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Film / 1939
Inspector Hornleigh
Directed by
Eugene Forde
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man. When Hornleigh examines the case, inside it he finds a bag that was used to carry important government documents. The documents have been taken, and to make things even more confusing, a duplicate of the stolen bag soon turns up.
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When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man. When Hornleigh examines the case, inside it he finds a bag that was used to carry important government documents. The documents have been taken, and to make things even more confusing, a duplicate of the stolen bag soon turns up.
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Cast
Gordon HarkerInspector Hornleigh
Alastair SimSergeant Bingham
Miki HoodAnn Gordon
Wally PatchSam Holt
Steven GerayMichael Kavanos
Edward UnderdownPeter Dench
Hugh WilliamsBill Gordon
Gibb McLaughlinAlfred Cooper
Ronald AdamWittens
Eliot MakehamAlexander Parkinson
Cecil BevanAuctioneer
Charles CarsonChief Superintendent
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