00 PM
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, CC

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

(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. There were a few mystery movies that appeared in my monthly TCM Now Playing that didn’t show up on TCM’s schedule online, so I didn’t add them to the list.)

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

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