The 39 Steps

Third big-screen adaptation of John Buchan's classic novel. Mining engineer Richard Hannay (Robert Powell) is on a brief visit to England when his neighbour Colonel Scudder (John Mills) warns him that foreign 'sleeper' agents are at work, planning to pre-empt global war by murdering a foreign dignitary. When Scudder is murdered by the agents Hannay finds himself under suspicion by the police, and goes on the run in a bid to both prove his own innocence and expose the enemy spies.

Director: Don Sharp
Producer: James Kenelm Clarke
Writer: Michael Robson
Music: Ed Welch
Actor: Robert Powell
Actor: David Warner
Actor: Eric Porter
Actor: Karen Dotrice
Actor: John Mills
Actor: George Baker
Actor: Timothy West
Actor: Miles Anderson
Actor: Andrew Keir
Actor: Robert Flemyng
Actor: Donald Pickering
Actor: Ronald Pickup
Actor: Paul McDowell
Actor: William Squire
Actor: David Collings
Actor: Prentis Hancock
Actor: Robert Gillespie