GREEN EYES (1934) Shirley Grey, Charles Starrett & Claude Gillingwater | Mystery | B&W

Green Eyes is a 1934 American Pre-Code Chesterfield Pictures film directed by Richard Thorpe.

SYNOPSIS
The owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his friends. However, the party turns sour when he is found stabbed to death in a closet. The police and a guest try to discover who committed the murder.

During a masked party Stephen Kester (Claude Gillingwater) is found dead in the closet of his room, three stab wounds in his back. Suspicion falls on everyone at the party, especially Kester's granddaughter Jean (Shirley Grey) and her fiancé Cliff Miller (William Bakewell), who fled the house after disabling all of the other cars and cutting the phone lines. As Inspector Crofton (John Wray) and Detective Regan (Ben Hendricks Jr.) investigate they are shadowed and helped along by a mystery writer, Bill Tracy (Charles Starrett).

CAST & CREW
Shirley Grey as Jean Kester
Charles Starrett as Bill Tracy
Claude Gillingwater as Stephen Kester
John Wray as Inspector Crofton
William Bakewell as Cliff Miller
Dorothy Revier as Mrs. Pritchard
Ben Hendricks Jr. as Detective Regan
Alden Chase as Mr. Pritchard
Arthur Clayton as Roger Hall
Aggie Herring as Dora
Edward Keane as Raynor
Edward Le Saint as Banker
Robert Frazer as Broker

Directed by Richard Thorpe
Written by Andrew Moses (continuity)
Based on The Murder of Steven Kester (1931 novel) by Harriette Ashbrook
Produced by George R. Batcheller
Cinematography M.A. Anderson
Production company Chesterfield Pictures
Distributed by Chesterfield Pictures
Release date June 15, 1934
Running time 67-68 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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