The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery is a 1939 British mystery film set around a murder during a football match at Arsenal's Highbury stadium, blending sports drama with a classic whodunit plot.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British mystery film
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film ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Leonard Gribble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Anthony Bushell
NERFINISHED
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Esma Cannon NERFINISHED ⓘ George Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Greta Gynt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian McLean NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Liane Linden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Desmond Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Thorold Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Grand National Pictures
NERFINISHED
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United Artists (US release) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Charles Saunders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Arsenal F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Highbury Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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mystery film ⓘ sports drama ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveCharacter | Inspector Slade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Gwen Lee
NERFINISHED
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Inspector Slade NERFINISHED ⓘ John Doyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSport | association football ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMurderMethod | poisoning ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | whodunit ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
includes appearances by real Arsenal players of the era
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one of the earliest films to feature professional football extensively ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A football player is murdered during a match at Arsenal's Highbury stadium, and a detective investigates the crime. ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalDetective | Inspector Slade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | F. W. Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Finsbury Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 84 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Leonard Gribble
NERFINISHED
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Thorold Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Highbury Stadium
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1930s ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon