J.O.C. Orton — Playwright (7)

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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
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other title: Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.

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Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
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other title: Otto, zieh die Bremse an! / Oh, Mr Porter! …
Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train.

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Shooting Stars (1928)
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other title: 流星 / 슈팅 스타 …
Mae Feather, famous British screen actress, is publicised as a perfect wife, and is seen everywhere with her husband, Julian Gordon, a Western star employed by the same studio. Actually she is having an affair with Andy Wilks, a star comedian. Julian discovers this and decides on a divorce, which could ruin Mac’s position with her public. Desperate, she decides to kill her husband at the studios by inserting a real bullet into a ‘prop’ gun, used by the villain in the film to ‘kill’ Julian. The shot is fired, but the blank bullet is used, and Julian is unharmed. Instead, the gun is taken to another set, used in a comedy scene in Andy’s picture, and the real bullet kills him. Mac has a nervous breakdown. Julian divorces her; she begins to slip down the ladder of success. As the years pass, he becomes a famous film director, while she is forgotten. She gets work as a film extra, and unknowingly Julian uses her in a crowd scene for his new picture. Mac waits until everyone has gone at the end of the day, and asks him: ‘Will you want me any more?’ Without looking at her, he shakes his head and she passes through the studio door, out of his life forever. Excerpt© ‘Puffin Asquith’ by R.J. Minney.

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Bulldog Jack (1935)
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other title: Alias Bulldog Drummond
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace held within the British Museum. This comedic 1930s mystery features daring rescues, intense fistfights and an exciting edge-of-your seat finale aboard a runaway train.