Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941) [Crime] [Drama]

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  • Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
  • If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: goo.gl/0qDmXe | Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It" is a 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".
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    Directed by Walter Forde, produced by Edward Black , written by Val Guest, Frank Launder, J.O.C. Orton and Hans Wolfgang Priwin (radio series), starring Gordon Harker as Inspector Hornleigh, Alastair Sim as Sergeant Bingham, Phyllis Calvert as Mrs. Wilkinson, Edward Chapman as Mr. Blenkinsop, Charles Oliver as Dr. Wilkinson, Raymond Huntley as Dr. Kerbishley, Percy Walsh as Inspector Blow, David Horne as Commissioner, Peter Gawthorne as Colonel, Wally Patch as Sergeant Major, Betty Jardine as Daisy, O. B. Clarence as Professor Mackenzie, John Salew as Mr. Tomboy, Cyril Cusack as Postal Sorter, Bill Shine as Hotel Porter, Sylvia Cecil, Edward Underdown, Marie Makine and Richard Cooper.
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    Source: "Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 14 September 2017. Web. 30 Dezember 2017. en.wikipedia.o.... If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: goo.gl/0qDmXe

Комментарии • 114

  • @b.b.finsclara3589
    @b.b.finsclara3589 3 года назад +18

    OOOOH! Alistair Simms grand grand magnificent actor.....I just can get enough of his facial expressions!!!! absolutely fabulous actor.....Thanks for giving us these great films.

  • @harrissmith5986
    @harrissmith5986 4 года назад +42

    With good actors you don't need much shooting and car chases, etc. These movies show what can be done on a tight budget with the right people!

    • @commonsense7539
      @commonsense7539 3 года назад

      And the right screen writer.

    • @blackbird5634
      @blackbird5634 3 года назад +1

      The Brits did more with less than Hollywood ever could. British film had no money and no special effects, they had to use dialogue driven, character driven plots to move things along.

  • @jwsuicides8095
    @jwsuicides8095 6 лет назад +49

    Thanks for another classic upload. Got so many of yours on my 'to watch' list. Time was when we could watch these on TV, now am grateful that people like yourself keep these old movies alive. 😊

  • @checkeredflagfilms
    @checkeredflagfilms 3 года назад +20

    Great and entertaining film! Sharp witty dialogue in true British fashion.

  • @everettwhite9874
    @everettwhite9874 4 года назад +16

    "You're not backwards in coming forward are you?"
    The lines in these old movies are kinda 😂

  • @aalexander928
    @aalexander928 3 года назад +6

    Wonderful, suspense, humor, great cast.
    Thank you for posting.

  • @omennemo8844
    @omennemo8844 3 года назад +22

    When I was a little kid a lot of the actors had British accents. As a I got older the gangster an cowboy movies with english american accents. I have to say, I think I prefer british movies.

  • @OEllsworth
    @OEllsworth 2 года назад +1

    So sad to watch Alistair Sim smoking all the way through the movie. He died of lung cancer at 75.

  • @Jungleland33
    @Jungleland33 2 года назад +3

    That was brilliant 👏. Didn't know what to make of it for a while but it was very funny and enjoyable. The bit about impersonating the professor was superb. Unusual to see Alastair Sim not occupying the lead role. 10/10.

  • @magicbulletdancers
    @magicbulletdancers 4 года назад +19

    Thanks for this .... Loved it!
    After listening to the distressing world news it was such a treat to come upon this well done and hilarious film!

  • @denislinehan5581
    @denislinehan5581 5 лет назад +18

    Anything with Mr. Simms is worth watching.

  • @blackbird5634
    @blackbird5634 2 года назад +1

    "The ranks!? Strooth!" -no kiddin pal.

  • @doreen0
    @doreen0 2 года назад +1

    I'm taking a short pause to say thank you
    Timeless Classic Movies
    I could always depend on you knowing you have the perfect volume in all your movies you share 👍🏼
    97% of other movie don't offer me this brilliant sound and I just love these black-and-white movies you upload for us thank you thank you🙋🏼🙂👍🏼👍🏼🇨🇦🍻

  • @dianevitale1214
    @dianevitale1214 5 лет назад +13

    Ty for this one! What a hoot! Usually watch the serious old British mysteries, like Sherlock. Glad I made the exception for this was quite entertaining. Always like to see an old steamer rolling down the track.

