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17 February 1940 (UK) morePlot:
During a charity soccer match between top professional side Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Amusing For Dubious Reasons moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Leslie Banks | ... | Inspector Slade | |
| Greta Gynt | ... | Gwen Lee | |
| Ian McLean | ... | Sergeant Clinton (as Ian Maclean) | |
| Liane Linden | ... | Inga Larson | |
| Anthony Bushell | ... | John Doyce / Trojan Team Member | |
| Esmond Knight | ... | Raille / Trojan Team Member | |
| Brian Worth | ... | Philip Morring / Trojan Team Member | |
| Richard Norris | ... | Setchley / Trojan Team Member | |
| Wyndham Goldie | ... | Kindilett | |
| Alastair MacIntyre | ... | Carter (as Alastair Macintyre) | |
| George Allison | ... | Himself | |
| Tom Whittaker | ... | Himself | |
| E.V.H. Emmett | ... | Himself | |
| Dennis Wyndham | ... | Commissionaire | |
| David Keir | ... | Dr. Meadow |
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The football match from which the action sequences were taken was between Arsenal and Brentford. This game turned out to be Arsenal's last home game before the outbreak of the Second World War. moreQuotes:
[Arsenal manager giving pre-game talk]George Allison: ...they don't play your game, they play the attacking game.
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The dialogue at the start of THE ARSENAL STADIUM MYSTERY had me lost: " Inside left..wing backs ... five forwards " it wasn't until the manager of the home team said " The Trojans don't play like us , they have an attacking team " that I realised the plot involved Arsenal football club . It's strange watching this movie nowadays since the game has changed so much . In 1940 all footballers were
A ) White
B) Spoke Queen's English
C) Smoked a pipe .
While all supporters
A ) Engaged in cheeky banter with the ref
B ) Didn't sing foul mouthed songs
C ) Were members of British Equity .
But it's when a Trojan team member dies that the amusement really kicks off because the man leading the murder investigation is none other that Harry Enfield's Grayson character . No seriously he is , watch an edition of HARRY ENFIELD AND CHUMS and you'll see where the idea came from . There's even a subplot involving a Swedish blond which just goes to show that Sven Goran Erickson is much older than he looks .