{"id":16871,"date":"2014-04-30T07:30:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=16871"},"modified":"2017-08-01T18:39:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T23:39:53","slug":"upcoming-television-mystery-movies-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/upcoming-television-mystery-movies-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;re already starting the fifth month of 2014? I can&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;m going to want to see again.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h1>May 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):<\/h1>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Friday &#8211; May 2, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>1:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE CATERED AFFAIR<\/strong> (1956)<br \/>\nA working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or\u00a0not.<br \/>\nDir: Richard Brooks Cast: Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Debbie Reynolds<br \/>\nBW-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<br \/>\n***OK,\u00a0I\u00a0 know I shouldn&#8217;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\u00a0got to repeat that it really is a good movie.***<\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE ANGRY HILLS<\/strong> (1959)<br \/>\nA World War II correspondent fights to get strategic information out of occupied Greece.<br \/>\nDir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Mueller.<br \/>\nBW-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday &#8211; May 3, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>3:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>ROAD GAMES<\/strong> (1981)<br \/>\nA truck driver&#8217;s attempt to find a vanished hitchhiker leads police to suspect him of her murder.<br \/>\nDir: Richard Franklin Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page.<br \/>\nC-101 mins<\/p>\n<p>7:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>HE WALKED BY NIGHT<\/strong> (1948)<br \/>\nAfter killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.<br \/>\nDir: Alfred Werker Cast: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts.<br \/>\nBW-79 mins<\/p>\n<p>3:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE PINK PANTHER<\/strong> (1964)<br \/>\nIn the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a\u00a0notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess&#8217; diamond.<br \/>\nDir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.<br \/>\nC-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>ANOTHER THIN MAN<\/strong> (1939)<br \/>\nNot even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.<br \/>\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.<br \/>\nBW-103 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>7:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT<\/strong> (1967)<br \/>\nA black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.<br \/>\nDir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Sunday &#8211; May 4, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>1:15 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE DOLL SQUAD<\/strong> (1973)<br \/>\nA squad of beautiful government agents tries to catch saboteurs.<br \/>\nDir: Ted V. Mikels Cast: Michael Ansara, Francine York, Anthony Eisley.<br \/>\nC-91 mins, Letterbox Format<br \/>\n***&#8221;Beautiful government agents&#8221;: only in the &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s!***<\/p>\n<p>2:50 AM<br \/>\n<strong>MATCH YOUR MOOD<\/strong> (1968)<br \/>\nWestinghouse shows women how to improve their lives by decorating their refrigerators in this\u00a0short film.<br \/>\nC-6 mins<br \/>\n***Let&#8217;s take a look at how Westinghouse improved the lives of 1960s&#8217; women!)***<\/p>\n<p>3:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>TEN VIOLENT WOMEN<\/strong> (1982)<br \/>\nWomen miners get fed up with their line of work and turn to a life of crime.<br \/>\nDir: Ted V. Mikels Cast: Sherri Vernon, Dixie Lauren, Georgia Morgan.<br \/>\nC-97 mins<\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>WAIT UNTIL DARK<\/strong> (1967)<br \/>\nA blind woman fights against drug smugglers who&#8217;ve invaded her home.<br \/>\nDir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.<br \/>\nC-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>9:15 PM<br \/>\n<strong>A KISS BEFORE DYING<\/strong> (1956)<br \/>\nA college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.<br \/>\nDir: Gerd Oswald Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith.<br \/>\nC-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Monday &#8211; May 5, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>5:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>D.O.A.<\/strong> (1950)<br \/>\nThe victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.<br \/>\nDir: Rudolph Mat\u00e9 Cast: Edmond O&#8217;Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.<br \/>\nBW-84 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Tuesday &#8211; May 6, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>7:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>SCARLET PAGES<\/strong> (1930)<br \/>\nA female attorney makes a startling discovery about the woman she&#8217;s defending from murder\u00a0charges.<br \/>\nDir: Ray Enright Cast: Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Marion Nixon.<br \/>\nBW-63 mins<\/p>\n<p>10:15 AM<br \/>\n<strong>A STUDY IN SCARLET<\/strong> (1933)<br \/>\nSherlock Holmes is called in to solve the case when secret society members start dropping like\u00a0flies.<br \/>\nDir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde.<br \/>\nBW-72 mins<\/p>\n<p>1:15 PM<br \/>\n<strong>SCARLET STREET<\/strong> (1945)<br \/>\nA middle aged would be painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman.<br \/>\nDir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.<br \/>\nBW-102 mins<\/p>\n<p>3:15 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE SCARLET CLUE<\/strong> (1945)<br \/>\nCharlie Chan tracks down a spy ring that has stolen plans for a new radar system.<br \/>\nDir: Phil Rosen Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter.