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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.
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
Casts
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)
Crews
Richard Brooks
Screenplay
Sydney Boehm
Screenplay
John Sturges
Director
Frank E. Taylor
Producer
John Alton
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
Leonard Spigelgass
Story
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Ferris Webster
Editor
Gabriel Scognamillo
Art Direction
A. Lindsley Lane
Camera Operator
Otto Dyar
Still Photographer
Rudolph G. Kopp
Original Music Composer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Ethel Neejus
Hairstylist
Sam Palo
Makeup Artist
Charles J. Hunt
Production Manager
Sid Sidman
Assistant Director
Ralph S. Hurst
Assistant Set Decoration
Joe Edmondson
Sound
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Joe DeAce
Grip
Wes Shanks
Gaffer
Harry Stradling Jr.
Assistant Camera
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Additional Music
Don McDougall
Script Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters
