Good grief! We’re halfway done with 2016! Is it too early to start counting the days until Christmas? Our daughter will be coming home for the holidays, and with our son here in San Antonio, it’s my favorite family time of the year. Both my husband and I feel like “all is right with the world” when we have both of our children with us.
However, that’s not the purpose of this entry! So, let’s get to it! Here are the mystery movies that I was able to find that will be airing in July 2016. If you like cowboy movies (I’m not a big fan of them…) this is your month on the Turner Classic Movies channel! Luckily, I was able to find some mystery movies, too.
As for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, well, the beginning of July doesn’t look good for us mystery lovers >>> unless you like the Hart to Hart reruns. However, if you missed any of the Christmas movies they air each year, they’ll be re-airing lots of them. I was only able to put up the schedule until the third Saturday in the month, and, well, you’ll see if you go down to the bottom of this entry that the first two weeks aren’t very mystery-oriented. (I sort of suspected Hallmark M & M might look a little stark since June was such a big month for the mystery part of their channel’s name.) However, during the third week of July they start airing mysteries again. If you missed any of the Aurora Teagarden mystery movies (based on the mystery series by Charlaine Harris), they will be re-aired on Wednesday, July 20. And for all of you Mystery Woman fans, there’s a marathon coming up.
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July 2016 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
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Friday – July 1, 2016
5:30 PM
CHANDLER (1971)
A former private eye lands in hot water when he agrees to protect a government witness.
Dir: Paul Magwood Cast: Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier.
C-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:00 PM
RAFFLES (1939)
A suave thief falls in love again with his high school sweetheart and finds temptation and a detective on his trail while visiting her family.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: David Niven, Olivia De Havilland, Dame May Whitty.
BW-72 mins, CC,
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – July 2, 2016
1:30 PM
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
3:00 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,
5:00 PM
THE CAREY TREATMENT (1972)
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle.
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – July 3, 2016
1:15 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,
3:00 AM
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
*****Yikes! Bette Davis really puts on the bad in this one!*****
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Monday – July 4, 2016
3:30 AM
PATHS OF GLORY (1958)
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict.
BW-88 mins, CC,
10:45 AM
THE SCARLET COAT (1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders.
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Wednesday – July 6, 2016
5:15 AM
VIRGINIA CITY (1940)
A rebel spy poses as a wild West dance hall girl.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott.
BW-121 mins, CC,
4:00 PM
THE BOUNTY HUNTER (1954)
A bounty hunter attempts to track down three killers.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor.
C-79 mins, CC,
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Thursday – July 7, 2016
7:00 PM
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
Two Washington Post reporters investigate the Watergate break-in that ended Nixon’s presidency.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards Jr..
C-138 mins, CC,
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Friday – July 8, 2016
1:45 AM
THE CONVERSATION (1974)
A surveillance expert uncovers a murder plot within a corrupt corporation.
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield.
C-114 mins, CC,
3:45 AM
KLUTE (1971)
A small-town detective searches for a missing man linked to a high-priced prostitute.
Dir: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi.
C-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:45 AM
THE LADY EVE (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW-94 mins, CC,
*****Terribly funny. Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda are absolutely delightful to watch. Not a mystery.*****
4:30 PM
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
BW-112 mins, CC,
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Sunday – July 10, 2016
1:15 AM
STUNTS (1977)
A stuntman investigates his brother’s death on a movie shoot.
Dir: Mark L. Lester Cast: Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Joanna Cassidy.
C-89 mins,
7:30 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,
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Monday – July 11, 2016
2:45 AM
THE VANISHING (1988)
A young man is obsessed with finding the girlfriend who vanished at a rest stop.
Dir: George Sluizer Cast: Gene Bervoets, Johanna Ter Steege, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu.
C-106 mins, Letterbox Format
9:30 AM
THE BURNING HILLS (1956)
A young cowboy and a Mexican girl run from a ruthless criminal.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Skip Homeier.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:00 PM
ABOUT MRS. LESLIE (1954)
An aging woman recalls the affair that consumed her life.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar.
BW-104 mins, CC,
*****Terrific movie. Shirley Booth is superb. Not a mystery.*****
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Wednesday – July 13, 2016
11:15 PM
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
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Thursday – July 14, 2016
9:00 PM
THE STEPFORD WIVES (1975)
A recent arrival in suburbia suspects a sinister reason for the local women’s model behavior.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson.
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Friday – July 15, 2016
9:00 PM
THE HEIRESS (1949)
A plain young woman’s money makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson.
