Oh my gosh! It’s almost 2023! And, speaking of 2023, the Turner Classic Movies channel will be repeating their tradition of showing The Thin Man mystery movies on New Year’s eve – running through the night to be the very first movies of 2023. I have seen these movies so many times that I can’t even figure out how many times… Even so, I’ll be setting my DVR again! They are a bit “dated” – but I can certainly overlook that — knowing they are products of their times.

The Turner Classic Movies channel will be showing a whole lot of The Falcon mystery movies this month. Both George Sanders and his brother Tom Conway played the main character in these movies. It’s astounding to me how alike the brothers sounded.

As it is December, I have also listed the holiday movies that I could identify. (There may be others that I didn’t find…)

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

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – December 2022

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

Thursday – December 1, 2022

8:00 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
102 mins

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

Friday – December 2, 2022

12:15 AM The Bribe (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton
98 mins

7:00 AM Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
On a trip to Reno, a Brooklyn showgirl tries to stop a soldier and his wife from divorcing.
Dir: Harry Beaumont. Cast: Ann Sothern, John Hodiak, Tom Drake
90 mins

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

Saturday – December 3, 2022

10:08 AM The Gay Falcon (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins
66 mins

4:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins

6:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 4, 2022

12:00 AM Decoy (1946)
A woman saves her gangster boyfriend from the gas chamber to get her hands on his hidden money.
Dir: Jack Bernhard. Cast: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Herbert Rudley
76 mins

8:00 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
97 mins

10:00 AM Decoy (1946)
A woman saves her gangster boyfriend from the gas chamber to get her hands on his hidden money.
Dir: Jack Bernhard. Cast: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Herbert Rudley
76 mins

4:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Thursday – December 8, 2022

6:00 AM The 39 Steps (1935)
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed — with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as “The 39 Steps.”
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
87 mins

7:30 AM The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Miss Froy disappears on her return train trip from a vacation in the Balkans. However, Iris Henderson is the only person, on a train filled with suspicious and unsavory characters, who can attest that Miss Froy was ever on that trip.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
97 mins

12:45 PM Gaslight (1940)
A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she’s going mad.
Dir: Thorold Dickinson. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell
84 mins

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

Friday – December 9, 2022

4:45 AM My Forbidden Past (1951)
A beauty with a skeleton in her closet seeks revenge on the suitor who jilted her.
Dir: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas
81 mins

1:45 PM I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang.
Dir: Stuart Heisler. Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson
109 mins

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

Saturday – December 10, 2022

10:08 AM A Date with the Falcon (1941)
The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
Dir: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason
63 mins

6:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 11, 2022

12:15 AM Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
A small-time crook on the run is reformed by the love of a crippled woman.
Dir: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington
81 mins

6:00 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
106 mins

10:00 AM Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
A small-time crook on the run is reformed by the love of a crippled woman.
Dir: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington
81 mins

4:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 12, 2022

12:00 AM Christmas Past (1925)
A compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
Vintage holiday films
120 mins
*****holiday*****
*****Silent*****

12:00 PM Miracles for Sale (1939)
A magician turns detective to investigate murder and a phony seance.
Dir: Tod Browning. Cast: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven
71 mins

6:00 PM Confidentially Yours (1983)
An accused man’s secretary tries to find the real killer.
Dir: François Truffaut. Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach
111 mins
*****In French*****

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

Tuesday – December 13, 2022

4:45 AM The Human Factor (1980)
A diplomat is suspected of being a double agent.
Dir: Otto Preminger. Cast: Nicol Williamson, Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer
115 mins

7:00 AM The Falcon in Danger (1943)
A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard
73 mins

8:30 AM The Falcon and the Co-eds (1944)
A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
Dir: William Clemens. Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday
68 mins

9:45 AM The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
A society sleuth tours the movie capital, where he uncovers an actor’s murder.
Dir: Gordon Douglas. Cast: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg
67 mins

11:00 AM The Falcon’s Alibi (1946)
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron’s lost jewels.
Dir: Ray McCarey. Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
62 mins

12:15 PM The Leopard Man (1943)
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks
66 mins

1:30 PM 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
71 mins
*****A horror film noir*****

3:00 PM A Night of Adventure (1944)
A lawyer tries to clear his wife’s lover of murder charges.
Dir: Gordon Douglas. Cast: Tom Conway, Audrey Long, Edward Brophy
65 mins

5:30 PM Two O’Clock Courage (1945)
An amnesiac discovers he’s wanted for murder.
Dir: Anthony Mann. Cast: Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane
66 mins

