{"id":34578,"date":"2017-11-23T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T17:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=34578"},"modified":"2017-11-25T12:02:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T18:02:27","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-and-upcoming-television-mystery-movies-for-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/happy-thanksgiving-and-upcoming-television-mystery-movies-for-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since next month will be December, there will be quite a few Christmas movies, which I will be listing if they are some of my personal favorites. They’ll be marked as Christmas movies, and unless noted otherwise, are not particularly “mysterious”.<\/p>\n

It’s also worth mentioning, though they aren’t quite mysteries, TCM will (again) be showing the Thin Man movies on New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n

So, let’s get started!<\/p>\n

December 2017\u00a0Turner Classic Movies Channel Mystery Movies (Central time zone):<\/h3>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Friday – December 1, 2017<\/h3>\n

9:15 AM
\nARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)<\/strong>
\nA young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Frank Capra\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Cary Grant,\u00a0Priscilla Lane,\u00a0Raymond Massey.
\nBW- 118 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Saturday – December 2, 2017<\/h3>\n

2:00 AM
\nA NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)<\/strong>
\nStar interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Laurent Bouzereau
\nC- 58 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

3:00 PM
\nKIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)<\/strong>
\nAn ambitious young man sets out to kill everyone who stands between him and a fortune.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Hamer\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Alec Guinness,\u00a0Dennis Price,\u00a0Joan Greenwood.
\nBW- 106 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Sunday – December 3, 2017<\/h3>\n

9:00 AM
\nPUSHOVER (1954)<\/strong>
\nA police detective falls for the bank robber’s girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Richard Quine\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Fred MacMurray,\u00a0Phil Carey,\u00a0Kim Novak.
\nBW- 88 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

11:00 AM
\nTHE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Ernst Lubitsch\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Margaret Sullavan,\u00a0James Stewart,\u00a0Frank Morgan.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Tuesday – December 5, 2017<\/h3>\n

5:00 AM
\nM (1931)<\/strong>
\nThe mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Fritz Lang\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Theo Lingen,\u00a0Peter Lorre,\u00a0Otto Wernicke.
\nBW- 110 mins<\/p>\n

7:00 AM
\nTHE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933)<\/strong>
\nA crime wave grips the city and all clues seem to lead to the nefarious Dr. Mabuse.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Fritz Lang\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Rudolf Klein-Rogge,\u00a0Gustav Diesel,\u00a0Otto Wernicke.
\nBW- 121 mins<\/p>\n

5:15 PM
\nWHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)<\/strong>
\nReporters compete to catch a serial killer.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Fritz Lang\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Dana Andrews,\u00a0Rhonda Fleming,\u00a0George Sanders.
\nBW- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nTHEY WON’T FORGET (1937)<\/strong>
\nBigotry flares when a teacher is accused of killing a small-town girl in the South.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Mervyn LeRoy\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Claude Rains,\u00a0Gloria Dickson,\u00a0Edward Norris.
\nBW- 95 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Friday – December 8, 2017<\/h3>\n

7:00 PM
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)<\/strong>
\nGhosts visit a miser during the holidays to teach him the errors of his ways.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Brian Desmond-Hurst\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Alastair Sim,\u00a0Kathleen Harrison,\u00a0Mervyn Johns.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

8:45 PM
\nSCROOGE (1935)<\/strong>
\nThe legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Henry Edwards\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Seymour Hicks,\u00a0Donald Calthrop,\u00a0Maurice Evans.
\nBW- 78 mins
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

10:15 PM
\nLADY IN THE LAKE (1947)<\/strong>
\nPhilip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Montgomery\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Montgomery,\u00a0Audrey Totter,\u00a0Lloyd Nolan.
\nBW- 103 mins, CC<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Saturday – December 9, 2017<\/h3>\n

12:15 AM
\nLADY ON A TRAIN (1945)<\/strong>
\nA young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Charles David\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Deanna Durbin,\u00a0Ralph Bellamy,\u00a0David Bruce.
\nBW- 94 mins<\/p>\n

3:45 AM
\nLARCENY, INC.<\/strong> ( 1942)<\/strong>
\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: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Wyman , Broderick Crawford .
\nBW- 95 mins, CC<\/p>\n

5:30 AM
\nTHE MALTESE FALCON (1931)<\/strong>
\nIn the first screen version of The Maltese Falcon, detective Sam Spade investigates the theft of a priceless statue.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Roy Del Ruth\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Bebe Daniels,\u00a0Ricardo Cortez,\u00a0Dudley Digges.
\nBW- 78 mins, CC<\/p>\n

