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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.

Top Cast

  • Gordon Harker

    Gordon Harker

    Inspector Hornleigh

  • Alastair Sim

    Alastair Sim

    Sergeant Bingham

  • Linden Travers

    Linden Travers

    Miss Angela Meadows

  • Wally Patch

    Wally Patch

    Police Sergeant

  • Edward Chapman

    Edward Chapman

    Captain Edwin Fraser

  • Philip Leaver

    Philip Leaver

    Bradfield

  • Kynaston Reeves

    Kynaston Reeves

    Dr. Manners

  • John Turnbull

    John Turnbull

    Chief Constable

  • Wyndham Goldie

    Wyndham Goldie

    Sir George Winbeck

Overview

During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.

Rating

7.9 / 10
6 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 22, 2022

    They only made three of these crime capers, but there was certainly something to Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim's "Hornleigh" & "Bingham" characters that keeps these engaging to watch 80 years on. This time, our two detectives are trying to have a well earned break in Brighton when a body is discovered. Our duo are called in to investigate, but when "Bingham" swears that he saw the corpse strolling down the street, the pair have quite a quandary to solve. The plot isn't the most complex - the corpse being found crushed and burned allows easily for a mistaken identity theme to take root; indeed our sleuths are briefly suspects themselves for a while - but the quality dialogue and the pace of this film allow us to enjoy these two lively characters' pursuit of the culprit with some solid supporting efforts to fill it out, too. That said, that padding here is a little excessive - the story could maybe have been fifteen/twenty minutes less, but I still enjoyed it.

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