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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

7.4(11)19411h 27m1

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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Released
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Language
English
Part of Inspector Hornleigh Collection · 3 films
  • espionage
  • mail train

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Director

Walter Forde

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical17 May 1941

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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It was released on 17 May 1941.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/25/2022

    6/10

    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 …

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