The Thirty Nine Steps
The Thirty Nine Steps
Overview
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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Cast
Robert Powell
David Warner
Eric Porter
Karen Dotrice
John Mills
George Baker
Ronald Pickup
Donald Pickering
Timothy West
Miles Anderson
Andrew Keir
Robert Flemyng
William Squire
Paul McDowell
David Collings
John Normington
John Welsh
Edward de Souza
Tony Steedman
John Grieve
Andrew Downie
Donald Bisset
Derek Anders
Oliver Maguire
Joan Henley
Prentis Hancock
Leo Dolan
James Garbutt
Artro Morris
Robert Gillespie
Raymond Young
Paul Jerricho
Michael Bilton
Guy Standeven
Jill Goldston
Crew
Don Sharp
