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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It is a British film of genre Drama directed by Walter Forde with Gordon Harker
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
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Add to a movie listInspector 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 under the title Mail Train.
Synopsis
Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham join the army in an effort to uncover a ring of German spies.Actors
Gordon Harker
(Inspector Hornleigh)
Alastair Sim
(Sergeant Bingham)
Phyllis Calvert
(Mrs. Wilkinson)
Edward Chapman
(Mr. Blenkinsop)
Raymond Huntley
(Dr. Kerbishley)
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