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.

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instanceOf British mystery film
film
sports film
authorOfSourceWork Leonard Gribble NERFINISHED
basedOn The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (novel) NERFINISHED
castMember Anthony Bushell NERFINISHED
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
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
mystery film
sports drama
hasDetectiveCharacter Inspector Slade NERFINISHED
hasMainCharacter Gwen Lee NERFINISHED
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
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
Thorold Dickinson NERFINISHED
setting Highbury Stadium NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
timePeriodOfSetting late 1930s

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Sir Michael Balcon notableWork The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
subject surface form: Michael Balcon