This was a General Distributors picture (forerunner to Rank) but no man hitting a gong, although there was a bas relief of such behind the main titles. A nice touch too to have the titles introduced with a stirring march which would have woken everyone up in time to see the start of the thing. Nothing really happens in the first two reels other than a promotion for football and the Arsenal team in general.
I like the way there is some humor injected into the film. When Leslie Banks is finally introduced to us as the police inspector, he is tied up teaching a number of policemen swathed in tutus how to do some ballet for a benefit performance. Leslie Banks is someone who seemingly swans effortlessly through a film. He always appears to me that he is just doing it on his way to somewhere more important such as dinner.
When the storyline actually does get going, it is a light farce of a whodunit - but quite well done although one does tend to lose track of who's what and where at times. Greta Gynt is there to give the film some glamor and she succeeds admirably.
All in all it's a pleasant little time passer, but nothing of any great significance to write home about.
I like the way there is some humor injected into the film. When Leslie Banks is finally introduced to us as the police inspector, he is tied up teaching a number of policemen swathed in tutus how to do some ballet for a benefit performance. Leslie Banks is someone who seemingly swans effortlessly through a film. He always appears to me that he is just doing it on his way to somewhere more important such as dinner.
When the storyline actually does get going, it is a light farce of a whodunit - but quite well done although one does tend to lose track of who's what and where at times. Greta Gynt is there to give the film some glamor and she succeeds admirably.
All in all it's a pleasant little time passer, but nothing of any great significance to write home about.