Mystery Street
1950 · Movie · 93 min · ★ 6.8
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
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Details
- Years
- 1950
- Release date
- 1950-06-23
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (66 votes)
Themes
- boston, massachusetts
- blackmail
- harvard university
- film noir
- murder
- police detective
- b-girl
- cape cod
- forensic science
- landlady
- murder investigation
- devoted wife
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1951 · nominated
Cast & crew
Ricardo Montalban
as Peter Moralas
Sally Forrest
as Grace Shanway
Bruce Bennett
as Dr. McAdoo
Elsa Lanchester
as Mrs. Smerrling
Marshall Thompson
as Henry Shanway
Jan Sterling
as Vivian Heldon
Edmon Ryan
as James Joshua Harkley
Betsy Blair
as Jackie Elcott
- WM
Wally Maher
as Tim Sharkey
Ralph Dumke
as Jim Black the Tattooist
Directed by John Sturges