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The Thirty Nine Steps
1978, Nov 04
1h 42m
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...
Directed by
Don Sharp
David Warner
Sir Edmund Appleton
George Baker
Sir Walter Bullivant
John Welsh
Lord Belthane
Edward de Souza
Woodville
Donald Pickering
Marshall
Prentis Hancock
Perryman
John Normington
Fletcher
William Squire
Harkness
Karen Dotrice
Alex Mackenzie
Tony Steedman
Admiral
Miles Anderson
David
Guy Standeven
General (uncredited)
Andrew Keir
Lord Rohan
Robert Powell
Richard Hannay
David Collings
Tillotson
Eric Porter
Chief Superintendent Lomas
Timothy West
Porton
Ronald Pickup
Bayliss
John Mills
Scudder
Robert Flemyng
Magistrate
Donald Bisset
Renfrew
Oliver Maguire
Martins
Michael Bilton
Vicar
Robert Gillespie
Crombie
Raymond Young
Guide
Joan Henley
Lady Nettleship
James Garbutt
Miller
Artro Morris
The Scot
Jill Goldston
Nun (uncredited)
Paul McDowell
McLean
John Grieve
PC Forbes
Andrew Downie
Stewart
Derek Anders
Donald
Leo Dolan
Milkman
Paul Jerricho
PC Scott
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