    • @dcaraway3809
      @dcaraway3809 5 лет назад +2

      Love basil rathbone in sherlock best ever

  • @vintagehype7206
    @vintagehype7206 3 года назад +1

    Straight and simple. The fast delivery of the dialogues another plus point and the tactics in deducing the culprits typical British till end. Treat to watch.

  • @OEllsworth
    @OEllsworth 2 года назад +1

    Opening Credits: Only the British would try to march to a polka!😄

  • @mememe107
    @mememe107 6 лет назад +19

    a pity they only made 3. there should have been a series.

    • @an-tm3250
      @an-tm3250 3 года назад +1

      Agree, think these gems of todsy were contract fillers. Pity.

  • @russellgrenning1317
    @russellgrenning1317 5 лет назад +10

    This was the third and last Inspector Hornleigh movie, the others being made in 1938 and 1939 and, by this time, World War 11 was underway. All three were hugely popular - this one was released in the USA with the title Mail Train and there had been an equally popular BBC Inspector Hornleigh radio series from 1937 to 1940. The star, Gordon Harker (1885 - 1967) was a very popular actor and appeared in 68 films over his life including three silent movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock. His co-star, Alastair Sim (1900 - 1976) called a halt to any further movies in this series because he feared being typecast.

    • @VidkunQL
      @VidkunQL 4 года назад

      Being typecast as a sweet, bumbling oaf may have served Sim well in "Cottage to Let", which was released in the same year. It's exactly how he appears in that film at first...

    • @beckyjacobsen5867
      @beckyjacobsen5867 4 года назад

      To bad he worried because we lost out

    • @omennemo8844
      @omennemo8844 3 года назад +2

      I just found one scrolling down the side here.. Looks like Loretta Young in the picture. 1939 No it isn't. Her name is not on the credits. Love Alastair Sim in a Christmas Carol. The remakes can never touch they way he acted in that movie.

    • @dianawardrip5171
      @dianawardrip5171 8 дней назад

      @@omennemo8844Agree, the very best. “ A Christmas Carol.”

  • @rmkpilates
    @rmkpilates 6 лет назад +12

    Got to love British humor!

  • @gabrielleschmidt1435
    @gabrielleschmidt1435 2 года назад +3

    Enjoyed this one! Especially Army scenes.

  • @davidespinoza2687
    @davidespinoza2687 4 года назад +6

    Awesome movie!!!

  • @debeeriz
    @debeeriz 3 года назад +3

    since when did printers make their own paper, they buy it from a paper merchant who might sell to every printer in town

  • @nancyrobles1005
    @nancyrobles1005 4 года назад +6

    They don't make these' 👍classics anymore😎

  • @caseyvanderpol340
    @caseyvanderpol340 6 лет назад +7

    Love these old from movies

  • @horsehide3039
    @horsehide3039 3 года назад +3

    Excellent movie, I loved it.

  • @nancyrobles1005
    @nancyrobles1005 4 года назад +7

    EXcellent detective movie: this one is the best😎🤖🗃

  • @jwhiskey242
    @jwhiskey242 6 лет назад +5

    Very impressed that a suppressed handgun was used.

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil 4 года назад +2

    "Address go up only to 75 until they extend the street to have 121". Paraphrasing, of course. 😂😂

  • @nancyrobles1005
    @nancyrobles1005 4 года назад +5

    Great movie🙂

  • @MN-pu6qx
    @MN-pu6qx 4 месяца назад

    ☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑☑✔
    This is the third or fourth time I've watched this movie and I still love it. Very funny and very cleverly written. Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim work so well together. It gets a very firm rating of 9/10 from me. 29 Apr 2024

    • @markr.devereux3385
      @markr.devereux3385 Месяц назад +1

      my 3rd time. decent movie with the b-actors of the day. Aliistar simms is a stand out. HE fancies himself a ladies man with the local barmaid in several scenes.

  • @maryreid3387
    @maryreid3387 Год назад

    Love this material!!!!

  • @Bobalicious
    @Bobalicious 2 года назад

    Avery fun movie. Thank you for sharing it.

