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The 39 Steps
90 minutes- England, 1935, BW, Video
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Godfrey Tearle
A man becomes the quarry of both the police and a group of foreign agents when he is framed for a stranger's murder. 
Tue  Aug  8  06:30A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Mon  Aug 14  03:40A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Fri  Aug 18  11:50A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Fri  Aug 18  12:50P   PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Sat  Aug 26  07:30A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Arsene Lupin
90 minutes- 1932, (CC), BW
Directed by Jack Conway and starring
John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley
A clever Paris detective sets out to trap Lupin, a daring and audacious jewel thief. 
Mon  Jul 31  04:30A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
The Blue Dahlia
105 minutes- USA, 1946, BW, Video
Directed by George Marshall and starring
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix
Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont
A war veteran mixes it up with gangsters and gun molls while searching for the man who murdered his unfaithful wife. 
Mon  Aug 14  08:00P   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Tue  Aug 15  03:35A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Thu  Aug 24  09:50A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Crack-Up
120 minutes- USA, 1946, (CC), BW
Directed by Irving Reis and starring
Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall
Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Dean Harens
An expert in art forgeries claims his memory loss is the result of a train wreck which no one else seems to know about. 
Sun  Aug 20  10:00A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Dead Reckoning
120 minutes- USA, 1947, BW, Video
Directed by John Cromwell and starring
Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, William Prince
Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, Wallace Ford
A veteran flier uncovers a conspiracy when he sets out to investigate the mysterious death of an old war buddy. 
Tue  Aug 22  11:30A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Dick Tracy
90 minutes- USA, 1945, BW, Video
Directed by William Berke and starring
Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki
Jane Greer, Lyle Latell, Morgan Wallace
The crime-smashing detective intercedes when Splitface begins murdering the jurors who put him in jail. 
Fri  Aug 18  08:00P   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
90 minutes- 1947, BW, Video
Directed by John Rawlins and starring
Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd
Based on the Chester Gould comic strip. A crime-busting detective sets out to capture an evil villain named Gruesome. 
Sat  Aug 19  12:30A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
90 minutes- USA, 1946, BW, Video
Directed by Gordon M. Douglas and starring
Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell
Rita Corday, Ian Keith, Dick Wessel
Tracy matches wits with the vicious Cueball, a gangster who strangles all who double-cross him. 
Fri  Aug 18  09:30P   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
90 minutes- USA, 1947, BW, Video
Directed by John Rawlins and starring
Ralph Byrd, Kay Christopher, Lyle Latell
Jack Lambert, Ian Keith, Bernadene Hayes
Chester Gould's comic-strip detective tracks the Claw, a fur thief who uses a hook to slash his enemies. 
Fri  Aug 18  11:00P   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Dressed to Kill
75 minutes- USA, 1941, BW
Directed by Eugene Forde and starring
Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan
William Demarest, Ben Carter, Virginia Brissac
Private eye Mike Shayne tries to nab the killer responsible for a rash of murders during a recent theatrical production. 
Fri  Jul 28  07:35A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Fri  Jul 28  08:35A   PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Flaxy Martin
90 minutes- 1949, BW
Directed by Richard Bare and starring
Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone
An attorney is framed by a showgirl for a murder he didn't commit. 
Wed  Aug 30  06:30A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Follow Me Quietly
65 minutes- USA, 1949, BW
Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring
William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey
Nestor Paiva, Charles D. Brown, Paul Guilfoyle
Police detectives track a deranged killer who eradicates those who fail his standards of perfection 
Mon  Aug  7  06:30A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Wed  Aug 16  08:05A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Fri  Aug 25  04:00A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Fri  Aug 25  05:00A   PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Foreign Correspondent
120 minutes- USA, 1940, BW, Video
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, George Sanders
Herbert Marshall, Albert Basserman, Robert Benchley
A political assassination plunges an American reporter into international intrigue in pre-World War II Europe. 
Wed  Aug 16  10:00A   AMC- American Movie Classics
Gaslight
120 minutes- USA, 1944, (CC), (DVS), BW, Video
Directed by George Cukor and starring
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury, Terry Moore
Bergman won an Oscar for her role as the mentally tortured wife of a man hiding a dark secret from his past. 
Wed  Aug  2  10:00P   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Tue  Aug 29  09:30A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
The Killers
105 minutes- USA, 1946, (CC), BW, Video
Directed by Robert Siodmak and starring
Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien, Ava Gardner
Albert Dekker, Sam Levine, Virginia Christine
An insurance investigator pieces together the events that led up to a boxer's murder. Lancaster's film debut. 