8:00 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
95 mins

10:00 PM The Big Sleep (1946)
Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
Dir: Howard Hawks. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
114 mins

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

Wednesday – December 14, 2022

12:00 AM Lady in the Lake (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Dir: Robert Montgomery. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
103

4:00 AM Marlowe (1969)
Detective Philip Marlowe probes the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles in search of a woman’s missing sister.
Dir: Paul Bogart. Cast: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O’Connor
95 mins

11:45 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
105 mins
*****Funny Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie*****

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

Thursday – December 15, 2022

3:45 PM The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette
73 mins

6:30 PM The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Perry Mason gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.
Dir: Alan Crosland. Cast: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins
74 mins

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

Friday – December 16, 2022

9:30 AM Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
A prizefighter who died before his time is reincarnated as a tycoon with a murderous wife.
Dir: Alexander Hall. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains
93 mins

10:30 PM Gaslight (1940)
A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she’s going mad.
Dir: Thorold Dickinson. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell
84 mins

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

Saturday – December 17, 2022

6:00 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
94 mins

10:08 AM The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug’s lost girlfriend.
Dir: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason
63 mins

5:00 PM King of Kings (1961)
Epic retelling of Christ’s life and the effects of his teachings on those around him.
Dir: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan
168 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 PM The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Epic scale chronicle of the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Dir: George Stevens. Cast: Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia
225 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 18, 2022

4:15 PM A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins
*****holiday*****

5:45 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, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Monday – December 19, 2022

12:00 AM The King of Kings (1927)
In this silent film, Cecil B. DeMille directs an epic retelling of the life of Christ.
Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: H. B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence
155 mins
*****holiday*****

5:00 AM Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
A young boy comes of age at Christmas in rural Quebec.
Dir: Claude Jutra. Cast: Claude Jutra, Jacques Gagnon, Olivette Thibault
110 mins
*****holiday*****
*****In French*****

8:00 AM Roadblock (1951)
An insurance agent’s greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Dir: Harold Daniels. Cast: Charles Mcgraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
73 mins

8:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Tuesday – December 20, 2022

9:00 AM Kind Lady (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz. Cast: Aline Macmahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
76 mins

12:00 PM Larceny, Inc. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
95 mins

2:00 PM Lady in the Lake (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Dir: Robert Montgomery. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
103 mins

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

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

Wednesday – December 21, 2022

9:45 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins
*****holiday*****

11:15 AM A Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
85 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****holiday*****

10:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins
*****holiday*****

11:45 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
121 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Thursday – December 22, 2022

2:00 AM Auntie Mame (1958)
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton Dacosta. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
143 mins
*****holiday*****

4:30 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
84 mins
*****holiday*****

7:45 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A child explores her late mother’s life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
70 mins

9:00 AM The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
80 mins

5:30 PM The Lion in Winter (1968)
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine celebrate Christmas together and battle for control of the throne.
Dir: Anthony Harvey. Cast: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow
134 mins
*****holiday*****

8:00 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, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
*****holiday*****

10:15 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Saturday – December 24, 2022

7:30 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
84 mins
*****holiday*****

12:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****holiday*****

1:45 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, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
*****holiday*****

4:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****holiday*****

6:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
*****holiday*****

10:00 PM A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Sunday – December 25, 2022

6:00 AM Star in the Night (1945)
Three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Don Siegel. Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lynne Baggett, Anthony Caruso
21 mins
*****holiday*****

6:30 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
115 mins
*****holiday*****

2:15 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
*****holiday*****

4:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins
*****holiday*****

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

Tuesday – December 27, 2022

9:15 AM The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson
95 mins

11:00 AM Three Strangers (1946)
Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings.
Dir: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre
92 mins

12:45 PM The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
109 mins

2:45 PM Flamingo Road (1949)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet
94 mins

6:15 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
100 mins

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

Wednesday – December 28, 2022

10:00 PM 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
73 mins

11:30 PM Night Watch (1973)
An unhappy housewife who settles her fraying nerves with alcohol while staring out her window. When she witnesses what she thinks is a murder through a neighbor’s window, she calls the police. No one believes her…
Dir: Brian G. Hutton. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
105 mins

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

Thursday – December 29, 2022

1:30 AM Sisters (1972)
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Dir: Brian De Palma. Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
92 mins

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

Saturday – December 31, 2022

8:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
80 mins

9:45 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
110 mins

11:45 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
105 mins

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

Sunday – January 1, 2023

1:45 AM 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
97 mins

3:30 AM The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson
100 mins

5:15 AM Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Dir: Edward Buzzell. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
86 mins

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed TV specials coming up in December, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the November 2022 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2022 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

Oh my goodness! Where has the year gone? It’s hard to believe that 2022 is almost over!

