More from 'The Arsenal Stadium Mystery'
Leslie Banks is probably best remembered for playing villainous characters, such as in Went the Day Well, in which he played a traitor helping Nazis to infiltrate a rural English village. However, as Inspector Slade in The Arsenal Stadium Mystery Banks plays for laughs as a somewhat eccentric police officer.
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| Ian McLean & Leslie Banks |
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| Leslie Banks |
His eccentricity is introduced when he makes his first appearance as the director of a police revue. Up until this point there is nothing to indicate the film's light-hearted nature:
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| Leslie Banks |
Inspector Slade's most notable quirk is his love of hats. When directing the show, he shows his artistic side by wearing a beret:
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| Leslie Banks |
He also has his 'thinking cap' ...
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| Leslie Banks |
... a cap for wearing to interview suspects a golf club ....
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| Leslie Banks |
... a felt hat which he claims is "guaranteed to put any suspect at ease." ....
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| Leslie Banks |
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| Ian McLean & Leslie Banks |
... a bowler ...
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| Leslie Banks |
... a homburg ...
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| Leslie Banks |
... a narrow-band fedora ...
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| Leslie Banks |
... and a deerstalker:
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| Leslie Banks |
He even keeps a selection of hats in the back of his car to ensure he has one for every possible eventuality:
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| Leslie Banks |
He even has a fishing hat that he describes as his arrest hat ...
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| Leslie Banks |
... when he leaves Sergeant Clinton to arrest the murderer, he even lends him the fishing hat to ensure he is correctly dressed to make the arrest:
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| Ian McLean |
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