I’m having a difficult time believing that it’s almost November >>> but it is! Since that’s the case, I want to hurry up and post the mystery movies that I have found that will air in that month. Oh, before I forget, I want to mention that the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will be showing a whole lot of Christmas movies during November, so I was only able to find one mystery movie, which happens to also be a Christmas movie. And, I don’t know if you all have noticed, but ever since the Turner Classic Movies channel started airing more recent movies, it has cut down the number of old, black & white mystery movies. What a drag! But, at least they are showing some!<\/p>\n
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\nYOU’RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE<\/strong> (1938)
\nAndy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
\nDir: George B. Seitz Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker.
\nBW-78 mins, CC
\n***Not a mystery. I didn’t watch my first Andy Hardy movie until very recently, and I’m glad I did. You may enjoy them, too.***<\/p>\n
\nANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER<\/strong> (1939)
\nA teenage boy falls in love with his drama teacher.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
\nBW-85 mins, CC
\n***Not a mystery, but you may enjoy it.***<\/p>\n
\nWASHINGTON MELODRAMA<\/strong> (1941)
\nA philanthropic businessman is framed for murder during a lobbying trip to Washington.
\nDir:\u00a0S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor.
\nBW-81 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nWHISTLING IN THE DARK<\/strong> (1941)
\nA radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
\nDir:\u00a0S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Conrad Veidt
\nBW-78 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– November 4, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nHUNT THE MAN DOWN<\/strong> (1950)
\nLawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
\nDir:\u00a0George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Willard Parker.
\nBW-68 mins<\/p>\n
\nFIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT<\/strong> (1963)
\nA woman tries to free herself from her husband by helping him fake his own death.
\nDir:\u00a0Anatole Litvak Cast:\u00a0 Anthony Perkins, Sophia Loren, Gig Young.
\nBW-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– November 5, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nOUT OF THE PAST<\/strong> (1947)
\nA private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
\nDir:\u00a0Jacques Tourneur Cast: \u00a0Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– November 6, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nCHARADE<\/strong> (1963)
\nA beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
\nDir:\u00a0Stanley Donen Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant,\u00a0Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
\nC-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nAND THEN THERE WERE NONE<\/strong> (1945)
\nGuests at a remote island mansion realize a crazed killer is stalking them.
\nDir:\u00a0Ren\u00e9 Clair Cast:\u00a0 Walter Huston, Barry Fitzgerald, Louis Hayward.
\nBW-97 mins, CC
\n***An Agatha Christie<\/a> adaptation.***<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– November 7, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nBERSERK<\/strong> (1967)
\nA lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
\nDir:\u00a0Jim O’Connolly Cast: Joan Crawford, Diana Dors, Ty Hardin.
\nC-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nTHE NANNY<\/strong> (1965)
\nA disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
\nDir:\u00a0Seth Holt Cast: \u00a0Bette Davis, William Dix, Jill Bennett.
\nBW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nTHE PROWLER<\/strong> (1951)
\nA policeman’s obsession with a married woman leads to murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Joseph Losey Cast: Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell.
\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE LAST OF SHEILA<\/strong> (1973)
\nA game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
\nDir:\u00a0Herbert Ross Cast:\u00a0 Richard Benjamin, James Colburn, Diane Cannon.
\nC-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nMARIE: A TRUE STORY<\/strong> (1985)
\nA political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
\nDir:\u00a0Roger Donaldson Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Morgan Freeman.
\nC-112 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nTuesday\u00a0– November 10, 2015<\/h3>\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:\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW-91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nAFTER THE THIN MAN<\/strong> (1936)
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir:\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
\nBW-112 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nEVELYN PRENTICE<\/strong> (1934)
\nA criminal lawyer’s wife faces blackmail when she has an affair.
\nDir:\u00a0William K. Howard Cast: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Una Merkel.
\nBW-79 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– November 11, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nGAMBLING LADY<\/strong> (1934)
\nTwo gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
\nDir:\u00a0Archie Mayo Cast:\u00a0 Pat O’Brien, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea.
\nBW-66 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:\u00a0Charles Laughton Cast: \u00a0Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
\nBW-93 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– November 12, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nMR. AND MRS. NORTH<\/strong> (1941)
\nA sappily married couple discover a murder victim in their closet.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert B. Sinclair Cast: Gracie Allen, William Post, Jr., Paul Kelly.
