Two days ago I posted a list of television Christmas movies that will be airing during December 2014. Having just finished putting up our Christmas tree, I thought I would hurry up and post it, even though we haven’t yet had Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n
So, now it’s time for me to post the Upcoming Television Mystery Movies that will be airing during December 2014. This month all of the movies I found are from the Turner Classic Movies channel.<\/p>\n
As usual, if you know of any other mystery movie that will be airing during the month (December), please post a comment. We\u2019d all love to know about it. Thank you!<\/p>\n
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\nFear<\/strong> (1946)
\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, CC<\/p>\n
\nOut of the Past<\/strong> (1947)
\nA private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
\nDir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – December 3, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nIn a Lonely Place<\/strong> (1950)
\nAn aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
\nDir: Nicholas Ray Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy.
\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nThe Lavender Hill Mob<\/strong> (1951)
\nAn overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
\nDir: Charles Crichton Cast:\u00a0 Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James.
\nBW-81 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nGambit<\/strong> (1966)
\nA man dreams of the perfect robbery but can’t seem to pull it off.
\nDir: Ronald Neame Cast:\u00a0 Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom.
\nC-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nFriday – December 5, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nAngel Face<\/strong> (1953)
\nAn unscrupulous woman murders her loved ones for profit.
\nDir: Otto Preminger Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman.
\nBW-91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nLaura<\/strong> (1944)
\nA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
\nDir: Otto Preminger Cast:\u00a0 Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb.
\nBW-88 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday – December 7, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Golden Years<\/strong> (1960)
\nIn this instructional short film, bowling is made respectable and appealing to middle-class Americans through modernization and design.
\nBW-15 mins
\n*****OK, I don’t bowl and this isn’t a mystery movie, but I thought this might be fun to watch. Some of the 1950s and 1960s short films “educating” the public are pretty funny. I haven’t seen this one, so I can’t vouch for it.*****<\/p>\n
\nThe Lady Vanishes<\/strong> (1938)
\nA young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas.
\nBW-96 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday – December 9, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nLarceny, Inc.<\/strong> (1942)
\nAn ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
\nDir: Lloyd Bacon Cast:\u00a0 Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford.
\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – December 10, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nFlight from Destiny<\/strong> (1941)
\nAn elderly professor with six months to live plots a murder to reunite two young lovers.
\nDir: Vincent Sherman Cast:\u00a0 Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn.
\nBW-75 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nHandle with Care<\/strong> (1958)
\nDuring a mock trial, a small-town law student uncovers new evidence about a real crime.
\nDir: David Friedkin Cast:\u00a0 Dean Jones, Joan O’Brien, Thomas Mitchell.
\nBW-82 mins<\/p>\nThursday – December 11, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nVillage of the Damned<\/strong> (1961)
\nAfter a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
\nDir: Wolf Rilla Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens.
\nBW-77 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nFriday – December 12, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nWonderful World of Tupperware<\/strong> (1959)
\nThis short industrial film focuses on the making of Tupperware.
\nDir: George J. Yarbrough
\nC-29 mins
\n*****Here’s another “educational” film for the public. It could be good but I haven’t see it yet so I can’t vouch for it.*****<\/p>\n
\nThe Widow from Chicago<\/strong> (1930)
\nA woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
\nDir: Edward Cline Cast:\u00a0 Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson.
\nBW-62 mins<\/p>\n
\nBullets or Ballots<\/strong> (1936)
\nA cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring.
\nDir: William Keighley Cast:\u00a0 Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane.
\nBW-82 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday – December 13, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nGaslight<\/strong> (1944)
\nA newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast:\u00a0 Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
\nBW-114 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nMarnie<\/strong> (1964)
\nA rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker.
\nC-130 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSunday – December 14, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Postman Always Rings Twice <\/strong>(1946)
\nIllicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
\nDir: Tay Garnett Cast:\u00a0 Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
\nBW-113 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday – December 15, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nBlow-Up<\/strong> (1966)
\nA photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
\nDir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast:\u00a0 Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings.
