The Cozy Mystery List Blog

Here’s the upcoming TCM movies that are either mystery related or just personal favorites for the month of April! No really big “marathons” for this month, but there will be a scattering of favorites like Torchy Blane, the Saint, and the Thin Man.

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Tuesday – April 2

12:15 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 Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
BW- 115 mins, CC

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

Saturday – April 6

5:00 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

9:08 AM
THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP (1937)
Perry Mason tries to find out if a long-lost heiress is the real thing.
Dir:  William Clemens Cast:  Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel.
BW- 70 mins, CC
*****Based on Earl Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason Mystery Series.*****

12:15 PM
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
Dir:  Nicholas Ray Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy.
BW- 93 mins, CC

9:15 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

11:00 PM
99 RIVER STREET (1953)
A taxi driver gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Dir:  Phil Karlson Cast:  John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter.
BW- 83 mins, CC

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Sunday – April 7

9:00 AM
99 RIVER STREET (1953)
A taxi driver gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Dir:  Phil Karlson Cast:  John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter.
BW- 83 mins, CC

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Monday – April 8

7:00 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
*****Loosely based on Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple Mystery Series.*****

8:45 PM
THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir:  Leigh Jason Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene.
BW- 80 mins, CC

10:15 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

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Tuesday – April 9

12:00 AM
THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir:  George Archainbaud Cast:  Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong.
BW- 65 mins, CC
*****Based on Stuart Palmer’s Hildegard Wither’s Mystery Series.*****

1:15 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

2:30 AM
DETECTIVE KITTY O’DAY (1944)
An amateur sleuth drives her boyfriend and the police crazy when she butts into a murder investigation.
Dir:  William Beaudine Cast:  Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan.
BW- 61 mins

3:45 AM
SMART BLONDE (1936)
An ambitious reporter forces her policeman boyfriend to let her help with a murder case.
Dir:  Frank McDonald Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Winifred Shaw.
BW- 59 mins, CC

11:15 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

3:00 PM
CONFESSION (1937)
A glamorous singer commits murder to protect her daughter’s virtue.
Dir:  Joe May Cast:  Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone.
BW- 87 mins, CC

7:00 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.
BW- 73 mins, CC
*****Based on S.S. Van Dyne’s Philo Vance Mystery Series.*****

8:30 PM
THE SAINT IN NEW YORK (1938)
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York’s mob kingpins.
Dir:  Ben Holmes Cast:  Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Rumann.
BW- 72 mins, CC
*****Based on Leslie Charteris’ The Saint Mystery Series.*****

10:00 PM
THE GAY FALCON (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir:  Irving Reis Cast:  George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
BW- 67 mins, CC
*****Based on Leslie Charteris’ The Saint Mystery Series.*****

11:15 PM
MEET BOSTON BLACKIE (1941)
A reformed thief uncovers a spy ring while investigating a murder at sea.
Dir:  Robert Florey Cast:  Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane.
BW- 61 mins, CC

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Wednesday – April 10

12:30 AM
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (1941)
An aspiring mystery writer stumbles on to a real murder.
Dir:  Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy.
BW- 96 mins, CC

2:15 AM
THE DETECTIVE (1954)
A priest attempts to catch a thief and save his soul.
Dir:  Robert Hamer Cast:  Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch.
BW- 86 mins, CC

7:00 PM
MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY (1993)
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor’s wife suddenly drops dead.
Dir:  Woody Allen Cast:  Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Adler.
C- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
FAST COMPANY (1938)
Married book-dealers Joel and Gerda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Dir:  Edward Buzzell Cast:  Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd.
BW- 75 mins, CC

10:30 PM
AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)
Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
BW- 112 mins, CC

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Thursday – April 11

12:30 AM
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- 81 mins, CC

2:00 AM
HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME (1945)
Three amateur detectives try to find a missing magician.
Dir:  Eddie Sutherland Cast:  Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Carole Landis.
BW- 70 mins, CC

3:15 AM
MR. AND MRS. NORTH (1941)
A sappily married couple discover a murder victim in their closet.
Dir:  Robert B. Sinclair Cast:  Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly.
BW- 67 mins, CC
*****Based on Richard & Frances Lockridge’s Mr. & Mrs. North Mystery Series.*****

4:30 AM
HAUNTED HONEYMOON (1940)
British sleuth Sir Peter Wimsey’s wedding celebration is cut short by the discovery of a murdered man in his honeymoon cottage.
Dir:  Arthur B. Woods Cast:  Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks.
BW- 99 mins, CC
*****Based on Dorothy L. Sayer’s Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series.*****

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Saturday – April 13

1:00 AM
LADY STREET FIGHTER (1981)
A woman hunts for her sister’s killers in Los Angeles.
C- 73 mins, CC

