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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Gordon HarkerInspector Hornleigh
Alastair SimSergeant Bingham
Phyllis CalvertMrs. Wilkinson
Edward ChapmanMr. Blenkinsop
Charles OliverDr. Wilkinson
Raymond HuntleyDr. Kerbishley
David HorneCommissioner
Peter GawthorneColonel
Wally PatchSergeant Major
O.B. ClarenceProfessor MackenzieExplore the crew
- Editor
- R. E. Dearing
- Director
- Walter Forde
- Producer
- Edward Black
- Director of Photography
- Jack E. Cox
- Director of Photography
- Arthur Crabtree
- Original Music Composer
- Charles Williams
- Writer
- Val Guest
- Writer
- Frank Launder
- Writer
- J.O.C. Orton