\nC-111 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – December 17, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nDestination Murder<\/strong> (1950)
\nA woman infiltrates the mob to find her father’s killer.
\nDir: Edward L. Cahn Cast:\u00a0 Joyce MacKenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield.
\nBW-73 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nDial 1119<\/strong> (1950)
\nA killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.
\nDir: Gerald Mayer Cast:\u00a0 Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King.
\nBW-75 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nHunt the Man Down<\/strong> (1950)
\nLawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
\nDir: George Archainbaud Cast:\u00a0 Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson.
\nBW-68 mins<\/p>\n
\nMrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone<\/strong> (1950)
\nA lawyer and a widow encounter murder on a train ride.
\nDir: Norman Taurog Cast:\u00a0 Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak.
\nBW-69 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nMystery Street<\/strong> (1950)
\nCriminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim’s bones to go on.
\nDir: John Sturges Cast:\u00a0 Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nThe Tattooed Stranger<\/strong> (1950)
\nDetectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
\nDir: Edward J. Montagne Cast:\u00a0 John Miles, Patricia White, Walter Kinsella.
\nBW-64 mins<\/p>\n
\nExperiment Alcatraz<\/strong> (1951)
\nA doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
\nDir: Edward L. Cahn Cast:\u00a0 John Howard, Joan Dixon, Walter Kingsford.
\nBW-59 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday – December 20, 2014<\/h2>\n
\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:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW-91 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday – December 21, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nNew Year’s Evil<\/strong> (1981)
\nDuring a rocking New Year’s celebration, a man threatens to kill a series of women, including the show’s host.
\nDir: Emmett Alston Cast:\u00a0 Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace.
\nC-86 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nMonday – December 22, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nBarricade<\/strong> (1950)
\nTwo fugitives try to prove the head of a mining camp is a murderer.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey Cast:\u00a0 Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman.
\nC-75 mins,<\/p>\n
\nLightning Strikes Twice<\/strong> (1951)
\nAn actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
\nDir: King Vidor Cast:\u00a0 Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge.
\nBW-90 mins,<\/p>\n
\nStrangers on a Train<\/strong> (1951)
\nA man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
\nBW-101 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday – December 26, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Wrong Man<\/strong> (1956)
\nA musician is mistaken for a vicious thief, with devastating results.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle.
\nBW-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSaturday – December 27, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nShadow of a Doubt<\/strong> (1943)
\nA young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey.
\nBW-108 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nThe Night of the Hunter <\/strong>(1955)
\nA bogus preacher marries an outlaw’s widow in search of the man’s hidden loot.
\nDir: Charles Laughton Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
\nBW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSunday – December 28, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nAdam’s Rib<\/strong> (1949)
\nHusband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast:\u00a0 Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
\nBW-101 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery, however really, really good.*****<\/p>\n
\nDark Passage<\/strong> (1947)
\nA man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
\nDir: Delmer Daves Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
\nBW-106 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nLady in the Lake<\/strong> (1947)
\nPhilip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
\nDir: Robert Montgomery Cast:\u00a0 Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
\nBW-103 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday – December 29, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nConflict<\/strong> (1945)
\nA man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
\nDir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-86 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nAnd Then There Were None<\/strong> (1945)
\nGuests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
\nDir: Ren\u00e9 Clair Cast:\u00a0 Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBeware, My Lovely<\/strong> (1952)
\nA widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient.
\nDir: Harry Horner Cast:\u00a0 Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes.
\nBW-77 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nUndercurrent<\/strong> (1946)
\nA sheltered woman realizes that either her husband or his mysterious brother is a psychopath.
\nDir: Vincente Minnelli Cast:\u00a0 Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum.
\nBW-116 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday – December 30, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nNorth by Northwest<\/strong> (1959)
\nAn advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
\nC-136 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\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:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
\nBW-118 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSuspicion<\/strong> (1941)
\nA wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
\nBW-100 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – December 31, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nBrighton Rock<\/strong> (1951)
\nA small-time hood tries to cover up his murder of a rival.
\nDir: John Boulting Cast:\u00a0 Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley.
\nBW-92 mins, CC<\/p>\n