I’m having a difficult time believing that it’s almost November >>> but it is! Since that’s the case, I want to hurry up and post the mystery movies that I have found that will air in that month. Oh, before I forget, I want to mention that the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will be showing a whole lot of Christmas movies during November, so I was only able to find one mystery movie, which happens to also be a Christmas movie. And, I don’t know if you all have noticed, but ever since the Turner Classic Movies channel started airing more recent movies, it has cut down the number of old, black & white mystery movies. What a drag! But, at least they are showing some!
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November 2015 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
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Monday – November 2, 2015
7:30 AM
YOU’RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE (1938)
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker.
BW-78 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. I didn’t watch my first Andy Hardy movie until very recently, and I’m glad I did. You may enjoy them, too.***
9:00 AM
ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER (1939)
A teenage boy falls in love with his drama teacher.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
BW-85 mins, CC
***Not a mystery, but you may enjoy it.***
2:00 PM
WASHINGTON MELODRAMA (1941)
A philanthropic businessman is framed for murder during a lobbying trip to Washington.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor.
BW-81 mins, CC
3:30 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, Ann Rutherford, Conrad Veidt
BW-78 mins, CC
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Wednesday – November 4, 2015
9:00 AM
HUNT THE MAN DOWN (1950)
Lawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Willard Parker.
BW-68 mins
4:45 PM
FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT (1963)
A woman tries to free herself from her husband by helping him fake his own death.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Anthony Perkins, Sophia Loren, Gig Young.
BW-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Thursday – November 5, 2015
11:15 PM
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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Friday – November 6, 2015
7:00 PM
CHARADE (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
C-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:00 PM
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945)
Guests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
Dir: René Clair Cast: Walter Huston, Barry Fitzgerald, Louis Hayward.
BW-97 mins, CC
***An Agatha Christie adaptation.***
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Saturday – November 7, 2015
12:30 AM
BERSERK (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Dir: Jim O’Connolly Cast: Joan Crawford, Diana Dors, Ty Hardin.
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:30 AM
THE NANNY (1965)
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Dir: Seth Holt Cast: Bette Davis, William Dix, Jill Bennett.
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:00 AM
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
4:45 PM
THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973)
A game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Richard Benjamin, James Colburn, Diane Cannon.
C-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:15 PM
MARIE: A TRUE STORY (1985)
A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
Dir: Roger Donaldson Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Morgan Freeman.
C-112 mins, Letterbox Format
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Tuesday – November 10, 2015
11:30 AM
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
1:15 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
5:00 PM
EVELYN PRENTICE (1934)
A criminal lawyer’s wife faces blackmail when she has an affair.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Una Merkel.
BW-79 mins, CC
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Wednesday – November 11, 2015
12:45 PM
GAMBLING LADY (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Pat O’Brien, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea.
BW-66 mins, CC
7:00 PM
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
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Thursday – November 12, 2015
7:30 AM
MR. AND MRS. NORTH (1941)
A sappily married couple discover a murder victim in their closet.
Dir: Robert B. Sinclair Cast: Gracie Allen, William Post, Jr., Paul Kelly.
BW-67 mins
11:15 AM
THE SECRET FURY (1950)
A mysterious figure tries to stop a woman’s marriage by driving her mad.
Dir: Mel Ferrer Cast: Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl.
BW-86 mins, CC
3:45 PM
GUNSIGHT RIDGE (1957)
A sheriff tries to find the man who killed his predecessor.
Dir: Francis D. Lyon Cast: Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens, Joan Weldon.
BW-85 mins
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Friday – November 13, 2015
5:00 AM
LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
A small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland.
BW-91 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. Another Andy Hardy movie.***
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Saturday – November 14, 2015
12:00 AM
THE WRONG BOX (1966)
Two elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Michael Caine.
C-106 mins, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – November 15, 2015
12:30 PM
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)
A beautiful neurotic will stop at nothing to hold onto her husband’s love.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Craine.
C-110 mins, CC
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Monday – November 16, 2015
9:00 PM
THE KISS OF DEATH (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark.
BW-99 mins
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Wednesday – November 18, 2015
9:00 PM
IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
Two vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forthsythe.
BW-135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Thursday – November 19, 2015
9:15 AM
BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS (1933)
A police chief helps a young bride find her missing husband or at least his corpse.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Pat O’Brien, Bette Davis, Lewis Stone.
