Can you believe it’s already the end of 2021? This month, the Turner Classic Movies channel is celebrating Christmas by sprinkling lots of Christmas movies throughout the month. Since the channel is showing so many good Christmas movies, I went ahead and listed them. I know they aren’t mystery movies, but I just couldn’t resist telling you about them.<\/p>\n
The Turner Classic Movies channel is keeping their yearly tradition of showing the Thin Man mystery movies during December. This year they will be airing three Thin Man movies before midnight and three after midnight, on New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n
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\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>\nThursday – December 2, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nRage in Heaven (1941)<\/strong>
\nA jealous man plots to fake his death and incriminate his wife’s suspected lover.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders
\n82 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Count of The Old Town (1934)<\/strong>
\nA police inspector tracks a jewel thief to a hotel filled with eccentrics.
\nDir: Sigurd Wallen. Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Valdemar Dalquist, Julia Caesar
\n75 mins<\/p>\nFriday – December 3, 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
\nSatan Met a Lady (1936)<\/strong>
\nIn the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
\nDir: William Dieterle. Actors: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth
\n75 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)<\/strong>
\nA woman in the process of divorce shoots her husband and gets her police lieutenant boyfriend to help hide the body.
\nDir: Felix E. Feist. Actors: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall
\n81 mins<\/p>\n
\nMadeleine (1950)<\/strong>
\nA beautiful young woman stands trial for poisoning her lover.
\nDir: David Lean. Actors: Ann Todd, Norman Woland, Ivan Desny
\n115 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)<\/strong>
\nYears after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
\nDir: Lewis Milestone. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
\n116 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – December 4, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nTorchy Runs for Mayor (1939)<\/strong>
\nAfter digging up dirt on local politicians, a newswoman decides to run for office.
\nDir: Ray McCarey. Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy
\n60 mins<\/p>\n
\nLittle Women (1949) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
\nDir: Mervyn Leroy. Actors: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
\n121 mins<\/p>\n
\nMeet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir: Vincente Minnelli. Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
\n113 mins<\/p>\n
\nIt Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
\n115 mins<\/p>\nSunday – December 5, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Unsuspected (1947)<\/strong>
\nThe producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
\n103 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Unsuspected (1947)<\/strong>
\nThe producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
\n103 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Bishop’s Wife (1947) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nDejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited by Dudley, who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant.
\nDir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
\n109 mins<\/p>\nMonday – December 6, 2021<\/h3>\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
\nToo Late For Tears (1949)<\/strong>
\nA married woman’s discovery of stolen money changes her character for the worse.
\nDir: Byron Haskin. Actors: Lizabeth Scott, Don Defore, Dan Duryea
\n99 mins<\/p>\n
\nWhere the Sidewalk Ends (1950)<\/strong>
\nA police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
\nDir: Otto Preminger. Actors: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill
\n95 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – December 7, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nNightmare Alley (1947)<\/strong>
\nAn ambitious carnival worker attempts to scam his way out of the carnival in this brutal noir.
\nDir: Edmund Goulding. Actors: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray
\n111 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
\n97 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – December 8, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nPete Kelly’s Blues (1955)<\/strong>
\nThe jazz band’s leader gets mixed up with a gangster in ’20s Kansas City.
\nDir: Jack Webb. Actors: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien
\n95 mins<\/p>\nThursday – December 9, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nFear (1954)<\/strong>
\nThe wife of a prominent scientist is blackmailed after her extramarital affair is discovered.
\nDir: Roberto Rossellini. Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt
\n84 mins<\/p>\n
\nAll About Eve (1950)<\/strong>
\nBroadway legend Margo Channing has everything: a successful career, close friends, and a man who loves her. She also has a fan named Eve Harrington, who manages to worm her way into Margo’s life in order to study her like a blueprint.
\nDir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Actors: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
\n138 mins
\n*****This is not a mystery, however, it’s a terrific movie.*****<\/p>\nSaturday – December 11, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nTorchy Blane… Playing with Dynamite (1939)<\/strong>
\nA female reporter gets herself arrested so she can interview a gangster’s moll.
\nDir: Noel Smith. Actors: Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, Tom Kennedy
\n59 mins<\/p>\n
\nA Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
\n69 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
\nDir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
\n112 mins<\/p>\n
\nLady on a Train (1945)<\/strong>
\nA young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
\nDir: Charles David. Actors: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
\n93 mins<\/p>\nSunday – December 12, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nCruel Gun Story (1964)<\/strong>
\nTogawa plans to rob an armored car to help his sister.
