The Cozy Mystery List Blog

It’s the time of the month again to find out about next month’s upcoming mystery movies!

As usual, I’m posting the Turner Classic Movies channel mysteries that I think are definitely worth looking at (in addition to some others from my favorite actors and actresses…) In particular, there is a Thin Man marathon on Friday the 23rd, into the early morning of Saturday the 24th. Some of you have mentioned that you watch the Thin Man movies on New Year’s Eve – so set up your DVRs!

Since this will be December and TCM will be showing a lot of Christmas movies, I’ve also decided to include a bunch of those on this list >>> at least the ones I intend to watch again!

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December 2016 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Thursday – December 1, 2016

7:00 PM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941) (Christmas)
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.
BW-113 mins, CC

9:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)  (Christmas)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 2, 2016

5:15 AM
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.
BW-74 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 3, 2016

3:15 AM
TRADE WINDS (1938)
A private eye falls for the murderess he’s pursuing.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast:  Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy.
BW-94 mins, CC

6:30 AM
PHANTOM LADY (1944)
A mystery woman is a murder suspect’s only alibi for the night of his wife’s death.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast:  Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis.
BW-87 mins

10:15 PM
LURED (1947)
A woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast:  George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn.
BW-103 mins

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

Sunday – December 4, 2016

8:30 AM
A CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964) (Christmas)
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast:  Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara.
BW-86 mins, CC

10:00 AM
LITTLE WOMEN (1933) (Christmas)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir: George Cukor Cast:  Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
BW-116 mins, CC

1:15 PM
CAPE FEAR (1962)
An ex-convict plots to destroy the district attorney who sent him to prison.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast:  Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen.
BW-106 mins, CC
*****Yow-zee!*****

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

Friday – December 9, 2016

3:45 AM
21 DAYS (1940)
After accidentally killing his mistress’ husband, a man must decide whether to let another man hang for his crime.
Dir: Basil Dean Cast:  Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier.
BW-75 mins

7:45 AM
THE WIDOW FROM CHICAGO (1930)
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast:  Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson.
BW-62 mins

11:30 PM
THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast:  Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
C-60 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 10, 2016

1:45 AM
PENTHOUSE (1933)
The mob frames a lawyer for murder, so he enlists a call girl’s help in finding the real killer.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast:  Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth.
BW-89 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 11, 2016

5:00 AM
ALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast:  Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane.
BW-67 mins, CC

7:45 AM
SCROOGE (1935) (Christmas)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Dir: Henry Edwards Cast:  Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Maurice Evans.
BW-78 mins

11:15 AM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949) (Christmas)
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.
BW-87 mins, CC

1:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945) (Christmas)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-101 mins, CC
*****My favorite Christmas movie! I’m glad TCM is playing it three times this month.*****

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Monday – December 12, 2016

7:00 PM
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) (Christmas)
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.
C-113 mins, CC

9:00 PM
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949) (Christmas)
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast:  Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall.
C-103 mins, CC
*****Actually, the guide says this is a Christmas movie, but I am not sure. I know The Shop Around the Corner is set during the holidays, but I just can’t remember about this one.****

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Tuesday – December 13, 2016

12:15 AM
BACHELOR MOTHER (1939) (Christmas)
A fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast:  Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn.
BW-82 mins, CC

1:45 AM
BUNDLE OF JOY (1956) (Christmas)
A shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast:  Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou.
C-98 mins, CC

12:15 PM
ACT OF VIOLENCE (1948)
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast:  Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh.
BW-82 mins, CC

1:45 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
*****This is another terrific Barbara Stanwyck movie.*****

3:45 PM
THE PROWLER (1951)
A policeman’s obsession with a married woman leads to murder.
Dir: Joseph Losey Cast:  Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell.
BW-93 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 14, 2016

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 Cast:  Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Mary Maguire.
BW-63 mins, CC

9:30 AM
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN (1938)
An insurance man tangles with a fraud ring.
Dir: William Clemens Cast:  Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell.
BW-62 mins, CC

12:00 PM
MYSTERY HOUSE (1938)
A detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast:  Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel.
BW-57 mins

1:00 PM
OVER THE WALL (1938)
A prison chaplain tries to help a man framed for murder prove his innocence.
Dir: Frank MacDonald Cast:  Dick Foran, June Travis, John Litel.
BW-67 mins

2:15 PM
BLACKWELL’S ISLAND (1939)
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Dir: William McGann Cast:  John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell.
BW-71 mins, CC

7:00 PM
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
An ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged woman, then plots with his mistress to murder her.
Dir: David Miller Cast:  Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame.
BW-110 mins

9:00 PM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C-105 mins, CC

11:00 PM
THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947)
A woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith.
BW-99 mins, CC

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

Thursday – December 15, 2016

3:00 AM
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

9:15 AM
THE RIGHT TO LIVE (1935)
A crippled war hero’s death turns out to be murder.
Dir: William Keighley Cast:  Josephine Hutchinson, George Brent, Colin Clive.
BW-69 mins

7:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) (Christmas)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW-99 mins, CC
*****Terrific Christmas movie.*****

9:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945) (Christmas)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-101 mins, CC
*****My favorite Christmas movie! I’m glad TCM is playing it three times this month.*****

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Saturday – December 17, 2016

5:45 AM
LOVE LETTERS (1945)
A soldier falls for the woman who may have killed his best friend.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast:  Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards.
BW-101 mins, CC

3:00 PM
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast:  Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
BW-102 mins, CC
*****If you haven’t already seen this movie, make an effort to try to watch it!Not a mystery.*****

