I know I say this just about every month I post one of these Upcoming Television Mystery Movies entries, but really, where has the time gone? Can you believe we’re already starting the fifth month of 2014? I can’t!

I have to tell you that when I go through my TCM Now Playing guide and find movies that I really want to see, I wish my DVR would go out further than just a two week time frame. I have recently started taping movies that I have seen already, but I know I’m going to want to see again.

Anyway, here are the TCM mystery movies that I was able to find for the month of May 2014, plus I am telling you about some others that you just might enjoy.

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

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Friday – May 2, 2014

1:00 AM
THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Debbie Reynolds
BW-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***OK, I  know I shouldn’t start an upcoming mystery movie list with a non-mystery movie, and I also know I have told you about this movie before, but I have got to repeat that it really is a good movie.***

5:00 PM
THE ANGRY HILLS (1959)
A World War II correspondent fights to get strategic information out of occupied Greece.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Mueller.
BW-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Saturday – May 3, 2014

3:00 AM
ROAD GAMES (1981)
A truck driver’s attempt to find a vanished hitchhiker leads police to suspect him of her murder.
Dir: Richard Franklin Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page.
C-101 mins

7:30 AM
HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948)
After killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts.
BW-79 mins

3:00 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

5:00 PM
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
BW-103 mins, CC

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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Sunday – May 4, 2014

1:15 AM
THE DOLL SQUAD (1973)
A squad of beautiful government agents tries to catch saboteurs.
Dir: Ted V. Mikels Cast: Michael Ansara, Francine York, Anthony Eisley.
C-91 mins, Letterbox Format
***”Beautiful government agents”: only in the ’60s and ’70s!***

2:50 AM
MATCH YOUR MOOD (1968)
Westinghouse shows women how to improve their lives by decorating their refrigerators in this short film.
C-6 mins
***Let’s take a look at how Westinghouse improved the lives of 1960s’ women!)***

3:00 AM
TEN VIOLENT WOMEN (1982)
Women miners get fed up with their line of work and turn to a life of crime.
Dir: Ted V. Mikels Cast: Sherri Vernon, Dixie Lauren, Georgia Morgan.
C-97 mins

5:00 PM
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

9:15 PM
A KISS BEFORE DYING (1956)
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Dir: Gerd Oswald Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith.
C-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Monday – May 5, 2014

5:30 PM
D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
BW-84 mins, CC

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Tuesday – May 6, 2014

7:00 AM
SCARLET PAGES (1930)
A female attorney makes a startling discovery about the woman she’s defending from murder charges.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Marion Nixon.
BW-63 mins

10:15 AM
A STUDY IN SCARLET (1933)
Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the case when secret society members start dropping like flies.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde.
BW-72 mins

1:15 PM
SCARLET STREET (1945)
A middle aged would be painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.
BW-102 mins

3:15 PM
THE SCARLET CLUE (1945)
Charlie Chan tracks down a spy ring that has stolen plans for a new radar system.
Dir: Phil Rosen Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter.
BW-65 mins

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Friday – May 9, 2014

5:30 AM
BEFORE DAWN (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland.
BW-61 mins

4:00 PM
JOHNNY ALLEGRO (1949)
A reformed hoodlum gets mixed up with counterfeiters and a deadly manhunt.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready.
BW-81 mins, CC

9:00 PM
THE LAST WAVE (1977)
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized murder and in the process learns disquieting things about himself.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil.
C-106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Saturday – May 10, 2014

6:00 AM
BORDERLINE (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.
BW-88 mins, CC

7:30 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

10:30 PM
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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Sunday – May 11, 2014

1:00 AM
BLUE SUNSHINE (1979)
Tainted LSD leads to a series of shocking murders.
Dir: Jeff Lieberman Cast: Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Mark Goddard.
C-95 mins, Letterbox Format

6:45 AM
THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.
BW-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***I guess TCM thinks this is a really good movie, also! Second airing in the same month…***

10:30 AM
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
***Everyone in this movie is exceptional! Not a mystery.***

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Monday – May 12, 2014

5:00 AM
LITTLE WOMEN (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
BW-116 mins, CC
***I’m not sure if this is my favorite Little Women movie, or if the one TCM will be airing later this month (see below) is my favorite. Not a mystery.***

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
***Tracy and Hepburn at their best! Not a mystery.***

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Tuesday – May 13, 2014

10:30 AM
THE PITFALL (1948)
A married insurance man falls for a criminal’s girlfriend.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.
BW-86 mins

3:30 PM
CRIMINAL LAWYER (1951)
An alcoholic lawyer sobers up to defend his friend in a murder case.
Dir: Seymour Friedman Cast: Pat O’Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid.
BW-74 mins

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Wednesday – May 14, 2014

5:00 AM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)
Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-113 mins, CC

7:00 AM
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
BW-116 mins, CC
***Yow! Barbara Stanwyck! That’s about all I can say.***

9:00 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

11:00 AM
THE UNFAITHFUL (1947)
While her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott.
BW-109 mins

