The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

Review: The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

Director: Thorold Dickinson

Cast: Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean, Liane Linden, Anthony Bushell,

Leslie Banks
Leslie Banks
Greta Gynt
Greta Gynt
Ian McLean
Ian McLean
Liane Linden
Liane Linden
Anthony Bushell
Anthony Bushell

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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Thorold Dickinson

Thorold Dickinson

In his Biographical Dictionary of Film, David Thompson has a very brief entry on the English director Thorold Dickinson. He implies that Dickinson was a kind of failure, unable to make films and so turning to teaching. Thompson sees him as a sad […]

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