{"id":42570,"date":"2025-11-22T09:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=42570"},"modified":"2025-11-22T07:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:51:59","slug":"turner-classic-movies-channel-mystery-movies-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/turner-classic-movies-channel-mystery-movies-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES \u2013 December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the last 2025 Turner Classic Movies schedule of the mystery and crime movies they will be airing. It’s hard to believe the year is almost over!<\/p>\n

I know this is a mystery blog, but I have (as usual ever December) annotated the Christmas movies that I was able to find. I want to tell you about a few that I think are so good that you probably won’t want to miss them: Christmas in Connecticut (1945), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Desk Set (1957), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and The Bishop’s Wife (1948). These are movies that I tend to watch every year.<\/p>\n

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

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES \u2013 November 2025<\/h4>\n

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

Monday – December 1, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:00 AM The Venetian Affair (1967)<\/strong>
\nA reporter investigates an American diplomat’s murder in Venice.
\nDir: Jerry Thorpe. Cast: Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer, Felicia Farr
\n92 mins<\/p>\n

7:45 AM Signpost to Murder (1964)<\/strong>
\nA convicted murderer, who escaped from a mental institution, hides out in the home of a woman whose husband is missing.
\nDir: George Englund. Cast: Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, Edward Mulhare
\n77 mins<\/p>\n

9:30 AM Wait Until Dark (1967)<\/strong>
\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

11:45 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

1:45 PM Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)<\/strong>
\nA medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.
\nDir: Bryan Forbes. Cast: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey
\n116 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM Psycho (1960)<\/strong>
\nA woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
\n109 mins<\/p>\n

6:00 PM Seconds (1966)<\/strong>
\nA bored rich man buys a new life from a secret organization.
\nDir: John Frankenheimer. Cast: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph
\n107 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Silver Streak (1976)<\/strong>
\nA book editor takes a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, looking forward to a restful trip. During the journey, he has a love affair, witnesses a murder, is accused of committing it himself by an undercover FBI agent, becomes the target of the real murderer…
\nDir: Arthur Hiller. Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder
\n113 mins
\n*****I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I think it’s a mystery\/comedy movie…*****<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 2, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:30 AM The Split (1968)<\/strong>
\nA gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
\nDir: Gordon Flemyng. Cast: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine
\n90 mins<\/p>\n

10:15 AM Harper (1966)<\/strong>
\nA broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
\nDir: Jack Smight. Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
\n121 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM The Haunting (1963)<\/strong>
\nHill House has a reputation for evil. The mysterious New England mansion has been the scene of grisly murders. But when four people spend the night, they find themselves trapped by The Haunting. Anthropologist Dr. John Markway, who seeks to disprove the legends; …
\nDir: Robert Wise. Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
\n112 mins<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday – December 3, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00 AM The 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. Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer
\n136 mins<\/p>\n

11:15 PM A Christmas Story (1972) CHRISTMAS<\/strong>
\nA young boy’s pet dog and a mouse embark on an adventure to deliver his letter to Santa on Christmas eve.
\nDir: Joseph Barbara, William Hanna. Cast: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Hal Smith
\n30 mins<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 4, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:30 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

Friday – December 5, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:45 AM The Woman in White (1948)<\/strong>
\nClassic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
\n109 mins<\/p>\n

6:15 PM The Bat (1959)<\/strong>
\nA female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
\nDir: Crane Wilbur. Cast: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 6, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:15 AM The Saint in London (1939)<\/strong>
\nThe Saint’s investigation of a counterfeiting ring uncovers a nest of spies.
\nDir: John Paddy Carstairs. Cast: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns
\n72 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

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

Sunday – December 7, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 AM Cry of the City (1948)<\/strong>
\nPolice Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
\nDir: Robert Siodmak. Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark
\n95 mins<\/p>\n

10:00 AM Cry of the City (1948)<\/strong>
\nPolice Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
\nDir: Robert Siodmak. Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark
\n95 mins<\/p>\n

2:15 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. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
\n97 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<\/p>\n

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

Monday – December 8, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:00 AM The League of Gentlemen (1960)<\/strong>
\nAn ex-colonel blackmails a group of officers into helping him rob a bank.
\nDir: Basil Dearden. Cast: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey
\n116 mins<\/p>\n

10:00 AM 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

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

Tuesday – December 9, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:30 AM Little Caesar (1930)<\/strong>
\nA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
\nDir: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Glenda Farrell
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

9:45 AM The Phenix City Story (1955)<\/strong>
\nA crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town.
\nDir: Phil Karlson. Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant
\n100 mins<\/p>\n

3:45 PM The Night of the Hunter (1955)<\/strong>
\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>\n

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

Wednesday – December 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:45 PM The Gathering (1977) CHRISTMAS<\/strong>
\nA dying father pulls his torn family back together for a last Christmas. The winner of the Outstanding Special award at the 30th Annual Primetime Emmys in 1978.
\nDir: Randal Kleiser. Cast: Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding
\n94 mins<\/p>\n

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

Thursday – December 11, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:45 AM The Automat (2021)<\/strong>
\nA documentary focusing on the popular 20th century vending machine that offered freshly cooked meals.
\nDir: Lisa Hurwitz Cast: Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Colin Powell
\n79 mins
\n*****Not a mystery – however, it’s a really good documentary. I’ve already seen it, but I am going to watch it again.*****<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 13, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

3:15 AM The Player (1992)<\/strong>
\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

6:00 AM Death of a Scoundrel (1956)<\/strong>
\nA Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.
\nDir: Charles Martin. Cast: George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor
\n119 mins<\/p>\n

