Inspector Hornleigh (1939)

7.5/10 76 min Comedy Mystery

Overview

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.

Cast

Gordon Harker

Inspector Hornleigh

Alastair Sim

Sergeant Bingham

Wally Patch

Sam Holt

Steven Geray

Michael Kavanos

Edward Underdown

Peter Dench

Hugh Williams

Bill Gordon

Gibb McLaughlin

Alfred Cooper

Ronald Adam

Wittens

Eliot Makeham

Alexander Parkinson

Charles Carson

Chief Superintendent

Peter Gawthorne

Chancellor

Vi Kaley

Landlady

Arthur Mullard

Charles Paton

Auction Bidder

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