\nThis short documentary focuses on the landmarks, people and culture of Budapest.
\nCast: James A. FitzPatrick, Winton Hoch, Jack Shilkret
\n8 mins<\/p>\n
Saturday – December 9, 2023 — 8:20 AM Glimpses of Ontario (1942)<\/strong> Saturday – December 16, 2023 — 8:22 AM Rocky Mountain Grandeur (1937)<\/strong> Saturday – December 30, 2023 — 8:20 AM Switzerland the Beautiful (1934)<\/strong> Also, there will be quite a few Alfred Hitchcock mystery movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel during December, so make sure to take a look at this list – if you’re interested in his movies.<\/p>\n ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 7:30 AM Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)<\/strong> 2:30 PM Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:00 AM Black Angel (1946)<\/strong> 10:00 AM Black Angel (1946)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 6:00 AM The Blackbird (1926)<\/strong> 7:30 AM The Firebird (1934)<\/strong> 9:00 AM A Date with the Falcon (1941)<\/strong> 11:45 AM Flamingo Road (1949)<\/strong> 1:30 PM The Fallen Sparrow (1943)<\/strong> 3:15 PM The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)<\/strong> 11:30 PM Breathless (1960)<\/strong> 1:15 AM Bullitt (1968)<\/strong> 7:30 AM Clouds over Europe (1939)<\/strong> 8:00 PM Marty (1955)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 4:15 AM The Catered Affair (1956)<\/strong> 10:00 PM On Borrowed Time (1939)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 2:00 PM The Night of the Hunter (1955)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:00 AM I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948)<\/strong> 4:30 AM Star of Midnight (1935)<\/strong> 10:00 AM I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948)<\/strong> 1:45 PM The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 6:15 PM The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)<\/strong> 1:15 AM The Blue Dahlia (1946)<\/strong> 3:15 AM Gilda (1946)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 11:45 AM On Borrowed Time (1939)<\/strong> 10:00 PM His Girl Friday (1940)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 2:00 AM Suspicion (1941)<\/strong> 4:00 AM North by Northwest (1959)<\/strong> 12:00 AM Beware, My Lovely (1952)<\/strong> 8:00 AM It’s a Wonderful World (1939)<\/strong> 10:00 AM Beware, My Lovely (1952)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 10:15 AM Kind Lady (1935)<\/strong> 9:30 PM Blast of Silence (1961)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 2:00 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:30 AM Lady in the Lake (1947)<\/strong> 3:30 AM Roadblock (1951)<\/strong> 8:30 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)<\/strong> 2:00 PM Backfire (1950)<\/strong> 4:00 PM Larceny, Inc. (1942)<\/strong> 8:00 PM Vertigo (1958)<\/strong> 10:15 PM Rear Window (1954)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:15 AM The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)<\/strong> 2:30 AM Rope (1948)<\/strong> 4:00 AM Strangers on a Train (1951)<\/strong> 10:00 AM The Big Sleep (1946)<\/strong> 2:00 PM Adam’s Rib (1949)<\/strong> 4:00 PM After the Thin Man (1936)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 12:15 AM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)<\/strong> 12:00 PM Dial M for Murder (1954)<\/strong> 2:00 PM Dead Ringer (1964)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 6:00 AM Lured (1947)<\/strong> 8:00 AM Night Must Fall (1937)<\/strong> 10:00 AM Night Watch (1973)<\/strong> 1:30 PM The Last of Sheila (1973)<\/strong> 3:45 PM Wait Until Dark (1967)<\/strong> 5:45 PM Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 4:15 AM Blow-Up (1966)<\/strong> 12:00 PM Repeat Performance (1947)<\/strong> 4:00 PM The Birds (1963)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n 1:45 AM The Player (1992)<\/strong> 4:00 AM In a Lonely Place (1950)<\/strong> 10:15 AM After the Thin Man (1936)<\/strong> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/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 2023 television mystery movies schedule:<\/p>\n
\nThis explores the history, land and people of the Canadian province, Ontario.
\nCast: James A. FitzPatrick, Nathaniel Finston, Joseph Nussbaum
\n8 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe magnificent scenery of the Rocky Mountains is the star of this.
\nDir: James H Smith. Cast: James A. FitzPatrick, Winton Hoch
\n8 mins<\/p>\n
\nThis focuses on the land, people and culture of Switzerland.
\nDir: Ruth FitzPatrick. Cast: James A. FitzPatrick, Ray Fernstrom
\n8 mins<\/p>\n![\"LIGHTNING](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51+acPoVEAL._SL500_.jpg\" "\\"LIGHTNING")
<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\nTURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES \u2013 December 2023<\/h4>\n
Friday – December 1,2023<\/h3>\n
\nAn actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
\nDir: King Vidor. Cast: Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge
\n91 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe Brewster sisters are spinster pillars of Brooklyn society, except for their secret penchant for poisoning old male callers with their homemade elderberry wine, to end the men’s loneliness!