  • @류선아-z5k
    @류선아-z5k 4 года назад +2

    I love black color movies . . .
    . .from south korea.

  • @ccthepope
    @ccthepope 6 лет назад +6

    I started watching this and could not stop.

    • @Patrick3183
      @Patrick3183 6 лет назад

      r aeronca that account has a bunch of videos of him remaking 80s songs actually

  • @Red23165
    @Red23165 2 года назад

    Great classic thanks 😊

  • @gplunk
    @gplunk 2 года назад

    Bloody Brilliant!

  • @TheWally60
    @TheWally60 3 года назад +1

    Love this show

  • @paytonjohnson660
    @paytonjohnson660 Год назад

    I love these movies.

  • @poopdaddy4217
    @poopdaddy4217 5 лет назад +4

    'costing the army _thousands_ per year.' .. Hehe, ask Rumsfield about the 2 trillion ;)

  • @hscollier
    @hscollier 3 года назад

    There are other channels that have these movies without so MANY ads.

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 2 года назад

      The ads are inserted by RUclips as you watch, not the channel, so it doesn't matter where you watch on YT.

  • @raycochrane3971
    @raycochrane3971 Год назад

    This was really rather good.

  • @mchlwilson1
    @mchlwilson1 4 года назад +3

    The credits list Wally Patch, but he doesn't appear at any point. I suspect his scenes were cut from the version shown on TV.

  • @Patrick3183
    @Patrick3183 6 лет назад +2

    Go to it, old boy!

  • @thebrainpimp136
    @thebrainpimp136 3 года назад

    Best of the series
    Then the original
    Then Holiday

  • @jnazorn0t
    @jnazorn0t 4 года назад +1

    wow that Mrs. Wilkinson she had him eating out of her hand...femme fatale

  • @lesizmor9079
    @lesizmor9079 5 лет назад +5

    Like the other two in this series, I enjoyed this quite a bit-- maybe more than the others. A nice complex story. And really enjoy Gordon Harker's portrayal. That said, I'm glad there are only 3--- I quite dislike the over-use of an exceedingly stupid police assistant. Used in far too many police/detective stories, especially ones that are trying for a little humor. Even once in the whole history of story-telling is too much when done at this level.

  • @southernbreeze3278
    @southernbreeze3278 6 лет назад +5

    I thought I was the problem when I couldn't understand their English - until I clicked cc and saw it couldn't either

    • @MrLyndarenaud
      @MrLyndarenaud 5 лет назад

      ky le...since when are cc s correct??

    • @sohara....
      @sohara.... 4 года назад +1

      This is English as it is spoken in England. 😀

    • @bomberkid55
      @bomberkid55 4 года назад

      "Don't you know the Queen's English??" (Yes, and she lives in Buckingham Palace also!)

    • @hilaryc3203
      @hilaryc3203 3 года назад

      I've never had any problem understanding British English; when I would go to the US though - small town english are all slurrs and I had no idea what they said.

    • @robertwalker5521
      @robertwalker5521 Год назад

      @@bomberkid55 ..but now...she doesn't

  • @robribant6716
    @robribant6716 5 лет назад +7

    In those days they liked to use a lot of bald men because it helped with the lighting.

    • @hilaryc3203
      @hilaryc3203 5 лет назад +3

      That's ridiculous. British movies used great actors regardless of looks. ....lighting...sheesh...

    • @MrLyndarenaud
      @MrLyndarenaud 5 лет назад +1

      rob ribant......I certainly hope that you are trying to be funny!

    • @sohara....
      @sohara.... 4 года назад +1

      😃
      Great idea! Saves on a reflector screen, and crew to hold it!

    • @catpyjamas
      @catpyjamas 4 года назад +1

      Epic comment 😂😂😂

  • @williamchadwick7948
    @williamchadwick7948 4 года назад

    Not to be confused with the Ron Jeremy classic, "Inspector Horndog."

  • @Robbi496
    @Robbi496 5 лет назад +5

    Alistar Sim with brown hair? This movie IS old :)

    • @maggiesmith856
      @maggiesmith856 4 года назад

      He got a late start, since he didn't start acting until he was 35.

