The Crime of Helen Stanley

The Crime of Helen Stanley
Film poster
Directed byD. Ross Lederman
Written byCharles R. Condon
Harold Shumate
StarringRalph Bellamy
Shirley Grey
Gail Patrick
CinematographyAllen G. Siegler
Edited byOtto Meyer
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 20, 1934 (1934-04-20)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TCM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Inspector Trent". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.