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
![Ricardo Montalban](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273794_910045.jpg)
Ricardo Montalban
Mexico
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Sally Forrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763582_e4d545.jpg)
Sally Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Street (1950)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
![Bruce Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424248_0f7b88.jpg)
Bruce Bennett
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Elsa Lanchester](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271937_e9fbb6.jpg)
Elsa Lanchester
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Murder by Death (1976)
![Marshall Thompson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871855_c9360e.jpg)
Marshall Thompson
USA
Best movies:
The Valley of Decision (1945)
The Tall Target (1951)
Devil's Doorway (1950)
![Jan Sterling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576472_8f5474.jpg)
Jan Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Caged (1950)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Edmon Ryan
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Mystery Street (1950)
The Breaking Point (1950)
![Betsy Blair](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272402_c8f85e.jpg)
Betsy Blair
USA
Best movies:
Il Grido (1957)
Marty (1955)
Mystery Street (1950)
Ralph Dumke
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
![Willard Waterman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/721/160721133_9a482b.jpg)
Willard Waterman
USA
Best movies:
The Apartment (1960)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Mystery Street (1950)
![Matt Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677230_91eb74.jpg)
Matt Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
The Front Page (1931)
Spellbound (1945)
Rain (1932)
![Frank Overton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/175/161175845_8c0147.jpg)
Frank Overton
USA
Best movies:
Fail-Safe (1964)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Mystery Street (1950)
![May McAvoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276800_0cbef4.jpg)
May McAvoy
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
![Ned Glass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000089_894e14.jpg)
Ned Glass
Poland
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Charade (1963)
![Charles Wagenheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298355_6d74f2.jpg)
Charles Wagenheim
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![John Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/513/159513783_cc4e71.jpg)
John Crawford
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Heat (1953)
![David McMahon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/595/159595073_a6cbba.jpg)
David McMahon
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Robert Foulk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/906/159906438_269fec.gif)
Robert Foulk
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
East of Eden (1955)