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ComedyMystery

Inspector Hornleigh

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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. When Hornleigh examines the case, inside it he finds a bag that was used to carry important government documents. The documents have been taken, and to make things even more confusing, a duplicate of the stolen bag soon turns up.

Release Date : 1939-03-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Twentieth Century Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Gordon Harker

Character Name : Inspector Hornleigh

Original Name : Gordon Harker

Gender : Male

Alastair Sim

Character Name : Sergeant Bingham

Original Name : Alastair Sim

Gender : Male

Miki Hood

Character Name : Ann Gordon

Original Name : Miki Hood

Gender : Female

Wally Patch

Character Name : Sam Holt

Original Name : Wally Patch

Gender : Male

Steven Geray

Character Name : Michael Kavanos

Original Name : Steven Geray

Gender : Male

Edward Underdown

Character Name : Peter Dench

Original Name : Edward Underdown

Gender : Male

Hugh Williams

Character Name : Bill Gordon

Original Name : Hugh Williams

Gender : Male

Gibb McLaughlin

Character Name : Alfred Cooper

Original Name : Gibb McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Ronald Adam

Character Name : Wittens

Original Name : Ronald Adam

Gender : Male

Eliot Makeham

Character Name : Alexander Parkinson

Original Name : Eliot Makeham

Gender : Male

Cecil Bevan

Character Name : Auctioneer

Original Name : Cecil Bevan

Gender : Male

Charles Carson

Character Name : Chief Superintendent

Original Name : Charles Carson

Gender : Male

Peter Gawthorne

Character Name : Chancellor

Original Name : Peter Gawthorne

Gender : Male

Vi Kaley

Character Name : Landlady

Original Name : Vi Kaley

Gender : Female

Arthur Mullard

Character Name :

Original Name : Arthur Mullard

Gender : Male

Charles Paton

Character Name : Auction Bidder

Original Name : Charles Paton

Gender : Male

Julian Vedey

Character Name : Cafe Owner

Original Name : Julian Vedey

Gender : Male

Jack Vyvyan

Character Name : Sgt Hawkins

Original Name : Jack Vyvyan

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-22

I rather enjoyed this quickly paced mystery. When a suitcase is discovered that contains the Chancellor of the Exchequer's famous budget box, our eponymous police inspector (Gordon Harker) and his amiable sidekick "Sgt. Bingham" (Alastair Sim) discover that someone has had access to the top secret treasury document and maybe using the information contained within to steal a march of the actual budget announcement and damage the fiscal future of the nation... There is a good dynamic between the two - with Sim good fun as the bumbling support act helping along his shrewd boss. The dialogue is quite witty at times, and though the investigation itself is a bit ho-hum, the characters offer us a little more to get behind as their efforts to track down the culprits build up steam. Harker knew how to keep the audience interested with a combination of amusing facial expressions and quick wittedness, and he does that well here making for a much more entertaining - if probably twenty minutes too long - crime caper.