\nDir: Takumi Furukawa Actors: Jo Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
\n87 mins
\n*****In Japanese*****<\/p>\n
\nCruel Gun Story (1964)<\/strong>
\nTogawa plans to rob an armored car to help his sister.
\nDir: Takumi Furukawa Actors: Jo Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
\n87 mins
\n*****In Japanese*****<\/p>\n
\nO. Henry’s Full House (1952) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nFive stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
\nDir: Jasper Blystone. Actors: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
\n117 mins<\/p>\n
\nChristmas in Connecticut (1945) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nWhen a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\nRemember the Night (1940) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nAn assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
\nDir: Mitchell Leisen. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
\n86 mins<\/p>\nMonday – December 13, 2021<\/h3>\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>\n
\nThe Narrow Margin (1952)<\/strong>
\nA tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll on a tense train ride.
\nDir: Richard Fleischer. Actors: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
\n71 mins<\/p>\n
\nKansas City Confidential (1952)<\/strong>
\nTo commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues’ identities secret from each other.
\nDir: Phil Karlson. Actors: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster
\n98 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>\n
\nOut of the Past (1947)<\/strong>
\nA private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station in a small town, but it catches up to him.
\nDir: Jacques Tourneur. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
\n97 mins<\/p>\n
\nMildred Pierce (1945)<\/strong>
\nA woman’s ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
\n113 mins<\/p>\n
\nNorth by Northwest (1959)<\/strong>
\nA suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
\n136 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – December 15, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nAlcatraz Island (1937)<\/strong>
\nA prison inmate is framed for killing a con who once tried to kidnap his daughter.
\nDir: William McGann. Actors: Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Mary Maguire
\n61 mins<\/p>\n
\nWashington Melodrama (1941)<\/strong>
\nA philanthropic businessman is framed for murder during a lobbying trip to Washington.
\nDir: S. Sylvan Simon. Actors: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor
\n78 mins<\/p>\n
\nFlaxy Martin (1949)<\/strong>
\nMessing with a mobster’s girlfriend gets a lawyer framed for murder.
\nDir: Richard Bare. Actors: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone
\n86 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Invisible Menace (1938)<\/strong>
\nAn Army base murder investigation dredges up strange secrets.
\nDir: John Farrow. Actors: Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven
\n55 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Big Punch (1948)<\/strong>
\nGangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
\nDir: Sherry Shourds. Actors: Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae
\n50 mins<\/p>\n
\nThey Drive by Night (1940)<\/strong>
\nTruck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho.
\nDir: Raoul Walsh. Actors: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
\n93 mins<\/p>\n
\nImpact (1949)<\/strong>
\nAfter surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
\nDir: Arthur Lubin Actors: Brian Donlevy,Ella Raines,Charles Coburn
\n111 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
\nNight Watch (1973)<\/strong>
\nAn unhappy housewife spends time looking out her window, where she sees her neighbor killing someone. The police can’t find any evidence of a murder, and dismiss the wife as a kook.
\nDir: Brian G. Hutton. Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
\n105 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – December 18, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nHoliday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
\n87 mins<\/p>\nSunday – December 19, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nBlast of Silence (1961)<\/strong>
\nA hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion–and pays the price.
\nDir: Allen Baron. Actors: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
\n77 mins<\/p>\n
\nBlast of Silence (1961)<\/strong>
\nA hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion–and pays the price.
\nDir: Allen Baron. Actors: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
\n77 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Holly and the Ivy (1952) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nA minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
\nDir: George More O’Ferrall. Actors: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
\n80 mins<\/p>\nMonday – December 21, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nChristmas Past (1925) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nA compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
\n120 mins<\/p>\n
\nKind Lady (1935)<\/strong>
\nA con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
\nDir: George B. Seitz. Actors: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
\n76 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
\nDir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
\n112 mins<\/p>\n
\nCover Up (1949)<\/strong>
\nAn insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide.