\nBW-67 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE SECRET FURY<\/strong> (1950)
\nA mysterious figure tries to stop a woman’s marriage by driving her mad.
\nDir:\u00a0Mel Ferrer Cast:\u00a0 Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl.
\nBW-86 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nGUNSIGHT RIDGE<\/strong> (1957)
\nA sheriff tries to find the man who killed his predecessor.
\nDir:\u00a0Francis D. Lyon Cast: Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens, Joan Weldon.
\nBW-85 mins<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– November 13, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nLOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY<\/strong> (1938)
\nA small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once.
\nDir:\u00a0George B. Seitz Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland.
\nBW-91 mins, CC
\n***Not a mystery. Another Andy Hardy movie.***<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– November 14, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE WRONG BOX<\/strong> (1966)
\nTwo elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
\nDir:\u00a0Bryan Forbes Cast: Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Michael Caine.
\nC-106 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– November\u00a015, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nLEAVE HER TO HEAVEN<\/strong> (1945)
\nA beautiful neurotic will stop at nothing to hold onto her husband’s love.
\nDir:\u00a0John M. Stahl Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Craine.
\nC-110 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday\u00a0– November 16, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE KISS OF DEATH<\/strong> (1947)
\nAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
\nDir:\u00a0Henry Hathaway Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark.
\nBW-99 mins<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– November 18, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nIN COLD BLOOD<\/strong> (1967)
\nTwo vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker.
\nDir:\u00a0Richard Brooks Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forthsythe.
\nBW-135 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– November 19, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nBUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS<\/strong> (1933)
\nA police chief helps a young bride find her missing husband or at least his corpse.
\nDir:\u00a0Roy Del Ruth Cast: Pat O’Brien, Bette Davis, Lewis Stone.
\nBW-73 mins<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– November 21, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nMURDER, SHE SAID<\/strong> (1961)
\nWhen nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
\nDir:\u00a0George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Hickson.
\nBW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
\n***A very different take on an Agatha Christie<\/a> mystery. Includes a young Joan Hickson, who later went on to play an absolutely perfect Miss Marple.***<\/p>\n
\nBULLITT<\/strong> (1968)
\nWhen mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
\nDir:\u00a0Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset.
\nC-114 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nPOINT BLANK<\/strong> (1967)
\nA gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
\nDir:\u00a0John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn.
\nC-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nEXPERIMENT IN TERROR<\/strong> (1962)
\nA master criminal tries to force a bank teller to help him pull off a big heist.
\nDir:\u00a0Blake Edwards Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Ross Martin.
\nBW-123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSunday \u00a0– November 22, 2015<\/h3>\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:\u00a0Robert Montgomery Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
\nBW-103 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday\u00a0– November 23, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nTHE INVISIBLE MENACE<\/strong> (1938)
\nAn Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
\nDir:\u00a0John Farrow Cast:\u00a0 Boris Karloff, Regis Toomey, Marie Wilson.
\nBW-55 mins<\/p>\n
\nLURED<\/strong> (1947)
\nA woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
\nDir:\u00a0Douglas Sirk Cast: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Boris Karloff.
\nBW-103 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE VENETIAN AFFAIR<\/strong> (1967)
\nA reporter investigates an American diplomat’s murder in Venice.
\nDir:\u00a0Jerry Thorpe Cast:\u00a0 Boris Karloff, Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer.
\nC-89 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nTuesday\u00a0– November 24, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nSHIELD FOR MURDER<\/strong> (1954)
\nA crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
\nDir:\u00a0Edmond O’Brien, Howard Coch Cast: \u00a0Edmond O’Brien, John Agar, Carolyn Jones.
\nBW-82 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE BURNING HILLS<\/strong> (1956)
\nA young cowboy and a Mexican girl run from a ruthless criminal.
\nDir:\u00a0Stuart Heisler Cast:\u00a0 Tab Hunter, Skip Homeier, Natalie Wood.
\nC-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nHOT SUMMER NIGHT<\/strong> (1957)
\nA hot-shot reporter risks his life to land an interview with a notorious crook.
\nDir:\u00a0David Friedkin Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Edward Andrews, Jay C. Flippen.
