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Mystery Street
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Mystery Street

1950-06-23 · 93 min · ★ 6.8

Crime · Thriller

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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Directors
John Sturges
Production companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ricardo MontalbanRicardo MontalbanPeter Moralas
Sally ForrestSally ForrestGrace Shanway
Bruce BennettBruce BennettDr. McAdoo
Elsa LanchesterElsa LanchesterMrs. Smerrling
Marshall ThompsonMarshall ThompsonHenry Shanway
Jan SterlingJan SterlingVivian Heldon
Edmon RyanEdmon RyanJames Joshua Harkley
Betsy BlairBetsy BlairJackie Elcott
Wally MaherTim Sharkey
Ralph DumkeRalph DumkeJim Black the Tattooist
Willard WatermanWillard WatermanThe Mortician
Walter BurkeWalter BurkeThe Ornithologist
Don SheltonDon SheltonA District Attorney
Elsie BakerElderly Lady (uncredited)
George BrandMan in Bedroom (uncredited)
Ralph BrooksReporter (uncredited)
Douglas CarterCounterman at The Dunes (uncredited)
Mack ChandlerDoorman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' ChissellNoble 'Kid' ChissellDiner Patron (uncredited)
George CooperGeorge CooperReporter (uncredited)

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