Monday, August 18th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
The Plot Thickens (1936)
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) and her detective boyfriend (James Gleason) find art behind murder.
We're Only Human (1936)
A police detective (Preston Foster) and his newswoman girlfriend (Jane Wyatt) try to catch an escaped gangster.
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
Clues point back to a doctor (William Powell) as he sleuths out murders with his mystery-writer ex-wife (Jean Arthur).
A Date With the Falcon (1941)
Amateur sleuth Falcon (George Sanders) keeps his fiancée (Wendy Barrie) waiting while he solves a case involving synthetic diamonds.
Tanks a Million (1941)
An Army draftee (William Tracy) with a good memory makes sergeant and saves the day.
This Man's Navy (1945)
Hotshot navy pilot Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery) tries to pass off a young stranger as his son to his military buddies.
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
A World War I veteran (William Powell) milks a New York charity scam until the Wall Street crash of 1929.
The Dude Goes West (1948)
A Brooklyn gunsmith (Eddie Albert) meets a woman (Gale Storm), Indians and outlaws on his way to Arsenic City.
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Heavenly executive Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains) seeks another body for the soul of a boxer (Robert Montgomery), dead 50 years too soon.
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Rev. Harry Powell, a religious fanatic and serial killer, meets condemned murderer Ben Harper in prison, who tells him about hiding $10,000 in stolen loot. After he's released, Powell tracks down Harper's widow, Willa, and her two children.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
A theater critic (Cary Grant) learns his two elderly aunts serve poisoned elderberry wine to lonely gentlemen callers.
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
Schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (Edna May Oliver) solves Catalina murders without her detective boyfriend (James Gleason).
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) solves backstage murders for her detective boyfriend (James Gleason).
Hot Tip (1935)
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
Lady of the Tropics (1939)
An American playboy (Robert Taylor) falls in love with a Saigon beauty (Hedy Lamarr) who needs a passport.
Boom Town (1940)
Texas wildcatters (Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy) hit oil together, then fight after one marries the other's sweetheart (Claudette Colbert).