The 39 Steps [videorecording]
2003
DVDs and BluRay
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.
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Main title:
The 39 Steps [videorecording] / director, Don Sharp; producer, James Kenelm Clarke; writer, Michael Robson.
Author:
Sharp, Don, 1922-2011, directorWelch, Ed, musicPowell, Robert, 1944-, actorWarner, David, 1941-2022, actorPorter, Eric, 1928-1995, actorGillespie, Robert, 1933-
Work:
Imprint:
ITV DVD, 2003.
Collation:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd, col.
Notes:
Made in 1978.Based on the novel by John Buchan.Credits: music, Ed Welch.DVDW.Dolby Digital.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, George Baker, Timothy West, Miles Anderson, Andrew Keir, Robert Flemyng, Donald Pickering, Ronald Pickup, Paul McDowell, William Squire, David Collings, Prentis Hancock, Robert Gillespie.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
2346294