Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for July 2013
Let’s take a look and see what old, black and white mystery movies will be airing this month. I am an avid fan of old movies, and the TCM channel seems to be the network that I find most of them playing.
Here is the list of the upcoming television mystery movies that I have been able to find which will air on the Turner Classic Movie channel (TCM). (I go through my TCM Now Playing guide to find them.)
As usual, I must tell you that I have not seen all of the movies on this list, so I can’t vouch for all of them. Also, since I live in the Central time zone, it’s just easier for me to list them in that time frame. If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during July 2013, please post a comment.
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Wednesday – July 3, 2013
CHANDLER (1971) 4:45 PM (Central)
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, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – July 4, 2013
THE SCARLET COAT (1955) 8:45 AM (Central)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders
C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – July 5, 2013
SH! THE OCTOPUS (1937) 5:15 AM (Central)
Daffy detectives fight off a giant octopus in a haunted lighthouse.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston
BW-54 mins, TV-G
(Hmmm >>> The word “daffy” in TCM’s description might not be such a good thing. We’ll see…)
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – July 6, 2013
THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (1945) 9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth enlists a little girl’s help in nabbing a mob of silk smugglers.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward S. Brophy
BW-66 mins, TV-G
THE BAD SEED (1956) 11:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC
(I don’t know if this one really qualifies as a mystery, but it’s doggone good!)
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – July 9, 2013
THE BIG HEAT (1953) 8:15 AM (Central)
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, TV-14, CC
RANSOM! (1956) 11:45 AM (Central)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
Dir: Alex Segal Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – July 10, 2013
TRADE WINDS (1938) 8:30 PM (Central)
A private eye falls for the murderess he’s pursuing.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy
BW-94 mins, TV-G
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – July 12, 2013
CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (1983) 9:00 PM (Central) (Possibly in French?)
An accused man’s secretary tries to find the real killer.
Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969) 11:00 PM (Central) (Possibly in French?)
A plantation owner’s mail-order bride turns out to be a beautiful woman with murder on her mind.
Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet
C-123 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – July 13, 2013
THE FALCON’S ALIBI (1946) 9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron’s lost jewels.
Dir: Ray McCarey Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
BW-63 mins, TV-G
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – July 14, 2013
THE LADY EVE (1941) 1:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC
(Definitely not a mystery, but an incredibly good Preston Sturges comedy. Beware, though >>> This might make you a Barbara Stanwyck fan!)
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – July 15, 2013
THE WHOLE TRUTH (1958) 5:00 AM (Central)
A woman tries to prove her cheating husband didn’t murder his mistress.
Dir: John Guillermin Cast: Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders
BW-84 mins, TV-PG
THE WRONG BOX (1966) 8:00 PM (Central)
Two elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine
C-106 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – July 20, 2013
THE FALCON’S ADVENTURE (1946) 9:45 AM (Central)
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward S. Brophy
BW-62 mins, TV-G
GASLIGHT (1944) 7:00 PM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – July 24, 2013
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940) 6:45 AM (Central)
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, TV-PG, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – July 25, 2013
THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948) 1:30 PM (Central)
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, TV-G, CC
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969) 7:00 PM (Central)
A headstrong young teacher in a private school ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable charges with her world view.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin
C-116 mins, TV-14
(Not a mystery, but a must-see for Maggie Smith fans.)
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – July 27, 2013
NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE (1939) 9:45 AM (Central)
A famous detective investigates industrial espionage at a plane factory.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull
BW-59 mins, TV-PG, CC
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – July 28, 2013
COMPULSION (1959) 1:00 PM (Central)
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell
BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – July 29, 2013
FEAR (1946) 5:45 PM (Central)
A detective uses psychological warfare to get a confession out of a murderous student.
Dir: Alfred Zeisler Cast: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne
BW-68 mins, TV-PG
***** ***** ***** *****
If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be airing this month, feel free to post a comment.
(All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)
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Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations – June 2013
Today it’s supposed to hit 100°, Friday sees us at a projected 102°, however, Saturday is supposed to be our scorcher at 104°. Thankfully, we’ll be cooling back down on Sunday (102°)! Yes, summer is upon us here in San Antonio. (I absolutely don’t know what people did before air conditioning!)