Wed  Jul 26  10:15A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Kiss of Death
100 minutes- USA, 1947, BW, Video
Directed by Henry Hathaway and starring
Brian Donlevy, Victor Mature, Richard Widmark
Coleen Gray, Karl Malden, Taylor Holmes
A convicted jewel thief's life is jeopardized when he agrees to inform on his cronies. Richard Widmark's film debut. 
Sat  Aug  5  10:00P   TMAXE- Thrillermax
Thu  Aug 10  01:30P   TMAXE- Thrillermax
Sun  Aug 13  12:20P   TMAXE- Thrillermax
Tue  Aug 29  08:20A   TMAXE- Thrillermax
The Lady Vanishes
100 minutes- England, 1938, BW, Video
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers
A young Englishwoman probes the disappearance of a fellow train passenger in Alfred Hitchcock's spy classic. 
Tue  Jul 25  01:20A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Wed  Aug  9  06:30A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Thu  Aug 17  09:35A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Tue  Aug 22  11:20A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Lady of Burlesque
150 minutes- USA, 1943, (CC), BW, Video
Directed by William Wellman and starring
Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg
Iris Adrian, Marion Martin, Pinky Lee
Police investigate the strangling of a dancer in this adaptation of Gypsy Rose Lee's ``The G-String Murders.''. 
Fri  Aug 11  02:00P   NOST- The Nostalgia Channel
Wed  Aug 23  02:00P   NOST- The Nostalgia Channel
The Leopard Man
90 minutes- USA, 1943, BW, Video
Directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring
Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks
Isabel Jewell, James Bell, Margaret Landry
Authorities track an escaped circus leopard suspected of killing a number of peasants in a New Mexico town. 
Thu  Jul 27  06:00A   AMC- American Movie Classics
The Maltese Falcon
105 minutes- USA, 1941, (CC), BW, Video
Directed by John Huston and starring
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre, Ward Bond, Gladys George
Based on Dashiell Hammett's novel of private eye Sam Spade's search for a jewel-encrusted statue. 
Wed  Aug  9  03:45P   HBOE3- HBO Signature
Tue  Aug 15  01:45P   HBOE3- HBO Signature
Sat  Aug 26  04:45P   HBOE3- HBO Signature
The Mark of the Whistler
70 minutes- USA, 1944, BW
Directed by William Castle and starring
Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall
Paul Guilfoyle, John Calvert, Matt Willis
A drifter lays claim to a long-dormant bank account, unaware he is being lured into a trap by two brothers. 
Tue  Aug 22  06:50A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Notorious
105 minutes- USA, 1946, BW, Video
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Schunzel
An American undercover agent persuades the daughter of a traitor to infiltrate a gang of Nazis living in South America. 
Sun  Aug 20  12:00P   AMC- American Movie Classics
The Power of the Whistler
70 minutes- USA, 1945, BW
Directed by Lew Landers and starring
Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell
A young girl discovers the real identity of a crazed killer who lost his memory in an auto mishap. 
Thu  Aug 17  03:05A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Wed  Aug 23  02:30A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Thu  Aug 31  04:50A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
The Return of the Whistler
65 minutes- USA, 1948, BW
Directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring
Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert
A woman is thwarted in her attempts to collect a legacy by a man who insists that she is his rightful wife. 
Sat  Aug 19  02:40A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Sat  Aug 19  03:40A   PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Rope
90 minutes- PG, USA, 1948, (CC), Video, Violence
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler, Constance Collier
Two college students murder a friend for the thrill of it, then celebrate the deed by hosting a party. 
Thu  Aug 24  01:00A   AMC- American Movie Classics
A Scream in the Dark
60 minutes- USA, 1943, BW
Directed by George Sherman and starring
Robert Lowery, Marie McDonald, Edward S. Brophy
Wally Vernon, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack LaRue
A journalist uses his investigative expertise to identify the perpetrator behind several similar murders. 
Sat  Aug  5  04:00A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Sat  Aug 19  07:15A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Wed  Aug 23  08:45A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
The Secret Six
90 minutes- USA, 1931, BW
Directed by George Hill and starring
Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown
Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Paul Hurst
Newspaper reporters are hot on the trail of gang wars between big-city bootleggers and their suburban rivals. 
