Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

87 mins | Crime | May 17, 1941

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.

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

87 mins | Crime | May 17, 1941

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Twentieth Century Productions Ltd
Original title Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Directors Walter Forde
Writers John P. Wynn, J.O.C. Orton, Val Guest, Frank Launder

Cast

Gordon Harker

as Inspector Hornleigh

Alastair Sim

as Sergeant Bingham

Phyllis Calvert

as Mrs. Wilkinson

Edward Chapman

as Mr. Blenkinsop

Charles Oliver

as Dr. Wilkinson

Raymond Huntley

as Dr. Kerbishley

Percy Walsh

as Inspector Blow

David Horne

as Commissioner

Peter Gawthorne

as Colonel

Wally Patch

as Sergeant Major

Betty Jardine

as Daisy

O.B. Clarence

as Professor Mackenzie

John Salew

as Mr. Tomboy

Cyril Cusack

as Postal Sorter

Bill Shine

as Hotel Porter

Noel Dainton

as Corporal

Arthur Denton

as Train Guard

Allan Jeayes

as Brigadeer Lloyd

James Knight

as Cinema Manager

Stuart Latham

as Mr. Jennings

George Street

as Stores Sgt