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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (Original title)
Date: 1939 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Thorold Dickinson

Synopsis: A member of a football team collapses during a charity match and is found to have been murdered.

Genres:
Police drama, Sport

Subjects:
Football, Arsenal Football Club, Homicide
Releases
Date: 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7775 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (25)
Presents: G and S Films, Controlled throughout the world by: General Film Distributors, Produced by: Josef Somlo, In Charge of Production: Richard Norton, [Production Manager]: Wilfred O'Kelly, Asst. Director: Cecil Dixon, Screen Play by: Patrick Kirwan, Donald Bull, Adaptation by: Thorold Dickinson, Alan Hyman, From an original story by: Leonard Reginald Gribble, Photography: Desmond Dickinson, Camera Operator: Alan Lawson, Stills: Fred Daniels, Film Editor: Sidney Stone, Art Director: Ralph Brinton, Recording Director: A.W. Watkins, Sound Mixer: J.S. Dennis, Sound System: Western Electric, Technical Adviser: George Allison, Thanked in credits for assistance: Arsenal Football Club, Brentford Football Club, [Publicity]: Leslie Cardew, Produced at the: D&P Studios
Cast (40)
Leslie Banks (Inspector Antony Slade), Greta Gynt (Gwen Lee), Ian Maclean (Sergeant Clinton), Liane Linden (Inga Larson), Anthony Bushell (John Doyce), Esmond Knight (George Raille), Brian Worth (Philip Morring), Richard Norris (Richard Setchley), Wyndham Goldie (Francis Kindilett), Alastair Macintyre (Carter), George Allison (himself, Arsenal manager), Tom Whittaker (himself, Arsenal trainer), E.V.H. Emmett (himself, commentator), Swindin, Male (Arsenal team member), Hapgood (Arsenal captain), Crayston, Fields, L. Jones, Kirchen, Bremner, Drake, Bryn Jones, Bastin (Arsenal team member), W.J. Lewington (referee), K. Goodyear, R. Sturdy, R.W. Lees, S. Schofield, P.R. Crompton, R. Woods (Trojan team member), H.A. Davies (Trojan captain), J.W. Naylor (Trojan team member), Dennis Wyndham (commissionaire), David Keir (Dr Meadows), Johnny Schofield (Arsenal doctor), Bruce Winston (composer), Maire O'Neill (Mrs 'Budge' Kirwan, housekeeper), Tom Daly ([Arsenal trainer]), Frank Atkinson ([uncredited])