As July quickly approaches, it’s time for me to ask you all to recommend your favorite June 2013 Cozy Mystery book. This should be the book you read during this month that you want the rest of us to know about. (If you read more than just one Cozy Mystery that you loved, let us know about those.) Please tell us why you enjoyed the book (books). That way, the rest of us can decide whether your recommended Cozy Mystery is a book we would like to try.
[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the books you read that you didn’t like.]
What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during June 2013, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?
Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read this past month:
Susan Wittig Albert: Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mystery Series
Esri Allbritten: Chihuahua of the Baskervilles
Jenna Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Savanna Martin Real Estate Mystery
Series
Susan M. Boyer: Lowcountry Boil
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series
Duffy Brown: Consignment Shop Mystery Series
Susanna Calkins: Lucy Campion Mystery Series
Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series
Carol K. Carr: Madam of Espionage Mystery Series
Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series
Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series
Blaize Clement: Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series
Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Gourmet De-Lite Mystery Series
Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Museum Mystery Series
J. J. Cook (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene): Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series
Shelley Costa: You Cannoli Die Once
Philip R. Craig: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series
Judith Cutler: Lina Townend Mystery Series
Krista Davis: Domestic Diva Mystery Series
Sharon Dunn: Texas K-9 Unit Mystery Series
Dorothy Eden: Darkwater
Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg: FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare Mystery Series
Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series
Carolyn Haines: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series
Emma Jameson: Lord & Lady Hetherdige Mystery Series
Abigail Keam: Death by a HoneyBee (Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series)
Stephen King: Joyland (Hard Case Crime Mystery)
Allison Kingsley (aka Kate Kingsbury & Rebecca Kent): Raven’s Nest Bookstore Mystery Series
Sherry Lewis (aka Jacklyn Brady): Senior Sleuth Fred Vickery Mystery Series
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): League of Literary Ladies Mystery Series
Meg London (aka Peg Cochran): Sweet Nothings Vintage Lingerie Mystery Series
Patricia MacDonald: Sisters
Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling Mystery Series
Susan Elia MacNeal: Maggie Hope Mystery Series
Mary Jane Maffini (aka Victoria Abbot): Charlotte Adams Mystery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence & Josie Belle): Library Lover’s Mystery Series
Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series
Stuart Palmer: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series
Nancy Pickard: Eugenia Potter Mystery Series
Spencer Quinn (aka Peter Abrahams): Chet and Bernie Mystery Series
Anne Rutherford: The Opening Night Murder
Joanna Campbell Slan: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series
Dana Stabenow: Kate Shugak Mystery Series
Denise Swanson: Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Series
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Maggie Bishop, James Hime, Amy Metz, Lane Stone, & Lois Winston – 5 Author Additions to the Cozy Mystery Site
Since I have well over 100 authors on my “Authors to Post” list, I thought that I would try to get some of them posted. (Every time I post new authors, I get letters with even more authors for me to post.)
Here are the five newest mystery author additions to the Cozy Mystery site:
Maggie Bishop Bishop writes the Appalachian Adventure Mystery Series. This series involves the daughter of the owners of a guest house ranch in North Carolina. Jemma Chase (the daughter) comes home to help on the ranch. She not only sleuths, but also has some very good carpentry skills.
James Hime Hime’s first mystery in his Jeremiah Spur Mystery Series was nominated for 2004’s impressive Edgar Award – Best First Novel. The series features a retired Texas Ranger in a small town in Texas.
Amy Metz Metz is a former school teacher who writes the Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series. Goose Pimple Junction is the quaint, little town in the south where Tess Tremaine lives and sleuths.
Lane Stone Stone writes the Tiara Investigations Mystery Series, which features three middle-aged former beauty queens who sleuth. These women have replaced their beauty queen tiaras with their Standard Schnauzers.
Lois Winston Winston writes the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series. This series features a widow (mother of two) who is the craft editor at a New Jersey crafting magazine. Winston has won awards for her needlework and craft designs.
