Mystery Street ( Murder at Harvard )

Mystery Street (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Original Title: Murder at Harvard
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Sturges

Written By:
Sydney Boehm
Richard Brooks

Actors:
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 ..... A Tattooist
Willard Waterman ..... A Mortician
Walter Burke ..... An Ornithologist
Don Shelton ..... A District Attorney

Synopsis:

Vivian, a B-girl working at 'The Grass Skirt,' is being brushed off by her rich, married boyfriend. To confront him, she hijacks drunken customer Henry Shanway and his car from Boston to Cape Cod, where she strands Henry...and is never seen again. Months later, a skeleton is found (sans clothes or clues) on a lonely Cape Cod beach. Using the macabre expertise of Harvard forensic specialist Dr. McAdoo, Lt. Pete Morales must work back from bones to the victim's identity, history, and killer. Will he succeed in time to save an innocent suspect?

Blonde B-girl Vivian (played by Jan Sterling), working at "The Grass Skirt" in Boston talks a drunk (Marshall Thompson) in the bar into "borrowing" his car. She drives to Cape Cod with the car's owner drunk by her side. When the man realizes he's miles from Boston he objects and demands that he be taken back. Instead, she ditches him and steals the car. Afterward she meets up with a mysterious man who kills her. A day later the drunk reports the car stolen to his insurance but neglects to mention the blonde as not to get in trouble with his wife (Sally Forrest). Months later, the B-girl's skeleton washes up on a beach. Barnstable cop Peter Morales (Montalban) teams up with Boston police and uses forensics with the help of Dr. McAdoo, a Harvard doctor (Bennett), to figure out who the woman is...

A small town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor when the skeletal remains of a pregnant prostitute turn up on a Massachusetts beach.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 30 November, 2012.