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Green for Danger
Why this pick
A crisply plotted British Golden Age murder puzzle, with a wry inspector navigating a compact circle of suspects and rivalries in an unusually vivid institutional setting.
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MOVIE1939 1h 24m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film is a murder mystery set, as the title suggests, at the Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, then the home of Arsenal F.C., who were at the time (and remain) one of the dominant teams in Football in England. The backdrop is a friendly match between Arsenal and The Trojans, a fictitious Amateurism side. One of the Trojans' players drops dead during the match and when it is revealed he has been poisoned, suspicion falls on his teammates as well as his former mistress. Detective Inspector Slade (Leslie Banks) is called in to solve the crime.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Greta Gynt
Gwen Lee
Ian McLean
Sergeant Clinton
Anthony Bushell
John Doyce - Trojan Team Member
Brian Worth
Philip Morring - Trojan Team Member
Richard Norris
Setchley - Trojan Team Member
George Allison
Himself
Leslie Jones
Himself - Arsenal Team Member
Mike Johnson
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