Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

  • Crime
12/1/1939
90

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

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      • Geronimo1967

        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 chara...

        June 22, 2022

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