BW-73 mins
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Saturday – November 21, 2015
11:00 AM
MURDER, SHE SAID (1961)
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Hickson.
BW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***A very different take on an Agatha Christie mystery. Includes a young Joan Hickson, who later went on to play an absolutely perfect Miss Marple.***
7:00 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
9:00 PM
POINT BLANK (1967)
A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:00 PM
EXPERIMENT IN TERROR (1962)
A master criminal tries to force a bank teller to help him pull off a big heist.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Ross Martin.
BW-123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Sunday – November 22, 2015
7:00 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
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Monday – November 23, 2015
8:45 AM
THE INVISIBLE MENACE (1938)
An Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Boris Karloff, Regis Toomey, Marie Wilson.
BW-55 mins
2:00 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, Boris Karloff.
BW-103 mins
5:15 PM
THE VENETIAN AFFAIR (1967)
A reporter investigates an American diplomat’s murder in Venice.
Dir: Jerry Thorpe Cast: Boris Karloff, Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer.
C-89 mins, Letterbox Format
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Tuesday – November 24, 2015
7:00 AM
SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954)
A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
Dir: Edmond O’Brien, Howard Coch Cast: Edmond O’Brien, John Agar, Carolyn Jones.
BW-82 mins
10:30 AM
THE BURNING HILLS (1956)
A young cowboy and a Mexican girl run from a ruthless criminal.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Tab Hunter, Skip Homeier, Natalie Wood.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:45 PM
HOT SUMMER NIGHT (1957)
A hot-shot reporter risks his life to land an interview with a notorious crook.
Dir: David Friedkin Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Edward Andrews, Jay C. Flippen.
BW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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Wednesday – November 25, 2015
7:00 PM
A TIME TO KILL (1996)
Dir: Joel Schumacher Cast: Matthey McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson.
BW-128 mins
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Thursday – November 26, 2015
12:00 AM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)
A poacher has to elude the Texas Rangers and the mob after stealing drug money.
Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem.
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***The next five movies star Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy. They are not mysteries.***
7:00 PM
DESK SET (1957)
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network’s research staff.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young.
C-103 mins
9:00 PM
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Fay Bainter.
BW-114 mins, CC
11:00 PM
STATE OF THE UNION (1948)
A presidential candidate fights to keep his integrity and his wife during a grueling campaign.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury.
BW-123 mins, CC
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Friday – November 27, 2015
1:15 AM
PAT AND MIKE (1952)
Romance blooms between a female athlete and her manager.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Aldo Ray.
BW-95 mins, CC
3:00 AM
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday.
BW-101 mins, CC
2:30 PM
CHARADE (1963)
A beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
C-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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
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Saturday – November 28, 2015
8:15 AM
DICK TRACY (1945)
Dick is faced with a series of murders in which the victims all come from different social and economic backgrounds.
Dir: William Berke Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki.
BW-61 mins, CC
1:15 PM
BADLANDS (1973)
A young tough guy and his teen-aged girlfriend take off on a killing spree.
Dir: Terrence Malick Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates.
C-94 mins, CC
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Sunday – November 29, 2015
7:00 AM
RANSOM! (1956)
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, CC
1:15 PM
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1954)
A dizzy model in love with fame rents a billboard and puts her name on it.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford.
BW-87 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. Judy Holliday is terrific!***
3:00 PM
CROSSING DELANCEY (1988)
An aging woman hires a matchmaker to find her independent granddaughter a man.
Dir: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk.
C-97 mins, CC
***Not a mystery. I just watched this movie last week, and as I watched it, I wished I would have told you all about it so you could have DVR-ed it. I’m delighted TCM is re-airing it so I can tell you about it now.***
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Monday – November 30, 2015
6:30 AM
SMART GIRLS DON’T TALK (1948)
A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, Helen Westcott.
BW-81 mins
11:45 AM
FLAXY MARTIN (1949)
Messing with a mobster’s girlfriend gets a lawyer framed for murder.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: Zachary Scott, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone.
BW-86 mins, CC
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(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)
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November 2015 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):
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Sunday – November 8, 2015
10:00 PM
Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas
Oliver, Shane, Norman and Rita work together in the dead letter office to solve the mystery behind an undeliverable Christmas card from years past. Stars Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson.
