It’s almost November, and I finished the Upcoming Television Mystery Movies entry a bit early. Here are the television mystery movies that we have in store for us during November 2014. I have also listed a few of my truly-enjoyed non-mystery movies, just in case you might be in the mood for one of them.
These are mystery movies from the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as the PBS Masterpiece Mystery shows. I hope you’re able to find a few that spark your interest.
As usual, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (November), please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!
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November 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
Saturday – November 1, 2014
5:45 AM
Doctor X (1932)
A reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy.
C-76 mins
7:15 AM
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1941)
A scientist’s investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner.
BW-113 mins, CC
9:30 AM
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
A wheelchair-bound doctor fights off a homicidal maniac.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Philip Dorn, Donna Reed.
BW-84 mins
9:00 PM
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell.
BW-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Margaret Rutherford is a totally different type of Miss Marple.*****
10:45 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, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – November 2, 2014
3:00 AM
Wait Until Dark (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Monday – November 3, 2014
2:00 PM
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
An aspiring actress risks her life to clear a sailor charged with murder.
Dir: Harold Clurman Cast: Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams.
BW-83 mins, CC
3:30 PM
Nocturne (1946)
A police detective refuses to believe a composer’s death was suicide.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston.
BW-87 mins, CC
5:00 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 Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn.
BW-111 mins, CC
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Tuesday – November 4, 2014
10:00 PM
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
A baby photographer mistaken for a private eye ends up framed for murder.
Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre.
BW-86 mins, CC
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Wednesday – November 5, 2014
1:00 PM
Gambling Lady (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien.
BW-66 mins, CC
2:15 PM
Woman Wanted (1935)
An innocent woman is chased by both gangsters and the police.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Maureen O’Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Lewis Stone.
BW-67 mins, CC
4:45 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-120 mins, CC
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Thursday – November 6, 2014
4:00 AM
Secrets of the French Police (1932)
Strange crimes committed by a hypnotized woman are solved by a French detective.
Dir: Edward Sutherland Cast: Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, Frank Morgan.
BW-58 mins
9:15 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, Letterbox Format
11:15 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-104 mins, CC
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Friday – November 7, 2014
4:45 PM
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
7:00 PM
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
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Saturday – November 8, 2014
7:15 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
*****What a delightful movie!*****
11:00 AM
Scene of the Crime (1949)
A detective tries to solve a policeman’s murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria De Haven.
BW-94 mins, CC
5:00 PM
Saboteur (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger.
BW-109 mins, CC
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Sunday – November 9, 2014
5:15 PM
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
A New York businessman’s dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas.
BW-94 mins, CC
*****Not a mystery.*****
7:00 PM
Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.
BW-87 mins, CC
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Wednesday – November 12, 2014
2:30 PM
Gypsy (1962)
A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden.
C-143 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Rosalind Russell is like a force of nature in this movie. Not a mystery.*****
7:00 PM
In This Our Life (1942)
A neurotic southerner steals her sister’s husband then vies with her for another man.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent.
BW-97 mins, CC
*****No one can do mean like Bette Davis did! Not a mystery.*****
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Thursday – November 13, 2014
3:00 PM
Woman of the Year (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter.
BW-114 mins, CC
*****If you haven’t seen this, make sure you do! Not a mystery.*****
5:00 PM
Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****What can I say? I just love these movies with the Rock, Doris, and Tony. Not a mystery.*****
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Saturday – November 15, 2014
9:30 AM
Dr. Gillespie’s Criminal Case (1943)
A wheelchair-bound doctor tries to prove a convicted killer’s innocence.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Keye Luke.
BW-89 mins
9:00 PM
Dead Ringer (1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford.
BW-116 mins, CC
*****Did I mention no one does evil like Bette Davis? Not technically a mystery.*****
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Monday – November 17, 2014
5:00 AM
A Fine Pair (1969)
A detective gets involved with a beautiful jewel thief.
Dir: Francesco Maselli Cast: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian.
C-90 mins, CC
8:30 AM
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan.
C-152 mins, CC
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Tuesday – November 18, 2014
4:30 PM
Super Sleuth (1937)
A movie detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast: Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli.
BW-70 mins
11:45 PM
Gilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she’s married to his new boss.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready.
BW-110 mins, CC
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Wednesday – November 19, 2014
12:15 PM
Counterplot (1959)
While hiding in Puerto Rico, a man framed for murder dodges the police, his girlfriend and the real killer.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes, Gerald Milton.
BW-76 mins, Letterbox Format
7:00 PM
The Whistler (1944)
A grieving widower hires an assassin to kill him only to have his late wife turn up alive.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Richard Dix, J. Carrol Naish, Gloria Stuart.
BW-60 mins, CC
8:15 PM
The Power of the Whistler (1945)
A young woman seeks an amnesiac’s true identity in the clues in his pockets.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell.
BW-66 mins, CC
10:45 PM
The Mysterious Intruder (1946)
A detective discovers the woman he’s been hired to track down is the key to an unusual inheritance.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale.
BW-62 mins
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Thursday – November 20, 2014
12:00 AM
Whistling In The Dark (1941)
A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford.
BW-78 mins, CC
1:30 AM
Whistling In Dixie (1942)
A radio detective’s southern honeymoon is cut short by the discovery of a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft.
BW-74 mins, CC
3:00 AM
Whistling In Brooklyn (1943)
A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers.
BW-87 mins, CC
4:30 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
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Sunday – November 23, 2014
1:00 AM
Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971)
A blind man and a reporter investigate a break-in at a center for genetic research.
Dir: Dario Argento Cast: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak.
C-112 mins, Letterbox Format
1:00 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
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Wednesday – November 26, 2014
5:30 PM
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
An artist discovers his gift when he falls for a beautiful ghost.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore.
C-86 mins, CC
10:30 PM
The Fake (1953)
An American investigator in London discovers that a posh museum’s da Vinci is a fake.
Dir: Godfrey Grayson Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams.
BW-71 mins
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Thursday – November 27, 2014
12:00 AM
The Happy Thieves (1962)
A worldly art thief gets mixed up with murder.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Rex Harrison, Rita Hayworth, Joseph Wiseman.
C-89 mins, Letterbox Format
3:30 AM
Crack-Up (1946)
An art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall.
BW-93 mins, CC
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Friday – November 28, 2014
4:30 AM
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
6:30 AM
Saboteur (1942)
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger.
BW-109 mins, CC
8:30 AM
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey.
BW-108 mins, CC
10:30 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
10:30 PM
It Happened One Night (1934)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
BW-105 mins, CC
*****Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable at their best. Not a mystery.*****
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Saturday – November 29, 2014
4:15 AM
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Life on the road isn’t what it’s cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main.
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
*****Lucy and “Ricky” sixty years ago! Not a mystery.*****
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November 2014 PBS Masterpiece Mystery! Movies (Central time zone):
Sundays – October 26 to Sundays – November 2, 2014
8:00 PM
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
Remember when I told you that P.D. James had ventured into a Jane Austen novel? Well this will bring that novel to life. Elizabeth and Darcy will be holding a ball at Pemberley, and what do you suppose happens?
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I recently started including the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel’s line up in my monthly television mystery movies entry. However, the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel just changed their online schedule, and I find it so difficult to read through that I won’t be able to include these movies anymore. I’m sorry!
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Here is last month’s Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2014 entry, in case you want to see what is playing the rest of this month.
And this is the Upcoming Halloween Television Movies for October 2014 entry.
