So, what mystery movies will air on TV during March 2014?

Well, I don’t know about all of them, but I do know about the mystery movies they will be airing on the Turner Classic Movies channel. I have gone through TCM‘s Now Playing for March 2014 (as I do each month) and have come up with the following list of mystery movies. 

March 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):

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Saturday – March 1, 2014

7:00 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Wednesday – March 5, 2014

12:15 AM
SALT AND PEPPER (1968)
Two nightclub owners investigate the murder of a secret agent found in their apartment.
Dir: Richard D. Donner Cast: Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Michael Bates
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:30 AM
ARE YOU LISTENING? (1932)
A radio announcer accidentally kills his wife, then leads an on-air hunt for her killer.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: William Haines, Madge Evans, Anita Page
BW-73 mins

4:00 PM
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

7:00 PM
DODSWORTH (1936)
A husband whose wife left him looks for new love in Europe.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas
BW-101 mins, CC
***This is not a mystery, but it is one of my favorite movies.***

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Thursday – March 6, 2014

6:45 AM
DINKY (1935)
A military school cadet’s mother is framed and sent to prison.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Jackie Cooper, Mary Astor, Roger Pryor
BW-65 mins

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Friday – March 7, 2014

4:00 PM
COUNT THE HOURS (1953)
A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Teresa Wright, MacDonald Carey, Dolores Moran
BW-75 mins, CC

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Saturday – March 8, 2014

9:30 AM
MURDER ON A BRIDLE PATH (1936)
Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers matches wits with the police to solve the murder of a society bride in Central Park.
Dir: Edward Killy Cast: James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer
BW-67 mins, CC

10:45 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

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Monday – March 10, 2013

7:00 AM
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-74 mins, CC

8:30 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

1:15 PM
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

3:00 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

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Tuesday – March 11, 2014

11:30 AM
BENGAZI (1955)
Three shady characters team up to search for Nazi gold in the African desert.
Dir: John Brahm Cast: Richard Conte, Victor McLaglen, Richard Carlson
BW-79 mins, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM
CONFIDENCE GIRL (1952)
A con-artist couple pose as a detective and a psychic.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast: Tom Conway, Hillary Brooke, Eddie Marr
BW-81 mins

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Wednesday – March 12, 2014

12:15 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

7:45 AM
PRIVATE DETECTIVE 62 (1933)
A private eye in Paris falls for the beautiful gambling lady he’s investigating.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly
BW-66 mins

9:00 AM
RENDEZVOUS (1935)
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes
BW-94 mins, CC

7:00 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

9:00 PM
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

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Thursday – March 13, 2014

1:00 AM
THERE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN (1938)
While working on a simple case, married private eyes uncover a murder.
Dir: Alexander Hall Cast: Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor
BW-81 mins

4:30 AM
THE MURDER OF DR. HARRIGAN (1936)
A doctor investigates the murder of a colleague involved in experimental surgery.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge
BW-67 mins

5:45 AM
THE MAN WITH TWO FACES (1934)
An actor uses his skills to protect his sister from her sinister husband.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez
BW-73 mins, CC

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Saturday – March 15, 2014

9:30 AM
THE PLOT THICKENS (1936)
Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers suspects a deadly link between two seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Ben Holmes Cast: James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Owen Davis Jr.
BW-69 mins, CC

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Sunday – March 16, 2014

5:00 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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Tuesday – March 18, 2014

8:15 PM
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

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Wednesday – March 19, 2014

10:15 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

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Saturday – March 22, 2014

9:30 AM
FORTY NAUGHTY GIRLS (1938)
A schoolteacher turns detective to solve a theatrical murder.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast: James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie Lord
BW-63 mins
***Based on a Stuart Palmer: Hildegarde Withers Mysteries***

7:00 PM
THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Sunday – March 23, 2014

5:00 AM
LADY IN THE LAKE (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Dir: Robert Montgomery Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
BW-103 mins, CC

9:00 PM
NOTORIOUS (1946)
A U.S. agent recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
BW-101 mins, CC

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Monday – March 24, 2014

1:00 AM
FISTS IN THE POCKET (1965)
A deeply disturbed young man subject to seizures decides to murder members of his dysfunctional family.
Dir: Marco Bellocchio Cast: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masè
BW-105 mins

11:15 AM
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley
BW-95 mins, CC

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Tuesday – March 25, 2014

1:00 PM
MADELEINE (1950)
A beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny
BW-115 mins, CC

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Thursday – March 27, 2014

9:15 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
***Based on Erle Stanley Gardner‘s Perry Mason mystery book.***

11:15 AM
RED HOT TIRES (1935)
A race-car driver wrongly convicted of murder escapes prison to prove his innocence.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor, Roscoe Karns.
BW-61 mins

1:45 PM
I AM A THIEF (1935)
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges
BW-64 mins

3:00 PM
ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949)
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh
BW-82 mins, CC

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Friday – March 28, 2014

9:45 AM
SHERLOCK HOLMES (1922)
Sherlock Holmes faces off against Professor Moriarty.
Dir: Albert Parker Cast: John Barrymore, Roland Young, Carol Dempster
BW-86 mins
*** This is a silent film.***

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Saturday – March 29, 2014

2:30 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, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
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, Letterbox Format

11:00 PM
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders
BW-100 mins, CC

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Sunday – March 30, 2014

3:00 PM
TOPKAPI (1964)
An international band of thieves plots to steal a priceless treasure from a heavily guarded museum.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov , Maximilian Schell
C-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. There were a few mystery movies that appeared in my monthly TCM Now Playing that didn’t show up on TCM’s schedule online, so I didn’t add them to the list.)

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