Summary It comes as no surprise when Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant, Sergeant Bingham, go to enjoy the winds and rains on their annual seaside vacation, when they run into a "busman's holiday." One of their fellow boarders at Balmoral Guest House, Captain Fraser of the Royal Navy, goes out one dismal night with his pet terrier and is found crushed and burned to death in his wrecked roadster at the foot of a cliff. Hornleigh and Bingham, residing at Brighthaven incognito and the last people to see Fraser, are taken into custody by the local police. It was impossible to identify the charred body and the dog is missing. Hornleigh, suspecting murder, identifies himself and goes to work on the case. He proves that the crash was neither suicide nor accident, and that the body is not Fraser, despite an identifying tattoo on the back of his hand. View more details
Directed : Walter Forde
Written : Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder Leonard Reginald Gribble
Stars : Alastair Sim Gordon Harker Wally Patch Linden Travers
Genres : Comedy Mystery Crime Drama
Release date : Nov 30, 1939
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
Summary It comes as no surprise when Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant, Sergeant Bingham, go to enjoy the winds and rains on their annual seaside vacation, when they run into a "busman's holiday." One of their fellow boarders at Balmoral Guest House, Captain Fraser of the Royal Navy, goes out one dismal night with his pet terrier and is found crushed and burned to death in his wrecked roadster at the foot of a cliff. Hornleigh and Bingham, residing at Brighthaven incognito and the last people to see Fraser, are taken into custody by the local police. It was impossible to identify the charred body and the dog is missing. Hornleigh, suspecting murder, identifies himself and goes to work on the case. He proves that the crash was neither suicide nor accident, and that the body is not Fraser, despite an identifying tattoo on the back of his hand. View more details
Genres : Comedy Mystery Crime Drama
Release date : Nov 30, 1939
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
