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Inspector Hornleigh is a 1938 British detective film directed by Eugene Forde, starring Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim, with Miki Hood, Wally Patch, Steven Geray and Edward Underdown. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England. The screenplay was co-written by Bryan Edgar Wallace.

Inspector Hornleigh
Directed byEugene Forde
Written byBryan Edgar Wallace (Screenplay), Gerald Elliott (Dialogue), Richard Llewellyn
Based onThe character 'Inspector Hornleigh' created by Hans Wolfgang Priwin
Produced byRobert Kane
StarringGordon Harker
Alastair Sim
Narrated by-
CinematographyPhilip Tannura, Derick Williams
Edited byJames B. Clark (Supervising Editor), Douglas Robertson (Film Editor)
Production
companies
Argyle Television Films, Inc.
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release dates
7 March 1939 (UK)
14 June 1939 (USA)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot


Inspector Hornleigh of Scotland Yard stumbles upon the theft of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget secrets, a crime which he ties to a murder he is investigating.[1]


Cast



Production


The film is a spin-off from a popular BBC radio series of the 1930s, Inspector Hornleigh Investigates,[2] created and written by Hans Wolfgang Priwin, which ran on the BBC from 1937 to 1940.

The screenplay was not written by Priwin and the leading characters are somewhat modified. The actor who played Inspector Hornleigh on the BBC, S.J. Warmington, is replaced by comedian Gordon Harker, and is given a bumbling sidekick, played by Alastair Sim, solely as comic relief. The BBC series was a serious detective drama, but in the film the two leading characters play the script for laughs, and the casting of two well-known comedy stars in the parts indicates that this was the director's intention. The rest of the cast behave as if they are in a straight drama, highlighting the behaviour of Harker and Sim.

To emphasise that this was a comedy film series, and to enhance the comedy double-act between Harker and Sim, the subsequent films in the series were written by the comedy writers Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat.

Although the film was released in 1939, it carries a copyright notice dated 1938. It was made by Argyle Television Films, but was given a cinema release in the UK.


Reception


The film was sufficiently well-received by audiences to justify two sequels: Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939), and Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1940).


References


  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH (1938)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. "Search Results - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. Nugent, Frank S. (15 June 1939). "Movie Review - Inspector Hornleigh - THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Elisabeth Bergner Plays a Dual Role in 'Stolen Life' at the Rivoli-Tarzan Returns to Cauitol-'Inspector Hornleigh' Offered at the Rialto". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. "Inspector Hornleigh Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. "Inspector Hornleigh (1938) | Vintage45's Blog". Vintage45.wordpress.com. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.





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