1:00 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

3:00 PM
A FEVER IN THE BLOOD (1961)
A former governor is murdered and his killer’s trial is sensationalized in the media.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly.
BW-117 mins, CC

5:00 PM
TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)
A struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
BW-104 mins, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
LITTLE WOMEN (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien.
C-122 mins, CC
***I know this is supposed to be a list of just the mystery movies, but when I see the really great ones I just can’t stop myself! Again, I’m just not sure which of the two Little Women TCM is playing this month is my favorite. Which is yours?***

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Thursday – May 15, 2014

5:00 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, Letterbox Format

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Saturday – May 17, 2014

7:45 AM
JOHNNY ANGEL (1946)
A sailor sets out to solve his father’s murder.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso.
BW-79 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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Monday – May 19, 2014

9:00 PM
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (1987)
A shut-in’s correspondence with a London book dealer leads to a close friendship.
Dir: David Jones Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench.
C-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
***This is not a mystery movie, but I remember seeing it years ago, and also remember that I really enjoyed it.***

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Tuesday – May 20, 2014

11:15 AM
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 – May 21, 2014

6:15 AM
WE’RE ON THE JURY (1937)
A jury member sets out to prove a murder defendant innocent.
Dir: Ben Holmes Cast: Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Philip Huston.
BW-70 mins

1:15 PM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC
***I doubt anyone is DVR-ing their Christmas movies this early, but if you are, this takes place during the Christmas holiday. Not a mystery.***

7:00 PM
TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR (1944)
Singing sisters create a World War II canteen and become rivals for the same man.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson.
BW-124 mins, CC
***OK, even though these movies were made before I was born, I love the June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movies. Oh, they aren’t mysteries.***

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Thursday – May 22, 2014

12:45 AM
TOO YOUNG TO KISS (1951)
A grown woman poses as a child prodigy to advance her career as a concert pianist.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young.
BW-89 mins, CC
***June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***

2:30 AM
THE BRIDE GOES WILD (1948)
A womanizing author of children’s books borrows a son to woo his illustrator.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins.
BW-98 mins, CC
***June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***

4:15 AM
HIGH BARBAREE (1947)
A downed pilot looks back on his life as he awaits rescue in the South Pacific.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell.
BW-91 mins, CC
***June Allyson/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***

12:00 PM
PUBLIC HERO NO. 1 (1935)
An undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob’s secrets.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris.
BW-90 mins, CC

1:30 PM
THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD (1936)
A detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason.
BW-82 mins, CC

7:00 PM
THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET (1945)
An FBI agent infiltrates a Nazi spy ring.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso.
BW-88 mins, CC

8:45 PM
THE HOUSE ON 56TH STREET (1933)
A woman loses her family after being falsely convicted of a crime.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond.
BW-68 mins, CC

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Friday – May 23, 2014

1:30 AM
MRS. O’MALLEY AND MR. MALONE (1950)
A lawyer and a widow encounter murder on a train ride.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak.
BW-69 mins, CC

5:00 AM
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 movie based on Sinclair Lewis’ novel is well worth watching. Not a mystery.***

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TALK ABOUT A STRANGER (1952)
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Dir: David Bradley Cast: George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Billy Gray.
BW-65 mins, CC
***If this Nancy Davis is the one I’m thinking about, she’s former First Lady Nancy Reagan. I have the question marks because I’m not sure if the movie is a mystery, or not.***

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THE PLUMBER (1979)
The arrival of a mysterious plumber upsets a doctor’s wife.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Judy Morris, Robert Coleby, Ivar Kants.
C-77 mins, Letterbox Format
***I’m not sure if this is a mystery movie, or not.The description makes it look like it is, however, I don’t know.***

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Tuesday – May 27, 2014

9:00 PM
LAURA (1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb.
BW-88 mins, CC

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Wednesday – May 28, 2014

7:00 AM
FRISCO JENNY (1932)
A district attorney prosecutes his own mother for murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy.
BW-71 mins

12:15 PM
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
BW-97 mins, CC

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Thursday – May 29, 2014

9:45 AM
SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE (1935)
A mystery writer runs into the real thing when he holes up at a deserted inn.
Dir: William Hamilton Cast: Gene Raymond, Margaret Callahan, Eric Blore.
BW-69 mins

9:15 PM
F FOR FAKE (1973)
Director Orson Welles examines the career of a notorious art forger.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten.
C-88 mins, Letterbox Format

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Friday – May 30, 2014

10:00 AM
SCARLET STREET (1945)
A middle aged would be painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.
BW-102 mins

2:00 PM
THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can’t remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern.
BW-88 mins, CC

5:15 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, Letterbox Format

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Saturday – May 31, 2014

7:30 AM
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

11:30 PM
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman’s girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.
BW-102 mins, CC
***Each time a Judy Holliday movie is on, I’m reminded how much I like her! Not a mystery.***

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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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