The Cozy Mystery List Blog

Can you believe it’s already the end of 2021? This month, the Turner Classic Movies channel is celebrating Christmas by sprinkling lots of Christmas movies throughout the month. Since the channel is showing so many good Christmas movies, I went ahead and listed them. I know they aren’t mystery movies, but I just couldn’t resist telling you about them.

The Turner Classic Movies channel is keeping their yearly tradition of showing the Thin Man mystery movies during December. This year they will be airing three Thin Man movies before midnight and three after midnight, on New Year’s Day.

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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – December 2021

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Wednesday – December 1, 2021

8:00 PM
Gaslight (1944)
A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir: George Cukor. Actors: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
114 mins

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

Thursday – December 2, 2021

4:45 AM
Rage in Heaven (1941)
A jealous man plots to fake his death and incriminate his wife’s suspected lover.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders
82 mins

8:00 AM
The Count of The Old Town (1934)
A police inspector tracks a jewel thief to a hotel filled with eccentrics.
Dir: Sigurd Wallen. Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Valdemar Dalquist, Julia Caesar
75 mins

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

Friday – December 3, 2021

9:45 AM
Journal of a Crime (1934)
Before she can confess to shooting her husband’s mistress, a woman succumbs to amnesia.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd
65 mins

11:00 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. Actors: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth
75 mins

2:30 PM
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
A woman in the process of divorce shoots her husband and gets her police lieutenant boyfriend to help hide the body.
Dir: Felix E. Feist. Actors: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall
81 mins

4:00 PM
Madeleine (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean. Actors: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny
115 mins

6:00 PM
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. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
116 mins

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

Saturday – December 4, 2021

10:08 AM
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
After digging up dirt on local politicians, a newswoman decides to run for office.
Dir: Ray McCarey. Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy
60 mins

1:15 PM
Little Women (1949) – Christmas movie
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy. Actors: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
121 mins

3:30 PM
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Christmas movie
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins

5:45 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins

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

Sunday – December 5, 2021

12:00 AM
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. Actors: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
103 mins

10:00 AM
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. Actors: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
103 mins

6:00 PM
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) – Christmas movie
Dejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited by Dudley, who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant.
Dir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
109 mins

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

Monday – December 6, 2021

2:15 PM
Dark Passage (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett
106 mins

8:00 PM
Too Late For Tears (1949)
A married woman’s discovery of stolen money changes her character for the worse.
Dir: Byron Haskin. Actors: Lizabeth Scott, Don Defore, Dan Duryea
99 mins

10:00 PM
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Dir: Otto Preminger. Actors: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill
95 mins

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

Tuesday – December 7, 2021

12:00 AM
Nightmare Alley (1947)
An ambitious carnival worker attempts to scam his way out of the carnival in this brutal noir.
Dir: Edmund Goulding. Actors: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray
111 mins

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

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

Wednesday – December 8, 2021

6:15 PM
Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955)
The jazz band’s leader gets mixed up with a gangster in ’20s Kansas City.
Dir: Jack Webb. Actors: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien
95 mins

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

Thursday – December 9, 2021

6:45 AM
Fear (1954)
The wife of a prominent scientist is blackmailed after her extramarital affair is discovered.
Dir: Roberto Rossellini. Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt
84 mins

11:30 PM
All About Eve (1950)
Broadway legend Margo Channing has everything: a successful career, close friends, and a man who loves her. She also has a fan named Eve Harrington, who manages to worm her way into Margo’s life in order to study her like a blueprint.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Actors: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
138 mins
*****This is not a mystery, however, it’s a terrific movie.*****

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Saturday – December 11, 2021

10:08 AM
Torchy Blane… Playing with Dynamite (1939)
A female reporter gets herself arrested so she can interview a gangster’s moll.
Dir: Noel Smith. Actors: Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, Tom Kennedy
59 mins

12:00 PM
A Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins

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

8:00 PM
Lady on a Train (1945)
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
Dir: Charles David. Actors: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
93 mins

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Sunday – December 12, 2021

12:00 AM
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
Togawa plans to rob an armored car to help his sister.
Dir: Takumi Furukawa Actors: Jo Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
87 mins
*****In Japanese*****

10:00 AM
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
Togawa plans to rob an armored car to help his sister.
Dir: Takumi Furukawa Actors: Jo Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
87 mins
*****In Japanese*****

2:00 PM
O. Henry’s Full House (1952) – Christmas movie
Five stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
Dir: Jasper Blystone. Actors: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
117 mins

4:15 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – Christmas movie
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins

6:15 PM
Remember the Night (1940) – Christmas movie
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
86 mins

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

Monday – December 13, 2021

6:00 AM
The Naked City (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin. Actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
96 mins

9:15 AM
The Narrow Margin (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll on a tense train ride.
Dir: Richard Fleischer. Actors: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
71 mins

10:30 AM
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson. Actors: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster
98 mins

2:15 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. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
114 mins

4:15 PM
Out of the Past (1947)
A private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station in a small town, but it catches up to him.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
97 mins

6:00 PM
Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman’s ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
Dir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
113 mins

10:00 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. Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
136 mins

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

Wednesday – December 15, 2021

6:00 AM
Alcatraz Island (1937)
A prison inmate is framed for killing a con who once tried to kidnap his daughter.
Dir: William McGann. Actors: Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Mary Maguire
61 mins

7:15 AM
Washington Melodrama (1941)
A philanthropic businessman is framed for murder during a lobbying trip to Washington.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. Actors: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor
78 mins

