Thehibikiew Not even bad in a good way

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Looking Jan Sterling coming down stairs to answer the phone l stay so excite about to come,the dark atmosphere is a trademark of noir style....la femme fatale state here as often as dancing girl who everyone is called "dear" and end up a murder and always an innocent is wrongly accused....every noir's ingredient is present.... Ricardo Montalban as a serious and cold detective support by Havard's forensic Dr. McAdoo who joint the missing link...and finally Elsa Lanchester who is magnificent on a greedy and disguised unmarried woman or as she say's "not exactly"...all movie is around her...really a real star of this movie,great noir!!!

Spikeopath Mystery Street is a police procedural film noir mystery directed by John Sturges with cinematography by legendary lensman John Alton. It stars Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson & Jan Sterling. It's shot on location in Boston and Cape Cod with both Harvard Medical School in Roxbury, Massachusetts and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, also featured.Tho a bit too aware of the vogue for semi-documentary stylings, Mystery Street is a solid mystery thriller that is expertly shot and acted with subtlety by the cast. The plot sees Sterling's blonde "bar worker" shot and killed on the roadside by a cloaked in darkness assailant. The police, led by Montalban's Hispanic detective, Pete Morales, think they have their man when it emerges that she was seen leaving the Grass Skirt bar with a drunk Henry Shanway (Thompson). However, aided by Dr. McAdoo at Harvard Medical School (Bennett), Morales starts to unravel the mystery and identity of the killer.Not the classic film noir piece that some DVD marketers want you to believe it is (strip away Alton's brilliant shades and shadow work and it's just a forensic based who done it), the film however triumphs on account of its wrong man premise and the interesting characters woven into the plot (Lanchester walks away with the movie as a devious and batty landlady). The procedural aspect of the story is given weight by the forensic angle used (the CSI film noir tag that comes with the film is an apt one), while some social awareness is deftly slotted in via Morales' immigrant background.Good writing, visually impressive and paced with no little skill, Mystery Street is recommended to the mystery thriller fan. 7/10

GManfred Wasn't sure if I would like this one but it was in the DVD collection so I thought what the hell. I couldn't have been more surprised. Ricardo Montalban was never one of my favorites - or even one of my second favorites - but was at whatever passes for his best in Mystery Street. He got able support from stalwart Bruce Bennett and the whole picture benefited from another fey performance by Elsa Lanchester, who never disappoints. Whenever the story began to go slack her presence helped immeasurably.The story was very absorbing and held the interest throughout but was a tad long and could have been a bit tighter. Was very impressed by Director John Sturges' grasp of the noir genre and the last 20 minutes of the film were appropriately tense and includes an exciting chase. Also enjoyed the Maguffin as well as the red herrings and dead-ends strewn about the plot.A lot of readers have summarized the plot, so suffice it to say that this is a very underrated film and deserves better exposure than it has had over the past 60 years. A top notch mixture of casting, directing and storyline all came together for my rating of 8 out of 10.

JLRMovieReviews Ricardo Montalban, Jan Sterling, and Elsa Lanchester all reside on "Mystery Street." Jan Sterling has a small but pivotal role in this exciting crime drama. The best films in film noir make the movie's style the star over all actors, and this is one such example. Ricardo is very memorable and sexy, and Elsa has a scene-stealing role as a landlady, but this centers on the investigation of a murder and is compelling all the way. In fact, it plays like a forensic show on TV today, with Bruce Bennett studying the skeletal remains of the victim. Sounds a little creepy and unsettling, doesn't it? Well, it's very matter of fact about the every-day life of Ricardo and what he does as a cop. Each person he meets is an individual, but to him it's just another day and another case on "Mystery Street."