Mystery Street
MYSTERY STREET will thrill you!
1950 | 93m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Sturges |
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| Writer: | Sydney Boehm, Leonard Spigelgass, Richard Brooks |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 23, 1950 |
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| Director: | John Sturges |
| Writer: | Sydney Boehm, Leonard Spigelgass, Richard Brooks |
| Genres: | Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | boston, massachusetts, blackmail, harvard university, film noir, murder, police detective, b-girl, cape cod, forensic science, landlady, murder investigation, devoted wife, drunkenness, harvard medical school, murder suspect, college professor, rooming house, human skeleton, innocent man |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ricardo Montalban | Peter Moralas |
| Sally Forrest | Grace Shanway |
| Bruce Bennett | Dr. McAdoo |
| Elsa Lanchester | Mrs. Smerrling |
| Marshall Thompson | Henry Shanway |
| Jan Sterling | Vivian Heldon |
| Edmon Ryan | James Joshua Harkley |
| Betsy Blair | Jackie Elcott |
| Wally Maher | Tim Sharkey |
| Ralph Dumke | Jim Black the Tattooist |
| Willard Waterman | The Mortician |
| Walter Burke | The Ornithologist |
| Don Shelton | A District Attorney |
| Elsie Baker | Elderly Lady (uncredited) |
| George Brand | Man in Bedroom (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Douglas Carter | Counterman at The Dunes (uncredited) |
| Mack Chandler | Doorman (uncredited) |
| Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Diner Patron (uncredited) |
| George Cooper | Reporter (uncredited) |
| John Crawford | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Lucille Curtis | Mrs. Harkley (uncredited) |
| Bert Davidson | Dr. Thorpe (uncredited) |
| King Donovan | Reporter at Beach House (uncredited) |
| Mike Donovan | Porter (uncredited) |
| Robert Foulk | Detective O'Hara (uncredited) |
| Jim Frasher | High School Boy (uncredited) |
| Ned Glass | Dr. Ben Levy, McAdoo's asst. (uncredited) |
| Eula Guy | Mrs. Fischer (uncredited) |
| Sherry Hall | Car Insurance Clerk (uncredited) |
| Bradford Hatton | Al - Grass Skirt Cafe Bartender (uncredited) |
| Jim Hayward | Constable Fischer (uncredited) |
| Perry Ivins | Alienist (uncredited) |
| William F. Leicester | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Arthur M. Loew Jr. | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Louise Lorimer | Mrs. Shanway (uncredited) |
| John Maxwell | Detective Kilrain (uncredited) |
| May McAvoy | Nurse (uncredited) |
| David McMahon | Detective Garrity (uncredited) |
| Ernesto Molinari | Portuguese Fisherman (uncredited) |
| Ralph Montgomery | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Matt Moore | Dr. Rockton (uncredited) |
| Melvin H. Moore | Oyster Shucker (uncredited) |
| Virginia Mullen | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Allen O'Locklin | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Frank Overton | Guard (uncredited) |
| Juanita Quigley | Harkley's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Suzanne Ridgway | Bar Girl at Grass Skirt Cafe (uncredited) |
| John Roy | Guard (uncredited) |
| Maurice Samuels | Tailor (uncredited) |
| Fred Santley | Pawnbroker (uncredited) |
| Phil Schumacher | Diner Patron (uncredited) |
| Jack Shea | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Fred Sherman | Photographer (uncredited) |
| George Sherwood | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Mary Jane Smith | Daughter (uncredited) |
| Robert Strong | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Peter M. Thompson | Law Student (uncredited) |
| Charles Wagenheim | Baggage Clerk (uncredited) |
| Napoleon Whiting | Red Cap (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sydney Boehm | Screenplay |
| Gabriel Scognamillo | Art Direction |
| Leonard Spigelgass | Story |
| Ferris Webster | Editor |
| A. Lindsley Lane | Camera Operator |
| Otto Dyar | Still Photographer |
| Rudolph G. Kopp | Music |
| Richard Brooks | Screenplay |
| John Alton | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Designer |
| John Sturges | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frank E. Taylor | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 629 | 750 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 544 | 720 |