Movie: Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Top 10 Billed Cast

Gordon Harker
Gordon Harker

Inspector Hornleigh

Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim

Sergeant Bingham

Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Calvert

Mrs. Wilkinson

Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman

Mr. Blenkinsop

Charles Oliver
Charles Oliver

Dr. Wilkinson

Raymond Huntley
Raymond Huntley

Dr. Kerbishley

Percy Walsh
Percy Walsh

Inspector Blow

David Horne
David Horne

Commissioner

Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne

Colonel

Wally Patch
Wally Patch

Sergeant Major

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1941-05-17

  • Average

    7.409

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
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    English
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