Grief Street is a 1931 English-language Crime Film-Noir movie directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by George R. Batcheller under the banner of Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation. Alvin Merle, a womanizing Broadway matinée idol, is found strangled in his dressing room. The door is locked from the inside and there is no possible other way into the room. Merle is having an affair with his leading lady, while his wife, actress Ethel Wynn, appearing in another play in a theater around the corner, is doing the same with Frank Murray, the stage manager on Merle's play. Newspaper reporter Jim Ryan is investigating the case and meets Jean Royce, a young actress who had been fired from the play while in rehearsals. Everybody, including Michael, the old actor now relegated to being just a stage-doorman, has a motive. The explanation for the murder lies within the script of the play. Written by Les Adams. Grief street stars Barbara Kent, John Holland, Dorothy Christy, Crauford Kent, Lillian Rich, James P. Burtis and Fred Parker. Cinematography was done by M.A. Anderson. The movie has a running time of 64 minutes. It was released on 1st October 1931. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp.