{"id":37925,"date":"2019-11-27T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=37925"},"modified":"2019-11-27T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:52:09","slug":"upcoming-television-mystery-movies-for-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/upcoming-television-mystery-movies-for-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s December again! Every year when I go through TCM’s December schedule I peak ahead to see if we will be seeing Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Asta do some crime-busting. This year is no different, as The Thin Man movies have almost become a December tradition. They’re the types of movies some of us want to watch every time they are on. What a delightful way for us Cozy Mystery lovers to ring in 2020!<\/p>\n

And, this being December, I am going to include some of the old Christmas classics on the list of mystery movies that will be playing during December. For those of you who enjoy Christmas movies, not only will TCM be playing some, but the Hallmark and Lifetime channels will be playing lots and lots of them. (Just click here if you would like to see my entry about the Hallmark 2019 Christmas movies<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

If you’re a dog-lover, then you ought to check out TCM’s schedule for Wednesday, December 4. I’m an absolute dog-lover, however, I do NOT like movies that feature animals. For some reason, even though I know the movies are fictitious, I don’t like seeing any type of animal in perilous situations… which an “animal movie” usually has to have in order to create the everything-turns-out-great<\/em> ending. Anyway, if you like movies that feature dogs, you might want to tune in to TCM that day. Also, Wednesday, December 11 is featuring horse movies and Wednesday, December 18 is featuring an assortment of different animal movies. (Ditto on why I won’t be watching any of them!)<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 1st<\/h3>\n

9:00 AM
\nTHE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944)<\/strong>
\nA meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
\nDir:\u00a0 Jean Negulesco Cast:\u00a0 Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson.
\nBW- 96 mins, CC<\/p>\n

11:00 AM
\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 Robert Montgomery Cast:\u00a0 Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan.
\nBW- 103 mins, CC<\/p>\n

1:00 PM
\nLITTLE WOMEN (1949)<\/strong>
\nThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
\nDir:\u00a0 Mervyn LeRoy Cast:\u00a0 June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien.
\nC- 122 mins, CC
\n*****This has a Christmas scene in it. Not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

3:15 PM
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0 Don Hartman Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/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 Ernst Lubitsch Cast:\u00a0 Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\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 Brian Desmond-Hurst Cast:\u00a0 Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

9:00 PM
\nTHE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)<\/strong>
\nAn angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
\nDir:\u00a0 Henry Koster Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
\nBW- 109 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

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

Monday – December 2nd<\/h3>\n

10:45 AM
\nSCARAMOUCHE (1952)<\/strong>
\nIn 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend’s murder.
\nDir:\u00a0 George Sidney Cast:\u00a0 Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh.
\nC- 115 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 5th<\/h3>\n

5:00 AM
\nTHE WIDOW FROM CHICAGO (1930)<\/strong>
\nA woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
\nDir:\u00a0 Edward Cline Cast:\u00a0 Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson.
\nBW- 62 mins<\/p>\n

6:15 AM
\nTHE FINGER POINTS (1931)<\/strong>
\nA naive reporter takes payoffs for keeping a prominent gangster out of the papers.
\nDir:\u00a0 John Francis Dillon Cast:\u00a0 Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey.
\nBW- 85 mins, CC<\/p>\n

7:45 AM
\nGAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS (1940)<\/strong>
\nA reporter tries to nail a gambling-ship owner for murder.
\nDir:\u00a0 George Amy Cast:\u00a0 Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland.
\nBW- 55 mins, CC<\/p>\n

8:45 AM
\nBLACK HAND (1950)<\/strong>
\nIn turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
\nDir:\u00a0 Richard Thorpe Cast:\u00a0 Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli.
\nBW- 92 mins, CC<\/p>\n

10:30 AM
\nWHITE HEAT (1949)<\/strong>
\nA government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
\nDir:\u00a0 Raoul Walsh Cast:\u00a0 James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC<\/p>\n

12:30 PM
\nRACE STREET (1948)<\/strong>
\nA night-club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
\nDir:\u00a0 Edwin L. Marin Cast:\u00a0 George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell.
\nBW- 79 mins, CC<\/p>\n

3:30 PM
\nPAY OR DIE! (1960)<\/strong>
\nA policeman attempts to crack down on organized crime “protection” rackets.
\nDir:\u00a0 Richard Wilson Cast:\u00a0 Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin.
\nBW- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nSINNER’S HOLIDAY (1930)<\/strong>
\nA jealous young man frames his sister’s boyfriend.
\nDir:\u00a0 John G. Adolfi Cast:\u00a0 Grant Withers, Evelyn Knapp, James Cagney.
\nBW- 60 mins, CC<\/p>\n

