Grey Lady (film)

Grey Lady
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Directed by	John Shea
Written by	John Shea Armyan Bernstein
Produced by	Armyan Bernstein Suzann Ellis John Shea Kristin Alexandre
Starring	Eric Dane Natalie Zea Adrian Lester Amy Madigan Chris Meyer Carolyn Stotesbery
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Music by	Andy Bullington
Distributed by	Starz
Release date	June 2015 (2015-06) (Nantucket Film Festival)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Grey Lady is a 2015 American film directed by John Shea. The film centers on a Boston homicide detective, Doyle (Eric Dane), who searches for clues about a serial killer that murdered both his sister and his partner (Rebecca Gayheart). His search leads him to Nantucket where he uncovers secrets about his family's past. The film was shown at the Nantucket Film Festival in 2015, and was not widely seen until released direct-to-video and video on demand in 2017.

Boston homicide detective, James Doyle, and his partner/girlfriend, Maggie Wynn, are called by their commander and alerted of a 911 call made by a woman claiming to be stalked by a man addressing her as Deirdre (the name of Doyle's sister who was murdered weeks earlier). Doyle and Wynn rush to the scene and discover it is a trap. Doyle survives and Wynn is killed.

Weeks later, Doyle is on leave and is taking the boat to Nantucket, ostensibly for a vacation. He talks to two women while on the boat, and when arriving on Nantucket, he is greeted by Detective Johnson who directs him to his hotel. Later, he meets police chief MacGuire, who tells him that time on the island will help him emotionally heal. Doyle and Johnson attend an outdoor concert where Doyle sees the two women (Eli and the Dutchess) whom he saw on the boat. Later, the Duchess is found dead. Doyle guesses she was murdered by the people that killed his partner and sister due to similar wounds on carved on their backs. Doyle knowing that his aunt Lola used to live on the island, makes an attempt to locate her thinking she returned. Doyle recollects that Maggie whispered something in his ear while she was dying which leads him to a local restaurant. The bartender does not know his aunt, but Doyle notices a photo on the wall of 3 people, one of whom he thinks might be Lola. The bartender tells him one of the others in the picture, Tony, was a cook there and she sends him to his home. Doyle shows Tony the photo and is introduced to the woman in the photo, Angela, who tells Doyle his aunt died the previous year. He leaves his business card at the house and drives away. It is then revealed that Eli and another man were spying on him.

Doyle attends an art gallery opening the Duchess had invited him to. While there, he buys a painting that reminds him of Maggie. The artist, Melissa introduces herself. Eli who is in the gallery spills wine on another painting. The artist, Clara asks to be treated to drinks at the gallery's after-party as compensation. At the party, Eli becomes ill and her companion takes her home. She is very upset and the man injects her with a sedative. They then look at pictures of the murder victims on their phone and talk about who they should kill next.

Melissa and Doyle are dropped off at her studio after she has a panic attack while scalloping on the beach and Doyle is picked up by Johnson. Eli and her companion show up at Angela's house, take Tony hostage and torture him for information. Doyle shows up and Eli keeps Tony quiet. Tony's friend Junior shows up as Doyle is leaving. Junior seeing a stranger in the house, runs over to his home to retrieve a shotgun. In a subsequent shootout, Eli shoots at Angela, whom she recognizes Lola. Junior is wounded and Eli and her companion flee. Doyle later has a late night meal with Melissa and he explains to her what is going on. That morning, Eli's companion books a massage appointment with Clara whom he murders. When her body is found on the beach, a wound is found carved on her back. Fearing Melissa might be in danger he calls her and says to hide at his hotel. Eli shows up and tells Melissa what happened to Clara. She has another panic attack and a friend drives her to the hospital. Eli picks her up and introduces her companion as her brother Perry. While Doyle is at the house where Clara was killed, he examines photos of the wounds and realizes that the carvings are letters and that the killers are spelling his last name. Doyle's phone rings and a priest tells him that a woman is wants to speak with him at the church. At the church, Angela confesses she is Lola. She says that the killers are her children who falsely think that Doyle's father Frank killed their father Tim. Lola reveals that she stabbed Tim in self-defense after he attacked her in a drunken rage while finding her in bed with Frank.Tony shows up and wants to help capture Eli and Perry as revenge for cutting off his finger. As Doyle is leaving, Lola implores that he not kill Perry and whispers something in his ear.

At the hotel, Doyle calls Melissa's phone and hears it ring nearby. Eli is there and tells Doyle that Melissa dropped it and that she is with Perry. She draws a map to where they are. Doyle, knowing that Melissa is a hostage asks Tony to meet him at the house. Perry is wounded in the leg by a shot from Tony's crossbow during a shootout and hides in a garage. Melissa is rescued and told to hide. Hearing a siren, she rushes towards it only to find Eli shooting at her from a stolen police car and hides under a canoe. Doyle is chasing Perry but is stopped by Eli saying she will kill Melissa if he does not let them go. Doyle drops his gun. Melissa shows up and fires a shot. Eli attempts to shoot Melissa but is fatally shot by Doyle instead. Perry then tells Doyle to kill him too, but he refuses, saying that Lola revealed that Perry is actually his half-brother from Lola's relationship with Frank.

The following morning, a crowd gathers on the beach for a memorial service for Clara. Perry is then taken back to the mainland by the state police. Doyle, on the boat's upper deck reminisces about happier times with his family

Production commenced in April 2014, with four weeks of filming on Nantucket,^[1] followed by one week in Boston.

The film premiered at the 2015 Nantucket Film Festival,^[2] and public screenings commenced on April 28, 2017. The film was released on DVD, and video on demand services on June 27, 2017.

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