{"id":42352,"date":"2024-11-27T09:21:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=42352"},"modified":"2024-11-27T04:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:32:39","slug":"upcoming-mysteries-on-turner-classic-movies-for-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/upcoming-mysteries-on-turner-classic-movies-for-december-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Mysteries on Turner Classic Movies for December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

My goodness, it’s difficult to believe that this TCM listing is for the last month we will be posting “2024” on our correspondence. Good grief, where has this year gone?<\/p>\n

As usual, I have listed the mystery and crime movies that the Turner Classic Movies channel will be airing during this month. But, since I just can’t get enough Christmas good-will movies, and think that perhaps you also are interested in them, I have tried to list the Christmas movies the channel will be broadcasting. Some of my very favorites (Christmas in Connecticut, Remember the Night, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Desk Set, well, my list of favorites goes on and on…)<\/p>\n

So, there should be plenty of feel-good Christmas movies along with our mystery\/crime movies to watch this month.
\n(Oh, by the way, Turner Classic Movies will be playing The Thin Man movies on Tuesday, December 31. I sort of remember they skipped a year recently.)<\/p>\n

\"Beast<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES \u2013 November 2024<\/h4>\n

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

Sunday – December 1, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00 AM Naked Alibi (1954)<\/strong>
\nA chief of police detectives who is fired for brutality tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.
\nDir: Jerry Hopper. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry
\n86 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
\n113 mins<\/p>\n

6:00 PM The Bishop’s Wife (1948) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nAn angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
\nDir: Henry Koster Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
\n109 mins<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 5, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:00 AM The Beast of the City (1932)<\/strong>
\nA police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief.
\nDir: Charles Brabin. Cast: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford
\n87 mins<\/p>\n

10:15 AM The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)<\/strong>
\nA boxer facing a murder charge finds refuge in a children’s home.
\nDir: Archie Mayo. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon
\n70 mins<\/p>\n

12:00 PM Death on the Diamond (1934)<\/strong>
\nA rookie pitcher tries to stop someone from killing the St. Louis Cardinals.
\nDir: Edward Sedgwick. Cast: Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton
\n71 mins<\/p>\n

1:30 PM Hide-Out (1934)<\/strong>
\nFarmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edward Arnold
\n82 mins<\/p>\n

3:00 PM Manhattan Melodrama (1934)<\/strong>
\nBoyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy
\n93 mins<\/p>\n

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

Friday – December 6, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00 AM My Forbidden Past (1951)<\/strong>
\nA beauty with a skeleton in her closet seeks revenge on the suitor who jilted her.
\nDir: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas
\n81 mins<\/p>\n

\"Pete<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Saturday – December 7, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:15 AM Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955)<\/strong>
\nThe jazz band’s leader gets mixed up with a gangster in ’20s Kansas City.
\nDir: Jack Webb. Cast: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien
\n95 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
\n115 mins<\/p>\n

6:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
\n87 mins<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 8, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 AM Act of Violence (1949)<\/strong>
\nAn embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
\nDir: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh
\n82 mins<\/p>\n

10:00 AM Act of Violence (1949)<\/strong>
\nAn embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
\nDir: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh
\n82 mins<\/p>\n

11:45 AM A Christmas Carol (1938) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
\n69 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Born to Be Bad (1950)<\/strong>
\nAn ambitious girl steals a rich husband but keeps her lover on the side.
\nDir: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
\n94 mins<\/p>\n

\"Nowhere<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Tuesday – December 10, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:00 PM Nowhere to Go (1958)<\/strong>
\nA burglar on the run holes up with an innocent English girl.
\nDir: Seth Holt. Cast: George Nader, Maggie Smith, Bernard Lee
\n87 mins<\/p>\n

10:00 PM The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)<\/strong>
\nAn age-resisting private girls-school teacher grows eccentric and vicarious through her young students. Set in 1930s Edinburgh.
\nDir: Ronald Neame. Cast: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin
\n116 mins
\n*****Not a mystery – but it’s a terrific movie.*****<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – December 11, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:00 PM The Fallen Idol (1948)<\/strong>
\nA neglected child thinks the servant he idolizes has committed murder.
\nDir: Carol Reed. Cast: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Bobby Henrey
\n95 mins<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 12, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

2:00 PM Killer McCoy (1947)<\/strong>
\nA lightweight boxer gets mixed up in murder.
\nDir: Roy Rowland. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth
\n103 mins<\/p>\n

