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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
John Mills
Scudder
Timothy West
Porton
Miles Anderson
David
Robert Powell
Richard Hannay
Ronald Pickup
Bayliss
Andrew Keir
Lord Rohan
David Collings
Tillotson
George Baker
Sir Walter Bullivant
Eric Porter
Chief Superintendent Lomas
Tony Steedman
Admiral
Robert Flemyng
Magistrate
John Welsh
Lord Belthane
Donald Pickering
Marshall
Edward de Souza
Woodville
Jill Goldston
Nun (uncredited)
John Normington
Fletcher
Guy Standeven
General (uncredited)
Karen Dotrice
Alex Mackenzie
Prentis Hancock
Perryman
Oliver Maguire
Martins
Robert Gillespie
Crombie
William Squire
Harkness
Artro Morris
The Scot
Michael Bilton
Vicar
Raymond Young
Guide
Donald Bisset
Renfrew
James Garbutt
Miller
Joan Henley
Lady Nettleship
Paul McDowell
McLean
John Grieve
PC Forbes
Andrew Downie
Stewart
Derek Anders
Donald
Leo Dolan
Milkman
Paul Jerricho
PC Scott
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