Le Mystère de la plage perdue (1950)
Mystery Street
Réalisateur : John Sturges
Scénaristes : Sydney Boehm, Richard Brooks, Leonard Spigelgass
93 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
Une jeune femme, Vivian Heldon, se rend à un rendez-vous avec son amant, un homme marié qui la tue car elle menace de dénoncer à sa femme leur liaison. Il enterre le corps sur une plage déserte. Plusieurs mois après, un ornithologue y découvre des restes humains, sans aucun document ou objet permettant une identification. Le lieutenant Morales dirige l'enquête, assisté par un professeur d'université, le docteur McAdoo, pour l'analyse du cadavre. Le recoupement des indices permet de remonter à Vivian Heldon, dont l'emploi du temps de ses dernières heures est reconstitué. Elle a notamment été vue en compagnie de Henry Shanway qui semble le suspect idéal…
- 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 Ridgeway - 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)