\"Scarlet<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Friday – December 13, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

7:00 AM Numbered Men (1930)<\/strong>
\nA convict learns that a fellow prisoner has been messing with his woman.
\nDir: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Conrad Nagel, Bernice Claire, Raymond Hackett
\n70 mins<\/p>\n

8:15 AM Scarlet Pages (1930)<\/strong>
\nA female attorney makes a startling discovery about the woman she’s defending from murder charges.
\nDir: Ray Enright. Cast: Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Marion Nixon
\n66 mins<\/p>\n

10:45 AM Night Waitress (1936)<\/strong>
\nA girl just out of prison gets mixed up in murder at the restaurant where she works.
\nDir: Lew Landers. Cast: Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Vinton Haworth
\n59 mins<\/p>\n

12:00 PM Paid (1930)<\/strong>
\nA young innocent plots revenge after being sent to prison unjustly.
\nDir: Sam Wood. Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Marie Prevost
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

1:30 PM The Widow From Chicago (1930)<\/strong>
\nA woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother’s death.
\nDir: Edward Cline. Cast: Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson
\n64 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM The Woman Racket (1930)<\/strong>
\nA policeman must rescue his wife from gangsters.
\nDir: Robert Ober. Cast: Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet
\n70 mins<\/p>\n

5:30 PM Framed (1930)<\/strong>
\nA nightclub hostess seeks revenge against a police inspector, yet falls in love with his son.
\nDir: George Archainbaud. Cast: Evelyn Brent, Regis Toomey, Ralf Harolde
\n62 mins<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 14, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:45 AM Cape Fear (1962)<\/strong>
\nA released convict decides to menace and wreak havoc on the family of his defense lawyer.
\nDir: J. Lee Thompson. Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen
\n105 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
\n97 mins<\/p>\n

6:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
\nDir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
\n112 mins<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Sunday – December 15, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:30 AM Black Gravel (1961)<\/strong>
\nIn post-WWII Germany, people struggle with shortages of everything, including housing, water, food, and clothing. A military base being built for several thousand American soldiers provides an economic opportunity that some try to take advantage of. Also known by the German title ‘Schwarzer Kies’.
\nDir: Helmut K\u00e4utner. Cast: Helmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy
\n113 mins
\n*****In German*****<\/p>\n

6:00 AM On Borrowed Time (1939)<\/strong>
\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, but I remember enjoying it a lot. The cast is fantastic.*****<\/p>\n

10:00 AM Black Gravel (1961)<\/strong>
\nIn post-WWII Germany, people struggle with shortages of everything, including housing, water, food, and clothing. A military base being built for several thousand American soldiers provides an economic opportunity that some try to take advantage of. Also known by the German title ‘Schwarzer Kies’.
\nDir: Helmut K\u00e4utner. Cast: Helmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy
\n113 mins
\n*****In German*****<\/p>\n

6:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
\n101 mins
\n*****I love this movie!*****<\/p>\n

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

Monday – December 16, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:00 PM Auntie Mame (1958) — Christmas <\/strong>
\nAn eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
\nDir: Morton Dacosta. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
\n143 mins<\/p>\n

10:30 PM Metropolitan (1990) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA group of friends from New York’s haute-bourgeoisie gather together during the holiday season.
\nDir: Whit Stillman. Cast: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
\n98 mins<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 17, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:15 AM Rope (1948)<\/strong>
\nTwo wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall, Dick Hogan
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

7:15 AM Dinner at Eight (1933)<\/strong>
\nA high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
\nDir: George Cukor. Cast: Jean Harlow, Marie Dressler, Billie Burke, Lee Tracy, Lionel Barrymore
\n113 mins
\n*****Not a mystery, but very good.*****<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 19, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:00 AM Quicksand (1950)<\/strong>
\nPetty theft leads a mechanic into a life of crime.
\nDir: Irving Pichel. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates
\n79 mins<\/p>\n

7:30 AM The Strip (1951)<\/strong>
\nA jazz drummer fights to clear his name when he’s accused of killing a racketeer.
\nDir: Leslie Kardos. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest
\n85 mins<\/p>\n

10:30 AM King of the Roaring 20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)<\/strong>
\nA gangster rises to the top of the gambling racket.
\nDir: Joseph M. Newman. Cast: David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Mickey Rooney
\n106 mins<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Friday – December 20, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:00 AM The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)<\/strong>
\nA detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
\nDir: Stephen Roberts. Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
\n113 mins<\/p>\n

