Mystery Street

Mystery Street

93 mins | Drama, Crime | June 23, 1950

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.

Mystery Street

93 mins | Drama, Crime | June 23, 1950

Mystery Street
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Mystery Street
Directors John Sturges
Writers Leonard Spigelgass, Sydney Boehm, Richard Brooks

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

Edmon Ryan

as James Joshua Harkley

Betsy Blair

as Jackie Elcott

Wally Maher

as Tim Sharkey

Ralph Dumke

as Jim Black the Tattooist

Willard Waterman

as The Mortician

Walter Burke

as The Ornithologist

Don Shelton

as A District Attorney

Elsie Baker

as Elderly Lady (uncredited)

George Brand

as Man in Bedroom (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

as Reporter (uncredited)

Douglas Carter

as Counterman at The Dunes (uncredited)

Mack Chandler

as Doorman (uncredited)

Noble Chissell

as Diner Patron (uncredited)

George Cooper

as Reporter (uncredited)

John Crawford

as Reporter (uncredited)

Lucille Curtis

as Mrs. Harkley (uncredited)

Bert Davidson

as Dr. Thorpe (uncredited)

King Donovan

as Reporter at Beach House (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

as Porter (uncredited)

Robert Foulk

as Detective O'Hara (uncredited)

Jim Frasher

as High School Boy (uncredited)

Ned Glass

as Dr. Ben Levy, McAdoo's asst. (uncredited)

Eula Guy

as Mrs. Fischer (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

as Car Insurance Clerk (uncredited)

Bradford Hatton

as Al - Grass Skirt Cafe Bartender (uncredited)

Jim Hayward

as Constable Fischer (uncredited)

Perry Ivins

as Alienist (uncredited)

William F. Leicester

as Doctor (uncredited)

Arthur M. Loew Jr.

as Sailor (uncredited)

Louise Lorimer

as Mrs. Shanway (uncredited)

John Maxwell

as Detective Kilrain (uncredited)

May McAvoy

as Nurse (uncredited)

David McMahon

as Detective Garrity (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

as Portuguese Fisherman (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

as Waiter (uncredited)

Matt Moore

as Dr. Rockton (uncredited)

Melvin H. Moore

as Oyster Shucker (uncredited)

Virginia Mullen

as Neighbor (uncredited)

Allen O'Locklin

as Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Overton

as Guard (uncredited)

Juanita Quigley

as Harkley's Daughter (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

as Bar Girl at Grass Skirt Cafe (uncredited)

John Roy

as Guard (uncredited)

Maurice Samuels

as Tailor (uncredited)

Fred Santley

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Phil Schumacher

as Diner Patron (uncredited)

Jack Shea

as Policeman (uncredited)

Fred Sherman

as Photographer (uncredited)

George Sherwood

as Reporter (uncredited)

Mary Jane Smith

as Daughter (uncredited)

Robert Strong

as Policeman (uncredited)

Peter M. Thompson

as Law Student (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

as Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

Napoleon Whiting

as Red Cap (uncredited)