P.D. James<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0had ventured into a Jane Austen novel? Well this will bring that novel to life. Elizabeth and Darcy will be holding a ball at Pemberley, and what do you suppose happens?<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****
\n***** ***** ***** *****
\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
August 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):<\/h1>\nFriday – August 1, 2014<\/h2>\n
4:45 PM
\nTHE CHINA SYNDROME<\/strong> (1979)
\nA television newswoman stumbles onto deadly secrets at a nuclear power plant.
\nDir: James Bridges Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas.
\nC-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n11:15 PM
\nKLUTE<\/strong> (1971)
\nA small-town detective searches for a missing man linked to a high-priced prostitute.
\nDir: Alan J. Pakula Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi.
\nC-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Saturday – August 2, 2014<\/h2>\n
7:00 PM
\nTHE PINK PANTHER<\/strong> (1964)
\nIn the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
\nDir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
\nC-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Sunday – August 3, 2014<\/h2>\n
3:00 AM
\nCURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER<\/strong> (1983)
\nThe world’s worst detective investigates the disappearance of Inspector Clouseau.
\nDir: Blake Edwards Cast: Ted Wass, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom.
\nC-110 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n8:00 AM
\n6000 ENEMIES<\/strong> (1939)
\nA prison riot traps an innocent couple.
\nDir: George B. Seitz Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Paul Kelly.
\nBW-62 mins<\/p>\n11:30 AM
\nTHE UNKNOWN MAN<\/strong> (1951)
\nA scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he’s gotten off was really guilty.
\nDir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Barry Sullivan.
\nBW-86 mins<\/p>\n1:00 PM
\nCALLING BULLDOG DRUMMOND<\/strong>(1951)
\nThe British sleuth comes out of retirement to help catch a band of thieves armed with military weapons.
\nDir: Victor Saville Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty.
\nBW-80 mins<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Tuesday – August 5, 2014<\/h2>\n
11:45 AM
\nLADY OF BURLESQUE<\/strong> (1943)
\nA star dancer and comedian team to investigate murders.
\nDir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, Iris Adrian.
\nBW-90 mins<\/p>\n1:30 PM
\nTHE TWO MRS. CARROLLS<\/strong> (1947)
\nA woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith.
\nBW-99 mins, CC<\/p>\n3:15 PM
\nCRY WOLF<\/strong> (1947)
\nA woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband’s family.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks.
\nBW-84 mins, CC<\/p>\n9:00 PM
\nNIGHT NURSE<\/strong> (1931)
\nA nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets.
\nDir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell.
\nBW-72 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Wednesday – August 6, 2014<\/h2>\n
12:00 AM
\nTHE MAN WITH A CLOAK<\/strong> (1951)
\nA mystery man tries to help a young innocent escape a murderous housekeeper.
\nDir: Fletcher Markle Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern.
\nBW-81 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Thursday – August 7, 2014<\/h2>\n
11:00 PM
\nTHE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER<\/strong> (1940)
\nFeuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
\nBW-99 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery movie, but a real Christmas movie treat!*****<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Friday – August 8, 2014<\/h2>\n
7:00 PM
\nTHE TRIAL<\/strong> (1963)
\nIn this adaptation of Kafka’s classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime.
\nDir: Orson Welles Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider.
\nBW-120 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Saturday – August 9, 2014<\/h2>\n
7:00 PM
\nTHE THIN MAN<\/strong> (1934)
\nA husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW-91 mins, CC
\n*****If you haven’t seen any of the Thin Man movies, settle down to be entertained!*****<\/p>\n8:45 PM
\nAFTER THE THIN MAN<\/strong> (1936)
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
\nBW-112 mins, CC
\n*****When you’re finished treating yourself to the above The Thin Man<\/em>, make sure you watch this sequel.*****<\/p>\n10:45 PM
\nCROSSROADS<\/strong>(1942)
\nA French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.
\nDir: Jack Conway Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor.
\nBW-83 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Sunday – August 10, 2014<\/h2>\n
9:00 PM
\nTRUE CONFESSION<\/strong> (1937)
\nA compulsive liar, married to a scrupulously honest lawyer, confesses to a murder she didn’t commit to help further his career.
\nDir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore.
\nBW-85 mins<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Monday – August 11, 2014<\/h2>\n
3:00 AM
\nTHE FORMULA<\/strong> (1980)
\nA detective is in jeopardy after discovering a synthetic formula for gasoline.
