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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
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Wikipedia article
'Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday' is a 1939 British detective film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim and Linden Travers. It is the sequel to the 1938 film 'Inspector Hornleigh', and both films are based on the novels by Leo Grex. A third and final film, 'Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It', followed in 1941.
Plot summary
During a holiday by the British seaside, Inspector Hornleigh (Harker) and Sergeant Bingham (Sim) grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime
The crime is an elaborate insurance fraud/murder ring for which several elaborate traps are set.
A long "haunted house" scene where Sim finally realizes he is in the same room with a corpse is the comedy highlight..[https://web.archive.org/web/20070524094932/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37678 BFI.org]
Cast
* Gordon Harker as Inspector Hornleigh
* Alastair Sim as Sergeant Bingham
* Linden Travers as Miss Angela Meadows
* Wally Patch as Police Sergeant
* Edward Chapman as Captain Edwin Fraser
* Philip Leaver as Bradfield
* Kynaston Reeves as Dr. Manners
* John Turnbull as Chief Constable
* Wyndham Goldie as Sir George Winbeck
References
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