6.7
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
December 1, 19391h 30mEN
7.9
6 votes
Overview
During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.
Director
Walter FordeTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0They 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…
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