1:00 PM
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Roy Del Ruth\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Don DeFore,\u00a0Ann Harding,\u00a0Charlie Ruggles.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Sunday – December 10, 2017<\/h3>\n

1:00 AM
\nPRIVATE PARTS (1972)<\/strong>
\nA young girl moves into her estranged aunt\u00bfs hotel when she begins to suspect that a guest was murdered.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Paul Bartel\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Ayn Ruymen,\u00a0Lucille Benson,\u00a0John Ventantonio.
\nC- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n

4:45 AM
\nA VISIT TO SANTA (1963)<\/strong>
\nTwo children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
\nC- 12 mins
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

11:00 AM
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Don Hartman\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Mitchum,\u00a0Janet Leigh,\u00a0Wendell Corey.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

12:45 PM
\nMEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Vincente Minnelli\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Judy Garland,\u00a0Margaret O’Brien,\u00a0Mary Astor.
\nC- 113 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Monday – December 11, 2017<\/h3>\n

3:00 AM
\nFEAR (1954)<\/strong>
\nThe wife of a prominent scientist is blackmailed after her extramarital affair is discovered.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Roberto Rossellini\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Ingrid Bergman,\u00a0Mathias Wieman,\u00a0Renate Mannhardt.
\nBW- 79 mins,<\/p>\n

5:45 PM
\nA NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)<\/strong>
\nStar interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Laurent Bouzereau
\nC- 58 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Tuesday – December 12, 2017<\/h3>\n

10:00 AM
\nTWO SECONDS ( 1932)<\/strong>
\nIn the last moments of his life, a criminal reviews the circumstances that led him to death row.
\nDir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Vivienne Osborne , Guy Kibbee .
\nBW- 67 mins<\/p>\n

2:00 PM
\nA SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER ( 1938)<\/strong>
\nA gangster finds the straight life ain’t so simple.
\nDir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Bryan , Allen Jenkins .
\nBW- 85 mins, CC<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nTHE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)<\/strong>
\nIllicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Tay Garnett\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Lana Turner,\u00a0John Garfield,\u00a0Cecil Kellaway.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Wednesday – December 13, 2017<\/h3>\n

2:15 PM
\nSLIGHTLY DANGEROUS (1943)<\/strong>
\nA small-town girl changes her identity to make it in New York, leaving her boyfriend a suspect in her “disappearance.”
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Wesley Ruggles\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Lana Turner,\u00a0Robert Young,\u00a0Walter Brennan.
\nBW- 94 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Thursday – December 14, 2017<\/h3>\n

12:30 PM
\nCOMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON (1930)<\/strong>
\nIn this short film, a criminal attempting to go straight stops a young lady on Christmas eve from committing suicide. Vitaphone Release 1094-1095.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Arthur Hurley\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Eric Dressler,\u00a0Lenita Lane,\u00a0Pat O’Brien.
\nBW- 14 mins
\n****Christma<\/span>s, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Friday – December 15, 2017<\/h3>\n

7:00 PM
\nTHE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Ernst Lubitsch\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Margaret Sullavan,\u00a0James Stewart,\u00a0Frank Morgan.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

9:00 PM
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Don Hartman\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Mitchum,\u00a0Janet Leigh,\u00a0Wendell Corey.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

10:45 PM
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Roy Del Ruth\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Don DeFore,\u00a0Ann Harding,\u00a0Charlie Ruggles.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Saturday – December 16, 2017<\/h3>\n

1:00 AM
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0William Keighley\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Bette Davis,\u00a0Ann Sheridan,\u00a0Monty Woolley.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

11:15 AM
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)<\/strong>
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Edwin L. Marin\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Reginald Owen,\u00a0Gene Lockhart,\u00a0Kathleen Lockhart.
\nBW- 69 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Sunday – December 17, 2017<\/h3>\n

7:45 AM
\nA NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: MERRY CHRISTMAS! (2011)<\/strong>
\nStar interviews and film clips trace the history of Christmas movies.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Laurent Bouzereau
\nC- 58 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

9:00 AM
\nTHE\u00a0 POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946)<\/strong>
\nIllicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.<\/p>\n

Dir:\u00a0\u00a0Tay Garnett\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Lana Turner,\u00a0John Garfield,\u00a0Cecil Kellaway.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC<\/p>\n