Beside listing the mystery movies that will be playing during November 2022 on the Turner Classic Movies channel, I have also tried to list the Christmas movies they will be playing. It’s never too early to start taping them… especially since they have been airing Christmas advertisements on TV since September 29! Good grief!

Anyway, here are the mystery movies that will be on the Turner Classic Movies channel during November 2022.

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

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – November 2022

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

Tuesday – November 1, 2022

2:15 PM Adam’s Rib (1949)
A happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Dir: George Cukor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
101 mins
*****More of a comedy than an actual murder mystery. Very good movie.*****

10:00 PM Thief (1981)
A safecracker tries to outrun the mob so he can retire.
Dir: Michael Mann. Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson
123 mins

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

Wednesday – November 2, 2022

6:15 AM Scaramouche (1923)
A French rebel masquerades as a clown so that he can avenge his friend’s murder.
Dir: Rex Ingram. Cast: Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro
131 mins
*****This is a silent movie.*****

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

Friday – November 4, 2022

9:15 AM Hotel Reserve (1946)
An Austrian refugee tries to figure out which guest at a French resort is a spy.
Dir: Victor Hanbury. Cast: James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell
79 mins

12:45 PM Hunt the Man Down (1950)
A lawyer uncovers the secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud. Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson
68 mins

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

Saturday – November 5, 2022

6:15 PM Point Blank (1967)
A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman. Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
92 mins

12:00 AM City of Fear (1959)
An escaped convict heads for Los Angeles not realizing he’s stolen a deadly radioactive mineral.
Dir: Irving Lerner. Cast: Vince Edwards, John Archer, Steven Ritch
81 mins

3:45 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
73 mins

10:00 AM City of Fear (1959)
An escaped convict heads for Los Angeles not realizing he’s stolen a deadly radioactive mineral.
Dir: Irving Lerner. Cast: Vince Edwards, John Archer, Steven Ritch
81 mins

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

Tuesday – November 8, 2022

5:45 AM Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
After trying to rescue a fleeing girl on the road one night, lowlife detective Mike Hammer is drawn into investigating first a murder, then the whereabouts of a mysterious box that seems to have prompted the crime.
Dir: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart
104 mins

9:30 AM Crossfire (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
85 mins

11:00 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
86 mins

4:00 PM On Dangerous Ground (1952)
A New York detective falls for the blind sister of a rural killer sought by a victim’s father.
Dir: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
82 mins

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

Thursday – November 10, 2022

8:30 AM Jack of Diamonds (1967)
A glamorous jewel thief tries to go straight.
Dir: Don Taylor. Cast: George Hamilton, Joseph Cotten, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Evans, Carroll Baker, Zsa Zsa Gabor
108 mins

10:30 AM Double Danger (1938)
A jewel thief faces surprising competition when he tries to rob the police commissioner’s home.
Dir: Lew Landers. Cast: Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Donald Meek
62 mins

2:45 PM 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
86 mins

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

Friday – November 11, 2022

4:15 AM Cry Terror! (1958)
A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone. Cast: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens
96 mins

6:00 AM The Decks Ran Red (1958)
Dishonest seamen plan a murderous mutiny.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast: James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford
84 mins

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

Saturday – November 12, 2022

11:30 AM Dark Shadows (1944)
A psychiatrist investigates the murder of another psychiatrist.
Dir: Walter Hart. Cast: William Tannen, Dorothy Adams, Paul Langton
21 mins

3:15 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
119 mins

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

Sunday – November 13, 2022

12:00 AM Tension (1950)
A man who had planned to murder his wife’s lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
Dir: John Berry. Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse
95 mins

10:00 AM Tension (1950)
A man who had planned to murder his wife’s lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
Dir: John Berry. Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse
95 mins

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

Monday – November 14, 2022

2:15 PM The Tall Target (1951)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
Dir: Anthony Mann. Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou
78 mins

4:00 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
95 mins

8:00 PM Touch of Evil (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
Dir: Orson Welles. Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
95 mins

10:00 PM The Player (1992)
A frustrated screenwriter menaces a studio executive who eventually kills the writer and gets away with murder.
Dir: Robert Altman. Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward
123 mins

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

Thursday – November 17, 2022

10:45 PM The Last of Sheila (1973)
A game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
Dir: Herbert Ross. Cast: James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon
120 mins

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

Friday – November 18, 2022

1:00 AM The Verdict (1982)
An alcoholic lawyer struggles to redeem himself by pursuing a high-stakes malpractice case.
Dir: Sidney Lumet. Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason
122 mins

