The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934 film
- April 20, 1934 (1934-04-20)
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The Crime of Helen Stanley is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Gail Patrick.[1] The film is also known as Murder in the Studio.[2] It was the third in a series of four films featuring Bellamy as Inspector Trent of the NYPD following on from Before Midnight and One Is Guilty. The final film Girl in Danger in the sequence was released later in the year.
Plot
Inspector Trent (Bellamy) investigates the death of film star Helen Stanley (Patrick) on the set. Another actor in the film, Wallach (Stephen Chase, uncredited) believes he has killed Stanley after he put a live bullet into a prop gun when he "shot" her, and commits suicide after confessing. However the live bullet was still in Wallach's gun.
Other suspects are the cameraman, Stanley's lover Lee Davis (Richmond), her sister, Betty Lane (Grey), who is having an affair with Davis. Also in the mix are Stanley's business manager, George Noel (Page) who owed her $60,000, the director Gibson (Prival) who Stanley knew was an illegal alien, and Stanley's bodyguard, Karl Williams (Sherman), who was blackmailing her. Trent solves the mystery by reenacting the murder, where the true killer is revealed.[2]
Cast
- Ralph Bellamy as Inspector Steve Trent
- Shirley Grey as Betty Lane
- Gail Patrick as Helen Stanley
- Kane Richmond as Lee Davis
- Bradley Page as George T. Noel
- Vincent Sherman as Karl Williams
- Phillip Trent as Larry King (as Clifford Jones)
- Lucien Prival as Gibson
- Ward Bond as Jack Baker
References
- ^ Hal Erickson (2014). "The Crime of Helen Stanley". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ^ a b "THE CRIME OF HELEN STANLEY(1934)". tcm.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
Bibliography
- Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.
External links
- The Crime of Helen Stanley at IMDb
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Films directed by D. Ross Lederman
- Sheiks in Bagdad (1925) (Short)
- A Dog of the Regiment (1927)
- A Race for Life (1928)
- Rinty of the Desert (1928)
- Shadows of the Night (1928)
- The Million Dollar Collar (1929)
- The Man Hunter (1930)
- The Phantom of the West (1931)
- The Texas Ranger (1931)
- Branded (1931)
- The Fighting Marshal (1931)
- The Range Feud (1931)
- Ridin' for Justice (1932)
- Texas Cyclone (1932)
- High Speed (1932)
- The Riding Tornado (1932)
- Two-Fisted Law (1932)
- Daring Danger (1932)
- McKenna of the Mounted (1932)
- Speed Demon (1932)
- End of the Trail (1932)
- State Trooper (1933)
- Silent Men (1933)
- Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
- The Whirlwind (1933)
- Rusty Rides Alone (1933)
- The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
- Hell Bent for Love (1934)
- A Man's Game (1934)
- Beyond the Law (1934)
- Girl in Danger (1934)
- Murder in the Clouds (1934)
- Red Hot Tires (1935)
- Dinky (1935)
- The Case of the Missing Man (1935)
- Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
- Too Tough to Kill (1935)
- Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
- Pride of the Marines (1936)
- Panic on the Air (1936)
- The Final Hour (1936)
- Alibi for Murder (1936)
- Come Closer, Folks (1936)
- Counterfeit Lady (1936)
- Motor Madness (1937)
- I Promise to Pay (1937)
- The Frame-Up (1937)
- A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
- The Game That Kills (1937)
- Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
- Juvenile Court (1938)
- Adventure in Sahara (1938)
- The Little Adventuress (1938)
- North of Shanghai (1939)
- Racketeers of the Range (1939)
- Military Academy (1940)
- Glamour for Sale (1940)
- Thundering Frontier (1940)
- Father's Son (1941)
- Across the Sierras (1941)
- Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
- Strange Alibi (1941)
- Here Comes the Cavalry (1941) (Short)
- Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
- The Body Disappears (1941)
- Bullet Scars (1942)
- I Was Framed (1942)
- Escape from Crime (1942)
- Busses Roar (1942)
- The Gorilla Man (1943)
- Adventure in Iraq (1943)
- Find the Blackmailer (1943)
- Gun to Gun (1944) (Short)
- The Racket Man (1944)
- Three of a Kind (1944)
- The Last Ride (1944)
- Navy Nurse (1945) (Short)
- Out of the Depths (1945)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
- The Phantom Thief (1946)
- Dangerous Business (1946)
- Sing While You Dance (1946)
- Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
- The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
- Key Witness (1947)
- The Return of the Whistler (1948)
- Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
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