The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

Every second counts in the adventure of a lifetime!

  • Genre: Mystery, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1978-11-04
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 34 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Norfolk International Pictures
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Don Sharp
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Summary

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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  • Robert Powell

    as Richard Hannay

  • David Warner

    as Sir Edmund Appleton

  • Eric Porter

    as Chief Superintendent Lomas

  • Karen Dotrice

    as Alex Mackenzie

  • John Mills

    as Scudder

  • 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)

  • Jill Goldston

    as Nun (uncredited)
Directing Don Sharp Director
Writing Michael Robson Screenplay
Crew Colin Skeaping Stunt Coordinator
Writing John Buchan Novel
Sound Ed Welch Music
Camera John Coquillon Director of Photography
Production Greg Smith Producer
Production James Kenelm Clarke Executive Producer
Production Frank Bevis Associate Producer
Art Percy Godbold Property Buyer
Editing Eric Boyd-Perkins Editor

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