''Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes'' (German: ''Inspektor Hornleigh greift ein...'') is a 1961 West German

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broadcast on

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in four episodes.Compart p.182 It is based on the fictional

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detective Inspector Hornleigh, who had previously appeared in British radio and film series. The episodes were scripted by Hans Wolfgang Priwin, who had previously co-written the

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radio series but was a German by birth. The sets were designed by the

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Helmut Peine Helmut Peine (1902–1970) was a German film, radio and television actor. In 1961 he played the title role in the four-part television crime series '' Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes''.Compart p.182 Selected filmography * '' Only One Night'' (1950 ...

played Hornleigh, while Wolfgang Forester played his sidekick Sergeant Bingham.

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hosted each episode. Other actors appearing in the series included Horst Breitkreuz,

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, Alf Marholm and

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. The four episodes were ''Der Mann aus Tanganjika'', ''Der Schuß fiel gegenüber'', ''Zwei Stühle mit Vergangenheit'' and ''Mord ohne Motiv''.

References

Bibliography

* Ingrid Brück, Andrea Guder, Reinhold Viehoff & Karin When. ''Der deutsche Fernsehkrimi: Eine Programm- und Produktionsgeschichte von den Anfängen bis heute''. Springer-Verlag, 2017. * Martin Compart. ''Crime TV: Lexikon der Krimi-Serien''. Bertz + Fischer, 2000.

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0923274 Television shows set in London 1961 German television series debuts 1961 German television series endings 1960s crime television series German-language television shows German crime television series 1960s German police procedural television series