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The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps

IMDB:

6.7
The Thirty Nine Steps

Released

11/4/1978

Duration

1h 42m

Genre

Mystery, Thriller

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter

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...

Cast

Robert Powell

Richard Hannay

Robert Powell

David Warner

Sir Edmund Appleton

David Warner

Eric Porter

Chief Superintendent Lomas

Eric Porter

Karen Dotrice

Alex Mackenzie

Karen Dotrice

John Mills

Scudder

John Mills

George Baker

Sir Walter Bullivant

George Baker

Ronald Pickup

Bayliss

Ronald Pickup

Donald Pickering

Marshall

Donald Pickering

Timothy West

Porton

Timothy West

Miles Anderson

David

Miles Anderson

Andrew Keir

Lord Rohan

Andrew Keir

Robert Flemyng

Magistrate

Robert Flemyng

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