Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It
| Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It | |
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| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | Val Guest Frank Launder J.O.C. Orton Hans Wolfgang Priwin (radio series) |
| Produced by | Edward Black (producer) |
| Starring | Gordon Harker Alastair Sim Phyllis Calvert Edward Chapman |
| Cinematography | Jack E. Cox Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | R.E. Dearing |
| Music by | Louis Levy[citation needed] (uncredited) Charles Williams[citation needed] (uncredited) |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It is a 1941 British detective film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert and Edward Chapman. It was the third and final film adaptation of the Inspector Hornleigh stories.
It was released in America by 20th-Century Fox under the title Mail Train.
Plot summary
Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham join the army in an effort to uncover a ring of German spies.[1]
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 (actor) as Hotel Porter
- Sylvia Cecil
- Edward Underdown
- Marie Makine
- Richard Cooper
Soundtrack
- "The Beer Barrel Polka" (Written by Lew Brown, Wladimir A. Timm, Jaromir Vejvoda & Vasek Zeman)
- "Jungle Lullaby" (Written by Art Noel, Don Pelosi and John Rivers)
References
- ^ "Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It". British Film Institute. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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