\nDir: Alfred E. Green. Actors: William Bendix, Dennis O’Keefe, Barbara Britton
\n85 mins<\/p>\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>\n
\nLady on a Train (1945)<\/strong>
\nA young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
\nDir: Charles David. Actors: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
\n93 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – December 21, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nLady in the Lake (1947)<\/strong>
\nPhilip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
\nDir: Robert Montgomery. Actors: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
\n103 mins<\/p>\n
\nLarceny, Inc. (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. Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
\n95 mins<\/p>\n
\nA Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
\n69 mins<\/p>\n
\nAlias Boston Blackie (1942)<\/strong>
\nA reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
\nDir: Lew Landers. Actors: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane
\n67 mins<\/p>\n
\nMeet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir: Vincente Minnelli. Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
\n113 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – December 22, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nThe Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
\n97 mins<\/p>\n
\nLittle Women (1949) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
\nDir: Mervyn Leroy. Actors: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
\n121 mins<\/p>\n
\nChristmas in Connecticut (1945) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nWhen a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
\nDir: Peter Godfre.y Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\nHoliday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
\n87 mins<\/p>\n
\nDesk Set (1957) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nAn efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
\nDir: Walter Lang. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
\n103 mins<\/p>\nThursday – December 23, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nA Carol for Another Christmas (1964) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nThree ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
\nDir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Actors: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
\n85 mins<\/p>\n
\nDesk Set (1957) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nAn efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
\nDir: Walter Lang. Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
\n103 mins<\/p>\n
\nIt Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
\n115 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
\nDir: William Keighley. Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
\n112 mins<\/p>\nFriday – December 24, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nHoliday Affair (1949) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir: Don Hartman. Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
\n87 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch. Actors: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
\n97 mins<\/p>\n
\nChristmas in Connecticut (1945) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nWhen a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\nMeet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir: Vincente Minnelli. Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
\n113 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Bishop’s Wife (1947) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nDejected by his efforts to raise money to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry Brougham beseeches heaven for guidance, and is visited by Dudley, who claims to be an angel. Henry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant.
\nDir: Henry Koster. Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
\n109 mins<\/p>\n
\nA Christmas Carol (1938) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
\nDir: Edwin L. Marin Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
\n69 mins<\/p>\n
\nRemember the Night (1940) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nAn assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
\nDir: Mitchell Leisen. Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
\n86 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – December 25, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nChristmas Eve (1947) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nTo save her fortune, an aging woman must reunite her three adopted sons.
\nDir: Edwin L. Marin. Actors: George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott
\n90 mins<\/p>\n
\nBeyond Tomorrow (1940)<\/strong>
\nA ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
\nDir: A. Edward Sutherland. Actors: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
\n84 mins<\/p>\n
\nLittle Women (1933) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nThe four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
\nDir: George Cukor. Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
\n115 mins<\/p>\n
\nO. Henry’s Full House (1952) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nSoapy believes getting arrested and thrown into a warm jail cell is the best solution to being homeless in cold weather. Fugitives Sam and Bill kidnap a child for a ransom. Della and Jim seek to buy each other Christmas gifts.
\nDir: Jasper Blystone. Actors: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
\n117 mins<\/p>\n
\nIt Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) – Christmas movie<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir: Roy Del Ruth. Actors: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
\n115 mins<\/p>\n
\nWitness for the Prosecution (1957)<\/strong>
\nA British lawyer gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
\nDir: Billy Wilder. Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
\n114 mins<\/p>\nSunday – December 26, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nMidnight Lace (1960)<\/strong>
\nA young woman can’t get anyone to believe she’s being stalked.
\nDir: David Miller. Actors: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin
\n108 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
\nHow to Steal a Million (1966)<\/strong>
\nA young woman enlists the help of a detective to recover a sculpture that her father, a dealer in phony art, sold to a Paris museum for fear that it will be uncovered as a hoax.
\nDir: William Wyler. Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach
\n127 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – December 29, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nMurder on the Orient Express (1974)<\/strong>
\nHercule Poirot finds himself on board the Orient Express where everyone seems to have concluded that Ratchett was behind the abduction and murder of the infant daughter of an aviatrix. When Ratchett is found murdered, everyone is suspect.
\nDir: Sidney Lumet. Actors: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman
\n127 mins<\/p>\nFriday – December 31, 2021<\/h3>\n
\nBlood Simple (1984)<\/strong>
\nAn owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
\nDir: Joel Coen. Actors: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
\n95 mins<\/p>\n
\nKlute (1971)<\/strong>
\nA low-key small town detective journeys to New York City to investigate the murder of a friend and discovers that both the killer and the victim were clients of the same high-class call girl.
\nDir: Alan J. Pakula. Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi
\n114 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Thin Man (1934)<\/strong>
\nIn New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
\n80 mins<\/p>\n
\nAfter the Thin Man (1936)<\/strong>
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
\n110 mins<\/p>\n
\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: W. S. Van Dyke. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
\n105 mins<\/p>\nSaturday – January 1, 2022<\/h3>\n
\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: Major W. S. Van Dyke. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
\n97 mins<\/p>\n
\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: Richard Thorpe. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson
\n100 mins<\/p>\n
\nSong of the Thin Man (1947)<\/strong>
\nSociety sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
\nDir: Edward Buzzell. Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
\n86 mins<\/p>\n