''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
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disn ...
under the title ''Mail Train''.
Plot summary
Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham join the army in an effort to uncover a ring of German spies.
Cast
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Gordon Harker as
Inspector Hornleigh
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Alastair Sim as Sergeant Bingham
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Phyllis Calvert as Mrs. Wilkinson
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Edward Chapman as Mr. Blenkinsop
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Charles Oliver as Dr. Wilkinson
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Raymond Huntley as Dr. Kerbishley
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Percy Walsh as Inspector Blow
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David Horne as Commissioner
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Peter Gawthorne as Colonel
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Wally Patch as Sergeant Major
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Betty Jardine as Daisy
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O. B. Clarence
Oliver Burchett Clarence (25 March 1870, Hampstead, London – 2 October 1955, Hove, Sussex) was an English actor.
Following his education at Dover College and University College Hospital, he made his stage debut in 1890. His experience includ ...
as Professor Mackenzie
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John Salew as Mr. Tomboy
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Cyril Cusack as Postal Sorter
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Bill Shine
William Shine (born July 4, 1963) is a former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. He spent most of his career as a producer and executive at Fox News. Most recently, he was c ...
as Hotel Porter
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Sylvia Cecil
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Edward Underdown
*Marie Makine
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Richard Cooper
Soundtrack
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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
External links
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1941 films
1941 crime drama films
British black-and-white films
British detective films
Films directed by Walter Forde
British crime drama films
20th Century Fox films
Films set in London
1940s English-language films
1940s British films
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