BW-115 mins, CC,
*****OK, I know it’s difficult to believe Olivia de Havilland is “plain” >>> but putting that aside, this is a very good movie.*****
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Sunday – July 17, 2016
11:00 AM
HARPER (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
C-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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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Monday – July 18, 2016
8:45 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.
BW-111 mins, CC,
10:45 PM
LIFEBOAT (1944)
Survivors of a torpedoed boat take in a German Naval officer from the sub that sank them.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak.
BW-97 mins, CC,
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Tuesday – July 19, 2016
12:30 AM
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,
*****Robert Mitchum is one scary man in this movie.*****
2:15 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,
3:30 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,
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Thursday – July 21, 2016
6:15 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,
*****Agatha Christie*****
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Friday – July 22, 2016
7:00 PM
MY COUSIN RACHEL (1952)
A young man suspects his cousin’s wife of murder.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Olivia De Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton.
BW-98 mins, CC,
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Sunday – July 24, 2016
9:15 AM
MURDER AHOY (1964)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes to the seas to investigate murder on a naval training ship.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell.
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****This is a Miss Marple who is quite different from the rest!*****
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Friday – July 29, 2016
1:00 AM
THE DROWNING POOL (1975)
A private eye’s investigation of an anonymous letter leads to murder.
Dir: Stuart Rosenberg Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Tony Franciosa.
C-108 mins, Letterbox Format
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Saturday – July 30, 2016
11:00 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,
3:00 PM
THE WILD NORTH (1952)
A Mountie tracks an accused killer through the Canadian wilderness.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse.
C-97 mins, CC,
4:45 PM
LOGAN’S RUN (1975)
A future police officer uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter.
C-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – July 31, 2016
9:00 AM
THE BAD SEED (1956)
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
C-129 mins, CC,
3:00 PM
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell.
BW-118 mins, CC,
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July 2016 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
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Weekday Schedule:
12:00 – 2:00 AM
Murder, She Wrote
2:00 – 4:00 AM
Hart to Hart
4:00 – 6:00 AM
Matlock
6:00 AM
Columbo
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Diagnosis Murder
10:00 – 11:59 PM
Murder, She Wrote
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Thursday – July 14, 2016
12:00 PM
Hart to Hart Returns
Jonathan expresses an interest in buying an aircraft company from a friend and finds himself implicated in a murder case when corrupt defense contractors aim to prevent the takeover. Meanwhile, Jennifer has difficulty getting her latest story published and Max experiences problems training Freeway Jr. Stars Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander.
2:00 PM
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
When Jennifer’s beloved teacher and mentor dies suddenly, she leaves the town she owned to Jennifer. A trail of mysterious clues leads the Harts to long-kept secrets about the town that were directly tied to her friend’s “accident,” and it looks like they’re destined to meet the same fate unless they can solve the mystery before it’s too late. Stars Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander.
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Saturday – July 16, 2016
8:00 AM – 11:50 PM
Hart to Hart marathon
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Sunday – July 17, 2016
8:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Mystery Woman marathon
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Wednesday – July 20, 2016
4:00 PM
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Librarian Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues and solve the murder before she becomes the next victim. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Marilu Henner and Alexa Doig.
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6:00 PM
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. As other brutal “copycat” killings follow, Aurora will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Lexa Doig, Robin Dunne and Marilu Henner.
8:00 PM
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
When Aurora pitches in to help her busy real estate mother she quickly realizes she has again walked into a life or death situation. When a body is discovered at her first house showing and a second body is found in another house for sale, it becomes obvious that there is a very cool killer at large. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Marilu Henner and Yannick Bisson.
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Thursday – July 21, 2016
12:00 PM
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
Someone is trying to sabotage a Broadway production of a play Jennifer wrote in college. When one of the stage hands is murdered, even Jonathan is a suspect. The Harts don’t have much time to ensure that the show will go on. Stars Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander.
2:00 PM
Wedding Planner Mystery
A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package. Stars Erica Durance, Andrew Walker and Brandon Beemer.
4:00 PM
Undercover Bridesmaid
Tanya, a highly-trained security guard who lost her zest for romance after being left at the altar, takes an assignment where she poses as a bridesmaid for a woman who has been receiving death threats before her wedding day. While undercover, Tanya not only solves the mystery, but she is finally able to put the past behind her and give love a second chance. Stars Brooke Burns, Nicole Paggi, and Gregory Harrison.
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(These Hallmark Movies & Mysteries descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries site. When I wrote this entry, I wasn’t able to finish the month because the Hallmark M & M channel only puts up a partial schedule, and it stopped on July 23.)
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We’d all love to hear about any more mystery movies airing during July 2016. If you know of any additional television mystery movies >>> please post a comment.
In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the June 2016 television mystery movies schedule:
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