When I was a kid, my sister and I used to watch all the old b&W movies
on a Saturday morning- after Wonderama, of course. I vaguely remember
a movie that begins at the stroke of midnight, on New Year's Eve, with
a murder. A woman runs down the stairs, crying and wishes she could
relive the year. Wonder of wonders, she somehow relives the year, but
in the end, the same murder is commited, but for different reasons. I
have asked so many people, and no one has any recollection of this
movie. I am beginning to think that it was all just a dream....

Hi Vaneishka!

I believe that the movie you saw as a child is the 1947 B&W film
?Repeat Performance.?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039761/maindetails

Plot Summary 

?Sheila Page, a Broadway star, shoots Barney, her murderous husband on
New Year's Eve. She flees her apartment and goes to her Producer, John
Friday. When she arrives, it is New Year's day, a year earlier. She
has been given the chance to live life over and correct the errors of
the past only to find that the end will be the same although the path
will be different.?

?Actress Sheila Page murders her two-timing boyfriend and goes to her
friend John Friday for help. He gives it to her in the form of
granting her a chance to relive the events prior to the shooting. Will
the same thing happen again??

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039761/plotsummary

Search terms at the IMDB:  Relive murder

I hope this helps!


Best regards,
Bobbie7

Bobbie7- Thank-you so much- I can't believe that I finally have the
name of the movie. My son has Malton's 2005 Movie Guide- but reading
it cover to cover to find the answer seemed a little excessive.
Thank-you, thank-you!

If you enjoyed "Repeat Performance," you might want to check out "Turn
Back the Clock," a made-for-television movie from 1989 which was based
on the same William O'Farrell novel.

"Turn Back the Clock" is not half bad, and Connie Sellecca does an
excellent job as the woman who gets to relive a year of her life.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0098535/