Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Director: Walter Forde

Writer: Val Guest, Frank Launder, J.O.C. Orton

Producer: Edward Black

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.

87 min Rating: 6.9/10 Released

Top Cast

Gordon Harker
Gordon Harker
Inspector Hornleigh
Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim
Sergeant Bingham
Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Calvert
Mrs. Wilkinson
Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman
Mr. Blenkinsop
Charles Oliver
Charles Oliver
Dr. Wilkinson
Raymond Huntley
Raymond Huntley
Dr. Kerbishley

Movie Info

Director: Walter Forde

Writer: Val Guest, Frank Launder, J.O.C. Orton

Producer: Edward Black

Production Companies: Twentieth Century Productions

Countries: United Kingdom

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CinemaSerf: 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 black 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.