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Inspector Hornleigh is a 1938 British detective film directed by Eugene Forde, starring Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim, with Miki Hood, Wally Patch, Steven Geray and Edward Underdown. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England.
Inspector Hornleigh: Directed by Eugene Forde. With Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Miki Hood, Wally Patch. Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham are called in to investigate a murder that involves the theft of government secrets.
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- Comedy, Mystery
- Eugene Forde
- 1939-08-03
Inspector Hornleigh is a fictional British detective from Scotland Yard, the protagonist of a popular BBC radio series of the 1930s, three British films, a German television series, and three books (two of them language text books).
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man.
With Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers, Wally Patch. It comes as no surprise when Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant, Sergeant Bingham, go to enjoy the winds and rains on their annual seaside vacation, when they run into a "busman's holiday."
- (244)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Walter Forde
- 1939-12-01
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.
The murder of hotel porter James Henreid brings Inspector Hornleigh of Scotland Yard and his assistant, Sergeant Bingham, to investigate the case. Hornleigh's only clue is Henreid's missing suitcase, which he soon finds at the bottom of the river.