12:00 AM The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
\n97 mins<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 21, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

7:30 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)<\/strong>
\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

10:30 AM A Christmas Carol (1938) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
\n69 mins<\/p>\n

2:00 PM Little Women (1949) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
\nDir: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
\n121 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
\n115 mins<\/p>\n

10:15 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
\nDir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
\n112 mins<\/p>\n

2:15 AM Miracle on Main Street (1939) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nOn Christmas Eve, a couple hiding from the police find an abandoned baby and decide to raise the child.
\nDir: Steve Sekely. Cast: Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr.
\n78 mins<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 22, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00 AM Lady 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. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
\n103 mins<\/p>\n

2:00 PM The Holly and the Ivy (1952) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA minister’s family torn apart by World War II reunites for the Christmas holidays.
\nDir: George More O’Ferrall. Cast: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
\n101 mins
\n*****I love, love, love this Christmas movie!*****<\/p>\n

10:00 PM Remember the Night (1940) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nAn assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
\nDir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
\n94 mins
\n*****This is another Christmas movie I love, love, love to watch!*****<\/p>\n

12:00 AM Christmas Past (1925) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
\nDir: Charles M. Seay, Frank E. Kleinschmidt, J. Searle Dawley. Cast: Barry O’Moore, Julian Reed, Marc McDermott
\n120 mins<\/p>\n

\"Larceny,<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Monday – December 23, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:15 AM Compliments of the Season (1930) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nIn this film, a criminal attempting to go straight stops a young lady on Christmas eve from committing suicide. Vitaphone Release 1094-1095.
\nDir: Arthur Hurley. Cast: Eric Dressler, Lenita Lane, Pat O’Brien
\n13 mins<\/p>\n

8:30 AM I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948)<\/strong>
\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

2:00 PM Larceny, 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. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
\n95 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM Backfire (1950)<\/strong>
\nA veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
\nDir: Vincent Sherman. Cast: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien
\n91 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
\n87 mins<\/p>\n

9:45 PM Desk Set (1957) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
\n103 mins<\/p>\n

11:45 PM Meet John Doe (1941) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA reporter’s fraudulent story turns a tramp into a national hero and makes him a pawn of big business.
\nDir: Frank Capra. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
\n123 mins<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 24, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

2:00 AM The Thin Man (1934) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nIn New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
\n91 mins<\/p>\n

3:45 AM Cover Up (1949) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nAn insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide.
\nDir: Alfred E. Green. Cast: William Bendix, Dennis O’Keefe, Barbara Britton
\n85 mins<\/p>\n

5:15 AM A Carol for Another Christmas (1964) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nThree ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
\nDir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
\n85 mins<\/p>\n

6:45 AM Three Godfathers (1936) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nThree fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
\nDir: Richard Boleslawski. Cast: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan
\n82 mins<\/p>\n

8:15 AM Big Business (1929) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA quarrel between two Christmas tree salesmen and a potential customer leads to a wave of destruction.
\nDir: James W. Horne, Leo McCarey. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
\n19 mins
\n*****Silent.)<\/p>\n

8:45 AM A Carol for Another Christmas (1964) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nThree ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
\nDir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
\n85 mins<\/p>\n

10:15 AM Bundle of Joy (1956) — Christmas (I’m not sure if it’s Christmas or not…)<\/strong>
\nA recently fired shop girl is mistaken for a single mother when she finds an abandoned baby.
\nDir: Norman Taurog. Cast: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou
\n98 mins<\/p>\n

12:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
\nDir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
\n113 mins<\/p>\n

2:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
\nDir: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
\n115 mins<\/p>\n

4:15 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
\n101 mins<\/p>\n

6:15 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
\n97 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM The Bishop’s Wife (1948) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nAn angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
\nDir: Henry Koster. Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
\n109 mins<\/p>\n

10:00 PM Room for One More (1952) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose adopt several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
\nDir: Norman Taurog. Cast: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle
\n98 mins<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – December 25, 2024 – Merry Christmas!<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 AM A Christmas Carol (1938) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
\n69 mins<\/p>\n

1:30 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
\nDir: A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
\n84 mins<\/p>\n

4:30 AM Kind Lady (1951)<\/strong>
\nA con artist and his criminal cohorts hold an old lady hostage in her own home.
\nDir: John Sturges. Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury
\n78 mins<\/p>\n

