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Mystery Street

A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.

Director

John Sturges

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

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Peter Moralas

Ricardo Montalban

Grace Shanway

Dr. McAdoo

Mrs. Smerrling

Elsa Lanchester

Henry Shanway

Marshall Thompson

Vivian Heldon

James Joshua Harkley

Jackie Elcott

Tim Sharkey

A Tattooist

A Mortician

Willard Waterman

An Ornithologist

A District Attorney

Elderly Lady

Man in Bedroom

Reporter

Counterman at The Dunes

Doorman

Diner Patron

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Reporter

Reporter

Mrs. Harkley

Dr. Thorpe

Reporter at Beach House

Porter

Detective O'Hara

High School Boy

Diner Patron

Dr. Ben Levy, McAdoo's asst.

Mrs. Fischer

Car Insurance Clerk

Al - Grass Skirt Cafe Bartender

Bradford Hatton

Constable Fischer

Alienist

Doctor

William F. Leicester

Sailor

Arthur M. Loew Jr.

Mrs. Shanway

Detective Kilrain

Nurse

Detective Garrity

Portuguese Fisherman

Ernesto Molinari

Waiter

Ralph Montgomery

Dr. Rockton

Oyster Shucker

Melvin H. Moore

Neighbor

Virginia Mullen

Photographer

Allen O'Locklin

Guard

Daughter

Juanita Quigley

Bar Girl at Grass Skirt Cafe

Suzanne Ridgway

Guard

Tailor

Maurice Samuels

Pawnbroker

Diner Patron

Phil Schumacher

Policeman

Photographer

Reporter

George Sherwood

Daughter

Mary Jane Smith

Policeman

Law Student

Peter M. Thompson

Baggage Clerk

Charles Wagenheim

Red Cap

Napoleon Whiting

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Vivian Heldon Henry Shanway Jim Black, Tattooist James Joshua Harkley Grass Skirt Cafe Bartender Mrs. Smerrling Detective Kilrain

- Do you need any help, Miss Heldon?
- No, thanks, Jim. I can manage. - Mystery Street

- Do you need any help, Miss Heldon? - No, thanks, Jim. I ca...

Hey, where are you taking me? - Mystery Street

Hey, where are you taking me?

Hello, big shot.
Start explaining. - Mystery Street

Hello, big shot. Start explaining.

Sign here. - Mystery Street

Pardon me, where is the
Department of Legal Medicine? - Mystery Street

Pardon me, where is the Department of Legal Medicine?

Pardon me. Could you tell me where
the Department of Legal Medicine is? - Mystery Street

Pardon me. Could you tell me where the Department of Legal M...

Run this down will you Garrity - Mystery Street

Run this down will you Garrity

Ha ha Lieutenant you're not young enough to start on this case - Mystery Street

Ha ha Lieutenant you're not young enough to start on...

McADOO: No. The eye sockets
are too wide apart... - Mystery Street

McADOO: No. The eye sockets are too wide apart...

No, the jaw of the skull's
too short for this girl. - Mystery Street

No, the jaw of the skull's too short for this girl.

Hmm. Close. - Mystery Street

McADOO: Mm-hm. - Mystery Street

Is your husband here - Mystery Street

Is your husband here

Poor gal. Poor, poor gal. - Mystery Street

Poor gal. Poor, poor gal.

If there's anything I can do - Mystery Street

If there's anything I can do

"Hyannis 3633." - Mystery Street

"Hyannis 3633."

I just love boats. - Mystery Street

I just love boats.

Will you, uh? - Mystery Street

Watch them take to the hills now. - Mystery Street

Watch them take to the hills now.

Darling... - Mystery Street

Did you ever know her? - Mystery Street

Did you ever know her?

Professors work with their heads cops work with their feet - Mystery Street

Professors work with their heads cops work with their feet

Know her Sure I knew her - Mystery Street

Know her Sure I knew her

Find anything?
- I was coming into Boston to see you. - Mystery Street

Find anything? - I was coming into Boston to see you.

There is a little soft spot
here. Could be a bullet hole. - Mystery Street

There is a little soft spot here. Could be a bullet hole.

Now, let's see. - Mystery Street

Now, let's see.

- It could still be Shanway.
- Yeah, it could be. - Mystery Street

- It could still be Shanway. - Yeah, it could be.

Is there anything I can
do for you, Mrs. Shanway? - Mystery Street

Is there anything I can do for you, Mrs. Shanway?

What you need is fresh air - Mystery Street

What you need is fresh air

Hi, Pete. Hi. - Mystery Street

Ever see a cop who wasn't sure? - Mystery Street

Ever see a cop who wasn't sure?

Look, when I say I haven't
got a gun, I haven't got one. - Mystery Street

Look, when I say I haven't got a gun, I haven't go...

There was a Harkley around these
parts before there was a U.S.A. - Mystery Street

There was a Harkley around these parts before there was a U....

You see that girl
before? My daughter. - Mystery Street

You see that girl before? My daughter.

Thank you. - Mystery Street

No gun. - Mystery Street

You know I'm used to respect - Mystery Street

You know I'm used to respect

I'm sorry to bother you again. - Mystery Street

I'm sorry to bother you again.

Operator? - Mystery Street

Just a minute. - Mystery Street

You're crazy - Mystery Street

Just wait here while I
go in with Miss Elcott. - Mystery Street

Just wait here while I go in with Miss Elcott.

There was a man. He rushed right
by me. She's lying on the floor. - Mystery Street

There was a man. He rushed right by me. She's lying on ...

Well, that does
it. We've lost him. - Mystery Street

Well, that does it. We've lost him.

Professor McAdoo, please. - Mystery Street

Professor McAdoo, please.

- When did she show you that gun?
- On my way to work, about 6 last night. - Mystery Street

- When did she show you that gun? - On my way to work, about...

- Can we handle it ourselves?
- Too much of a long shot to ask for help. - Mystery Street

- Can we handle it ourselves? - Too much of a long shot to a...

Think this is it. - Mystery Street

Think this is it.

- Tall. He had a brown hat and a light coat.
- Okay. - Mystery Street

- Tall. He had a brown hat and a light coat. - Okay.

I've been waiting to
put these two together. - Mystery Street

I've been waiting to put these two together.

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A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Sturges

Writer: Sydney Boehm, Richard Brooks, Leonard Spigelgass

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1950

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Aug 1950

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

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