Directed by:
John SturgesCinematography:
John AltonComposer:
Rudolph G. KoppCast:
Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan, Betsy Blair, Ralph Dumke, Willard Waterman (more)Plots(1)
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? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Maxwell
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![Walter Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160369_35906d.jpg)
Walter Burke
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Mystery Street (1950)
Fred Sherman
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Mystery Street (1950)
The Hucksters (1947)
![King Donovan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/529/160529355_714efa.gif)
King Donovan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Storm Warning (1951)
Suzanne Ridgway
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
George Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Street (1950)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Brigadoon (1954)
Louise Lorimer
USA
Best movies:
The Heiress (1949)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Phil Schumacher
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
William F. Leicester
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Mystery Street (1950)
Battleground (1949)
Napolen Whiting
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
The Tall Target (1951)
Born to Kill (1947)
Eula Guy
USA
Best movies:
Harvey (1950)
Yellow Sky (1948)
The Enforcer (1951)
![Noble 'Kid' Chissell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/785/161785386_718568.jpg)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
After the Thin Man (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Perry Ivins
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Jack Shea
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Detective Story (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Roy
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
White Heat (1949)
Juanita Quigley
USA
Best movies:
National Velvet (1944)
Mystery Street (1950)
The Devil Doll (1936)
Jim Hayward
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
The Mountain (1956)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Ernesto Molinari
Italy
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Bert Davidson
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Three Little Words (1950)
Douglas Carter
UK
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
To Each His Own (1946)