5:00 PM
SEND ME NO FLOWERS (1964)
When he mistakenly thinks he’s dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife’s next husband.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast:  Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Ditto what I wrote about the movie above this one! Not a mystery.*****

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Sunday – December 18, 2016

3:15 AM
ALICE, SWEET ALICE (1977)
When people in an Italian-American neighborhood are murdered, suspicion falls on a lonely 12-year-old.
Dir: Alfred Sole Cast:  Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard.
C-105 mins, CC

5:00 AM
BACKFIRE (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast:  Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo.
BW-91 mins, CC

8:00 AM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938) (Christmas)
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.
BW-69 mins, CC

11:00 AM
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949) (Christmas)
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast:  Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall.
C-103 mins, CC
*****I’m really not sure if this is a Christmas movie or not. The TCM guide says it is…*****

7:00 PM
SCROOGE (1970) (Christmas)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast:  Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
C-114 mins, CC

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

Monday – December 19, 2016

5:00 AM
ANGEL FACE (1953)
An unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman.
BW-91 mins, CC

6:45 AM
BEWARE, MY LOVELY (1952)
A widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient.
Dir: Harry Horner Cast:  Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes.
BW-77 mins, CC

8:15 AM
CONFLICT (1945)
A man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-85 mins, CC

9:45 AM
DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
BW-106 mins, CC

11:45 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.
BW-95 mins, CC

1:30 PM
THE UNFAITHFUL (1947)
While her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast:  Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott.
BW-109 mins

3:30 PM
PHANTOM LADY (1944)
A mystery woman is a murder suspect’s only alibi for the night of his wife’s death.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast:  Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis.
BW-87 mins

5:00 PM
CAPE FEAR (1962)
An ex-convict plots to destroy the district attorney who sent him to prison.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast:  Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen.
BW-106 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 20, 2016

8:30 AM
THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE (1933)
A murder brings together a woman and the son she was forced to give up years earlier.
Dir: Charles Brabin Cast:  Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes.
BW-84 mins, CC

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

Wednesday – December 21, 2016

5:00 AM
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
BW-97 mins, CC

6:45 AM
BORN TO KILL (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast:  Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak.
BW-92 mins, CC

8:30 AM
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C-105 mins, CC

11:00 AM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast:  Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-113 mins, CC

1:00 PM
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

3:00 PM
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

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

Thursday – December 22, 2016

7:30 AM
BARRICADE (1950)
Two fugitives try to prove the head of a mining camp is a murderer.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman.
C-75 mins

9:00 AM
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE (1951)
An actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
Dir: King Vidor Cast:  Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge.
BW-90 mins

10:45 AM
MARA MARU (1952)
A salvage diver is accused of murder while hunting a mysterious treasure.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast:  Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr.
BW-98 mins

3:45 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.
BW-73 mins, CC

5:00 PM
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

7:00 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949) (Christmas)
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.
BW-87 mins, CC

8:45 PM
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) (Christmas)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
BW-94 mins, CC
*****This is another Christmas movie that I love watching.*****

10:30 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951) (Christmas)
Ghosts visit a miser during the holidays to teach him the errors of his ways.
Dir: Brian Desmond-Hurst Cast:  Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns.
BW-86 mins, CC

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

Friday – December 23, 2016

5:00 AM
EVELYN PRENTICE (1934)
A criminal lawyer’s wife faces blackmail when she has an affair.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel.
BW-79 mins, CC

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

8:45 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.
BW-112 mins, CC

10:45 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 II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW-103 mins, CC

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

Saturday – December 24, 2016

12:45 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 II Cast:  William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
BW-97 mins, CC

2:30 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.
BW-101 mins, CC

4:15 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.
BW-87 mins, CC

9:15 AM
SCROOGE (1970) (Christmas)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast:  Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
C-114 mins, CC

11:15 AM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947) (Christmas)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast:  Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC

1:15 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949) (Christmas)
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.
BW-87 mins, CC

3:00 PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) (Christmas)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast:  Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW-99 mins, CC

5:00 PM
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) (Christmas)
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.
C-113 mins, CC

7:00 PM
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945) (Christmas)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-101 mins, CC
*****My favorite Christmas movie! I’m glad TCM is playing it three times this month.*****

11:00 PM
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949) (Christmas?)
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast:  Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall.
C-103 mins, CC

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

Sunday – December 25, 2016

1:00 AM
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941) (Christmas)
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.
BW-113 mins, CC

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

Tuesday – December 27, 2016

5:00 AM
ACROSS THE PACIFIC (1942)
An American agent tries to keep Axis spies from blowing up the Panama Canal.
Dir: John Huston Cast:  Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet.
C-96 mins, CC

10:00 AM
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

5:15 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.
BW-100 mins, CC

7:00 PM
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

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

Wednesday – December 28, 2016

6:45 AM
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1952)
A tough cop sent to help in a mountain manhunt falls for the quarry’s blind sister.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast:  Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond.
BW-82 mins, CC

10:00 AM
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

4:30 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

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

Thursday – December 29, 2016

3:00 AM
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945)
Guests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
Dir: René Clair Cast:  Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward.
BW-97 mins, CC

9:30 AM
THE BIG STEAL (1949)
Seduction and murder follow the theft of an Army payroll.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix.
BW-71 mins, CC

11:00 AM
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955)
A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero’s family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis.
C-81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 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

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

Friday – December 30, 2016

7:00 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, Letterbox Format

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

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 2016 television mystery movies schedule:

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2016

Also, if you’re looking for the new Hallmark Christmas movies that will be showing during December 2016, be sure to click this link which will take you to my Hallmark 2016 Christmas movies schedule.

And of course, 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