STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH.” An amazing new sleuth, who collects rare stamps and clever murderers with equal calm, is introduced to screen audiences in “Inspector Hornleigh,” the 20th Century production which will be shown tonight at the State Theatre. “Inspector Hornleigh,” a familiar and popular radio character throughout Europe, is portrayed on the screen by Gordon Harker, while Alastair Sim supplies the comedy relief as Sergeant Bingham, his bungling aide. The mystery, which is so completely baffling that even Inspector Hornleigh himself doesn’t suspect tin, actual criminal until a second before he “collars” him, starts out with a simple little plan to rifle the budget bag of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Then the porter of a little wayside inn is murdered, and before it is ended, two more men are killed and an empire almost topples. Among those involved in the mystery are the Chancellor’s secretary and his beautiful fiancee, who owns the inn whicu employed the .murdered porter arm where the Chancellor took tea on the fateful afternoon. Out of a mystifying mass of suspects, Inspector Hornleigh is required to discover the murderer. How he does it makes for what has been hailed as one- of the most refreshing, suspense-filled and entertaining films to come to the screen this season. Hugh Williams, Steve Geray, Wally Patch, Edward Underdown anu Miki Hood head the supporting cast. The other feature, “Inside Story,” is another brilliantly acted mystery picture starring Michael Whalen and Jean Rogers.