Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Director: Walter Forde Walter Forde

Overview

One of the few "Inspector Hornleigh" films to gain a wide US distribution, Mail Train stars Gordon Harker as Hornleigh and Alastair Sim as his dumb-like-a-fox assistant Sergeant Bingham. Borrowing a bit from the 1939 British box-office hit Night Train, the plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Most of the action takes place aboard a speeding train, with our heroes never quite certain who can be trusted and who can't. Phyllis Calvert contributes to the intrigue as one Mrs. Wilkinson, who is, as the phrase goes, not all she seems to be. With Walter Forde in the director's chair, it shouldn't be surprising that Mail Train contains as many laughs as thrills.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/15/2015
UPC:	0644827319725
Original Release:	1941
Source:	Reel Vault
Language:	English
Sales rank:	23,589

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gordon Harker	Inspector Hornleigh
Alastair Sim	Sgt. Bingham
Phyllis Calvert	Mrs. Wilkinson
Edward Chapman	Mr. Blenkinsop
Charles Oliver	Dr. Wilkinson
Percy Walsh	Inspector Blow
David Horne	Commissioner
Peter Gawthorne	Colonel
Wally Patch	Sergeant Major
Betty Jardine	Daisy
O.B. Clarence	Prof. Mackenzie
John Salew	Mr. Tomboy
Raymond Huntley	Dr. Kerbishley
Cyril Cusack	Postal Sorter
Bill Shine	Hotel Porter
Sylvia Cecil	Actor
Edward Underdown	Actor
Marie Makine	Actor
Richard Cooper	Actor

Technical Credits

Walter Forde	Director
Edward Black	Producer