The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Arsenal manager George Allison gives a tactical team-talk to his players
Directed byThorold Dickinson
Written byThorold Dickinson
Donald Bull
Patrick Kirwan
Alan Hyman
Based onThe Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble.[1][2]
Produced byJosef Somlo
StarringLeslie Banks
Greta Gynt
Ian McLean
Liane Linden
Anthony Bushell
Esmond Knight
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Edited bySidney Stone
Music byMiklós Rózsa
Production
companies
Greenspan & Seligman (G&S Films)
Denham Studios
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • November 1939 (1939-11)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[3][1][2]

  1. ^ a b "50. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery". Arsenal.com.
  2. ^ a b "The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, by Leonard Gribble". Independent.co.uk.
  3. ^ "The Arsenal Stadium Mystery". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 July 2024.