So school is starting, the weather is getting nicer (some places… here in San Antonio it is still very hot!), and maybe you’re not spending as much time in front of the tv this season. Still, there are plenty of great options if you’re still looking for a nice mystery movie!<\/p>\n
I’m posting the Turner Classic Movies<\/strong> channel mysteries that I think are definitely worth looking at (plus some others from my favorite actors and actresses…) You’re especially in luck if you are a fan of the Falcon<\/strong> <\/em>series, as there is a marathon scheduled for this classic George Sanders\/Tom Conway mystery series that will be airing on September 2nd!<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 10:45 AM 1:30 PM 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n The Falcon is back!<\/p>\n 5:15 AM 6:30 AM 7:45 AM 9:00 AM 10:15 AM 11:30 AM 12:45 PM 2:00 PM 3:15 PM 4:30 PM 5:45 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 6:45 AM 8:45 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:00 AM 6:30 AM 8:15 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 4:45 PM 7:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:30 AM 1:45 PM 11:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 3:00 AM 7:15 AM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:00 PM 9:00 PM 11:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:00 AM 2:45 AM 5:00 AM 7:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 10:00 AM 10:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 5:15 AM 11:30 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 2:15 AM 5:15 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 9:15 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:00 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:30 AM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:00 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 10:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 8:45 AM 10:30 AM 3:45 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:00 PM 5:30 PM ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in September, be sure\u00a0to leave a comment below!<\/p>\n In case you\u2019re interested in seeing the rest of this month\u2019s television mystery movies, here\u2019s the August\u00a02016 television mystery movies schedule:<\/p>\nSeptember\u00a02016\u00a0Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):<\/h3>\n
Thursday\u00a0– September\u00a01, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nMURDER BY AN ARISTOCRAT<\/strong> (1936)
\nA blackmailer’s murder tears apart a well-off family.
\nDir:\u00a0Frank McDonald Cast:\u00a0 Lyle Talbot, Marguerite Churchill, Claire Dodd.
\nBW-60 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE LONE WOLF STRIKES<\/strong> (1940)
\nA reformed jewel thief helps an heiress retrieve a stolen necklace.
\nDir:\u00a0Sidney Salkow Cast:\u00a0 Warren William, Joan Perry, Eric Blore.
\nBW-67 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE LADY EVE<\/strong> (1941)
\nA lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
\nDir:\u00a0Preston Sturges Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
\nBW-94 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery. Terrific comedy!*****<\/p>\nFriday – September 2, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE GAY FALCON<\/strong> (1942)
\nA society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
\nDir:\u00a0Irving Reis Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins.
\nBW-67 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nA DATE WITH THE FALCON<\/strong> (1941)
\nThe gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
\nDir:\u00a0Irving Reis Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason.
\nBW-63 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON TAKES OVER<\/strong> (1942)
\nA society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug’s lost girlfriend.
\nDir:\u00a0Irving Reis Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason.
\nBW-63 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON’S BROTHER<\/strong> (1942)
\nA gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
\nDir:\u00a0Stanley Logan Cast:\u00a0 George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
\nBW-63 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON STRIKES BACK<\/strong> (1943)
\nA society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
\nDir:\u00a0Edward Dmytryk Cast:\u00a0 Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph.
\nBW-66 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON IN DANGER<\/strong> (1943)
\nA society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
\nDir:\u00a0William Clemens Cast:\u00a0 Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard.
\nBW-70 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS<\/strong> (1944)
\nA society sleuth investigates murder at a girls’ school.
\nDir:\u00a0William Clemens Cast:\u00a0 Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday.
\nBW-68 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON OUT WEST<\/strong> (1944)
\nA society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
\nDir:\u00a0William Clemens Cast:\u00a0 Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale.
\nBW-64 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON IN MEXICO<\/strong> (1944)
\nA society sleuth travels South of the border to investigate an art dealer’s murder.
\nDir:\u00a0William Berke Cast:\u00a0 Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha MacVicar.
\nBW-70 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON IN HOLLYWOOD<\/strong> (1944)
\nA society sleuth tours the movie capital, where he uncovers an actor’s murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Gordon Douglas Cast:\u00a0 Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg.
\nBW-67 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> (1945)
\nA society sleuth enlists a little girl’s help in nabbing a mob of silk smugglers.
\nDir:\u00a0Joseph H. Lewis Cast:\u00a0 Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward S. Brophy.