***Not a mystery, but I know there are some Signed, Sealed, Delivered fans out there.***
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Sunday – November 22, 2015 9/8c
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
This holiday season, Hannah Swensen is making plum pudding and trying to solve the murder of a man in his own office. It turns out the list of suspects who would have wanted to see the guy dead is a long one, from a bitter ex-wife to exasperated investors. But Hannah is on the case, not to mention ready for a little Christmas season romance. (Based on Joanne Fluke‘s very popular (very Cozy!) Hannah Swensen Mystery Series/)
Starring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison
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(Both of the above Hallmark Movies & Mysteries descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries site.)
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The rest of us would absolutely love hearing about any more mystery movies they will be airing during November 2015. So, if you know of any I haven’t listed, please post a comment.
Here is the October 2015 television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for October 2015
Hallmark & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Countdown to Christmas 2015
Here is the page on my site with lots and lots of entries of movies and television shows you may enjoy:
Sheila in CT says
Upcoming TV alert: I just read in Kate Collins newsletter that she has signed a contract optioning the first book in the series, MUM’S THE WORD, with six more to be made in 2016. The two to follow this movie are: SNIPPED IN THE BUD and DEARLY DEPOTTED which will be the second and third TV movies produced. Unfortunately it doesn’t mention what TV station the contract is with. Hope it is Hallmark.
P.S. Thanks for the TV listing for November.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sheila in CT, here’s the good news: Coming Soon: Hallmark Mystery and Holiday Movies. It looks like you got your wish!
Sheila of CT says
Thank you for that great news. I love the Flower Shop series by Kate Collins. Looking forward to the movies and new book.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sheila of CT, I’m glad you mentioned it, because I was starting to think I may have gotten the wrong information. I am so looking foward to Kate Collins’ Flower Shop mysteries being made for the Hallmark group.
Janice says
Thanks for this list of shows! It makes me want to sit down and watch some of the old ones, like The Thin Man. Time to set up my DVR and record some of these.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Janice, I’m with you! I’m going to get off line right now so I can go watch one of the old, black and white movies I have on my DVR.
Janice says
Do you know about the TV show “Mysteries of Laura?” It’s a great cozy mystery series. It’s in its second season, just started a couple of weeks ago. Love it!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Janice, thanks for the Mysteries of Laura tip. I just looked it up and see that it’s adapted from Televisión Española’s Los Misterios de Laura, which is pretty neat!
Donna Mc says
We switched to over-the-air antenna in an effort to save some money, so I can no longer watch TCM. It was my favorite channel. However, I still get lots of old films on free channels like Get-TV and This-TV, so maybe some of your readers can find those channels in their area! And those stations have recently started airing old TV shows like Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson, my mom loves those and it’s fun for me to see the actors that starred in the old movies being interviewed. Retro is the way to go now, in my opinion. 🙂
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Donna Mc, I just checked to see if we have access to either of those channels, and we don’t. 🙁 They sound like terrific channels. I used to watch some of the old, black and white shows like What’s my Line and I’ve Got a Secret on YouTube. I especially liked it when they would have stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age on the panels or as the guest players. Lots of fun…
Barbara says
Donna-try your library! They carry a lot of DVD’s now!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Barbara, you’re so right. I know our library system has lots of DVD movies. Donna, I hope your library system does, too!
Barbara says
Can I please suggest a new way to enjoy mysteries and tales—-BBC IPlayer Radio. It is a web site and if you have a smart phone, IPad, or computer, you can screen those radio shows they broadcast in the UK! Right now I’m on Episode 3 of Miss Marple and Murder at the Vicarage. There are about 8 or so episodes! There also was a trio of Miss Marple stories but there is only one left before expiration under Miss Marple’s final cases. I have also listened to some Hercule Poroit shows. The only problem with these wonderful broadcasts is I frequently fall asleep listening to them. I am hooked on “Homefront” and “Tommies” and am interested in listening to some Katherine Mansfield, and “Lorna Doone”! The folks in England are so lucky to have the BBC but here is a way to share some of the radio shows. Go to BBC IPlayer Radio, click on “categories” click on “drama” and browse!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Barbara, thanks for telling us about this radio station. It sounds intriguing.