Movie Cosmos - Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Gordon Harker

As Inspector Hornleigh

Alastair Sim

As Sergeant Bingham

Phyllis Calvert

As Mrs. Wilkinson

Edward Chapman

As Mr. Blenkinsop

Charles Oliver

As Dr. Wilkinson

Raymond Huntley

As Dr. Kerbishley

Percy Walsh

As Inspector Blow

David Horne

As Commissioner

Peter Gawthorne

As Colonel

Wally Patch

As Sergeant Major

Betty Jardine

As Daisy

O.B. Clarence

As Professor Mackenzie

John Salew

As Mr. Tomboy

Cyril Cusack

As Postal Sorter

Bill Shine

As Hotel Porter

Sylvia Cecil

Edward Underdown

Marie Makino

Richard Cooper

Noel Dainton

As Corporal

Arthur Denton

As Train Guard

Arthur Hambling

As Joe

Allan Jeayes

As Brigadeer Lloyd

James Knight

As Cinema Manager

Stuart Latham

As Mr. Jennings

George Street

As Stores Sgt

Top Crew >

Walter Forde

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

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.

2022-06-25