Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941 | 87m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Walter Forde |
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| Writer: | Val Guest, Frank Launder, J.O.C. Orton |
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| Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany. | |
| Release Date: | May 17, 1941 |
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| Director: | Walter Forde |
| Writer: | Val Guest, Frank Launder, J.O.C. Orton |
| Genres: | Crime |
| Keywords | espionage, mail train |
| Production Companies | Twentieth Century Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Gordon Harker | Inspector Hornleigh |
| Alastair Sim | Sergeant Bingham |
| Phyllis Calvert | Mrs. Wilkinson |
| Edward Chapman | Mr. Blenkinsop |
| Charles Oliver | Dr. Wilkinson |
| Raymond Huntley | Dr. Kerbishley |
| Percy Walsh | Inspector Blow |
| David Horne | Commissioner |
| Peter Gawthorne | Colonel |
| Wally Patch | Sergeant Major |
| Betty Jardine | Daisy |
| O.B. Clarence | Professor Mackenzie |
| John Salew | Mr. Tomboy |
| Cyril Cusack | Postal Sorter |
| Bill Shine | Hotel Porter |
| Sylvia Cecil | |
| Edward Underdown | |
| Marie Makino | |
| Richard Cooper | |
| Noel Dainton | Corporal |
| Arthur Denton | Train Guard |
| Arthur Hambling | Joe |
| Allan Jeayes | Brigadeer Lloyd |
| James Knight | Cinema Manager |
| Stuart Latham | Mr. Jennings |
| George Street | Stores Sgt |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Walter Forde | Director |
| Val Guest | Writer |
| Frank Launder | Writer |
| J.O.C. Orton | Writer |
| Louis Levy | Music |
| R. E. Dearing | Editor |
| Alex Vetchinsky | Art Direction |
| Charles Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Arthur Crabtree | Director of Photography |
| Jack E. Cox | Director of Photography |
| John P. Wynn | Radio Play, Characters |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edward Black | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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This features an entertaining cast, a speeding train and some evil Nazis - and passes 90 minutes really quite well. It's down to the eponymous policeman (Gordon Harker) and his enthusiastic but bumbling, sidekick "Bingham" (Alastair Sim) to track down some army supplies that are being sold on the bl ... ack market. Quickly, though, they release there is something much more sinister going on - and a perilous investigation into fifth columnists who have an uniquely innovative way of smuggling secrets out of Britain is soon underway. Can he and "Bingham" thwart this cunning subterfuge? The story is well conceived, with both - and a rather untrustworthy "Mrs. Wiklinson" (Phyllis Calvert) keeping this cat and mouse game interesting and enjoyable to watch. Like the train, it doesn't hang about - and the ending is not quite what I was expecting.