Inspector Hornleigh
Gordon Harker
Inspector Hornleigh

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.
Inspector Hornleigh
Gordon Harker
Inspector Hornleigh
Sergeant Bingham
Alastair Sim
Sergeant Bingham
Mrs. Wilkinson
Phyllis Calvert
Mrs. Wilkinson
Mr. Blenkinsop
Edward Chapman
Mr. Blenkinsop
Dr. Wilkinson
Charles Oliver
Dr. Wilkinson
Dr. Kerbishley
Raymond Huntley
Dr. Kerbishley
Inspector Blow
Percy Walsh
Inspector Blow
Commissioner
David Horne
Commissioner
Colonel
Peter Gawthorne
Colonel
Sergeant Major
Wally Patch
Sergeant Major
Daisy
Betty Jardine
Daisy
Professor Mackenzie
O.B. Clarence
Professor Mackenzie
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 into fifth columnists who have an uniquely innovative way of smuggling secrets out of Britain is soon underway. Can he and "Bingham" thwart this cunning subterfuge? The story is well conceived, with both - and a rather untrustworthy "Mrs. Wiklinson" (Phyllis Calvert) keeping this cat and mouse game interesting and enjoyable to watch. Like the train, it doesn't hang about - and the ending is not quite what I was expecting.
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