The Thirty Nine Steps (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...
Director:
Don Sharp
Writer:
Michael Robson
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Robert Powell as Richard Hannay |
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David Warner as Sir Edmund Appleton |
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Eric Porter as Chief Superintendent Lomas |
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Karen Dotrice as Alex Mackenzie |
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John Mills as Scudder |
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George Baker as Sir Walter Bullivant |
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Ronald Pickup as Bayliss |
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Donald Pickering as Marshall |
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Timothy West as Porton |
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Miles Anderson as David |
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Andrew Keir as Lord Rohan |
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Robert Flemyng as Magistrate |
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William Squire as Harkness |
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Paul McDowell as McLean |
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David Collings as Tillotson |
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John Normington as Fletcher |
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John Welsh as Lord Belthane |
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Edward de Souza as Woodville |
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Tony Steedman as Admiral |
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John Grieve as PC Forbes |
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Andrew Downie as Stewart |
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Donald Bisset as Renfrew |
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Derek Anders as Donald |
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Oliver Maguire as Martins |
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Joan Henley as Lady Nettleship |
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Prentis Hancock as Perryman |
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Leo Dolan as Milkman |
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James Garbutt as Miller |
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Artro Morris as The Scot |
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Robert Gillespie as Crombie |
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Raymond Young as Guide |
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Paul Jerricho as PC Scott |
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Michael Bilton as Vicar |
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Guy Standeven as General (uncredited) |
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Jill Goldston as Nun (uncredited) |
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James Payne as Onlooker (uncredited) |
| Directing | Don Sharp | Director |
| Writing | Michael Robson | Screenplay |
| Crew | Colin Skeaping | Stunt Coordinator |
| Writing | John Buchan | Novel |
| Production | James Kenelm Clarke | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Ed Welch | Music |
| Camera | John Coquillon | Director of Photography |
| Production | Greg Smith | Producer |
| Production | Frank Bevis | Associate Producer |
| Art | Percy Godbold | Property Buyer |
| Editing | Eric Boyd-Perkins | Editor |