11:15 AM
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)<\/strong>
\nA homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Peter Godfrey\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Barbara Stanwyck,\u00a0Dennis Morgan,\u00a0Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

1:15 PM
\nTHE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)<\/strong>
\nAn angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Henry Koster\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Cary Grant,\u00a0Loretta Young,\u00a0David Niven.
\nBW- 109 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Monday – December 18, 2017<\/h3>\n

1:00 PM
\nOUT OF THE PAST (1947)<\/strong>
\nA private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Jacques Tourneur\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Mitchum,\u00a0Jane Greer,\u00a0Kirk Douglas.
\nBW- 97 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Tuesday – December 19, 2017<\/h3>\n

7:30 AM
\nTHE SAINT TAKES OVER (1940)<\/strong>
\nReformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who’s been framed on bribery charges.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Jack Hively\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0George Sanders,\u00a0Wendy Barrie,\u00a0Jonathan Hale.
\nBW- 70 mins, CC<\/p>\n

8:45 AM
\nRAGE IN HEAVEN (1941)<\/strong>
\nA jealous man plots to fake his death and incriminate his wife’s suspected lover.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke II\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Montgomery,\u00a0Ingrid Bergman,\u00a0George Sanders.
\nBW- 85 mins, CC<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Friday – December 22, 2017<\/h3>\n

7:00 PM
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)<\/strong>
\nA homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Peter Godfrey\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Barbara Stanwyck,\u00a0Dennis Morgan,\u00a0Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy. One of the best Christmas movies.****<\/p>\n

9:00 PM
\nREMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)<\/strong>
\nAn assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Mitchell Leisen\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Barbara Stanwyck,\u00a0Fred MacMurray,\u00a0Beulah Bondi.
\nBW- 94 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy. What a treat for Christmas!****<\/p>\n

11:00 PM
\nMEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Vincente Minnelli\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Judy Garland,\u00a0Margaret O’Brien,\u00a0Mary Astor.
\nC- 113 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Saturday – December 23, 2017<\/h3>\n

4:00 PM
\nKING OF KINGS (1961)<\/strong>
\nEpic retelling of Christ’s life and the effects of his teachings on those around him.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Nicholas Ray\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Jeffrey Hunter,\u00a0Siobhan McKenna,\u00a0Robert Ryan.
\nC- 160 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Sunday – December 24, 2017<\/h3>\n

4:45 AM
\nA VISIT TO SANTA (1963)<\/strong>
\nTwo children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
\nC- 12 mins
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

7:00 AM
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0William Keighley\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Bette Davis,\u00a0Ann Sheridan,\u00a0Monty Woolley.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

9:00 AM
\nIT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Roy Del Ruth\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Don DeFore,\u00a0Ann Harding,\u00a0Charlie Ruggles.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

1:15 PM
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Don Hartman\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Robert Mitchum,\u00a0Janet Leigh,\u00a0Wendell Corey.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

3:00 PM
\nCHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)<\/strong>
\nA homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Peter Godfrey\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Barbara Stanwyck,\u00a0Dennis Morgan,\u00a0Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

5:00 PM
\nMEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Vincente Minnelli\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Judy Garland,\u00a0Margaret O’Brien,\u00a0Mary Astor.
\nC- 113 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nTHE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)<\/strong>
\nAn angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Henry Koster\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Cary Grant,\u00a0Loretta Young,\u00a0David Niven.
\nBW- 109 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Monday – December 25, 2017<\/h3>\n

1:00 AM
\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)<\/strong>
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Edwin L. Marin\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Reginald Owen,\u00a0Gene Lockhart,\u00a0Kathleen Lockhart.
\nBW- 69 mins, CC
\n****Christma<\/span>s, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

5:00 AM
\nSTAR IN THE NIGHT (1945)<\/strong>
\nIn this short film, three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve. Vitaphone Release 1401A.
\nCast:\u00a0\u00a0Lynne Baggett,
\nBW- 22 mins
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

9:30 AM
\nSCROOGE (1935)<\/strong>
\nThe legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Henry Edwards\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Seymour Hicks,\u00a0Donald Calthrop,\u00a0Maurice Evans.
\nBW- 78 mins
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

5:00 PM
\nTHE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Ernst Lubitsch\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Margaret Sullavan,\u00a0James Stewart,\u00a0Frank Morgan.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n****Christmas<\/span>, not Cozy****<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nREAR WINDOW (1954)<\/strong>
\nA photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0James Stewart,\u00a0Grace Kelly,\u00a0Wendell Corey.
\nC- 112 mins, CC<\/p>\n

