The Turner Classic Movies channel is beginning the month of May 2021 by showing movies that received Oscar nominations\/wins. TCM has an interesting theme on May 5 which answers the question: how would you go about getting rid of a body? This is followed by several movies that take place in the court – I suppose trying to find out who got rid of the body that was “gotten rid of” by the culprit…<\/p>\n
TCM will be showing several film noir movies on May 19 — which ought to be fun for a lot of us. And, as I mentioned, there will be court-themed movies as well. The court-themed movies will be aired on a few days of the month. I love it when the channel has theme days that are based on different types of mysteries.<\/p>\n
The last three days of May the Turner Classic Movies channel will be airing Memorial Day-themed movies. I had no idea there were so many!<\/p>\n
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\nVertigo (1958)<\/strong>
\nA detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, & Barbara Bel Geddes.
\n128 mins<\/p>\n
\nWait Until Dark (1967)<\/strong>
\nA blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
\nDir: Terence Young. Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, & Richard Crenna.
\n108 mins<\/p>\n
\nWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)<\/strong>
\nA crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
\nDir: Robert Aldrich. Actors: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, & Victor Buono.
\n134 mins<\/p>\nSunday – May 2, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nZ (1969)<\/strong>
\nA political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption.
\nDir: Constantin Costa-Gavras. Actors: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant.
\n127 mins<\/p>\nMonday – May 3, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nPrivate Screenings: Robert Osborne (2014)<\/strong>
\nTCM host Robert Osborne sits down with Alec Baldwin to discuss Osborne’s life and career.
\n74 mins
\n*****This is not a mystery movie, however, for those of you who miss Robert Osborne, here’s an interview with him that actually is about Robert.*****<\/p>\n
\nCrossfire (1947)<\/strong>
\nA crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
\nDir: Edward Dmytryk. Actors: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, & Robert Ryan.
\n86 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Night of the Hunter (1955)<\/strong>
\nA bogus preacher marries an outlaw’s widow in search of the man’s hidden loot.
\nDir: Charles Laughton. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, & Lillian Gish.
\n93 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – May 4, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe 39 Steps (1935)<\/strong>
\nA man falsely suspected of killing a spy races across Scotland handcuffed to the beautiful blonde who turned him in.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, & Godfrey Tearle.
\n87 mins<\/p>\n
\nStrangers on a Train (1951)<\/strong>
\nA man’s joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, & Ruth Roman.
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\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. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, & Dame May Whitty.
\n116 mins<\/p>\n
\nA Kiss before Dying (1956)<\/strong>
\nA college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
\nDir: Gerd Oswald. Actors: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, & Joanne Woodward.
\n95 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – May 5, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nMacabre (1958)<\/strong>
\nA doctor’s daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
\nDir: William Castle. Actors: William Prince, Jim Backus, & Christine White.
\n71 mins<\/p>\n
\nA Slight Case of Murder (1938)<\/strong>
\nA gangster finds the straight life ain’t so simple.
\nDir: Lloyd Bacon. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, & Allen Jenkins.
\n85 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Stranger\u00a0(1946)<\/strong>
\nA small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
\nDir: Orson Welles. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, & Loretta Young.
\n95 mins<\/p>\n
\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: Frank Capra. Actors: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, & Peter Lorre.
\n118 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Gazebo\u00a0(1960)<\/strong>
\nA suburban couple tries to cope with a murder victim whose body refuses to stay put.
\nDir: George Marshall. Actors: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, & Carl Reiner.
\n102 mins<\/p>\n
\nDiabolique (1955)<\/strong>
\nA cruel man’s wife and lover plot to kill him.
\nDir: Henri-Georges Clouzot. Actors: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, & Paul Meurisse.
\n117 mins<\/p>\n
\n12 Angry Men (1957)<\/strong>
\nA jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
\nDir: Sidney Lumet. Actors: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, & E.G. Marshall.
\n96 mins<\/p>\n
\nAnatomy of a Murder (1959)<\/strong>
\nA small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
\nDir: Otto Preminger. Actors: James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, & Lee Remick.
\n161 mins<\/p>\nThursday – May 6, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nCriminal Court (1946)<\/strong>
\nA lawyer defends the woman on trial for a murder he committed.
