The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps

102 mins | Mystery | Nov. 4, 1978

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...

The Thirty Nine Steps

102 mins | Mystery | Nov. 4, 1978

The Thirty Nine Steps
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...
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title The Thirty Nine Steps
Directors Don Sharp
Writers John Buchan, Michael Robson

Cast

Robert Powell

as Richard Hannay

David Warner

as Sir Edmund Appleton

John Mills

as Scudder

Karen Dotrice

as Alex Mackenzie

Eric Porter

as Chief Superintendent Lomas

George Baker

as Sir Walter Bullivant

Ronald Pickup

as Bayliss

Donald Pickering

as Marshall

Timothy West

as Porton

Miles Anderson

as David

Andrew Keir

as Lord Rohan

Robert Flemyng

as Magistrate

William Squire

as Harkness

Paul McDowell

as McLean

David Collings

as Tillotson

John Normington

as Fletcher

John Welsh

as Lord Belthane

Edward de Souza

as Woodville

Tony Steedman

as Admiral

John Grieve

as PC Forbes

Andrew Downie

as Stewart

Donald Bisset

as Renfrew

Derek Anders

as Donald

Oliver Maguire

as Martins

Joan Henley

as Lady Nettleship

Prentis Hancock

as Perryman

Leo Dolan

as Milkman

James Garbutt

as Miller

Artro Morris

as The Scot

Robert Gillespie

as Crombie

Raymond Young

as Guide

Paul Jerricho

as PC Scott

Michael Bilton

as Vicar

Guy Standeven

as General (uncredited)