<br \/>\nBW-65 mins<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Friday &#8211; May 9, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>5:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>BEFORE DAWN<\/strong> (1933)<br \/>\nDetectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.<br \/>\nDir: Irving Pichel Cast: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland.<br \/>\nBW-61 mins<\/p>\n<p>4:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>JOHNNY ALLEGRO<\/strong> (1949)<br \/>\nA reformed hoodlum gets mixed up with counterfeiters and a deadly manhunt.<br \/>\nDir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready.<br \/>\nBW-81 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>9:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE LAST WAVE<\/strong> (1977)<br \/>\nA Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized murder and in the process learns\u00a0disquieting things about himself.<br \/>\nDir: Peter Weir Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil.<br \/>\nC-106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday &#8211; May 10, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>6:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>BORDERLINE<\/strong> (1950)<br \/>\nA policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.<br \/>\nDir: William A. Seiter Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr.<br \/>\nBW-88 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>7:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>CRACK-UP<\/strong> (1946)<br \/>\nAn art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket.<br \/>\nDir: Irving Reis Cast: Pat O&#8217;Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall.<br \/>\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>10:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>MURDER, MY SWEET<\/strong> (1944)<br \/>\nDetective Philip Marlowe&#8217;s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.<br \/>\nDir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.<br \/>\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Sunday &#8211; May 11, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>1:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>BLUE SUNSHINE<\/strong> (1979)<br \/>\nTainted LSD leads to a series of shocking murders.<br \/>\nDir: Jeff Lieberman Cast: Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Mark Goddard.<br \/>\nC-95 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>6:45 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE CATERED AFFAIR<\/strong> (1956)<br \/>\nA working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or\u00a0not.<br \/>\nDir: Richard Brooks Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds.<br \/>\nBW-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<br \/>\n***I guess TCM thinks this is a really good movie, also! Second airing in the same month&#8230;***<\/p>\n<p>10:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>GYPSY<\/strong> (1962)<br \/>\nA domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom.<br \/>\nDir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden.<br \/>\nC-143 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<br \/>\n***Everyone in this movie is exceptional! Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Monday &#8211; May 12, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>5:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>LITTLE WOMEN<\/strong> (1933)<br \/>\nThe four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is\u00a0off fighting the Civil War.<br \/>\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.<br \/>\nBW-116 mins, CC<br \/>\n***I&#8217;m not sure if this is my favorite Little Women movie, or if the one TCM will be airing\u00a0later this month (see below) is my favorite. Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>3:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>WOMAN OF THE YEAR<\/strong> (1942)<br \/>\nOpposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.<br \/>\nDir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter.<br \/>\nBW-114 mins, CC<br \/>\n***Tracy and Hepburn at their best! Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Tuesday &#8211; May 13, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>10:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE PITFALL<\/strong> (1948)<br \/>\nA married insurance man falls for a criminal&#8217;s girlfriend.<br \/>\nDir: Andre DeToth Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt.<br \/>\nBW-86 mins<\/p>\n<p>3:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>CRIMINAL LAWYER<\/strong> (1951)<br \/>\nAn alcoholic lawyer sobers up to defend his friend in a murder case.<br \/>\nDir: Seymour Friedman Cast: Pat O&#8217;Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid.<br \/>\nBW-74 mins<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Wednesday &#8211; May 14, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>5:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE<\/strong> (1946)<br \/>\nIllicit lovers plot to kill the woman&#8217;s older husband.<br \/>\nDir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.<br \/>\nBW-113 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>7:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS<\/strong> (1946)<br \/>\nYears after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.<br \/>\nDir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.<br \/>\nBW-116 mins, CC<br \/>\n***Yow! Barbara Stanwyck! That&#8217;s about all I can say.***<\/p>\n<p>9:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>DARK PASSAGE<\/strong> (1947)<br \/>\nA man falsely accused of his wife&#8217;s murder escapes to search for the real killer.<br \/>\nDir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.<br \/>\nBW-106 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>11:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE UNFAITHFUL<\/strong> (1947)<br \/>\nWhile her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.<br \/>\nDir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott.<br \/>\nBW-109 mins<\/p>\n<p>1:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>IMPACT<\/strong> (1949)<br \/>\nAfter surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the\u00a0crime.<br \/>\nDir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn.<br \/>\nBW-111 mins<\/p>\n<p>3:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>A FEVER IN THE BLOOD<\/strong> (1961)<br \/>\nA former governor is murdered and his killer&#8217;s trial is sensationalized in the media.<br \/>\nDir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly.<br \/>\nBW-117 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>TWILIGHT OF HONOR<\/strong> (1963)<br \/>\nA struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.<br \/>\nDir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.<br \/>\nBW-104 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>7:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>LITTLE WOMEN<\/strong> (1949)<br \/>\nThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.<br \/>\nDir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O&#8217;Brien.<br \/>\nC-122 mins, CC<br \/>\n***I know this is supposed to be a list of just the mystery movies, but when I see the really\u00a0great ones I just can&#8217;t stop myself! Again, I&#8217;m just not sure which of the two Little Women\u00a0TCM is playing this month is my favorite. Which is yours?***<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Thursday &#8211; May 15, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>5:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER<\/strong> (1955)<br \/>\nA bogus preacher marries an outlaw&#8217;s widow in search of the man&#8217;s hidden loot.<br \/>\nDir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.<br \/>\nBW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday &#8211; May 17, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>7:45 AM<br \/>\n<strong>JOHNNY ANGEL<\/strong> (1946)<br \/>\nA sailor sets out to solve his father&#8217;s murder.<br \/>\nDir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso.<br \/>\nBW-79 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE CAREY TREATMENT<\/strong> (1972)<br \/>\nA doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.<br \/>\nDir: Blake Edwards Cast: James Coburn, Jennifer O&#8217;Neill, Pat Hingle.<br \/>\nC-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Monday &#8211; May 19, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>9:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>84 CHARING CROSS ROAD<\/strong> (1987)<br \/>\nA shut-in&#8217;s correspondence with a London book dealer leads to a close friendship.<br \/>\nDir: David Jones Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench.<br \/>\nC-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<br \/>\n***This is not a mystery movie, but I remember seeing it years ago, and also remember that I really enjoyed it.***<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Tuesday &#8211; May 20, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>11:15 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE BIG SLEEP<\/strong> (1946)<br \/>\nPrivate eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl&#8217;s involvement in the murder of a\u00a0pornographer.<br \/>\nDir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.<br \/>\nBW-114 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Wednesday &#8211; May 21, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>6:15 AM<br \/>\n<strong>WE&#8217;RE ON THE JURY<\/strong> (1937)<br \/>\nA jury member sets out to prove a murder defendant innocent.<br \/>\nDir: Ben Holmes Cast: Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Philip Huston.<br \/>\nBW-70 mins<\/p>\n<p>1:15 PM<br \/>\n<strong>IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE<\/strong> (1947)<br \/>\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.<br \/>\nDir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.<br \/>\nBW-115 mins, CC<br \/>\n***I doubt anyone is DVR-ing their Christmas movies this early, but if you are, this takes\u00a0place during the Christmas holiday. Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>7:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR<\/strong> (1944)<br \/>\nSinging sisters create a World War II canteen and become rivals for the same man.<br \/>\nDir: Richard Thorpe Cast: June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson.<br \/>\nBW-124 mins, CC<br \/>\n***OK, even though these movies were made before I was born, I love the June Allyson\/Van\u00a0Johnson duo movies. Oh, they aren&#8217;t mysteries.***<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Thursday &#8211; May 22, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>12:45 AM<br \/>\n<strong>TOO YOUNG TO KISS<\/strong> (1951)<br \/>\nA grown woman poses as a child prodigy to advance her career as a concert pianist.<br \/>\nDir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young.<br \/>\nBW-89 mins, CC<br \/>\n***June Allyson\/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>2:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>THE BRIDE GOES WILD<\/strong> (1948)<br \/>\nA womanizing author of children&#8217;s books borrows a son to woo his illustrator.<br \/>\nDir: Norman Taurog Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins.<br \/>\nBW-98 mins, CC<br \/>\n***June Allyson\/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>4:15 AM<br \/>\n<strong>HIGH BARBAREE<\/strong> (1947)<br \/>\nA downed pilot looks back on his life as he awaits rescue in the South Pacific.<br \/>\nDir: Jack Conway Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell.<br \/>\nBW-91 mins, CC<br \/>\n***June Allyson\/Van Johnson duo movie. Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>12:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>PUBLIC HERO NO. 1<\/strong> (1935)<br \/>\nAn undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob&#8217;s secrets.<br \/>\nDir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris.<br \/>\nBW-90 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>1:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD<\/strong> (1936)<br \/>\nA detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.<br \/>\nDir: Stephen Roberts Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason.<br \/>\nBW-82 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>7:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET<\/strong> (1945)<br \/>\nAn FBI agent infiltrates a Nazi spy ring.