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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
Directed by Thorold Dickinson
UK 1939
Featuring Arsenal's 1938/39 team line-up and an arguably career-best performance
from Leslie Banks as an impeccably eccentric detective, The Arsenal Stadium
Mystery remains both a classic whodunit and a high-water mark for pre-war
British film. Directed by Oscar-nominated Thorold Dickinson, it is featured here
as a High Definition remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited
theatrical aspect ratio. *** 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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Theatrical Release: November 1939
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Review: Network - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Network - Region 'B' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:26:01.458 | |
Video |
1. 33:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 19,684,953,749 bytesFeature: 18,142,464,000 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.97 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio |
LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Network
1. 33:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 19,684,953,749 bytesFeature: 18,142,464,000 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.97 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
On their
Blu-ray,
Network use a linear PCM dual-mono track (16-bit) in the
original English language. There is no credited score but you might
recognize the Gaumont-British Newsreel theme. It's a bit weak - similar
to the image quality - functional and nothing fatally poor with audible
dialogue. Network offer optional English subtitles (see sample below) on
their Region 'B'
Blu-ray.
The Network
Blu-ray
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
is a pretty good vintage mystery. It has some less-appreciated humor and
I was keen to watch it because of Thorold Dickinson (Queen
of Spades and
Gaslight.) It wasn't anywhere near the level of those strong
efforts but interesting to some degree. Leslie Banks (The
Most Dangerous Game) is Inspector Anthony Slade. I was pleased to have seen it on the Network,
bare-bones, Blu-ray.
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