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| 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 | |
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Wally Maher | ... | Tim Sharkey |
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Ralph Dumke | ... | A Tattooist |
| Willard Waterman | ... | A Mortician | |
| Walter Burke | ... | An Ornithologist | |
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Don Shelton | ... | A District Attorney |
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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? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 August 1950 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$730,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$429,000, 31 December 1950Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$775,000, 31 December 1950Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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Mrs. Smerrling: [after a pause] Not exactly.
Lieutenant Peter Morales: Were you ever married?
Mrs. Smerrling: [Another pause] Not exactly. I... I, uh - you see, I...
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(uncredited)
Music by Cole Porter
Played by the band at the Grass Skirt
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Frank E. Taylor's first production credit after a career as a literary editor at Random House. See more »Goofs
When Vivian is talking on the phone early in the movie, initially she has a thin band ring on her finger. During the same conversation she has on a different ring with a large stone on it. See more »Quotes
Lieutenant Peter Morales: Is your husband here?Mrs. Smerrling: [after a pause] Not exactly.
Lieutenant Peter Morales: Were you ever married?
Mrs. Smerrling: [Another pause] Not exactly. I... I, uh - you see, I...
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See it for the Boston locations, for an early gritty performance by Montalban before he became a Latin heartthrob joke, for the intricate plot, vivid characterizations and snappy editing, but see it most of all for the extraordinary cinematography of John Alton. What he does with composition, deep focus and lighting is amazing. That he often does it on locations where he did not have the control of a soundstage is astonishing.