<br \/>\nDir: Henry Hathaway Cast: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso.<br \/>\nBW-88 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>8:45 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE HOUSE ON 56TH STREET<\/strong> (1933)<br \/>\nA woman loses her family after being falsely convicted of a crime.<br \/>\nDir: Robert Florey Cast: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond.<br \/>\nBW-68 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Friday &#8211; May 23, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>1:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>MRS. O&#8217;MALLEY AND MR. MALONE<\/strong> (1950)<br \/>\nA lawyer and a widow encounter murder on a train ride.<br \/>\nDir: Norman Taurog Cast: Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak.<br \/>\nBW-69 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>5:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>DODSWORTH<\/strong> (1936)<br \/>\nA husband whose wife left him looks for new love in Europe.<br \/>\nDir: William Wyler Cast: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas.<br \/>\nBW-101 mins, CC<br \/>\n***This movie based on Sinclair Lewis&#8217; novel is well worth watching. Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>?????5:45 PM<br \/>\n<strong>TALK ABOUT A STRANGER<\/strong> (1952)<br \/>\nSmall-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.<br \/>\nDir: David Bradley Cast: George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Billy Gray.<br \/>\nBW-65 mins, CC<br \/>\n***If this Nancy Davis is the one I&#8217;m thinking about, she&#8217;s former First Lady Nancy Reagan. I have\u00a0the question marks because I&#8217;m not sure if the movie is a mystery, or not.***<\/p>\n<p>?????9:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE PLUMBER<\/strong> (1979)<br \/>\nThe arrival of a mysterious plumber upsets a doctor&#8217;s wife.<br \/>\nDir: Peter Weir Cast: Judy Morris, Robert Coleby, Ivar Kants.<br \/>\nC-77 mins, Letterbox Format<br \/>\n***I&#8217;m not sure if this is a mystery movie, or not.The description makes it look like it is,\u00a0however, I don&#8217;t know.***<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Tuesday &#8211; May 27, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>9:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>LAURA<\/strong> (1944)<br \/>\nA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he&#8217;s investigating.<br \/>\nDir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb.<br \/>\nBW-88 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Wednesday &#8211; May 28, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>7:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>FRISCO JENNY<\/strong> (1932)<br \/>\nA district attorney prosecutes his own mother for murder.<br \/>\nDir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy.<br \/>\nBW-71 mins<\/p>\n<p>12:15 PM<br \/>\n<strong>SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN<\/strong> (1941)<br \/>\nHigh society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while\u00a0investigating a race-track murder.<br \/>\nDir: Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.<br \/>\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Thursday &#8211; May 29, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>9:45 AM<br \/>\n<strong>SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE<\/strong> (1935)<br \/>\nA mystery writer runs into the real thing when he holes up at a deserted inn.<br \/>\nDir: William Hamilton Cast: Gene Raymond, Margaret Callahan, Eric Blore.<br \/>\nBW-69 mins<\/p>\n<p>9:15 PM<br \/>\n<strong>F FOR FAKE<\/strong> (1973)<br \/>\nDirector Orson Welles examines the career of a notorious art forger.<br \/>\nDir: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten.<br \/>\nC-88 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Friday &#8211; May 30, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>10:00 AM<br \/>\n<strong>SCARLET STREET<\/strong> (1945)<br \/>\nA middle aged would be painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman.<br \/>\nDir: Fritz Lang Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.<br \/>\nBW-102 mins<\/p>\n<p>2:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>THE BLUE GARDENIA<\/strong> (1953)<br \/>\nA telephone operator kills in self-defense but can&#8217;t remember the details of the encounter.<br \/>\nDir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern.<br \/>\nBW-88 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>5:15 PM<br \/>\n<strong>WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS<\/strong> (1956)<br \/>\nReporters compete to catch a serial killer.<br \/>\nDir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders.<br \/>\nBW-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday &#8211; May 31, 2014<\/h2>\n<p>7:30 AM<br \/>\n<strong>BERLIN EXPRESS<\/strong> (1948)<br \/>\nAllied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.<br \/>\nDir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.<br \/>\nBW-87 mins, CC<\/p>\n<p>11:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>BORN YESTERDAY<\/strong> (1950)<br \/>\nA newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman&#8217;s girlfriend.<br \/>\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden.<br \/>\nBW-102 mins, CC<br \/>\n***Each time a Judy Holliday movie is on, I&#8217;m reminded how much I like her! Not a mystery.***<\/p>\n<p>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n<p>(All of the above descriptions were copied from the<strong>\u00a0TCM<\/strong>\u00a0site. There were a few mystery movies that appeared in my monthly TCM Now Playing that didn\u2019t show up on TCM\u2019s schedule online, so I didn\u2019t add them to the list.)<\/p>\n<p>If you know of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during April 2014, please post a comment.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to see more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/tv-movies-dvds\/Cozy-Mystery-TV-and-Movies.html\"><strong>Television and Movies ideas<\/strong><\/a>, click on this link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;re already starting the fifth month of 2014? I can&#8217;t! 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