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The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)

The Crime of Helen Stanley poster
Directed by
D. Ross Lederman
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
58 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police inspector investigates a murder in a television studio. The suspects include a famous actress and a jealous rival.

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What happens

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. The film is also known as Murder in the Studio. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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