\nDir: Robert Wise. Actors: Tom Conway, Martha O’Driscoll, & Robert Armstrong.
\n63 mins<\/p>\n
\nMadeleine (1950)<\/strong>
\nA beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
\nDir: David Lean. Actors: Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, & Leslie Banks.
\n115 mins<\/p>\n
\nBeyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)<\/strong>
\nA novelist frames himself for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
\nDir: Fritz Lang. Actors: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, & Sidney Blackmer.
\n80 mins<\/p>\n
\nMidnight Mary (1933)<\/strong>
\nAn abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
\nDir: William A. Wellman. Actors: Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, & Franchot Tone.
\n74 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – May 12, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nKeeper of the Flame (1943)<\/strong>
\nA reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
\nDir: George Cukor. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, & Margaret Wycherly.
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\nAdam’s Rib (1949)<\/strong>
\nHusband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
\nDir: George Cukor. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, & Judy Holliday.
\n101 mins<\/p>\nThursday – May 13, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nLadies of the Jury (1932)<\/strong>
\nA jury hold-out tries to prove the defendant’s innocence.
\nDir: Lowell Sherman. Actors: Edna May Oliver, Ken Murray, & Roscoe Ates.
\n63 mins<\/p>\nFriday – May 14, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)<\/strong>
\nIllicit lovers plot to kill the woman’s older husband.
\nDir: Tay Garnett. Actors: Lana Turner, John Garfield, & Cecil Kellaway.
\n113 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – May 15, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Falcon Takes Over (1942)<\/strong>
\nA society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug’s lost girlfriend.
\nDir: Irving Reis. Actors: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, & Ward Bond.
\n63 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Manchurian Candidate (1962)<\/strong>
\nA Korean War hero doesn’t realize he’s been programmed to kill by the enemy.
\nDir: John Frankenheimer. Actors: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, & Angela Lansbury.
\n127 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Big Heat (1953)<\/strong>
\nA police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
\nDir: Fritz Lang. Actors: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, & Lee Marvin.
\n90 mins<\/p>\n
\nGilda (1946)<\/strong>
\nA gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she’s married to his new boss.
\nDir: Charles Vidor. Actors: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, & George Macready.
\n110 mins<\/p>\nSunday – May 16, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nTouch of Evil (1958)<\/strong>
\nA narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
\nDir: Orson Welles. Actors: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, & Janet Leigh.
\n111 mins<\/p>\n
\nI Want to Live! (1958)<\/strong>
\nTrue story of the small-time lady crook who fought to escape the gas chamber.
\nDir: Robert Wise. Actors: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, & Theodore Bikel.
\n121 mins<\/p>\n
\nTouch of Evil (1958)<\/strong>
\nA narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
\nDir: Orson Welles. Actors: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, & Janet Leigh.
\n111 mins<\/p>\n
\nMildred Pierce (1945)<\/strong>
\nA woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, & Jack Carson.
\n111 mins<\/p>\nMonday – May 17, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nBullitt (1968)<\/strong>
\nWhen mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
\nDir: Peter Yates. Actors: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, & Jacqueline Bisset.
\n114 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – May 18, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Honeymoon Killers (1969)<\/strong>
\nA lonely nurse and her gigolo lover murder a string of widows.
\nDir: Leonard Kastle. Actors: Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, & Barbara Cason.
\n108 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – May 19, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nHell Drivers (1957)<\/strong>
\nA trucker tangles with a corrupt boss and his thugs.
\nDir: Cy Endfield. Actors: Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, & Peggy Cummins.
\n103 mins<\/p>\n
\nJeopardy (1953)<\/strong>
\nA woman desperately seeks help to prevent her trapped husband from drowning.
\nDir: John Sturges. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, & Ralph Meeker.
\n69 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Hitch-Hiker\u00a0(1953)<\/strong>
\nA dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
\nDir: Ida Lupino. Actors: Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, & William Talman.
\n71 mins<\/p>\n
\nTomorrow Is another Day (1951)<\/strong>
\nA man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released and struggles to adjust to the outside world.
\nDir: Felix E. Feist. Actors: Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, & Lurene Tuttle.
