Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes

Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes (German: Inspektor Hornleigh greift ein...) is a 1961 West German crime television series broadcast on WDR in four episodes.[1] It is based on the fictional Scotland Yard 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 BBC radio series but was a German by birth. The sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow.

Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Hans Wolfgang Priwin
Written by	Hans Wolfgang Priwin
Directed by	Hermann Pfeiffer
Starring	Helmut Peine Wolfgang Forester Horst Breitkreuz Paul Klinger
Country of origin	West Germany
Original language	German
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Hermann Pfeiffer
Cinematography	Bruno Stephan
Editor	Alexandra Anatra
Production company	Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Release
Original network	ARD
Original release	26 May (1961-05-26) – 4 August 1961 (1961-08-04)

Helmut Peine played Hornleigh, while Wolfgang Forester played his sidekick Sergeant Bingham. Paul Klinger hosted each episode. Other actors appearing in the series included Horst Breitkreuz, Siegfried Wischnewski, Alf Marholm and Joachim Teege.

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