The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

Every second counts in the adventure of a lifetime!

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...

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  • Release Date: 1978-11-04
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Director: Don Sharp

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Cast

  • Robert Powell

    Richard Hannay

  • David Warner

    Sir Edmund Appleton

  • Eric Porter

    Chief Superintendent Lomas

  • Karen Dotrice

    Alex Mackenzie

  • John Mills

    Scudder

  • George Baker

    Sir Walter Bullivant

  • Ronald Pickup

    Bayliss

  • Donald Pickering

    Marshall

  • Timothy West

    Porton

  • Miles Anderson

    David

  • Andrew Keir

    Lord Rohan

  • Robert Flemyng

    Magistrate

  • William Squire

    Harkness

  • Paul McDowell

    McLean

  • David Collings

    Tillotson

  • John Normington

    Fletcher

  • John Welsh

    Lord Belthane

  • Edward de Souza

    Woodville

  • Tony Steedman

    Admiral

  • John Grieve

    PC Forbes

  • Andrew Downie

    Stewart

  • Donald Bisset

    Renfrew

  • Derek Anders

    Donald

  • Oliver Maguire

    Martins

  • Joan Henley

    Lady Nettleship

  • Prentis Hancock

    Perryman

  • Leo Dolan

    Milkman

  • James Garbutt

    Miller

  • Artro Morris

    The Scot

  • Robert Gillespie

    Crombie

  • Raymond Young

    Guide

  • Paul Jerricho

    PC Scott

  • Michael Bilton

    Vicar

  • Guy Standeven

    General (uncredited)

  • Jill Goldston

    Nun (uncredited)

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