\nDir: John G. Avildsen Cast: George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller.
\nBW-118 mins, Letterbox Format
\n*****I’m not sure how much of a mystery movie this is…*****<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Tuesday – August 12, 2014<\/h2>\n
1:00 AM
\nCONFLICT<\/strong> (1945)
\nA man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
\nDir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-86 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Wednesday – August 13, 2014<\/h2>\n
1:45 PM
\nARSENIC AND OLD LACE<\/strong> (1944)
\nA young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
\nDir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
\nBW-118 mins, CC
\n*****Most of you mystery lovers have probably already seen this movie, but if you haven’t, how can you go wrong with Cary Grant and Frank Capra!*****<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Friday – August 15, 2014<\/h2>\n
9:00 PM
\nTHREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR <\/strong>(1975)
\nA CIA researcher uncovers top secret information and finds himself marked for death.
\nDir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson.
\nC-117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n11:00 PM
\nCHINATOWN<\/strong> (1974)
\nA Los Angeles private eye unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder, then joins his seductive widow to unearth the corruption behind the crime.
\nDir: Roman Polanski Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Perry Lopez.
\nC-130 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Saturday\u00a0 – August 16, 2014<\/h2>\n
1:30 PM
\nTHE LITTLE FOXES<\/strong> (1941)
\nAn ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth.
\nDir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright.
\nBW-116 mins, CC
\n***** I absolutely love this movie! Bette Davis doing what she does best, at her very best!*****<\/p>\n5:15 PM
\nTHE UNDERWORLD STORY<\/strong> (1950)
\nA corrupt newspaperman, blacklisted from his big-city paper, becomes involved with a murder case for a small town paper.
\nDir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm.
\nBW-91 mins<\/p>\n7:00 PM
\nFOREIGN CORRESPONDENT<\/strong> (1940)
\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, CC<\/p>\n9:15 PM
\nMURDER!<\/strong> (1930)
\nA juror who had voted to convict a murder suspect tries to prove someone else did it before the execution date.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring, Miles Mander.
\nBW-100 mins<\/p>\n11:00 PM
\nTHE LETTER<\/strong> (1940)
\nA woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
\nDir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
\nBW-95 mins, CC
\n*****Yow, Bette!*****<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Sunday – August 17, 2014<\/h2>\n
12:45 AM
\nTHE LETTER<\/strong> (1929)
\nA planter’s wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
\nDir: Jean De Limur Cast: Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen.
\nBW-60 mins
\n*****I haven’t seen this original The Letter. Bette did it so doggone well in the re-make, that I never sought it out.*****<\/p>\n2:00 AM
\nHIGH WALL<\/strong> (1947)
\nPsychiatry provides the key to proving a veteran flyer innocent of his wife’s murder.
\nDir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall.
\nBW-99 mins, CC<\/p>\n5:15 PM
\nTWO SMART PEOPLE<\/strong> (1946)
\nIn New Orleans, lady crook tries to steal a con man’s hidden loot.
\nDir: Jules Dassin Cast: Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan.
\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\n7:00 PM
\nLIFEBOAT<\/strong> (1944)
\nSurvivors of a torpedoed boat take in a German Naval officer from the sub that sank them.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\n11:00 PM
\nTHE HARVEY GIRLS<\/strong> (1946)
\nStraitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
\nDir: George Sidney Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury.
\nC-101 mins, CC
\n*****I know this isn’t a mystery movie, but it’s neat to see Angela Lansbury singing and being a “bad girl”.*****<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Monday – August 18, 2014<\/h2>\n
12:45 AM
\nTHE ARNELO AFFAIR<\/strong> (1947)
\nA neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
\nDir: Arch Oboler Cast: John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford.
\nBW-87 mins<\/p>\n2:15 AM
\nA LADY WITHOUT A PASSPORT<\/strong> (1950)
\nA secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
\nDir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig.
\nBW-74 mins, CC<\/p>\n3:15 PM
\nIT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD<\/strong> (1939)
\nA runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee.
\nBW-86 mins, CC<\/p>\n5:00 PM
\nIT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT<\/strong> (1934)
\nA newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
\nDir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
\nBW-105 mins, CC
\n***** This movie is just a whole lot of fun. It’s got that classic scene with first Clark Gable attempting to hitchhike, and then Claudette Colbert actually hitchhiking. Not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Tuesday – August 19, 2014<\/h2>\n
10:15 AM
\nTHE PRIZE<\/strong> (1963)
\nAn American Nobel Prize-winner mixes it up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
\nDir: Mark Robson Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer.
