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.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Now Playing<\/em>\u00a0guide to find them.)<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n CHANDLER (1971) \u00a04:45 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE SCARLET COAT (1955) \u00a08:45 AM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n SH! THE OCTOPUS (1937) \u00a05:15 AM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (1945) \u00a09:45 AM<\/strong> (Central) THE BAD SEED (1956) \u00a011:00 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE BIG HEAT (1953) \u00a08:15 AM<\/strong> (Central) RANSOM! (1956) \u00a011:45 AM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n TRADE WINDS (1938) \u00a08:30 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (1983) \u00a09:00 PM<\/strong> (Central)\u00a0(Possibly in French?) MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969) \u00a011:00 PM<\/strong> (Central)\u00a0(Possibly in French?) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE FALCON’S ALIBI (1946) \u00a09:45 AM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE LADY EVE (1941) \u00a01:00 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE WHOLE TRUTH (1958) \u00a05:00 AM<\/strong> (Central) THE WRONG BOX (1966)\u00a08:00 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE FALCON’S ADVENTURE (1946) \u00a09:45 AM<\/strong> (Central) GASLIGHT (1944) \u00a07:00 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940) \u00a06:45 AM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948) \u00a01:30 PM<\/strong> (Central) THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969)\u00a07:00 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE (1939) \u00a09:45 AM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n COMPULSION (1959) \u00a01:00 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n FEAR (1946) \u00a05:45 PM<\/strong> (Central) ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be airing this month, feel free to post a comment.<\/p>\n (All of the above descriptions were copied from the TCM site. I hope they don’t change their line-up!)<\/p>\nWednesday – July 3, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA former private eye lands in hot water when he agrees to protect a government witness.
\nDir: Paul Magwood Cast: Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier.
\nC-86 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nThursday – July 4, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nAn American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
\nDir: John Sturges Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders
\nC-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nFriday – July 5, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nDaffy detectives fight off a giant octopus in a haunted lighthouse.
\nDir: William McGann Cast: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston
\nBW-54 mins, TV-G
\n(Hmmm >>> The word “daffy” in TCM’s description might not be such a good thing. We’ll see…)<\/p>\nSaturday – July 6, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA society sleuth enlists a little girl’s help in nabbing a mob of silk smugglers.
\nDir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward S. Brophy
\nBW-66 mins, TV-G<\/p>\n
\nA woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
\nDir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden
\nC-129 mins, TV-PG, CC
\n(I don’t know if this one really qualifies as a mystery, but it’s doggone good!)<\/p>\nTuesday – July 9, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
\nDir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando
\nBW-90 mins, TV-14, CC<\/p>\n
\nA wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
\nDir: Alex Segal Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen
\nBW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – July 10, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA private eye falls for the murderess he’s pursuing.
\nDir: Tay Garnett Cast: Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy
\nBW-94 mins, TV-G<\/p>\nFriday – July 12, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nAn accused man’s secretary tries to find the real killer.
\nDir: Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach
\nBW-111 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nA plantation owner’s mail-order bride turns out to be a beautiful woman with murder on her mind.
\nDir: Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet
\nC-123 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSaturday – July 13, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron’s lost jewels.
\nDir: Ray McCarey Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
\nBW-63 mins, TV-G<\/p>\nSunday – July 14, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
\nDir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
\nBW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC
\n(Definitely not a mystery, but an incredibly good Preston Sturges comedy. Beware, though >>> This might make you a Barbara Stanwyck fan!)<\/p>\nMonday – July 15, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA woman tries to prove her cheating husband didn’t murder his mistress.
\nDir: John Guillermin Cast: Stewart Granger, Donna Reed, George Sanders
\nBW-84 mins, TV-PG<\/p>\n
\nTwo elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
\nDir: Bryan Forbes Cast: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine
\nC-106 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSaturday – July 20, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
\nDir: William Berke Cast: Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward S. Brophy
\nBW-62 mins, TV-G<\/p>\n
\nA newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
\nBW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – July 24, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nAn American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
\nBW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC<\/p>\nThursday – July 25, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nClassic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
\nBW-109 mins, TV-G, CC<\/p>\n
\nA headstrong young teacher in a private school ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable charges with her world view.
\nDir: Ronald Neame Cast: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin
\nC-116 mins, TV-14
\n(Not a mystery, but a must-see for Maggie Smith fans.)<\/p>\nSaturday – July 27, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA famous detective investigates industrial espionage at a plane factory.
\nDir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull
\nBW-59 mins, TV-PG, CC<\/p>\nSunday – July 28, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nTwo wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
\nDir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell
\nBW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nMonday – July 29, 2013<\/h2>\n
\nA detective uses psychological warfare to get a confession out of a murderous student.
\nDir: Alfred Zeisler Cast: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne
\nBW-68 mins, TV-PG<\/p>\n