\nBW-66 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– September 3, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE CORSICAN BROTHERS<\/strong> (1941)
\nSiamese twins, separated in infancy, join forces to avenge their parents’ murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Gregory Ratoff Cast:\u00a0 Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff.
\nBW-111 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nCODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE<\/strong> (1939)
\nSecret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
\nDir:\u00a0Noel Smith Cast:\u00a0 Ronald Reagan, Rosella Towne, Eddie Foy Jr..
\nBW-58 mins<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– September 4, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nOUT OF THE PAST<\/strong> (1947)
\nA private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
\nDir:\u00a0Jacques Tourneur Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– September 8, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nWHISTLING IN THE DARK<\/strong> (1941)
\nA radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
\nDir:\u00a0S. Sylvan Simon Cast:\u00a0 Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford.
\nBW-78 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE CUCKOOS<\/strong> (1930)
\nTwo tramps-turned-fortune-tellers try to solve a kidnapping.
\nDir:\u00a0Paul Sloane Cast:\u00a0 Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, June Clyde.
\nBW-97 mins<\/p>\n
\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:\u00a0Richard Rosson Cast:\u00a0 Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Donald Meek.
\nBW-58 mins<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– September 9, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nBELLS ARE RINGING<\/strong> (1960)
\nAn answering service operator gets mixed up in her clients’ lives.
\nDir:\u00a0Vincente Minnelli Cast:\u00a0 Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark.
\nC-126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
\n*****Not a mystery. Judy Holliday is absolutely terrific in every movie she’s in!*****<\/p>\n
\nTHE CONVERSATION<\/strong> (1974)
\nA surveillance expert uncovers a murder plot within a corrupt corporation.
\nDir:\u00a0Francis Ford Coppola Cast:\u00a0 Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield.
\nC-114 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– September\u00a010, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTORCHY BLANE IN PANAMA<\/strong> (1938)
\nAn ambitious newspaper woman traces bank robbers to an ocean liner.
\nDir:\u00a0William Clemens Cast:\u00a0 Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy.
\nBW-59 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE LAVENDER HILL MOB<\/strong> (1952)
\nAn overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold.
\nDir:\u00a0Charles Crichton Cast:\u00a0 Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James.
\nBW-81 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE PLAYER<\/strong> (1992)
\nA rising producer tries to cover up the accidental killing of a screenwriter who was stalking him.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Altman Cast:\u00a0 Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward.
\nC-124 mins, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– September\u00a011, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nBLACK EYE<\/strong> (1974)
\nA private eye stumbles on a series of murders connected to a movie star’s death.
\nDir:\u00a0Jack Arnold Cast:\u00a0 Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth, Teresa Graves.
\nC-98 mins<\/p>\n
\nAN IDEAL HUSBAND<\/strong> (1947)
\nAn upstanding politician is haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion.
\nDir:\u00a0Alexander Korda Cast:\u00a0 Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Hugh Williams.
\nC-93 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nMR. LUCKY<\/strong> (1943)
\nA gambling-ship owner is out to fleece a beautiful society woman, but falls in love.
\nDir:\u00a0H. C. Potter Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford.
\nBW-100 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nAGATHA<\/strong> (1979)
\nA fictional account of the real life, eleven day, never explained 1926 disappearance of famed murder mystery writer Agatha Christie.
\nDir:\u00a0Michael Apted Cast:\u00a0 Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton.
\nC-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– September\u00a016, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE BIG SLEEP<\/strong> (1946)
\nPrivate eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
\nDir:\u00a0Howard Hawks Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
\nBW-114 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FRENCH CONNECTION<\/strong> (1971)
\nTwo New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
\nDir:\u00a0William Friedkin Cast:\u00a0 Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider.
\nC-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nNIGHT MOVES<\/strong> (1975)
\nAn L.A. private detective puts aside his own marital woes while tracing a topless nymphet to the Florida Keys.
\nDir:\u00a0Arthur Penn Cast:\u00a0 Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark.
\nC-100 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– September\u00a017, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE SPLIT<\/strong> (1968)
\nA gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
\nDir:\u00a0Gordon Flemyng Cast:\u00a0 Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine.
\nC-90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nTHE KILLING<\/strong> (1956)
\nA team of specialists plots a daring racetrack robbery, but they don’t reckon with human frailty.
\nDir:\u00a0Stanley Kubrick Cast:\u00a0 Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards.