3:15 AM The MacKintosh Man (1973)
A British agent goes undercover as a jewel thief to nab a Communist spy.
Dir: John Huston. Cast: Paul Newman, James Mason, Dominique Sanda
98 mins

8:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
*****Christmas movie.*****

10:00 PM The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
Dejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited immediately by Dudley, who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant, and worse, wins the attentions of Henry’s …
Dir: Henry Koster. Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
109 mins
*****Christmas movie*****

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

Saturday – November 19, 2022

12:00 AM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
*****Christmas movie*****

4:00 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: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward
93 mins

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

Sunday – November 20

12:30 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
109 mins

2:30 AM Absence of Malice (1981)
An ambitious reporter unwittingly slanders a businessman under federal investigation.
Dir: Sydney Pollack. Cast: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban
116 mins

10:00 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
109 mins

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

Wednesday – November 23, 2022

2:00 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
105 mins

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

Thursday – November 24, 2022

10:00 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
121 mins
*****Christmas movie*****

8:00 PM North by Northwest (1959)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
136 mins

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

Friday November 25, 2022

1:45 AM Odd Man Out (1947)
A wounded IRA man faces betrayal on all sides when the British put a price on his head.
Dir: Carol Reed. Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
116 mins

11:00 AM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
*****Christmas movie.*****

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

Sunday – November 27, 2022

12:30 AM Death of a Cyclist (1958)
A professor is having an affair with the adulterous wife of a wealthy businessman. On one of their interludes, they run over and kill a cyclist. They decide to leave the scene of the crime and let it go unreported for fear their identities and their tryst will be discovered.
Dir: Juan Antonio Bardem. Cast: Lucia Bose, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corra
86 mins
*****In Spanish*****

10:00 AM Death of a Cyclist (1958)
A professor is having an affair with the adulterous wife of a wealthy businessman. On one of their interludes, they run over and kill a cyclist. They decide to leave the scene of the crime and let it go unreported for fear their identities and their tryst will be discovered.
Dir: Juan Antonio Bardem. Cast: Lucia Bose, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corra
86 mins
*****In Spanish*****

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

Monday – November 28, 2022

11:00 AM On Dangerous Ground (1952)
A New York detective falls for the blind sister of a rural killer sought by a victim’s father.
Dir: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
82 mins

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

If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed TV specials coming up in November, be sure to leave a comment below!

In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the October 2022 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2022 on Turner Classic Movies channel

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

I am so happy to see that the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel is adding some NEW Cozy Mystery movies! I’ve gone ahead and indicated the PREMIERES. Along with the movies, the channel will be offering a whole lot of re-runs of the Diagnosis Murder, Monk, and Murder, She Wrote television shows.

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Cozy Mystery Movies – October 2022
***** ***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – October 1, 2022

Monk marathon

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – October 2, 2022

10:00 AM
Mystery 101: Playing Dead
The local theater is producing a mystery that crime fiction expert Amy unearthed. When one of the actress’ life is threatened, Amy & Travis must uncover which character is playing for keeps. Stars Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha.

12:00 PM
Emma Fielding Mysteries: More Bitter than Death
After a friend and head of the National Archaeological Society meets an untimely death, Emma and Agent Conner find themselves questioning her colleagues’ motives. Stars Courtney Thorne-Smith, James Tupper.

2:00 PM
Francesca Quinn, PI
*****Not technically a PREMIERE, however I didn’t introduce it the month it first aired.*****
Private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn is hired to find her fiancée’s killer. She must work with her detective ex, Wyn, and trust the person who broke them up and ruined their lives. Stars Mallory Jansen, Dylan Bruce.

4:00 PM
Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate
Colorado caterer Goldy Berry teams with detective Tom Schultz to identify the ingredients that led to the mysterious death of her friend — and ends up discovering a hidden recipe for murder. Stars Nikki Deloach and Andrew Walker.

6:00 PM
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
A taunting clue left for Aurora at a meeting begins a cat-and-mouse game between her and a mysterious criminal who commits increasingly serious crimes that leave the town rattled. Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner.

8:00 PM
Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths
*****PREMIERE*****
Fraternal twins Nikki and Nora are forced back into each other’s lives when they inherit a detective agency. As they solve a murder, they realize their differences may be their greatest advantage. Stars Hunter King, Rhiannon Fish.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – October 3, 2022

6:00 PM
Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths
*****First re-airing of the PREMIERE from yesterday.*****
Fraternal twins Nikki and Nora are forced back into each other’s lives when they inherit a detective agency. As they solve a murder, they realize their differences may be their greatest advantage. Stars Hunter King, Rhiannon Fish.