8:45 AM
Flaxy Martin (1949)
Messing with a mobster’s girlfriend gets a lawyer framed for murder.
Dir: Richard Bare. Actors: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone
86 mins

10:15 AM
The Invisible Menace (1938)
An Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
Dir: John Farrow. Actors: Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven
55 mins

11:15 AM
The Big Punch (1948)
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
Dir: Sherry Shourds. Actors: Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae
50 mins

12:45 PM
They Drive by Night (1940)
Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
Dir: Raoul Walsh. Actors: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
93 mins

2:30 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 Actors: Brian Donlevy,Ella Raines,Charles Coburn
111 mins

4:30 PM
The Gazebo (1960)
A suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
Dir: George Marshall. Actors: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner
100 mins

6:15 PM
Night Watch (1973)
An unhappy housewife spends time looking out her window, where she sees her neighbor killing someone. The police can’t find any evidence of a murder, and dismiss the wife as a kook.
Dir: Brian G. Hutton. Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
105 mins

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

Saturday – December 18, 2021

6:15 PM
Holiday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins

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

Sunday – December 19, 2021

12:00 AM
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion–and pays the price.
Dir: Allen Baron. Actors: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
77 mins

10:00 AM
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion–and pays the price.
Dir: Allen Baron. Actors: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
77 mins

10:15 PM
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) – Christmas movie
A minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
Dir: George More O’Ferrall. Actors: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
80 mins

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

Monday – December 21, 2021

12:00 AM
Christmas Past (1925) – Christmas movie
A compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
120 mins

7:45 AM
Kind Lady (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz. Actors: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
76 mins

9:00 AM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) – Christmas movie
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins

11:00 AM
Cover Up (1949)
An insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide.
Dir: Alfred E. Green. Actors: William Bendix, Dennis O’Keefe, Barbara Britton
85 mins

2:15 PM
Backfire (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir: Vincent Sherman. Actors: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo
91 mins

6:00 PM
Lady on a Train (1945)
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
Dir: Charles David. Actors: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
93 mins

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Tuesday – December 21, 2021

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. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
103 mins

2:00 AM
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
95 mins

10:30 AM
A Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins

12:00 PM
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers. Actors: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane
67 mins

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

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

Wednesday – December 22, 2021

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

2:00 AM
Little Women (1949) – Christmas movie
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy. Actors: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
121 mins

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

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

11:45 PM
Desk Set (1957) – Christmas movie
An efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
Dir: Walter Lang. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
103 mins

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

Thursday – December 23, 2021

12:00 PM
A Carol for Another Christmas (1964) – Christmas movie
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Actors: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
85 mins

1:45 PM
Desk Set (1957) – Christmas movie
An efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
Dir: Walter Lang. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
103 mins

8:00 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins

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

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

Friday – December 24, 2021

12:15 PM
Holiday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins

2:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Christmas movie
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins

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

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

8:00 PM
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) – Christmas movie
Dejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited by Dudley, who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant.
Dir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
109 mins

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

11:30 PM
Remember the Night (1940) – Christmas movie
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
86 mins

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

Saturday – December 25, 2021

3:45 AM
Christmas Eve (1947) – Christmas movie
To save her fortune, an aging woman must reunite her three adopted sons.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott
90 mins

6:00 AM
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. Actors: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
84 mins

9:30 AM
Little Women (1933) – Christmas movie
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. Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
115 mins

1:30 PM
O. Henry’s Full House (1952) – Christmas movie
Soapy believes getting arrested and thrown into a warm jail cell is the best solution to being homeless in cold weather. Fugitives Sam and Bill kidnap a child for a ransom. Della and Jim seek to buy each other Christmas gifts.
Dir: Jasper Blystone. Actors: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
117 mins

3:45 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins

11:00 PM
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder. Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
114 mins

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

Sunday – December 26, 2021

1:15 AM
Midnight Lace (1960)
A young woman can’t get anyone to believe she’s being stalked.
Dir: David Miller. Actors: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin
108 mins

10:00 AM
Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
101 mins

1:45 PM
How to Steal a Million (1966)
A young woman enlists the help of a detective to recover a sculpture that her father, a dealer in phony art, sold to a Paris museum for fear that it will be uncovered as a hoax.
Dir: William Wyler. Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach
127 mins

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

Wednesday – December 29, 2021

8:00 PM
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Hercule Poirot finds himself on board the Orient Express where everyone seems to have concluded that Ratchett was behind the abduction and murder of the infant daughter of an aviatrix. When Ratchett is found murdered, everyone is suspect.
Dir: Sidney Lumet. Actors: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman
127 mins

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

Friday – December 31, 2021

2:30 AM
Blood Simple (1984)
An owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Dir: Joel Coen. Actors: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
95 mins

4:15 AM
Klute (1971)
A low-key small town detective journeys to New York City to investigate the murder of a friend and discovers that both the killer and the victim were clients of the same high-class call girl.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula. Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi
114 mins

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. Actors: 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. Actors: 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. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
105 mins

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

Saturday – January 1, 2022

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. Actors: 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. Actors: 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. Actors: 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 2021 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2021 on Turner Classic Movies channel

Christmas : Favorite Classic Holiday Movies: Old, Black & White… and a Few In Color (not mysteries)

Christmas : Favorite Holiday Movies – More Recent, In Color (not mysteries)

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.