\nC-135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n12:45 PM
\nHARPER<\/strong> (1966)
\nA broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
\nDir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris.
\nC-121 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n9:00 PM
\nBUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID<\/strong> (1969)
\nTwo free-spirited bank robbers flee railroad detectives and head for Bolivia.
\nDir: George Roy Hill Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross.
\nC-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
\n*****Not a mystery movie, but well worth watching!*****<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Wednesday – August 20, 2014<\/h2>\n
6:30 AM
\nHOW THE WEST WAS WON<\/strong> (1962)
\nThree generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.
\nDir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb.
\nC-165 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
\n*****Not a mystery, but good grief! Who wasn’t in this movie?!?*****<\/p>\n9:00 PM
\nPICKUP ON SOUTH STREET<\/strong> (1953)
\nA petty thief accidentally steals a communist spy’s purse.
\nDir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter.
\nBW-80 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Thursday – August 21, 2014<\/h2>\n
12:30 AM
\nPILLOW TALK<\/strong> (1959)
\nA man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
\nDir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
\nC-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
\n*****You all may be wondering when I’m going to stop pointing out the Rock Hudson\/Doris Day NON mystery movies…*****<\/p>\n7:30 AM
\nCRIMINAL LAWYER<\/strong> (1937)
\nA wily defense attorney changes his tune when he’s named district attorney.
\nDir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame, Eduardo Cianelli.
\nBW-72 mins<\/p>\n10:00 AM
\nWANTED: JANE TURNER<\/strong> (1936)
\nA postal detective tracks the gang that robbed a mail truck and killed the driver.
\nDir: Edward Killy Cast: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Judith Blake.
\nBW-66 mins<\/p>\n12:30 PM
\nBEHIND THE HEADLINES<\/strong> (1937)
\nA radio station’s newsman rushes to the rescue of his peer, who has been kidnapped by bank robbers.
\nDir: Richard Rosson Cast: Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Donald Meek.
\nBW-58 mins<\/p>\n4:15 PM
\nLOVE IS A RACKET<\/strong> (1932)
\nA beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder.
\nDir: William A. Wellman Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee.
\nBW-71 mins<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Friday – August 22, 2014<\/h2>\n
12:30 AM
\nDOCTOR X<\/strong> (1932)
\nA reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy.
\nC-76 mins<\/p>\n7:00 AM
\nTHE LAVENDAR HILL MOB <\/strong>(1951)
\nAn overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
\nDir: Charles Crichton Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James.
\nBW-81 mins, CC<\/p>\n8:30 AM
\nTHE SECRET PEOPLE<\/strong> (1952)
\nA refugee gets mixed up in a plot to assassinate the dictator who killed her father.
\nDir: Thorold Dickinson Cast: Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner.
\nBW-95 mins<\/p>\n5:00 PM
\nWAIT UNTIL DARK<\/strong> (1967)
\nA blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
\nDir: Terence Young Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
\nC-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Saturday – August 23, 2014<\/h2>\n
12:00 AM
\nMY FAIR LADY<\/strong> (1964)
\nA phonetics instructor bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway.
\nC-172 mins, CC, Letterbox FormatA
\n*****Watch for a young Jeremy Brett \u00a0(as in the absolute best Sherlock Holmes ever) – Eliza’s high society boyfriend.<\/p>\n12:00 PM
\nBAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK<\/strong> (1955)
\nA one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero’s family.
\nDir: John Sturges Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis.
\nC-82 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n3:15 PM
\nICE STATION ZEBRA<\/strong> (1968)
\nA sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship.
\nDir: John Sturges Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan.
\nC-152 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n8:45 PM
\nPAY OR DIE<\/strong> (1960)
\nA policeman attempts to crack down on organized crime “protection” rackets.
\nDir: Richard Wilson Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin.
\nBW-111 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Sunday – August 24, 2014<\/h2>\n
7:00 PM
\nTHE MALTESE FALCON<\/strong> (1941)
\nHard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
\nDir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
\nBW-100 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Monday – August 25, 2014<\/h2>\n
12:15 AM
\nHE RAN ALL THE WAY<\/strong> (1951)
\nA crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl’s apartment.
