The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
1h 24m
Running Time
November 1, 1939Release Date
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
1h 24m
Running Time
November 1, 1939Release Date
Plot.
During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Leslie Banks
Inspector Slade
Greta Gynt
Gwen Lee
Ian McLean
Sergeant Clinton
Liane Linden
Inga Larson
Anthony Bushell
John Doyce
Esmond Knight
Raille
Brian Worth
Philip Morring
Richard Norris
Setchley
Donald Bull
Writer
Wyndham Goldie
Kindilett
George Allison
George Allison / Technical Advisor
Alastair MacIntyre
Carter
Thorold Dickinson
Director
Tom Whittaker
Tom Whittaker
E. V. H. Emmett
E.V.H. Emmett
Leonard Reginald Gribble
Writer
Dennis Wyndham
Commissionaire
Alan Hyman
Writer
David Keir
Dr. Meadow
Johnnie Schofield
Arsenal Doctor
Patrick Kirwan
Writer
Bruce Winston
Composer
Josef Somlo
Producer
Maire O'Neill
Housekeeper
Desmond Dickinson
Cinematographer
Cliff Bastin
Cliff Bastin
Sidney Stone
Editor
Gordon Bremner
Gordon Bremner
Jack Crayston
Jack Crayston
P.R. Crompton
Trojan Team Member
H.A. Davies
Trojan Captain
Ted Drake
Ted Drake
Alf Fields
Alf Fields
K. Goodyear
Trojan Team Member
Eddie Hapgood
Eddie Hapgood
Bryn Jones
Bryn Jones
Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones
Alf Kirchen
Alf Kirchen
R.W. Lees
Trojan Team Member
W.J. Lewington
Referee
George Male
George Male
J.W. Naylor
Trojan Team Member
S. Schofield
Trojan Team Member
R. Sturdy
Trojan Team Member
George Swindin
George Swindin
R. Woods
Trojan Team Member
Vincent Holman
Coroner (uncredited)
Mike Johnson
Programme Seller (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery is a 1939 British mystery film and one of the first feature films wherein football is a central element in the plot. The film was directed by Thorold Dickinson, and shot at Denham Film Studios and on location at the original Arsenal Stadium in Highbury. It was written by Dickinson, Donald Bull, and Alan Hyman, adapted from a 1939 novel by Leonard Gribble.