6:00 AM Star in the Night (1945) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nThree cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve.
\nDir: Don Siegel. Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lynne Baggett, Anthony Caruso
\n21 mins<\/p>\n

6:30 AM Never Say Goodbye (1946) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA husband tries to win back his wife before she can divorce him.
\nDir: James V. Kern. Cast: Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson
\n97 mins<\/p>\n

8:30 AM All Mine to Give (1957) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nPioneer children fight to build a new family after their parents die.
\nDir: Allen Reisner. Cast: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson
\n110 mins<\/p>\n

12:00 PM Little Women (1933) — Christmas<\/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. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
\n115 mins
\n*****If you’re only going to watch one “Little Women” movie, this is the one I would recommend.<\/p>\n

4:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nA young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
\nDir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
\n87 mins<\/p>\n

6:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) — Christmas<\/strong>
\nAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
\nDir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
\n112 mins<\/p>\n

\"Background<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Friday – December 27, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:15 AM The Maltese Falcon (1941)<\/strong>
\nHard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
\nDir: John Huston. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
\n100 mins<\/p>\n

12:00 PM Background to Danger (1943)<\/strong>
\nAn American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
\nDir: Raoul Walsh. Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

1:30 PM Conflict (1945)<\/strong>
\nA man murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister.
\nDir: Curtis Bernhardt. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet
\n86 mins<\/p>\n

3:00 PM The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)<\/strong>
\nA meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
\nDir: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson
\n95 mins<\/p>\n

4:45 PM Three Strangers (1946)<\/strong>
\nThree people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings.
\nDir: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre
\n92 mins<\/p>\n

6:30 PM The Verdict (1946)<\/strong>
\nA retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
\nDir: Don Siegel. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring
\n86 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Le Samourai (1967)<\/strong>
\nWhen a professional hitman is seen by witnesses leaving the scene of a killing, his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
\nDir: Jean-Pierre Melville. Cast: Alain Delon, Francois Perier, Nathalie Delon
\n105 mins
\n*****In French*****<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 28, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:15 AM Blood 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. Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
\n95 mins<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 29, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:15 AM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)<\/strong>
\nA frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
\nDir: Tay Garnett. Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
\n111 mins
\n*****Great Noir Alley movie! Thank you Eddie Muller!****<\/p>\n

10:00 AM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)<\/strong>
\nA frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
\nDir: Tay Garnett. Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
\n111 mins<\/p>\n

2:00 PM Charade (1963)<\/strong>
\nA young woman returns home from vacation to find her elegant apartment stripped and her husband murdered.
\nDir: Stanley Donen. Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
\n114 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Mildred Pierce (1945)<\/strong>
\nA woman’s ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
\n113 mins<\/p>\n

10:30 PM Double Indemnity (1944)<\/strong>
\nAn insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client’s death.
\nDir: Billy Wilder. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
\n107 mins<\/p>\n

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

Monday – December 30, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00 PM The Last of Sheila (1973)<\/strong>
\nA game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
\nDir: Herbert Ross. Cast: James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon
\n120 mins
\n*****I wondered if I was going to like this movie. Once I watched it, I became a fan!*****<\/p>\n

2:15 AM Ten Little Indians (1966)<\/strong>
\nParty guests at a remote mansion have been brought together to pay for past crimes.
\nDir: George Pollock. Cast: Hugh O’Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian
\n89 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 AM House on Haunted Hill (1958)<\/strong>
\nThe owner of a supposedly haunted mansion offers $10,000 to anyone dumb enough to attempt to spend the night there.
\nDir: William Castle. Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
\n75 mins
\n*****I’m not sure if this is just a “horror” movie or if it qualifies as a mystery…*****<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

Tuesday – December 31, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:15 AM The 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
\n91 mins<\/p>\n

11:00 AM After 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
\n110 mins<\/p>\n

1:00 PM Another 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 II. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
\n105 mins<\/p>\n

2:45 PM Shadow 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 II. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
\n97 mins<\/p>\n

4:30 PM The 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson
\n100 mins<\/p>\n

6:15 PM Song of the Thin Man (1947)<\/strong>
\nSociety sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
\nDir: Edward Buzzell. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
\n86 mins<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – January 1, 2025!<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:30 AM Repeat Performance (1947) — New Year’s<\/strong>
\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

***** ***** ***** *****<\/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 television mystery movies schedule:<\/p>\n

Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2024 on Turner Classic Movies channel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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