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Mystery Street

Mystery Street

MYSTERY STREET will thrill you!

19506.71h 33m

Overview

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.

Directed by John Sturges
Written by Richard Brooks, Sydney Boehm, Leonard Spigelgass
Produced by Frank E. Taylor
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Top Cast

Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Montalban

Peter Moralas

Sally Forrest

Sally Forrest

Grace Shanway

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Dr. McAdoo

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Mrs. Smerrling

Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson

Henry Shanway

Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Vivian Heldon

Edmon Ryan

Edmon Ryan

James Joshua Harkley

Betsy Blair

Betsy Blair

Jackie Elcott

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Wally Maher

Tim Sharkey

Ralph Dumke

Ralph Dumke

Jim Black the Tattooist

Themes & Keywords

boston, massachusettsblackmailharvard universityfilm noirmurderpolice detectiveb-girlcape codforensic sciencelandladymurder investigationdevoted wifedrunkennessharvard medical schoolmurder suspectcollege professorrooming househuman skeletoninnocent man

About Mystery Street

Mystery Street is a crime, thriller film released in 1950 exploring themes of boston, massachusetts, blackmail, harvard university, film noir, murder, police detective. Directed by John Sturges, it stars Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett. 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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