The Turner Classic Movies channel will be honoring teachers on the first of September. Who knew there were so many teacher-themed movies. Because they aren’t mystery movies I didn’t include them in the month’s schedule >>> but I thought some of you might want to check them out on their schedule.<\/p>\n
There’s another little “who knew?” thing I found that will be on Friday, September 17. There are a whole lot of mystery movies that feature magic or magicians. I’ve never cared for magic, but I sure like mysteries >>> so maybe I should reconsider my I-can-take-it-or-leave-it opinion on magic!<\/p>\n
On the official first day of autumn (Wednesday, September 22) the channel will be featuring movies with the word “autumn” in their titles. We moved down here to Texas from the north, and since then, I have looked forward to the fall. I miss the beautiful fall colors! Because of this, I especially enjoy sprinkling the few autumnal items I own around the house – reminding me that even without the beautiful yellow, orange, and red leaves, fall is here! Now Turner Classic Movies is getting in on the “Autumn’s Here” bandwagon. (These movies with the word “autumn” in them are followed by several good-for-Halloween black and white movies.)<\/p>\n
Also, good news for those of you who enjoy Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley on the Turner Classic Movies channel… He’s back! There’s always a void when he’s not around…<\/p>\n
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\nKey Largo (1948)<\/strong>
\nA returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
\nDir: John Huston Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\nMurder She Said (1961)<\/strong>
\nWhen nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
\nDir: George Pollock Actors: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow
\n86 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Gazebo (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
\n100 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Alphabet Murders (1965)<\/strong>
\nBelgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders committed in alphabetical order.
\nDir: Frank Tashlin Actors: Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley
\n90 mins<\/p>\n
\nSophie’s Place (1969)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo Catch a Thief (1955)<\/strong>
\nA retired cat burglar fights to clear himself of a series of Riviera robberies committed in his style.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
\n103 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Hot Rock (1972)<\/strong>
\nDr. Amusa approaches Dortmunder about a valuable gem in a museum that is of great signifigance to his people in Africa, stolen during colonial times. Dortmunder assembles a crack team of cat burglars and hatches an elaborate plan for stealing the gem. Despite their care and experience, circumstances and plain bad luck keep the gem just out of their reach.
\nDir: Peter Yates Actors: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman
\n101 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – September 4, 2020<\/h3>\n
\nJack of Diamonds (1967)<\/strong>
\nA glamorous jewel thief teaches the ropes to a novice before retiring.
\nDir: Don Taylor Actors: George Hamilton, Joseph Cotten
\n108 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Falcon’s Adventure (1946)<\/strong>
\nA society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
\nDir: William Berke Actors: Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward S. Brophy
\n61 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, Ed Begley
\n95 mins<\/p>\nSunday – September 5, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nCloudburst (1952)<\/strong>
\nA WWII code breaker tracks down his wife’s killers.
\nDir: Francis Searle Actors: Robert Preston, Elizabeth Sellars, Colin Tapley
\n83 mins<\/p>\n
\nCloudburst (1952)<\/strong>
\nA WWII code breaker tracks down his wife’s killers.
\nA WWII code breaker tracks down his wife’s killers.
\nDir: Francis Searle Actors: Robert Preston, Elizabeth Sellars, Colin Tapley
\n83 mins<\/p>\nThursday – September 9, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Woman in White (1948)<\/strong>
\nClassic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey Actors: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
\n109 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Last Ride (1944)<\/strong>
\nA detective suspects foul play in a series of accidental deaths.
\nDir: D. Ross Lederman Actors: Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker
\n57 mins<\/p>\nFriday – September 10, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Seventh Victim (1943)<\/strong>
\nA girl’s search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
\nDir: Mark Robson Actors: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
\n71 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – September 11, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nTwenty Plus Two (1961)<\/strong>
\nWhen a Hollywood secretary is found murdered, a detective is hired to investigate the murder.
\nDir: Joseph M. Newman Actors: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill
\n102 mins<\/p>\n
\nCentral Park (1932)<\/strong>
\nSmall-town kids out to make it in the big city inadvertently get mixed up with gangsters.
\nDir: John G. Adolfi Actors: Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford, Guy Kibbee
\n58 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Case of the Howling Dog (1934)<\/strong>
\nPerry Mason gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.
\nDir: Alan Crosland Actors: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins
\n74 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Naked City (1948)<\/strong>
\nA step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
\nDir: Jules Dassin Actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
\n96 mins<\/p>\nSunday – September 12, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nDrive a Crooked Road (1954)<\/strong>
\nA mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster’s girlfriend.
\nDir: Richard Quine Actors: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin Mccarthy
\n83 mins<\/p>\n
\nDrive a Crooked Road (1954)<\/strong>
\nA mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster’s girlfriend.
\nDir: Richard Quine Actors: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin Mccarthy
\n83 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – September 15, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nBackfire (1950)<\/strong>
\nA veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
\nDir: Vincent Sherman Actors: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo
\n91 mins<\/p>\nThursday – September 16, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nIntruder in the Dust (1949)<\/strong>
\nOnly a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob.
\nDir: Clarence Brown Actors: David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernandez
\n89 mins<\/p>\n
\nKey Largo (1948)<\/strong>
\nA returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
\nDir: John Huston Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\nDark Passage (1947)<\/strong>
\nA man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
\nDir: Delmer Daves Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett
\n106 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Big Sleep (1946)<\/strong>
\nCalled into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
\nDir: Howard Hawks Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
\n114 mins<\/p>\nFriday – September 17, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nMiracles for Sale (1939)<\/strong>
\nA magician turns detective to investigate murder and a phony seance.
