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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)

May 17, 1941 (GB) Crime • 87m

Overview

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.

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Crew
Alex Vetchinsky
Alex Vetchinsky

Art Direction

Jack E. Cox
Jack E. Cox

Director of Photography

Arthur Crabtree
Arthur Crabtree

Director of Photography

Charles Williams
Charles Williams

Original Music Composer

John P. Wynn
John P. Wynn

Characters

John P. Wynn
John P. Wynn

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

June 25, 2022

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… read the rest.

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Released

Original Language

EN

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