Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

1941 · 87 min · ★ 7.4 · Crime

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.

Directed by Walter Forde · Written by Val Guest

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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

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