\nBW-84 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE UNFAITHFUL<\/strong> (1947)
\nWhile her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Vincent Sherman Cast:\u00a0 Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott.
\nBW-109 mins<\/p>\n
\nFOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK<\/strong> (1941)
\nAn aspiring mystery writer stumbles on to a real murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Lloyd Bacon Cast:\u00a0 Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy.
\nBW-96 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0– September 18, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nMURDER, MY SWEET<\/strong> (1944)
\nDetective Philip Marlowe’s search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
\nDir:\u00a0Edward Dmytryk Cast:\u00a0 Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
\nBW-95 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday\u00a0– September\u00a019, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nPROBLEM GIRLS<\/strong> (1953)
\nA reform school doctor uncovers a murder plot.
\nDir:\u00a0E. A. Dupont Cast:\u00a0 Helen Walker, Ross Elliott, Susan Morrow.
\nBW-71 mins<\/p>\n
\nBACKGROUND TO DANGER<\/strong> (1943)
\nAn American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
\nDir:\u00a0Raoul Walsh Cast:\u00a0 George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW-80 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday\u00a0– September 20, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nJOE SMITH, AMERICAN<\/strong> (1942)
\nNazi spies in search of government secrets kidnap a munitions worker.
\nDir:\u00a0Richard Thorpe Cast:\u00a0 Robert Young, Marsha Hunt, Harvey Stephens.
\nBW-63 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE YELLOW CANARY<\/strong> (1943)
\nA socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
\nDir:\u00a0Herbert Wilcox Cast:\u00a0 Anna Neagle, Richard Greene, Nova Pilbeam.
\nBW-84 mins<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– September 21, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE GOOD HUMOR MAN<\/strong> (1950)
\nA good-hearted ice cream man’s efforts to help a young woman turn him into a murder suspect.
\nDir:\u00a0Lloyd Bacon Cast:\u00a0 Jack Carson, Lola Albright, Jean Wallace.
\nBW-80 mins<\/p>\n
\nGIRL MISSING<\/strong> (1933)
\nA new bride disappears from her honeymoon hotel the same night a dead body pops up.
\nDir:\u00a0Robert Florey Cast:\u00a0 Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon, Mary Brian.
\nBW-69 mins<\/p>\nThursday\u00a0– September\u00a022, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE SECRET SIX<\/strong> (1931)
\nA secret society funds the investigation of a bootlegging gang.
\nDir:\u00a0George Hill Cast:\u00a0 Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown.
\nBW-84 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– September 23, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nDIAL M FOR MURDER<\/strong> (1954)
\nA straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
\nDir:\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
\nC-105 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0– September 24, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nTHE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE<\/strong> (1946)
\nIllicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
\nDir:\u00a0Tay Garnett Cast:\u00a0 Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway.
\nBW-113 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday\u00a0– September 26, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nYOU CAN’T BUY LUCK<\/strong> (1937)
\nA racehorse owner tries to buy victory by performing good deeds, but gets mixed up in murder instead.
\nDir:\u00a0Lew Landers Cast:\u00a0 Onslow Stevens, Helen Mack, Vinton Haworth.
\nBW-60 mins<\/p>\nTuesday\u00a0– September 27, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nFOUL PLAY<\/strong> (1978)
\nAn innocent woman stumbles onto a plot to murder the pope.
\nDir:\u00a0Colin Higgins Cast:\u00a0 Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith.
\nC-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nWednesday\u00a0– September 28, 2016<\/h3>\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:\u00a0King Vidor Cast:\u00a0 Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge.
\nBW-90 mins<\/p>\n
\nSHADOW OF DOUBT<\/strong> (1935)
\nMurder charges threaten an actress’s marriage plans.
\nDir:\u00a0George B. Seitz Cast:\u00a0 Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Bruce, Constance Collier.
\nBW-74 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE VELVET TOUCH<\/strong> (1948)
\nAfter accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
\nDir:\u00a0John Gage Cast:\u00a0 Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor.
\nBW-97 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday\u00a0– September 30, 2016<\/h3>\n
\nALGIERS<\/strong> (1938)
\nA thief on the run from the law risks his life for love.
\nDir:\u00a0John Cromwell Cast:\u00a0 Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr.
\nBW-99 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE RACKET<\/strong> (1951)
\nA tough cop has to fight his superiors in order to battle the mob.
\nDir:\u00a0John Cromwell Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan.
\nBW-89 mins, CC<\/p>\n