The month is coming to an end, so it’s time to discuss the upcoming TCM mystery movies for March!
March 2018 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
Thursday – March 1, 2018
10:15 AM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
BW- 108 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – March 2, 2018
2:00 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- 121 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – March 4, 2018
9:00 AM
THE BIG HEAT (1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando.
BW- 90 mins, CC
3:00 PM
CHARADE (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
Monday – March 5, 2018
3:15 AM
ZOU ZOU (1934)
A singing star tries to clear a childhood friend of murder charges.
Dir: Marc AllTgret Cast: Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Pierre Larquey.
BW- 85 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – March 6, 2018
4:00 PM
CAUSE FOR ALARM (1951)
A woman fights to intercept a letter in which her husband tries to prove her guilty of murder.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling.
BW- 74 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – March 7, 2018
3:30 AM
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
7:00 PM
DICK TRACY (1945)
Dick is faced with a series of murders in which the victims all come from different social and economic backgrounds.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki.
BW- 61 mins, CC
Thursday – March 8. 2018
2:30 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
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – March 9, 2018
9:15 AM
HUSH… HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964)
A wealthy southern spinster fights to keep her family’s secrets hidden.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten.
BW- 133 mins, CC
9:00 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.
BW- 95 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – March 10, 2018
7:00 AM
RIDE HIM, COWBOY (1932)
A cowboy tames a wild horse suspected of killing a man, then rides out to find the real culprit.
Dir: Fred Allen Cast: John Wayne, Duke, Ruth Hall.
BW- 55 mins, CC
7:00 PM
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster.
BW- 99 mins, CC
11:00 PM
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
Sunday – March 11, 2018
9:00 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
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – March 13, 2018
4:00 PM
CONSPIRATOR (1949)
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng.
BW- 87 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – March 14, 2018
9:30 AM
SKY MURDER (1940)
Detective Nick Carter tries to prove a beautiful immigrant innocent of murder.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Karen Verne.
BW- 72 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – March 17, 2018
3:45 AM
NIGHT WATCH (1973)
A woman recovering from mental problems witnesses a murder, but nobody believes her.
Dir: Brian G. Hutton Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw.
C- 99 mins, CC
11:00 PM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW- 86 mins, CC
Sunday – March 18, 2018
12:45 AM
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)
A Texas bar owner hires a private eye to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend.
Dir: Joel Coen Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya.
C- 96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:45 AM
THE PLAYER (1992)
A rising producer tries to cover up the accidental killing of a screenwriter who was stalking him.
Dir: Robert Altman Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Peter Falk.
C- 124 mins, Letterbox Format
9:00 AM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan.
BW- 86 mins, CC
7:00 PM
MADIGAN (1968)
NYC police detective Madigan has 72 hours to find the mobster who got away with his gun.
Dir: Donald Siegel Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens.
C- 101 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – March 19, 2018
12:30 PM
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (1934)
After escaping prison, an innocent man seeks revenge on the men who framed him.
Dir: Rowland V. Lee Cast: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern.
BW- 113 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – March 20, 2018
8:15 AM
THE GAZEBO (1960)
A suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner.
BW- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:15 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
12:15 PM
VICTIM (1961)
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price.
BW- 100 mins, CC
2:00 PM
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
3:30 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.
BW- 109 mins, CC
5:30 PM
BLACKMAIL (1929)
A shopkeeper’s daughter fights off blackmail after she kills a young artist who had tried to rape her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton.
BW- 86 mins
Thursday – March 22, 2018
7:00 PM
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim.
BW- 110 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – March 23, 2018
7:00 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- 105 mins, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – March 24, 2018
3:00 PM
MIDNIGHT LACE (1960)
A young woman can’t get anyone to believe she’s being stalked.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin.
C- 108 mins, CC
5:00 PM
THE WRONG MAN (1956)
A musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
BW- 105 mins, CC
11:00 PM
NO QUESTIONS ASKED (1951)
A young lawyer’s primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
Dir: Harold F. Kress Cast: Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy.
BW- 81 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – March 25, 2018
12:45 AM
DEATHTRAP (1982)
A blocked playwright plots to kill a beginner and steal his script.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon.
C- 116 mins, CC
3:00 AM
TIME AFTER TIME (1979)
When Jack the Ripper steals his time machine, author H.G. Wells travels to modern-day San Francisco to track him down.
Dir: Nicholas Meyer Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen.
C- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:00 AM
NO QUESTIONS ASKED (1951)
A young lawyer’s primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
Dir: Harold F. Kress Cast: Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy.
BW- 81 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – March 26, 2018
1:00 AM
THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA (1949)
A murderer becomes involved with a waitress and her daughter.
BW- 87 mins
9:30 AM
THEIR BIG MOMENT (1934)
A phony psychic conjures up a real ghost who asks her to solve his murder.
Dir: James Cruze Cast: ZaSu Pitts, Slim Summerville, William Gaxton.
BW- 68 mins
Friday – March 30, 2018
9:00 PM
THE LONG HAUL (1957)
A veteran is lured into crime by his boss’s sultry mistress.
Dir: Ken Hughes Cast: Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen.
BW- 88 mins, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in March, 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 February 2018 television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for February 2018 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.)
I am so looking forward to seeing “Early Man” – a claymation movie which is being advertised all over. So, with that in mind, forgive me for going (again!) off the Cozy Mystery topic. I enjoy these movies so much that I have decided to tell you all about some of these movies that I definitely recommend for those of you who may enjoy the “inner child” type of movies.
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