The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

90 mins | Thriller, Adventure, Mystery, TV Movie | Dec. 28, 2008

Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when a secret agent bursts into his room and entrusts him with a coded notebook, concerning the impending start of World War I. In no time both German agents and the British law are chasing him, ruthlessly coveting the Roman numerals code, which Hannay believes he must personally crack.

The 39 Steps

90 mins | Thriller, Adventure, Mystery, TV Movie | Dec. 28, 2008

The 39 Steps
Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when a secret agent bursts into his room and entrusts him with a coded notebook, concerning the impending start of World War I. In no time both German agents and the British law are chasing him, ruthlessly coveting the Roman numerals code, which Hannay believes he must personally crack.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers BBC
Original title The 39 Steps
Directors Diane Kasperowicz, Marco Ciglia, Heather Storr, James Hawes
Writers Jeremy Swimer, John Buchan, Lizzie Mickery

Cast

Rupert Penry-Jones

as Richard Hanay

Lydia Leonard

as Victoria Sinclair

David Haig

as Sir George Sinclair

Patrick Malahide

as Professor Fisher

Patrick Kennedy

as Hellory Sinclair

Eddie Marsan

as Scudder

Alex Jennings

as Captain Kell

Steven Elder

as Vicar / Wakeam

Werner Daehn

as Ackerman

Peter Stark

as Engel

Del Synnott

as London Constable

Roger De Courcey

as Ventriloquist

David Gallacher

as Professor's Butler

James Bryce

as Concierge

Stewart Preston

as Waiter

Sandy Neilson

as Old Man in Club

Barbara Downie

as Woman on Stairs

Anna Guthrie

as Maid

George Docherty

as Train Policeman

Kathryn Howden

as Landlady