8:15 PM
\nMILLIE (1931)<\/strong>
\nA prostitute turns to murder to protect her teenage daughters honor.
\nDir:\u00a0 John Francis Dillon Cast:\u00a0 Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames.
\nBW- 84 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Friday – December 6th<\/h3>\n

5:00 AM
\nMISS PINKERTON (1932)<\/strong>
\nA private duty nurse gets herself mixed up in a murder investigation.
\nDir:\u00a0 Lloyd Bacon Cast:\u00a0 Joan Blondell, George Brent, Ruth Hall.
\nBW- 65 mins, CC<\/p>\n

6:15 AM
\nTHE FAMOUS FERGUSON CASE (1932)<\/strong>
\nTwo reporters interested in different stories write about a murder.
\nDir:\u00a0 Lloyd Bacon Cast:\u00a0 Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell, Vivienne Osborne.
\nBW- 74 mins<\/p>\n

1:45 PM
\nDARK PASSAGE (1947)<\/strong>
\nA man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
\nDir:\u00a0 Delmer Daves Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
\nBW- 106 mins, CC<\/p>\n

3:45 PM
\nTHE BAT (1959)<\/strong>
\nA female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
\nDir:\u00a0 Crane Wilbur Cast:\u00a0 Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon.
\nBW- 80 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 7th<\/h3>\n

5:30 AM
\nDANCE, FOOLS, DANCE (1931)<\/strong>
\nA brother and sister risk their lives to expose the gangsters who ruined their family.
\nDir:\u00a0 Harry Beaumont Cast:\u00a0 Joan Crawford, Lester Vail, Cliff Richards.
\nBW- 81 mins, CC<\/p>\n

7:30 AM
\nBORN FOR TROUBLE (1942)<\/strong>
\nTwo reporters take on a murder ring at the state pen.
\nDir:\u00a0 B. Reeves Eason Cast:\u00a0 Van Johnson, Faye Emerson, George Meeker.
\nBW- 59 mins, CC<\/p>\n

10:30 AM
\nTHEY’RE ALWAYS CAUGHT (1938)<\/strong>
\nThis short film shows the role a crime laboratory plays in the solving of criminal investigations.
\nDir:\u00a0 Harold S. Bucquet Cast:\u00a0 Stanley Ridges, John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt.
\nBW- 22 mins<\/p>\n

11:15 PM
\nBERLIN EXPRESS (1948)<\/strong>
\nAllied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
\nDir:\u00a0 Jacques Tourneur Cast:\u00a0 Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 8th<\/h3>\n

9:00 AM
\nBERLIN EXPRESS (1948)<\/strong>
\nAllied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
\nDir:\u00a0 Jacques Tourneur Cast:\u00a0 Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n

11:00 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 Edwin L. Marin Cast:\u00a0 Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
\nBW- 69 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

12:30 PM
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942)<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
\nDir:\u00a0 William Keighley Cast:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery. It’s a favorite of mine.*****<\/p>\n

2:45 PM
\nO. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE (1952)<\/strong>
\nFive stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
\nDir:\u00a0 Henry Koster Cast:\u00a0 John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe.
\nBW- 118 mins, CC
\n*****This has a Christmas segment in it. It’s not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

7:00 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 Roy Del Ruth Cast:\u00a0 Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

9:15 PM
\nTHE HOLLY AND THE IVY (1952)<\/strong>
\nA minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
\nDir:\u00a0 George More O’Ferrall Cast:\u00a0 Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton.
\nBW- 81 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 10th<\/h3>\n

7:00 PM
\nTHE\u00a0 PINK PANTHER (1964)<\/strong>
\nIn the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess’ diamond.
\nDir:\u00a0 Blake Edwards Cast:\u00a0 David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine.
\nC- 115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

9:15 PM
\nA SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)<\/strong>
\nInspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
\nDir:\u00a0 Blake Edwards Cast:\u00a0 Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders.
\nC- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

11:15 PM
\nTHE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975)<\/strong>
\nDir:\u00a0 Blake Edwards Cast:\u00a0 Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – December 11th<\/h3>\n

1:30 AM
\nTHE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976)<\/strong>
\nAfter driving his boss to insanity, Inspector Clouseau has to stop him from destroying the world.
\nDir:\u00a0 Blake Edwards Cast:\u00a0 Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely.
\nC- 103 mins, CC<\/p>\n

3:30 AM
\nREVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1978)<\/strong>
\nInspector Clouseau fakes his own death so he can track the mystery man who’s been trying to kill him.
\nDir:\u00a0 Blake Edwards Cast:\u00a0 Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Robert Loggia.
\nC- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

