Mystery Street

Mystery Street is John Sturges' smart, crisply paced precursor to modern forensic crime shows like CSI and Law and Order — complete with all of the inherent weaknesses of the then-fledgling genre, and a few strengths that this film's predecessors mostly lack. The film opens with a gorgeously shot, moody sequence that suggests a typical noir plot in the making: a sleazy, breezy dame (Jan Sterling