Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 1950
Mystery Street
Directed by
John Sturges
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.
The story
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.
Cast
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
Willard WatermanThe Mortician
Walter BurkeThe Ornithologist
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Don 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' ChissellDiner Patron (uncredited)
George CooperReporter (uncredited)
John CrawfordReporter (uncredited)
Lucille CurtisMrs. Harkley (uncredited)
Bert DavidsonDr. Thorpe (uncredited)
King DonovanReporter at Beach House (uncredited)
Mike DonovanPorter (uncredited)
Robert FoulkDetective O'Hara (uncredited)
Jim FrasherHigh School Boy (uncredited)
Ned GlassDr. Ben Levy, McAdoo's asst. (uncredited)
Eula GuyMrs. Fischer (uncredited)
Sherry HallCar Insurance Clerk (uncredited)
Bradford HattonAl - Grass Skirt Cafe Bartender (uncredited)
Jim HaywardConstable Fischer (uncredited)
Perry IvinsAlienist (uncredited)
William F. LeicesterDoctor (uncredited)
Arthur M. Loew Jr.Sailor (uncredited)
Louise LorimerMrs. Shanway (uncredited)
John MaxwellDetective Kilrain (uncredited)
May McAvoyNurse (uncredited)
David McMahonDetective Garrity (uncredited)
Ernesto MolinariPortuguese Fisherman (uncredited)
Ralph MontgomeryWaiter (uncredited)
Matt MooreDr. Rockton (uncredited)
Melvin H. MooreOyster Shucker (uncredited)
Virginia MullenNeighbor (uncredited)
Allen O'LocklinPhotographer (uncredited)
Frank OvertonGuard (uncredited)
Juanita QuigleyHarkley's Daughter (uncredited)
Suzanne RidgwayBar Girl at Grass Skirt Cafe (uncredited)
John RoyGuard (uncredited)
Maurice SamuelsTailor (uncredited)
Fred SantleyPawnbroker (uncredited)
Phil SchumacherDiner Patron (uncredited)
Jack SheaPoliceman (uncredited)
Fred ShermanPhotographer (uncredited)
George SherwoodReporter (uncredited)
Mary Jane SmithDaughter (uncredited)
Robert StrongPoliceman (uncredited)
Peter M. ThompsonLaw Student (uncredited)
Charles WagenheimBaggage Clerk (uncredited)
Napoleon WhitingRed Cap (uncredited)
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