12:30 PM
\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 Frank Capra Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey.
\nBW- 118 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 12th<\/h3>\n

2:00 PM
\nOCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960)<\/strong>
\nA group of friends plot to rob a Las Vegas casino.
\nDir:\u00a0 Lewis Milestone Cast:\u00a0 Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra.
\nC- 127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

11:15 PM
\nI’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (1934)<\/strong>
\nTwo telephone engineers try to clear a woman of criminal charges.
\nDir:\u00a0 Ray Enright Cast:\u00a0 Joan Blondell, Pat O’Brien, Allen Jenkins.
\nBW- 69 mins<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 14th<\/h3>\n

5:00 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:\u00a0 Richard Thorpe Cast:\u00a0 Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty.
\nBW- 116 mins, CC<\/p>\n

7:28 AM
\nPRIVATE DETECTIVE (1939)<\/strong>
\nRival detectives fall in love when they’re forced to work together.
\nDir:\u00a0 Noel Smith Cast:\u00a0 Jane Wyman, Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson.
\nBW- 56 mins, CC<\/p>\n

11:00 PM
\nCRISS CROSS (1949)<\/strong>
\nA man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
\nDir:\u00a0 Robert Siodmak Cast:\u00a0 Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea.
\nBW- 88 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 15th<\/h3>\n

9:00 AM
\nCRISS CROSS (1949)<\/strong>
\nA man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
\nDir:\u00a0 Robert Siodmak Cast:\u00a0 Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea.
\nBW- 88 mins, CC<\/p>\n

11:00 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 Charles David Cast:\u00a0 Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce.
\nBW- 94 mins<\/p>\n

12:45 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 Roy Del Ruth Cast:\u00a0 Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0 Don Hartman Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

9:00 PM
\nREMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)<\/strong>
\nAn assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
\nDir:\u00a0 Mitchell Leisen Cast:\u00a0 Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
\nBW- 94 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery. I love, love, love this movie!*****<\/p>\n

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

Monday – December 16th<\/h3>\n

7:00 PM
\nLITTLE WOMEN (1933)<\/strong>
\nThe four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
\nDir:\u00a0 George Cukor Cast:\u00a0 Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery. I personally think this is the best version of the Little Women movies.*****<\/p>\n

9:15 PM
\nLITTLE WOMEN (1949)<\/strong>
\nThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
\nDir:\u00a0 Mervyn LeRoy Cast:\u00a0 June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien.
\nC- 122 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 17th<\/h3>\n

4:00 PM
\nCRIME BY NIGHT (1944)<\/strong>
\nMarried detectives investigating a small-town murder uncover a spy ring.
\nDir:\u00a0 William Clemens Cast:\u00a0 Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson.
\nBW- 73 mins, CC<\/p>\n

5:15 PM
\nOUT OF THE PAST (1947)<\/strong>
\nA private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
\nDir:\u00a0 Jacques Tourneur Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
\nBW- 97 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – December 18th<\/h3>\n

2:00 PM
\nTHE NAKED CITY (1948)<\/strong>
\nA step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
\nDir:\u00a0 Jules Dassin Cast:\u00a0 Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.
\nBW- 96 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 19th<\/h3>\n

5:00 AM
\nI CONFESS (1953)<\/strong>
\nA priest suspected of murder can only clear himself by violating the sanctity of the confessional.
\nDir:\u00a0 Alfred Hitchcock Cast:\u00a0 Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden.
\nBW- 95 mins, CC<\/p>\n

7:00 AM
\nVICTIM (1961)<\/strong>
\nA closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
\nDir:\u00a0 Basil Dearden Cast:\u00a0 Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price.
\nBW- 100 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 21st<\/h3>\n

7:27 AM
\nTHE LAST RIDE (1944)<\/strong>
\nA detective suspects foul play in a series of accidental deaths.
\nDir:\u00a0 D. Ross Lederman Cast:\u00a0 Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker.
\nBW- 57 mins<\/p>\n

11:00 PM
\nCASH ON DEMAND (1961)<\/strong>
\nA charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal money.
\nDir:\u00a0 Quentin Lawrence Cast:\u00a0 Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon.
\nBW- 80 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 22nd<\/h3>\n

9:00 AM
\nCASH ON DEMAND (1961)<\/strong>
\nA charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal money.
\nDir:\u00a0 Quentin Lawrence Cast:\u00a0 Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon.
\nBW- 80 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Monday – December 23rd<\/h3>\n

5:00 AM
\nTHE LETTER (1929)<\/strong>
\nA planter’s wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
\nDir:\u00a0 Jean De Limur Cast:\u00a0 Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen.
\nBW- 60 mins, CC<\/p>\n

