{"id":36631,"date":"2019-01-27T09:15:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T15:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=36631"},"modified":"2019-01-27T04:32:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T10:32:19","slug":"upcoming-television-mystery-movies-for-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/upcoming-television-mystery-movies-for-february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some months certainly have more mysteries than others on TCM, and I’m afraid that February will be a bit “light” in the mystery department! Still, I’ve tried to sort out the mysteries, and included a bit more in the “personal favorites” category to try to make up for the shortage!<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – February 2<\/h3>\n

4:15 AM
\nNIGHT MUST FALL (1937)<\/strong>
\nA charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman’s household, then reveals a deadly secret.
\nDir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
\nBW- 116 mins, CC<\/p>\n

6:15 AM
\nSUDDEN FEAR (1952)<\/strong>
\nAn ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged woman, then plots with his mistress to murder her.
\nDir: David Miller Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame.
\nBW- 111 mins, CC<\/p>\n

8:15 AM
\nTHE THIRD MAN (1949)<\/strong>
\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- 105 mins, CC<\/p>\n

10:00 AM
\nPANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)<\/strong>
\nA killer evades the police not knowing he has a deadly plague.
\nDir: Elia Kazan Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes.
\nBW- 96 mins<\/p>\n

11:45 AM
\nSUSPICION (1941)<\/strong>
\nA wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n**** This is a terrific mystery movie. Unfortunately, the studio made Alfred Hitchcock change the end, but it’s still a terrific movie. *****<\/p>\n

1:30 PM
\nSTRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)<\/strong>
\nA man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC<\/p>\n

3:30 PM
\nNORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)<\/strong>
\nAn advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
\nC- 136 mins, CC<\/p>\n

6:00 PM
\nWAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)<\/strong>
\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<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – February 5<\/h3>\n

12:30 AM
\nTHE LETTER (1940)<\/strong>
\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***** I love this movie! It’s a movie I re-watch from time to time. *****<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – February 7<\/h3>\n

9:45 AM
\nTHE CRIMINAL CODE (1931)<\/strong>
\nA convict trying to reform is torn between conflicting loyalties when he witnesses a murder behind bars.
\nDir: Howard Hawks Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings.
\nBW- 96 mins, CC<\/p>\n

8:00 PM
\nALL ABOUT EVE (1950)<\/strong>
\nAn ambitious young actress tries to take over a star’s career and love life.
\nDir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders.
\nBW- 138 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery, but an absolutely terrific movie.*****<\/p>\n

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

Friday – February 8<\/h3>\n

6:00 AM
\nADAM’S RIB (1949)<\/strong>
\nHusband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery, but the cast makes this a very fun movie to watch.*****<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – February 9<\/h3>\n

8:00 PM
\nIN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)<\/strong>
\nA black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation.
\nDir: Norman Jewison Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
\nC- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – February 10<\/h3>\n

9:45 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: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – February 12<\/h3>\n

10:00 AM
\nTHE STRANGER (1946)<\/strong>
\nA small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
\nDir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
\nBW- 95 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Friday – February 15<\/h3>\n

4:00 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: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart.
\nBW- 73 mins, CC<\/p>\n

5:30 PM
\nTHE BAD SEED (1956)<\/strong>
\nA woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
\nDir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden.
\nC- 129 mins, CC
\n*****Yikes!*****<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – February 19<\/h3>\n

11:00 AM
\nTHE LITTLE FOXES (1941)<\/strong>
\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***** Not a mystery, but Bette Davis is at her best here!*****<\/p>\n

1:00 PM
\nWHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)<\/strong>
\nA crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
\nDir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.
\nBW- 134 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – February 20<\/h3>\n

12:00 AM
\nBLOW-UP (1966)<\/strong>
\nA photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
\nDir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings.
\nC- 111 mins, CC<\/p>\n

2:15 PM
\nTWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963)<\/strong>
\nA struggling lawyer takes on a controversial murder case that could make or break him.
\nDir: Boris Sagal Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams.
\nBW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

4:15 PM
\nMADELEINE (1950)<\/strong>
\nA beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
\nDir: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC<\/p>\n

6:15 PM
\n12 ANGRY MEN (1957)<\/strong>
\nA jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
\nDir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley.
\nBW- 96 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – February 24<\/h3>\n

3:30 AM
\nKEY LARGO (1948)<\/strong>
\nA returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
\nDir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall.
\nBW- 100 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – February 26<\/h3>\n

8:00 PM
\nGASLIGHT (1944)<\/strong>
\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>\n

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

Wednesday – February 27<\/h3>\n

10:00 AM
\nTHE MALTESE FALCON (1941)<\/strong>
\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

12:00 PM
\nTHE NAKED CITY (1948)<\/strong>
\nA step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
\nDir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
\nBW- 96 mins, CC<\/p>\n

2:00 PM
\nTHE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)<\/strong>
\nA gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
\nDir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen.
\nBW- 112 mins, CC<\/p>\n

6:00 PM
\nMYSTERY STREET (1950)<\/strong>
\nCriminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim’s bones to go on.
\nDir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
\nBW- 93 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – February 28<\/h3>\n

10:00 AM
\nJEZEBEL (1938)<\/strong>
\nA tempestuous Southern belle’s willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.
\nDir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent.
\nBW- 104 mins, CC
\n*****Not a mystery, but definitely terrific!*****<\/p>\n

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

If you\u2019re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed tv specials coming up in February, 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 January 2019 television mystery movies schedule:<\/p>\n

Upcoming\u00a0Television Mystery Movies for January 2019 on Turner Classic Movies channel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And 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\u2013 all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.<\/p>\n

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