8:00 PM
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
Just days before Aurora’s wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect. She and Nick race to solve the cold case before they walk down the aisle. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – October 4, 2022

Romance movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – October 5, 2022

6:00 PM
Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
As Hannah and Mike experience engaged life while balancing their busy careers, a murder at a 24-hour gym complicates their wedding planning. Stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven.

8:00 PM
Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths
Fraternal twins Nikki and Nora are forced back into each other’s lives when they inherit a detective agency. As they solve a murder, they realize their differences may be their greatest advantage. Stars Hunter King, Rhiannon Fish.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – October 6, 2022

Christmas & Romance movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – October 7, 2022

6:00 PM
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner.

8:00 PM
Francesca Quinn, PI
Private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn is hired to find her fiancée’s killer. She must work with her detective ex, Wyn, and trust the person who broke them up and ruined their lives. Stars Mallory Jansen, Dylan Bruce.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – October 8, 2022

12:00 PM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans handyman and blues singer-songwriter, Gabe Recolte was left homeless before he had the chance to express his love for club owner Hattie.

2:00 PM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
When The POstables discover an antique vase with a letter inside, they trace the package to three little girls who attempted to sell the vase 18 years ago in order to save their family farm.

4:00 PM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled
The POstables take a road trip in an old Winnebago in order to track down a small boy who they fear may have been kidnapped. Stars Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe and Geoff Gustafson.

6:00 PM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
The long-awaited wedding of Norman and Rita leads the POstables to letter for a young woman with clues about her missing mother. Stars Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe and Geoff Gustafson.

8:00 PM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made
As Shane and Oliver prepare to wed, the team helps an unwell boy reunite with a lost friend. A new employee may deliver the answer for Rita and Norman to start a family.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – October 9, 2022

12:00 PM
Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths
Fraternal twins Nikki and Nora are forced back into each other’s lives when they inherit a detective agency. As they solve a murder, they realize their differences may be their greatest advantage. Stars Hunter King, Rhiannon Fish.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – October 10, 2022

The first two movies of Good Witch

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – October 11, 2022

Romance movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – October 12, 2022

6:00 PM
Francesca Quinn, PI
Private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn is hired to find her fiancée’s killer. She must work with her detective ex, Wyn, and trust the person who broke them up and ruined their lives. Stars Mallory Jansen, Dylan Bruce.

8:00 PM
Mystery 101: Killer Timing
An escaped serial killer and an attempt on Travis’s life makes this their most dangerous case yet as Amy and Travis team up with his FBI agent ex to find the connection before it’s too late. Stars Jill Wagner & Kristoffer Polaha.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – October 13, 2022

Christmas & Romance movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – October 14, 2022

6:00 PM
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder
While on a “pre-honeymoon” getaway, Aurora and Nick discover a body, and as they get closer to finding out what really happened, danger knocks on their doorstep. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner.

8:00 PM
Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths
Fraternal twins Nikki and Nora are forced back into each other’s lives when they inherit a detective agency. As they solve a murder, they realize their differences may be their greatest advantage. Stars Hunter King, Rhiannon Fish.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – October 15, 2022

Christmas movie followed by several Good Witch movies.

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – October 16, 2022

Romance movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – October 17, 2022

Family-themed movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – October 18, 2022

Romance movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – October 19, 2022

Family-themed and Romance movies

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – October 20, 2022

Christmas & Romance movies
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Ho, Ho, Ho., >>> or should I say oh, oh, oh: It looks like it might just be Christmas movies all day (every day) until January 2023! I’m just going to tell you about the Christmas Premieres (not about all of the re-airing of the channels’ Christmas movies from past years.)

***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – October 21, 2022

Noel Next Door
PREMIERE on the Hallmark channel
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – October 22, 2022

We Need a Little Christmas
PREMIERE on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel

We Wish You a Married Christmas
PREMIERE on the Hallmark channel
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – October 23, 2022

A Kismet Christmas
PREMIERE on the Hallmark channel
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – October 28, 2022

A Cozy Christmas Inn
PREMIERE on the Hallmark channel
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – October 29, 2022

Christmas Bedtime Stories
PREMIERE on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel

Jolly Good Christmas
PREMIERE on the Hallmark channel
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – October 30, 2022

Ghosts of Christmas Always
PREMIERE on the Hallmark channel
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Here is the page on my Cozy Mystery site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:

Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.

I’ll update this page when the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries website updates their schedule.