9:08 AM
THE ADVENTUROUS BLONDE (1937)
Reporter Torchy Blane walks out on her own wedding to solve the case of a murdered actor.
Dir:  Frank MacDonald Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel.
BW- 61 mins

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Monday – April 15

4:15 AM
WHISTLING IN THE DARK (1933)
A mystery writer’s plan for the perfect murder greatly interests a mobster.
Dir:  Elliott Nugent Cast:  Ernest Truex, Una Merkel, Edward Arnold.
BW- 79 mins, CC

9:00 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

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Wednesday – April 17

7:00 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934)
A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Dir:  W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
BW- 91 mins, CC

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

Thursday – April 18

5:15 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- 115 mins, CC

7:30 AM
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, CC

9:30 AM
MR. ARKADIN (1955)
A private eye investigates a millionaire’s mysterious past before a murderer can get to the witnesses.
Dir:  Orson Welles Cast:  Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Paola Mori.
BW- 98 mins, CC

11:15 AM
DETOUR (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Dir:  Edgar G. Ulmer Cast:  Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake.
BW- 68 mins, CC

12:30 PM
SUDDENLY (1954)
Gunmen take over a suburban home to plot a presidential assassination.
Dir:  Lewis Allen Cast:  Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason.
BW- 77 mins, CC

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Friday – April 19

5:00 PM
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Dir:  Peter Weir Cast:  Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray.
C- 107 mins, CC

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Saturday – April 20

1:00 AM
SISTERS (1973)
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.
C- 92 mins, CC

2:45 AM
EYES OF A STRANGER (1981)
A Miami newswoman must take care of her deaf, blind and mute sister while following the local crime spree of a raping serial killer.
Dir:  Ken Wiederhorn Cast:  Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Disanti, Lauren Tewes.
C- 85 mins, CC

5:00 AM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
A man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
BW- 101 mins, CC

9:08 AM
TORCHY GETS HER MAN (1938)
Female reporter Torchy Blane tries to crack a counterfeiting case.
Dir:  William Beaudine Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW- 63 mins, CC

2:45 PM
THE TRIAL (1963)
In this adaptation of Kafka’s classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime.
Dir:  Orson Welles Cast:  Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider.
BW- 119 mins, CC

11:00 PM
WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950)
A woman searches for her husband, who ran off after witnessing a mob hit.
Dir:  Norman Foster Cast:  Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith.
BW- 78 mins

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Sunday – April 21

9:00 AM
WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950)
A woman searches for her husband, who ran off after witnessing a mob hit.
Dir:  Norman Foster Cast:  Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith.
BW- 78 mins

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Monday – April 22

5:00 PM
MCQ (1974)
A police lieutenant tackles corruption when his best friend is killed.
Dir:  John Sturges Cast:  John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur.
C- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM
NIAGARA (1953)
Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife.
Dir:  Henry Hathaway Cast:  Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters.
C- 89 mins, CC

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Wednesday – April 24

12:30 AM
ABOVE SUSPICION (1943)
A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.
Dir:  Richard Thorpe Cast:  Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt.
BW- 91 mins, CC

9:45 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir:  Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
C- 136 mins, CC

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Thursday – April 25

4:00 AM
THE INVISIBLE MENACE (1938)
An Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
Dir:  John Farrow Cast:  Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven.
BW- 55 mins

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Saturday – April 27

5:00 AM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir:  Frank Capra Cast:  Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
BW- 118 mins, CC

9:09 AM
TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR (1939)
After digging up the dirt on local politicians, a newswoman decides to run for office.
Dir:  Ray McCarey Cast:  Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy.
BW- 60 mins, CC

12:45 PM
THE STRANGER (1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Dir:  Orson Welles Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
BW- 95 mins, CC

11:45 PM
M (1951)
When the police hunt for a child killer cramps their style, the criminal underworld tries to track him down.
Dir:  Joseph Losey Cast:  David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Luther Adler.
BW- 88 mins

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

Sunday – April 28

9:00 AM
M (1951)
When the police hunt for a child killer cramps their style, the criminal underworld tries to track him down.
Dir:  Joseph Losey Cast:  David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Luther Adler.
BW- 88 mins

4:30 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir:  Robert Aldrich Cast:  Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.
BW- 134 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – April 30

5:00 AM
KIND LADY (1951)
A con artist and his criminal cohorts hold an old lady hostage in her own home.
Dir:  John Sturges Cast:  Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury.
BW- 78 mins, CC

3:30 PM
ARSENE LUPIN (1932)
A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa.
Dir:  Jack Conway Cast:  John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley.
BW- 84 mins, CC

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If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in April, 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 March 2019 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for March 2019 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.

(All of the movie descriptions were taken off their respective websites.)