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Inspector Hornleigh( 1939)

TV-MAComedyMystery
73%
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gordon Harker

      Inspector Hornleigh

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      Alastair Sim

      Sergeant Bingham

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      Miki Hood

      Ann Gordon

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      Wally Patch

      Sam Holt

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      Steven Geray

      Michael Kavanos

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      Edward Underdown

      Peter Dench

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      Hugh Williams

      Bill Gordon

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      Alfred Cooper

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      Ronald Adam

      Wittens

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      Eliot Makeham

      Alexander Parkinson

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      Cecil Bevan

      Auctioneer

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      Charles Carson

      Chief Superintendent

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      Peter Gawthorne

      Chancellor

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      Vi Kaley

      Landlady

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      Arthur Mullard

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      Charles Paton

      Auction Bidder

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      Julian Vedey

      Cafe Owner

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      Jack Vyvyan

      Sgt Hawkins

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 22 2022
    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 qui...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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