\n91 mins<\/p>\n
\nDetour (1945)<\/strong>
\nA hitchhiker takes on a dead man’s identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
\nDir: Edgar G. Ulmer. Actors: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, & Claudia Drake.
\n69 mins<\/p>\n
\nGun Crazy (1950)<\/strong>
\nTwo disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
\nDir: Joseph H. Lewis. Actors: Peggy Cummins, John Dall, & Morris Carnovsky.
\n87 mins<\/p>\n
\nThey Live by Night (1948)<\/strong>
\nAfter an unjust prison sentence, a young innocent gets mixed-up with hardened criminals and a violent escape.
\nDir: Nicholas Ray. Actors: Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, & Howard da Silva.
\n95 mins<\/p>\n
\nJudgment at Nuremberg (1961)<\/strong>
\nAn aging American judge presides over the trial of Nazi war criminals.
\nDir: Stanley Kramer. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich, & Maximilian Schell.
\n179 mins<\/p>\nThursday – May 20, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nI Accuse! (1958)<\/strong>
\nTrue story of writer Emile Zola’s defense of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer framed by anti-Semites.
\nDir: Jose Ferrer. Actors: Jose Ferrer, Emlyn Williams, & Viveca Lindfors.
\n99 mins<\/p>\nFriday – May 21, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nBorn to Kill (1947)<\/strong>
\nA murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
\nDir: Robert Wise. Actors: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, & Walter Slezak.
\n92 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Falcon’s Brother (1942)<\/strong>
\nA gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
\nDir: Stanley Logan. Actors: George Sanders, Tom Conway, & Jane Randolph.
\n63 mins
\n*****The interesting thing (to me!) about this movie’s title is that Tom Conway took over the Falcon movies after his brother (George Sanders) stopped making them.<\/p>\n
\nForeign Correspondent (1940)<\/strong>
\nAn American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, & George Sanders.
\n121 mins<\/p>\nSunday – May 23 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Brothers Rico (1957)<\/strong>
\nA reformed mob accountant tries to get to his gangster brother before the criminals can.
\nDir: Phil Karlson. Actors: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, & Kathryn Grant.
\n92 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Brothers Rico (1957)<\/strong>
\nA reformed mob accountant tries to get to his gangster brother before the criminals can.
\nDir: Phil Karlson. Actors: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, & Kathryn Grant.
\n92 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Kiss before the Mirror (1933)<\/strong>
\nAn attorney defending a friend whose wife cheated on him suspects his own wife of adultery.
\nDir: James Whale. Actors: Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, & Paul Lukas.
\n68 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – May 25, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nIn Cold Blood (1967)<\/strong>
\nTwo vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker.
\nDir: Richard Brooks. Actors: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, & John Forsythe.
\n135 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – May 26, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nTo Kill a Mockingbird (1962)<\/strong>
\nA young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
\nDir: Robert Mulligan. Actors: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, & Philip Alford.
\n129 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG<\/p>\nThursday – May 27, 2021<\/h3>\n
\n…And Justice for All (1979)<\/strong>
\nA crusading attorney is assigned to defend a judge accused of rape.
\nDir: Norman Jewison. Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, & John Forsythe.
\n119 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe People Against O’Hara (1951)<\/strong>
\nA defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
\nDir: John Sturges. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Diana Lynn, & Pat O’Brien.
\n102 mins<\/p>\n
\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: Frank Capra. Actors: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, & Peter Lorre.
\n118 mins<\/p>\nFriday – May 28, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Stranger (1946)<\/strong>
\nA small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
\nDir: Orson Welles. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, & Loretta Young.
\n95 mins<\/p>\nSunday – May 30, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nAct of Violence (1949)<\/strong>
\nAn embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
\nDir: Fred Zinnemann. Actors: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, & Janet Leigh.
\n82 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Clay Pigeon (1949)<\/strong>
\nA man awakens from a coma to discover he’s accused of treason.
\nDir: Richard Fleischer. Actors: Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, & Richard Quine.
\n63 mins<\/p>\n
\nAct of Violence (1949)<\/strong>
\nAn embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
\nDir: Fred Zinnemann. Actors: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, & Janet Leigh.
\n82 mins<\/p>\n