The second to be filmed Inspector Hornleigh mystery which begins in a rainy seaside resort where the Inspector and Sergeant Bingham are not enjoying a holiday until one of the guests of the hotel they are staying at runs his car off a cliff. Then follows a fast paced story taking in a spooky house, a cemetery, a bridge club and a hospital before the main villain is uncovered. The plot holds together very well until the last revelation.
Gordon Harker as Inspector Hornleigh and Alastair Sim as Sergeant Bingham repeat their roles from the first film and are as good as before. They are chalk and cheese but manage to work together to solve the crime. Supporting them ably are a gallery of familiar faces; Linden Travers, Edward Chapman, Kynaston Reeves, Peter Bull, Irene Handl and Megs Jenkins. John Glyn-Jones and Betty Jardine as a courting couple are hilarious.
With its witty lines, interesting story and fine acting this is another winning entertainment.
Gordon Harker as Inspector Hornleigh and Alastair Sim as Sergeant Bingham repeat their roles from the first film and are as good as before. They are chalk and cheese but manage to work together to solve the crime. Supporting them ably are a gallery of familiar faces; Linden Travers, Edward Chapman, Kynaston Reeves, Peter Bull, Irene Handl and Megs Jenkins. John Glyn-Jones and Betty Jardine as a courting couple are hilarious.
With its witty lines, interesting story and fine acting this is another winning entertainment.