\nDir: Frank Capra. Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
\n118 mins<\/p>\nSunday – December 3,2023<\/h3>\n
\nWhen Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer’s murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent…aided by the victim’s ex-husband.
\nDir: Roy William Neill. Cast: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre
\n83 mins<\/p>\n
\nWhen Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer’s murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent…aided by the victim’s ex-husband.
\nDir: Roy William Neill. Cast: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre
\n83 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – December 5, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA benevolent bishop helps the needy during the day, but runs a crime syndicate at night.
\nDir: Tod Browning. Cast: Lon Chaney, Owen Moore, Ren\u00e9e Ador\u00e9e
\n86 mins
\n*****This is a silent film.*****<\/p>\n
\nA young girl’s secret romance is exposed when her lover is murdered.
\nDir: William Dieterle. Cast: Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill
\n74 mins<\/p>\n
\nThe gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
\nDir: Irving Reis. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason
\n63 mins<\/p>\n
\nA stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet
\n94 mins<\/p>\n
\nNazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake.
\nDir: Richard Wallace. Cast: John Garfield, Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak
\n94 mins<\/p>\n
\nA ship’s captain gets mixed up with murder during the hunt for lost Nazi treasure.
\nDir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey, Linda Christian
\n92 mins<\/p>\n
\nA petty criminal, wanted for the murder of a police officer, returns to Paris where he meets an American girl who hawks newspapers. They become lovers, but eventually the police pressure her into betraying him and revealing his whereabouts.
\nDir: Jean-Luc Godard Cast: Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Liliane David
\n90 mins
\n*****This movie is in both French and English.*****<\/p>\n![\"Bullitt](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51xr6FBk5+L._SL500_.jpg\" "\\"Bullitt")
<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\nWednesday – December 6,2023<\/h3>\n
\nA detective is sent by a politician to catch a big-time gangster so he can procure him before a Senate crime committee for selfish gain. When the gangster is killed before this can happen, the detective and the politico clash with each other.
\nDir: Peter Yates. Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
\n114 mins<\/p>\n
\nWhen enemy agents steal plans for an experimental plane, the test pilot fights to clear his name.
\nDir: Tim Whelan. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson
\n78 mins<\/p>\n
\nA lonely butcher finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family.
\nDir: Delbert Mann Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
\n91 mins
\n*****Not a mystery movie. I have watched this movie several times – and plan to watch it again. It is such a touching film…*****<\/p>\nThursday – December 7, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
\nDir: Richard Brooks. Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds
\n93 mins
\n*****Not a mytery movie. This is another movie that I have watched several times and plan to watch again. It is another very touching film.*****<\/p>\n
\nAn old man and his grandson trap Death in a tree.
\nDir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi
\n99 mins
\n*****Not a mystery movie – but I remember it as being quitte good. And, what a cast!*****<\/p>\nSaturday – December 9, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nAfter hearing an about-to-be-hanged murderer’s story about some hidden money he left in the care of his two young kids, the murderer’s cell-mate is released and embarks on a journey to find the killer’s family.
\nDir: Charles Laughton. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
\n93 mins<\/p>\nSunday – December 10, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to find the genuine killer.
\nDir: William Nigh. Cast: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey
\n70 mins<\/p>\n
\nA New York lawyer tries to track down a kidnapped actress.
\nDir: Stephen Roberts. Cast: William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly
\n90 mins<\/p>\n
\nA dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to find the genuine killer.
\nDir: William Nigh. Cast: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey
\n70 mins<\/p>\n
\nInternational spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie
\n119 mins<\/p>\nMonday – December 11, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA possessive son’s efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
\nDir: Orson Welles. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
\n88 mins
\n*****Not a mystery, but very good.*****<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51q7EUg+mOL._SL500_.jpg\" "\\"The")
<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\nWednesday – December 13, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA veteran fights to prove he didn’t kill his cheating wife.
\nDir: George Marshall. Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix
\n98 mins<\/p>\n
\nA gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she’s married to his new boss.
\nDir: Charles Vidor. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
\n110 mins<\/p>\nFriday – December 15, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nAn old man and his grandson trap Death in a tree.
\nDir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi
\n99 mins
\n*****Not a mystery movie – but I remember it as being quitte good. And, what a cast!*****<\/p>\n
\nWalter Burns is a conniving but irresistible newspaper publisher desperate to woo back the paper’s star reporter, who happens to be his estranged wife. She’s tired of the business and is ready to settle down with a new beau. But (as Walter well knows) she has one weakness, she can’t quite resist a juicy scoop.
\nDir: Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
\n92 mins
\n*****Not really a mystery – more a comedy.*****<\/p>\nSaturday – December 16, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA young woman marries a charming man after a brief romance but then comes to believe that he is only after her money and will do anything to get it.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
\n99 mins<\/p>\n
\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. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
\n136 mins<\/p>\n![\"It's](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51PyuyBGPlL._SL500_.jpg\" "\\"It's")
<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\nSunday – December 17, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient.
\nDir: Harry Horner. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes
\n77 mins<\/p>\n
\nA runaway poetess helps a fugitive prove himself innocent of murder charges.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke II. Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee
\n86 mins
\n*****The description sounds like it should be a mystery movie, however, it’s actually a romantic comedy”’*****<\/p>\n
\nA widow discovers her handyman is an escaped mental patient.
\nDir: Harry Horner. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes
\n77 mins<\/p>\nMonday – December 18, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
\nDir: George B. Seitz. Cast: Aline Macmahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
\n76 mins<\/p>\n
\nA hit man loses his nerve after allowing himself to feel emotion–and pays the price.
\nDir: Allen Baron. Cast: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
\n77 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – December 19, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA child explores her late mother’s life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
\nDir: Gunther V. Fritsch. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
\n70 mins<\/p>\nThursday – December 21, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nPhilip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
\nDir: Robert Montgomery. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
\n103 mins<\/p>\n
\nAn insurance agent’s greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
\nDir: Harold Daniels. Cast: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
\n73 mins<\/p>\n
\nA child explores her late mother’s life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
\nDir: Gunther V. Fritsch. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
\n70 mins<\/p>\n
\nA veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
\nDir: Vincent Sherman. Cast: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo
\n91 mins<\/p>\n
\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. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
\n95 mins<\/p>\n![\"Vertigo\"](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51q0glfTVXL._SL500_.jpg\" "\\"Vertigo\\"")
<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\nMonday – December 25, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA detective falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
\n128 mins<\/p>\n
\nA photographer with a broken leg uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in a nearby apartment building.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
\n112 mins<\/p>\nTuesday – December 26, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nInternational spies kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie
\n119 mins<\/p>\n
\nTwo wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger
\n80 mins<\/p>\n
\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
\n96 mins<\/p>\n
\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. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
\n114 mins<\/p>\n
\nA happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
\nDir: George Cukor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
\n101 mins<\/p>\n
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
\n110 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – December 27, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nIn the early 1930s, a car thief and the daughter of his intended victim team up to become America’s most feared and ruthless bank robbers.
\nDir: Arthur Penn. Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
\n111 mins<\/p>\n
\nA straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
\n105 mins<\/p>\n
\nOne of a pair of twins, jealous that the other became wealthy and took away her husband, kills her sister and takes over the latter’s identity.
\nDir: Paul Henreid. Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
\n115 mins<\/p>\nThursday – December 28, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA woman helps the police catch the serial killer who murdered her best friend.
\nDir: Douglas Sirk. Cast: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn
\n102 mins<\/p>\n
\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
\n117 mins<\/p>\n
\nAn unhappy housewife who settles her fraying nerves with alcohol while staring out her window. When she witnesses what she thinks is a murder through a neighbor’s window, she calls the police, who find nothing when they investigate. Her neglectful husband is skeptical and unsupportive.
\nDir: Brian G. Hutton. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
\n105 mins<\/p>\n
\nA game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
\nDir: Herbert Ross. Cast: James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon
\n120 mins<\/p>\n
\nA blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
\nDir: Terence Young. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna
\n108 mins<\/p>\n
\nA medium kidnaps a child so she can help the police solve the crime.
\nDir: Bryan Forbes. Cast: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey
\n116 mins<\/p>\nFriday – December 29, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
\nDir: Michelangelo Antonioni. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings
\n111 mins<\/p>\n![\"Repeat](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51wB+qT+cUL._SL500_.jpg\" "\\"Repeat")
<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\nSaturday – December 30, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nOn New Year’s Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
\nDir: Alfred Werker. Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field
\n93 mins<\/p>\n
\nAn immense flock of birds descends upon a seacoast town, makes it their nesting ground, and begins to attack and kill the townsfolk.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy
\n120 mins<\/p>\nSunday – December 31, 2023<\/h3>\n
\nA frustrated screenwriter menaces a studio executive who eventually kills the writer and gets away with murder.
\nDir: Robert Altman. Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward
\n123 mins<\/p>\n
\nAn aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.
\nDir: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy
\n91 mins<\/p>\n
\nMarried sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora’s cousin of a murder charge.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
\n110 mins<\/p>\n