  • @burnettis1
    @burnettis1 2 года назад

    Splendid
    🇮🇪

  • @bethhollins3556
    @bethhollins3556 3 года назад

    Probably a really great movie if you can tolerate the ads every 10 minutes, and loud, too.

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 2 года назад

      You do realize that the ads are not part of the movie nor are they part of this channel. They are inserted by RUclips as you watch the movie. Watch the movie again and you will get different ads, and possibly fewer.
      You can also get rid of them by paying YT a small fee to become a premium member. In any event, don't blame this channel; blame YT, but remember they have to make money somewhere.

  • @jennifersiagian
    @jennifersiagian 3 года назад +1

    2:35 Is that Gas MASK pouches hanging on the coat stand?

  • @SueEmmDee
    @SueEmmDee 3 года назад

    Lord Roberts in Kandahar? Oh no. Here we go again.

  • @larrykuzniak
    @larrykuzniak 3 года назад +1

    It’s Scrooge , lol.

  • @josephinesarica4919
    @josephinesarica4919 4 года назад +1

    There is something wrong with this showing !!!
    The VERBAL DIALOGUE IS TOO, TOO FAST !! I’ve seen this before but it’s very difficult to understand at such a speed ! THANX. JO

    • @marycallahan2398
      @marycallahan2398 4 года назад +1

      I've read this comment before @ fast-paced British dialogue being unintelligible, plus a lot of the humor is lost. Another commentor posted a suggestion @ slowing down the playback speed. Tap the upper right hand corner of the screen, tap the 3 dots, then tap playback speed. Tap on .75. This helps a lot with slowing down dialogue and viewing vintage British films. I'm a techno-dinosaur, trying to figure it out as I go along. This helped me; hope it is useful to you and others.

  • @EdgetonWolfeDrezwellington
    @EdgetonWolfeDrezwellington 3 года назад

    Is it just me? Or did anyone else think the Title of this film was called..."Inspector Horny Goes To It"?

  • @dannygillingham7904
    @dannygillingham7904 4 года назад +1

    How come you post everything about the movie but not the description of what the movie is about? makes no sense. I won't watch a movie without knowing what the plot is about.

    • @alanvogt7670
      @alanvogt7670 3 года назад

      I like to check the 'viewers reviews' to get a general idea whether to continue. However I will not read the film's storyline as there would be no further reason to watch the film.

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 2 года назад

      @@alanvogt7670 If that's what you prefer, then that is perfectly fine. Others, like myself, want to read the plot summary in advance. People are different; that's what makes them interesting.

    • @robertwalker5521
      @robertwalker5521 Год назад

      It is about : 120 minutes long

  • @omennemo8844
    @omennemo8844 3 года назад +2

    Alistair Sim character annoyed me. I don't know if it was supposed to be funny but I just couldn't laugh. i do love these old movies though.

    • @beckyjacobsen5867
      @beckyjacobsen5867 3 года назад

      Yes,he’s supposed to be a bungling idiot. But still a lovable character.

    • @robertwalker5521
      @robertwalker5521 Год назад

      I am too lazy to look for it but, type him name read the list of his movies and watch the one that has "danger" and "green" in it. His mine, speech and actions are like a jack-hammer.

  • @mule71shoe
    @mule71shoe 4 года назад +1

    Old movies

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames9173 5 лет назад +1

    😀😀😀😀oh so funny😀😀😀😀😀

  • @brianleonard7120
    @brianleonard7120 Год назад

    These stupid ad interruptions are so total aggravating. Can't watch the movie in peace.

  • @gisawslonim9716
    @gisawslonim9716 5 лет назад +4

    This must be the silliest film ever made and even by 1941 standards it is abysmal.

    • @Ed4sel
      @Ed4sel 4 года назад +1

      You obviously have no taste that film was brilliant

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames9173 3 года назад

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @free1982
    @free1982 2 года назад +1

    テキト-伝説ジュンジ参上ヘッヘッヘッヘッヘッ😁

  • @wojciechdziuba1485
    @wojciechdziuba1485 4 года назад +2

    -------2

  • @cbranalli
    @cbranalli 4 года назад

    Ebenezer Scrooge !

    • @robertwalker5521
      @robertwalker5521 Год назад

      Kathleen Harrison :. ' ..to keep me mouth shut??'