9:00 PM
\nNORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)<\/strong>
\nAn advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Cary Grant,\u00a0Eva Marie Saint,\u00a0James Mason.
\nC- 136 mins, CC<\/p>\n

11:30 PM
\nDIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)<\/strong>
\nA straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Ray Milland,\u00a0Grace Kelly,\u00a0Robert Cummings.
\nC- 105 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Tuesday – December 26, 2017<\/h3>\n

3:45 AM
\nVERTIGO (1958)<\/strong>
\nA detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0James Stewart,\u00a0Kim Novak,\u00a0Barbara Bel Geddes.
\nC- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

6:00 AM
\nSHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)<\/strong>
\nA young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Teresa Wright,\u00a0Joseph Cotten,\u00a0MacDonald Carey.
\nBW- 108 mins, CC
\n****yow-zee!****<\/p>\n

8:00 AM
\nSTRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)<\/strong>
\nA man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Farley Granger,\u00a0Ruth Roman,\u00a0Robert Walker.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC<\/p>\n

10:00 AM
\nTHE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)<\/strong>
\nA corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Edmund Gwenn,\u00a0John Forsythe,\u00a0Mildred Natwick.
\nC- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

4:45 PM
\nTHE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)<\/strong>
\nInternational spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0James Stewart,\u00a0Doris Day,\u00a0Brenda de Banzie.
\nC- 120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nMADAME X (1966)<\/strong>
\nA fallen woman on trial for murder is defended by the son she abandoned years earlier.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0David Lowell Rich\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Lana Turner,\u00a0John Forsythe,\u00a0Ricardo Montalban.
\nC- 100 mins, CC<\/p>\n

9:00 PM
\nPORTRAIT IN BLACK (1960)<\/strong>
\nA woman and her lover kill her husband and are targeted by someone who knows of their crime.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Michael Gordon\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Lana Turner,\u00a0Anthony Quinn,\u00a0Richard Basehart.
\nC- 113 mins, CC<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Saturday – December 30, 2017<\/h3>\n

10:00 AM
\nTHE WINDOW (1949)<\/strong>
\nA boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can’t get anyone but the killer to believe him.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Ted Tetzlaff\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Barbara Hale,\u00a0Arthur Kennedy,\u00a0Paul Stewart.
\nBW- 73 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Sunday – December 31, 2017<\/h3>\n

7:00 PM
\nTHE THIN MAN (1934)<\/strong>
\nA husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0William Powell,\u00a0Myrna Loy,\u00a0Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n

8:45 PM
\nAFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)<\/strong>
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0William Powell,\u00a0Myrna Loy,\u00a0James Stewart.
\nBW- 112 mins, CC<\/p>\n

10:45 PM
\nANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)<\/strong>
\nNot even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0W. S. Van Dyke II\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0William Powell,\u00a0Myrna Loy,\u00a0Virginia Grey.
\nBW- 103 mins, CC<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Monday – January 1, 2017<\/h3>\n

12:45 AM
\nSHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (1941)<\/strong>
\nHigh society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Major W. S. Van Dyke II\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0William Powell,\u00a0Myrna Loy,\u00a0Barry Nelson.
\nBW- 97 mins, CC<\/p>\n

2:30 AM
\nTHE THIN MAN GOES HOME (1945)<\/strong>
\nOn a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Richard Thorpe\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0William Powell,\u00a0Myrna Loy,\u00a0Lucile Watson.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC<\/p>\n

4:15 AM
\nSONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947)<\/strong>
\nSociety sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
\nDir:\u00a0\u00a0Edward Buzzell\u00a0Cast:\u00a0\u00a0William Powell,\u00a0Myrna Loy,\u00a0Keenan Wynn.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n

<\/a>***** ***** ***** *****\u00a0***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in December, 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 November 2017 television mystery movies schedule:<\/p>\n

Upcoming\u00a0Television Mystery Movies for November 2017 on Turner Classic Movies channel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, I have two Christmas movie lists you might be interested in:<\/p>\n

Christmas : Favorite Classic Holiday Movies: Old, Black & White\u2026 and a Few In Color (not mysteries)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas : Favorite Holiday Movies \u2013 More Recent, In Color (not mysteries)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And of course, here is the page on my site with plenty\u00a0of entries about\u00a0movies and television shows you may enjoy:<\/p>\n

Cozy Mystery List TV and \u00a0Movie Section<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.<\/p>\n

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