Crime ·Thriller · United States of America · 1950 · 1h 33m

Mystery Street

Mystery Street poster
Director
John Sturges
Cast
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
Crew
John Alton — Director of Photography Ferris Webster — Editor Rudolph G. Kopp — Original Music Composer Richard Brooks — Screenplay Sydney Boehm — Screenplay Leonard Spigelgass — Story
Tagline

MYSTERY STREET will thrill you!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Mystery Street — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
boston, massachusettsblackmailharvard universityfilm noirmurderpolice detectiveb-girlcape codforensic sciencelandladymurder investigationdevoted wife
Key Collaborators
John Sturges Director John Alton Director of Photography Ferris Webster Editor Rudolph G. Kopp Original Music Composer Richard Brooks Screenplay Sydney Boehm Screenplay Leonard Spigelgass Story Frank E. Taylor Producer
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