\nBW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– November 25, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nA TIME TO KILL<\/strong> (1996)
\nDir:\u00a0Joel Schumacher Cast: Matthey McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson.
\nBW-128 mins<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– November 26, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nNO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN<\/strong> (2007)
\nA poacher has to elude the Texas Rangers and the mob after stealing drug money.
\nDir:\u00a0Joel & Ethan Coen Cast: \u00a0Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem.
\nC-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nDESK SET<\/strong> (1957)
\nA computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network’s research staff.
\nDir:\u00a0Walter Lang Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young.
\nC-103 mins<\/p>\n
\nWOMAN OF THE YEAR<\/strong> (1942)
\nOpposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
\nDir:\u00a0George Stevens Cast: \u00a0Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Fay Bainter.
\nBW-114 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSTATE OF THE UNION<\/strong> (1948)
\nA presidential candidate fights to keep his integrity and his wife during a grueling campaign.
\nDir:\u00a0Frank Capra Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury.
\nBW-123 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– November 27, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nPAT AND MIKE<\/strong> (1952)
\nRomance blooms between a female athlete and her manager.
\nDir:\u00a0George Cukor Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Aldo Ray.
\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nADAM’S RIB<\/strong> (1949)
\nHusband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
\nDir:\u00a0George Cukor Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday<\/a>.
\nBW-101 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nCHARADE<\/strong> (1963)
\nA beautiful widow tries to find her husband’s lost fortune while eluding the killers who want it themselves.
\nDir:\u00a0Stanley Donen Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.
\nC-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nNORTH BY NORTHWEST<\/strong> (1959)
\nAn advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
\nC-136 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– November 28, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nDICK TRACY<\/strong> (1945)
\nDick is faced with a series of murders in which the victims all come from different social and economic backgrounds.
\nDir:\u00a0William Berke Cast:\u00a0 Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki.
\nBW-61 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBADLANDS<\/strong> (1973)
\nA young tough guy and his teen-aged girlfriend take off on a killing spree.
\nDir:\u00a0Terrence Malick Cast: \u00a0Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates.
\nC-94 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– November 29, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nRANSOM!<\/strong> (1956)
\nA wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped.
\nDir:\u00a0Alex Segal Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen.
\nBW-102 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nIT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU<\/strong> (1954)
\nA dizzy model in love with fame rents a billboard and puts her name on it.
\nDir:\u00a0George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday<\/a>, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford.
\nBW-87 mins, CC
\n***Not a mystery. Judy Holliday is terrific!***<\/p>\n
\nCROSSING DELANCEY<\/strong> (1988)
\nAn aging woman hires a matchmaker to find her independent granddaughter a man.
\nDir:\u00a0Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk.
\nC-97 mins, CC
\n***Not a mystery. I just watched this movie last week, and\u00a0as I watched it, I wished I would have told you all about it so you could have DVR-ed it. I’m delighted TCM is re-airing it so I can tell you about it now.***<\/p>\nMonday\u00a0– November 30, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nSMART GIRLS DON’T TALK<\/strong> (1948)
\nA society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
\nDir:\u00a0Richard Bare Cast: Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, Helen Westcott.
\nBW-81 mins<\/p>\n
\nFLAXY MARTIN<\/strong> (1949)
\nMessing with a mobster’s girlfriend gets a lawyer framed for murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Richard Bare Cast: Zachary Scott, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone.
\nBW-86 mins, CC<\/p>\nNovember 2015 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):<\/h3>\n
Sunday – November 8, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nSigned, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas<\/strong>
\nOliver, Shane, Norman and Rita work together in the dead letter office to solve the mystery behind an undeliverable Christmas card from years past. Stars Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson.
\n***Not a mystery, but I know there are some Signed, Sealed, Delivered fans out there.***<\/p>\nSunday \u2013 November 22, 2015 9\/8c<\/h3>\n
\nThis holiday season, Hannah Swensen is making plum pudding and trying to solve the murder of a man in his own office. It turns out the list of suspects who would have wanted to see the guy dead is a long one, from a bitter ex-wife to exasperated investors. But Hannah is on the case, not to mention ready for a little Christmas season romance. (Based on Joanne Fluke<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s very popular (very Cozy!) Hannah Swensen Mystery Series\/)
\nStarring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison<\/p>\n