6:30 AM
\nTHE LETTER (1940)<\/strong>
\nA woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
\nDir:\u00a0 William Wyler Cast:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
\nBW- 95 mins, CC<\/p>\n

8:30 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 Roy Del Ruth Cast:\u00a0 Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges.
\nBW- 78 mins, CC<\/p>\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:\u00a0 John Huston Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
\nBW- 100 mins, CC<\/p>\n

12:00 PM
\nGASLIGHT (1940)<\/strong>
\nA turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she’s going mad.
\nDir:\u00a0 Thorold Dickinson Cast:\u00a0 Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell.
\nBW- 84 mins, CC<\/p>\n

1:30 PM
\nGASLIGHT (1944)<\/strong>
\nA newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
\nDir:\u00a0 George Cukor Cast:\u00a0 Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
\nBW- 114 mins, CC<\/p>\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 Ernst Lubitsch Cast: \u00a0Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 24th<\/h3>\n

1:00 PM
\nTHE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942)<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
\nDir:\u00a0 William Keighley Cast:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
\nBW- 113 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

3:00 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 Roy Del Ruth Cast:\u00a0 Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

5:15 PM
\nHOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir:\u00a0 Don Hartman Cast:\u00a0 Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

7:00 PM
\nTHE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)<\/strong>
\nAn angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
\nDir:\u00a0 Henry Koster Cast:\u00a0 Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven.
\nBW- 109 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

9:00 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 Vincente Minnelli Cast:\u00a0 Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor.
\nC- 113 mins, CC<\/p>\n

11:00 PM
\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 Edwin L. Marin Cast:\u00a0 Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
\nBW- 69 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – December 25th<\/h3>\n

9:00 AM
\nLITTLE WOMEN (1933)<\/strong>
\nThe four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
\nDir:\u00a0 George Cukor Cast:\u00a0 Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas.
\nBW- 115 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\n

11:00 AM
\nO. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE (1952)<\/strong>
\nFive stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
\nDir:\u00a0 Henry Koster Cast:\u00a0 John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe.
\nBW- 118 mins, CC
\n*****This has a Christmas segment in it. It’s not a mystery movie.*****<\/p>\n

3:00 PM
\nTHE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir:\u00a0 Ernst Lubitsch Cast:\u00a0 Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n*****This is a Christmas movie, not a mystery.*****<\/p>\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 W. S. Van Dyke Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Friday – December 27th<\/h3>\n

5:00 AM
\nTHE VERDICT (1946)<\/strong>
\nA retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
\nDir:\u00a0 Don Siegel Cast:\u00a0 Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n

3:30 PM
\nCONFLICT (1945)<\/strong>
\nA man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
\nDir:\u00a0 Curtis Bernhardt Cast:\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW- 85 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 28th<\/h3>\n

9:00 PM
\nTHE SPLIT (1968)<\/strong>
\nA gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
\nDir:\u00a0 Gordon Flemyng Cast:\u00a0 Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine.
\nC- 90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n

11:00 PM
\nREPEAT PERFORMANCE (1947)<\/strong>
\nDir:\u00a0 Alfred Werker Cast:\u00a0 Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field.
\nBW- 93 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 29th<\/h3>\n

5:00 AM
\nBETWEEN TWO WORLDS (1944)<\/strong>
\nPassengers on a luxury liner realize they are en route to the afterlife.
\nDir:\u00a0 Edward A. Blatt Cast:\u00a0 John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW- 112 mins, CC<\/p>\n

9:00 AM
\nREPEAT PERFORMANCE (1947)<\/strong>
\nDir:\u00a0 Alfred Werker Cast:\u00a0 Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field.
\nBW- 93 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 31st<\/h3>\n

8:15 AM
\nTHE THIN MAN (1934)<\/strong>
\nA husband-and-wife detective\u00a0 team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
\nDir:\u00a0 W. S. Van Dyke Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n

10:00 AM
\nAFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)<\/strong>
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir:\u00a0 W. S. Van Dyke Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart.
\nBW- 112 mins, CC<\/p>\n

12:00 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 W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey.
\nBW- 103 mins, CC<\/p>\n

1:45 PM
\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 Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson.
\nBW- 97 mins, CC<\/p>\n

3:30 PM
\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 Richard Thorpe Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson.
\nBW- 100 mins, CC<\/p>\n

5:15 PM
\nSONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947)<\/strong>
\nSociety sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
\nDir:\u00a0 Edward Buzzell Cast:\u00a0 William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n

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

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

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 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 Movie 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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