8:15 AM The Saint Strikes Back (1939)<\/strong>
\nThe Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
\nDir: John Farrow. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jerome Cowan
\n64 mins<\/p>\n

11:30 AM They’re Always Caught (1938)<\/strong>
\nThis short film shows the role a crime laboratory plays in the solving of criminal investigations.
\nDir: Harold S. Bucquet. Cast: Stanley Ridges, John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt
\n22 mins<\/p>\n

8:00 PM Killer’s Kiss (1955)<\/strong>
\nWhen he rescues a girl from her gangster lover, a prizefighter is marked for death.
\nDir: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane
\n67 mins<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 14, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 AM Cash on Demand (1961)<\/strong>
\nA man disguised as a bank insurance inspector enters a London bank and robs it with ingenious “gentlemanly” techniques.
\nDir: Quentin Lawrence. Cast: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

10:00 AM Cash on Demand (1961)<\/strong>
\nA man disguised as a bank insurance inspector enters a London bank and robs it with ingenious “gentlemanly” techniques.
\nDir: Quentin Lawrence. Cast: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon
\n80 mins<\/p>\n

12:00 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

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 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

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

Thursday – December 18, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:45 AM The Brighton Strangler (1945)<\/strong>
\nAn actor playing a notorious killer begins to live the part.
\nDir: Max Nosseck. Cast: John Loder, June Duprez, Michael St. Angel
\n67 mins<\/p>\n

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

Friday – December 19, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00 AM Union Station (1950)<\/strong>
\nA sharp-eyed secretary spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.
\nDir: Rudolph Mat\u00e9. Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald
\n81 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 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 20, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

5:00 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

12:00 PM Prancer (1989) CHRISTMAS<\/strong>
\nA farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is part of the team that pulls Santa’s sleigh. Her hope is to bring it back to health in time for Christmas.
\nDir: John D. Hancock\/ Cast: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
\n103 mins<\/p>\n

4:00 PM 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

8:00 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<\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/a> ***** ***** ***** *****<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday – December 21, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 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 AM Alias Boston Blackie (1942)<\/strong>
\nA reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
\nDir: Lew Landers. Cast: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane
\n67 mins<\/p>\n

3:30 AM Cover Up (1949)<\/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

5:00 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

8:00 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 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

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

Monday – December 22, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00 AM There Ain’t No Santa Claus (1926) CHRISTMAS<\/strong>
\nCharley uses the rent money to buy his wife an inexpensive wristwatch for Christmas, which puts him at odds with his miserly landlord.
\nDir: James Parrot. Cast: Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, Noah Young
\n22 mins
\n*****Silent?*****<\/p>\n

12:30 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

2:45 AM Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) CHRISTMAS<\/strong>
\nA young boy comes of age at Christmas in rural Quebec.
\nDir: Claude Jutra. Cast: Claude Jutra, Jacques Gagnon, Olivette Thibault
\n110 mins
\n*****In French*****<\/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

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

Tuesday – December 23, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

2:15 AM Lady 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. Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
\n93 mins<\/p>\n

4:15 AM Miracle on Main Street (1939) CHRISTMAS<\/strong>
\nIn Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, a lonely and depressed dancer hiding from the police finds an abandoned baby and decides to try to raise the child on her own.
\nDir: Steve Sekely. Cast: Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr.
\n78 mins<\/p>\n

5:45 AM Roadblock (1951)<\/strong>
\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

7:15 AM Kind Lady (1935)<\/strong>
\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

12:00 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

2:00 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

4:00 PM Mr. Soft Touch (1949)<\/strong>
\nAfter being betrayed, a gangster hangs out in a settlement house while seeking revenge.
\nDir: Henry Levin. Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland
\n93 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

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

Wednesday – December 24, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

2:15 AM 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

4:30 AM 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

12:00 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

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 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 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

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

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

Thursday – December 25, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:15 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

1:45 AM O. Henry’s Full House (1952) CHRISTMAS<\/strong>
\nFive stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
\nDir: Jasper Blystone. Cast: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
\n117 mins
\n****Includes “The Gift of the Magi”*****<\/p>\n

4:00 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

5:30 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

9:30 AM 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” – this is the one!*****<\/p>\n

11:30 AM 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

4:00 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

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

Friday – December 26, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:45 AM North 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. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
\n136 mins<\/p>\n

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

Saturday – December 27, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:15 AM The Saint Takes Over (1940)<\/strong>
\nReformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who’s been framed on bribery charges.
\nDir: Jack Hively. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale
\n69 mins<\/p>\n

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

Sunday – December 28, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

12:30 AM Odd Man Out (1947)<\/strong>
\nA wounded IRA man faces betrayal on all sides when the British put a price on his head.
\nDir: Carol Reed. Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
\n116 mins<\/p>\n

10:00 AM Odd Man Out (1947)<\/strong>
\nA wounded IRA man faces betrayal on all sides when the British put a price on his head.
\nDir: Carol Reed. Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
\n116 mins<\/p>\n

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

Monday – December 29, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:15 PM The Brotherhood (1968)<\/strong>
\nThe son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.
\nDir: Martin Ritt. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas
\n96 mins<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday – December 30, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:00 PM Berlin Express (1948)<\/strong>
\nAllied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
\nDir: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
\n87 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 2025 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":"

Here is the last 2025 Turner Classic Movies schedule of the mystery and crime movies they will be airing. It’s hard to believe the year is almost over! I know this is a mystery blog, but I have (as usual ever December) annotated the Christmas movies that I was able to find. I want to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,19,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-movies","7":"category-moviestv-shows","8":"category-tv","9":"entry","10":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-b4C","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42571,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42570\/revisions\/42571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}