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The Thirty-Nine Steps

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Spy thriller based on John Buchan 's novel, starring Robert Powell - beginning a week of films, showing each day, based on titles from The Big Read top 100 books. As Europe stands on the brink of the First World War, engineer Richard Hannay is embroiled in a deadly conspiracy. Widescreen. Review page 53.
Director Don Sharp (1978. PG)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Robert Powell
Unknown:
Richard Hannay
Director:
Don Sharp
Richard Hannay:
Robert Powell
Appleton:
David Warner
Chief Supt Lomas:
Eric Porter
Alex Mackenzie:
Karen Dotrice
Scudder:
John Mills
Sir Walter Bullivant:
George Baker
Bayliss:
Ronald Pickup
Marshall:
Donald Pickering
Porton:
Timothy West
David Hamilton:
Miles Anderson
Lord Rohan:
Andrew Keir
Source: Radio Times

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