\nDir: John Berry Cast: John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford.
\nBW-78 mins<\/p>\n8:15 PM
\nMURDER, MY SWEET<\/strong> (1944)
\nDetective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
\nDir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Tuesday – August 26, 2014<\/h2>\n
2:00 AM
\nTHE TALL TARGET<\/strong> (1951)
\nA detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
\nDir: Anthony Mann Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
\nBW-78 mins, CC<\/p>\n11:15 PM
\nARABESQUE <\/strong>(1966)
\nA university professor gets mixed up with international spies and a two-timing woman.
\nDir: Stanley Donen Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel.
\nC-107 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Wednesday – August 27, 2014<\/h2>\n
7:00 AM
\nTHE HITCH-HIKER<\/strong> (1953)
\nA dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
\nDir: Ida Lupino Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman.
\nBW-71 mins<\/p>\n8:30 AM
\nA CRY IN THE NIGHT<\/strong> (1956)
\nA police captain’s emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
\nDir: Frank Tuttle Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood.
\nBW-75 mins<\/p>\n3:15 PM
\nBACKFIRE <\/strong>(1950)
\nA veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
\nDir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo.
\nBW-91 mins, CC<\/p>\n7:00 PM
\nD.O.A.<\/strong> (1950)
\nThe victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
\nDir: Rudolph Mat\u00e9 Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler.
\nBW-84 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Thursday – August 28, 2014<\/h2>\n
8:15 AM
\nNO QUESTIONS ASKED<\/strong> (1951)
\nA young lawyer’s primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
\nDir: Harold F. Kress Cast: Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy.
\nBW-81 mins<\/p>\n9:45 AM
\nSHE PLAYED WITH FIRE<\/strong> (1957)
\nAn insurance investigator’s ex-girlfriend draws him into a web of blackmail and murder.
\nDir: Sidney Gilliat Cast: Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price.
\nBW-95 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n5:00 PM
\nSCENE OF THE CRIME<\/strong> (1949)
\nA detective tries to solve a policeman’s murder.
\nDir: Roy Rowland Cast: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria De Haven.
\nBW-94 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Friday – August 29, 2014<\/h2>\n
10:30 AM
\nTHE STEEL TRAP<\/strong> (1952)
\nWhen he has second thoughts, an embezzler races the clock to return what he stole.
\nDir: Andrew Stone Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale.
\nBW-85 mins, CC<\/p>\n2:00 PM
\nGASLIGHT <\/strong>(1944)
\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, CC<\/p>\n11:15 PM
\nTHE THIRD MAN<\/strong> (1949)
\nA man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
\nDir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
\nBW-104 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Saturday – August 30, 2014<\/h2>\n
3:30 AM
\nI’LL BE SEEING YOU<\/strong> (1944)
\nA soldier meets a woman on Christmas furlough from prison and they fall in love.
\nDir: William Dieterle Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple.
\nBW-85 mins, CC<\/p>\n7:00 AM
\nTHE NITWITS<\/strong> (1935)
\nTwo cigar-stand attendants get mixed up in a murder investigation.
\nDir: George Stevens Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating.
\nBW-82 mins<\/p>\n10:45 PM
\nI WAKE UP SCREAMING<\/strong> (1941)
\nA celebrity promoter is accused of murdering one of his clients.
\nDir: Bruce Humberstone Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis.
\nBW-82 mins<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
Sunday – August 31, 2014<\/h2>\n
10:00 AM
\nTHE MAN IN THE NET<\/strong> (1959)
\nAn artist falsely accused of ransacking his own house is proved innocent by the children of the neighborhood.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster.
\nBW-97 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n9:15 PM
\nTHIS GUN FOR HIRE<\/strong> (1942)
\nA hired killer dodges police while tracking down the enemy agents who tried to frame him.
\nDir: Frank Tuttle Cast: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar.
\nBW-81 mins<\/p>\n11:00 PM
\nTHE BLUE DAHLIA<\/strong> (1946)
\nA veteran fights to prove he didn’t kill his cheating wife.
\nDir: George Marshall Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix.
\nBW-99 mins, CC<\/p>\n***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n
(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the\u00a0TCM<\/strong>\u00a0site.)<\/p>\nIf you know\u00a0of any other mystery movies that are going to be aired on television during August 2014, please post a comment.<\/p>\n
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