\nDir: Tod Browning Actors: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven
\n71 mins<\/p>\n
\nFingers at the Window (1942)<\/strong>
\nA magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers.
\nDir: Charles Lederer Actors: Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone
\n80 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Phantom of Paris (1931)<\/strong>
\nA magician is charged with killing his fiancee’s father.
\nDir: John S. Robertson Actors: John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone
\n73 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – September 18, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Case of the Curious Bride (1935)<\/strong>
\nPerry Mason helps a young woman whose supposedly dead husband suddenly returns to life.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz Actors: Warren William,Margaret Lindsay,Donald Woods
\n80 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Prize (1963)<\/strong>
\nAn American Nobel Prize-winner gets mixed up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
\nDir: Mark Robson Actors: Paul Newman,Edward G. Robinson,Elke Sommer
\n136 mins<\/p>\n
\nOnce a Thief (1965)<\/strong>
\nA young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.
\nDir: Ralph Nelson Actors: Alain Delon, Van Heflin, Jack Palance
\n107 mins<\/p>\nSunday – September 19, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nHuman Desire (1954)<\/strong>
\nAn unhappy wife seduces a veteran into helping her get rid of her husband.
\nDir: Fritz Lang Actors: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford
\n90 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Super Cops (1974)<\/strong>
\nTwo rogue cops enlist a streetwalker to help them stop a deadly drug ring.
\nDir: Gordon Parks Actors: Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier
\n95 mins<\/p>\n
\nGaslight (1944)<\/strong>
\nA newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
\nDir: George Cukor Actors: Charles Boyer,Ingrid Bergman,Joseph Cotten
\n114 mins<\/p>\n
\nHuman Desire (1954)<\/strong>
\nAn unhappy wife seduces a veteran into helping her get rid of her husband.
\nDir: Fritz Lang Actors: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford
\n90 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – September 21, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Hospital (1971)<\/strong>
\nA harried hospital administrator copes with rising costs, a seductive young woman and a serial killer.
\nDir: Arthur Hiller Actors: George C Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes
\n103 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – September 22, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nA Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers (2013)<\/strong>
\nThis is a documentary
\nDir: Laurent Bouzereau Actors: James Ellroy, Philip Kerr, Michael Connelly
\n57 mins<\/p>\nThursday – September 23, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Hidden Hand (1942)<\/strong>
\nThe body count rises during the competition for a family inheritance.
\nDir: Ben Stoloff Actors: Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop
\n66 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)<\/strong>
\nA man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
\nDir: Albert Lewin Actors: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed
\n110 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – September 25, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Stepfather (1987)<\/strong>
\nA seemingly average man, after murdering his entire family, remarries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it again.
\nDir: Joseph Ruben Actors: Terry O’quinn, Shelley Hack, Gillian Barber
\n98 mins<\/p>\n
\nMidnight Alibi (1934)<\/strong>
\nAn elderly recluse shelters a gambler on the run from bogus murder charges.
\nDir: Alan Crosland Actors: Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Helen Chandler
\n60 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)<\/strong>
\nPerry Mason tries to stay on the wagon while investigating the murder of a crooked beauty contest promoter.
\nDir: Archie L. Mayo Actors: Warren William,Genevieve Tobin,Patricia Ellis
\n77 mins oi<\/p>\n
\nHarriet Craig (1950)<\/strong>
\nHarriet Craig is one tough woman – something Joan Crawford could portray very, very well.
\nDir: Vincent Sherman Actors: Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson
\n94 mins<\/p>\nSunday – September 26, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nHell Bound (1957)<\/strong>
\nA criminal gang plots the robbery of a ship carrying $2 million worth of surplus narcotics left over from World War II. The plan goes awry when the gang leader’s girlfriend falls for an ambulance attendant who is an unsuspecting pawn in the scheme.
\nDir: William J. Hole Jr. Actors: John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman
\n69 mins<\/p>\n
\nDinner at Eight (1933)<\/strong>
\nA high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
\nDir: George Cukor Actors: Marie Dressler,John Barrymore,Wallace Beery
\n113 mins
\n*****I have watched this non mystery movie many times and never get tired of the comedic banter. Jean Harlow is phenomenal!*****<\/p>\n
\nHell Bound (1957)<\/strong>
\nA criminal gang plots the robbery of a ship carrying $2 million worth of surplus narcotics left over from World War II. The plan goes awry when the gang leader’s girlfriend falls for an ambulance attendant who is an unsuspecting pawn in the scheme.
\nDir: William J. Hole Jr. Actors: John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman
\n69 mins<\/p>\nMonday – September 27, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nJournal of a Crime (1934)<\/strong>
\nBefore she can confess to shooting her husband’s mistress, a woman succumbs to amnesia.
\nDir: William Keighley Actors: Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd
\n65 mins<\/p>\n
\nBabbitt (1934)<\/strong>
\nA small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
\nDir: William Keighley Actors: Aline Macmahon, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd
\n74 mins<\/p>\nThursday – September 30, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nSherlock, Jr. (1924)<\/strong>
\nA gag-filled comedy which revolves around a film projectionist, unjustly accused of stealing a watch, who dreams of being a great detective.
\nDir: Buster Keaton Actors: Buster Keaton,Kathryn Mcguire,Ward Crane
\n51 mins
\n*****This is a silent Buster Keaton film.*****<\/p>\n