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Mystery Street

Name: Mystery Street
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1950-06-23
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson

1950 | 93 min | Crime, Thriller

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Tailor-made for people who can't resist a good whodunit and fans of medical drama. The investigation drives everything, one lead at a time. Liked Insomnia or Gone Baby Gone? This is a good next one. Life-and-death stakes, often at a run.
The mood: Tense, gritty.
The pace: Moves at a clip, at 1 hr 33 min.
What might put you off: Made in 1950: an older pace and style.
Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.

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.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsBelow par
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$775K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 31K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing

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Cast & crew

Directed by John Sturges

Ricardo MontalbanPeter Moralas
Sally ForrestGrace Shanway
Bruce BennettDr. McAdoo
Elsa LanchesterMrs. Smerrling
Marshall ThompsonHenry Shanway
Jan SterlingVivian Heldon
Edmon RyanJames Joshua Harkley
Betsy BlairJackie Elcott
Wally MaherTim Sharkey
Ralph DumkeJim Black the Tattooist