Movie

The Thirty Nine Steps

Every second counts in the adventure of a lifetime!

1978★ 6.8 · 441h 42mMysteryThriller

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...

Trailer

Trailer · The 39 Steps (1978) Original Trailer

Watch on YouTube ↗

Images

Backdrops & posters from TMDB

15 images

Cast

David Warner
as Sir Edmund Appleton

John Mills
as Scudder

Ronald Pickup
as Bayliss

Robert Powell
as Richard Hannay

Miles Anderson
as David

Karen Dotrice
as Alex Mackenzie

Andrew Keir
as Lord Rohan

Timothy West
as Porton

George Baker
as Sir Walter Bullivant

Michael Bilton
as Vicar

Robert Flemyng
as Magistrate

Eric Porter
as Chief Superintendent Lomas

Information

Community

6.8/ 10

44 TMDB votes · limited sample

6.8

Your rating

Saved in this browser · counts toward collection progress

Release date: 1978-11-04

Runtime: 1h 42m

Genres

MysteryThriller

Where to watch

Availability via TMDB / JustWatch

Country

Logos show where this title is listed (stream, rent, or buy). TMDB does not provide direct links into Netflix or other apps — use the button below to open TMDB’s watch page (JustWatch data) for this country.

Open watch options on TMDB

StreamIncluded with subscription