Fri  Aug  4  04:30A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Secret of the Whistler
70 minutes- 1946, BW
Directed by George Sherman and starring
Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks
A deranged artist's new bride fears she may be the next victim of her spouse's homicidal tendencies 
Sat  Aug 26  02:30A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Sat  Aug 26  03:30A   PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Shadow of a Doubt
120 minutes- PG, USA, 1943, BW, Video
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey
Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers, Wallace Ford
Alfred Hitchcock's tale of a murderous fugitive who becomes the center of attention to an adoring niece. 
Tue  Aug 29  01:00P   AMC- American Movie Classics
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
75 minutes- USA, 1942
Directed by Roy William Neill and starring
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Kaaren Verne
Lionel Atwill, William Post Jr., Dennis Hoey
Holmes dons a variety of disguises to keep the Allied forces' latest weapon from Professor Moriarty 
Sat  Aug  5  08:15A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Thu  Aug 10  07:15A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Sat  Aug 12  06:00A   VISN- Odyssey
Fri  Aug 18  04:00A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Fri  Aug 18  05:00A   PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Wed  Aug 23  01:15P   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Sorry, Wrong Number
90 minutes- USA, 1948, BW, Video
Directed by Anatole Litvak and starring
Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards
Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson
An invalid fears for her life after overhearing a telephone conversation about a planned murder. 
Tue  Aug 15  12:00P   AMC- American Movie Classics
Fri  Aug 25  08:30A   AMC- American Movie Classics
Spanish Cape Mystery
80 minutes- USA, 1935, BW
Directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring
Donald Cook, Helen Twelvetrees, Berton Churchill
Frank Sheridan, Harry Stubbs, Guy Usher
A vacationing Ellery Queen is called on to solve a series of grisly murders. 
Tue  Aug  1  11:15A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Mon  Aug  7  09:10A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Wed  Aug 16  05:00A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Thu  Aug 24  04:00A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Spellbound
120 minutes- USA, 1945, BW, Video
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll
Rhonda Fleming, Regis Toomey
An amnesia victim accused of murder is helped by the female psychiatrist who loves him. 
Wed  Aug  9  10:30A   AMC- American Movie Classics
Thu  Aug 10  12:30A   AMC- American Movie Classics
Spy Smasher Returns
105 minutes- 1942, BW, Video
Directed by William Witney and starring
Kane Richmond, Sam Flint, Marguerite Chapman
During World War II, a man and his twin get involved in social causes and espionage. 
Wed  Aug  2  03:15A   ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Tue  Aug 15  06:02A   ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Fri  Aug 25  02:15A   ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Fri  Aug 25  03:15A   PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
The Stranger
150 minutes- USA, 1946, (CC), BW, Video
Directed by Orson Welles and starring
Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson
Richard Long, Martha Wentworth, Philip Merivale
Orson Welles' account of the hunt for a Nazi war criminal who has assumed the identity of a professor. 
Thu  Jul 27  02:00P   NOST- The Nostalgia Channel
Sun  Aug 13  02:00A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Suspicion
120 minutes- USA, 1941, BW, Video
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke
Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans
Alfred Hitchcock directed this thriller about a woman who suspects that her husband is plotting to murder her. 
Sun  Aug  6  12:00P   AMC- American Movie Classics
Terror by Night
120 minutes- USA, 1946, BW
Directed by Roy William Neill and starring
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray
Dennis Hoey, Renee Godfrey, Mary Forbes
Sherlock Holmes and Watson set a trap for a jewel thief aboard a train bound for Edinburgh. 
Sat  Aug  5  06:00A   VISN- Odyssey
The Thin Man
120 minutes- USA, 1934, (DVS), (CC), BW, Video
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall
Retired detective Nick Charles and his wife, Nora, look for a missing inventor in the first of the ``Thin Man'' series. 
Mon  Jul 31  06:00P   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Wed  Aug  2  09:30A   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Whipsaw
90 minutes- USA, 1935, BW
Directed by Sam Wood and starring
Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, William Harrigan
A government agent romances a gun moll to infiltrate a gang of hoodlums. 
Wed  Aug  2  01:00P   TCM- Turner Classic Movies
The Woman in Green
75 minutes- 1945, BW, Video
starring
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke
Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh, Matthew Boulton
Master sleuth Sherlock Holmes tries to unravel the mystery behind a series of seemingly motiveless mutilation murders. 
Thu  Aug 24  07:00A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel
Wed  Aug 30  11:20A   MYST- Encore's Mystery Channel


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