The Thirty Nine Steps: Directed by Don Sharp. With Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice. In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.
As the police take Hannay into custody, he shouts out a question: "What are the 39 Steps?" Mr. Memory compulsively begins to answer, "The Thirty-Nine Steps is an organization of spies, collecting information on behalf of the foreign office of...." Suddenly, Jordan shoots him and tries to flee, but he is quickly apprehended.
Plot The Thirty Nine Steps Summaries In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps is the third film version of the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by Scottish adventure writer John Buchan [1875-1940], and the first of six novels featuring action hero Richard Hannay. The other five novels include Greenmantle (1916), Mr Standfast (1919), The Three Hostages (1924), The Courts of the Morning (1929), and The Island of Sheep (1936). The novel was adapted ...
THE THIRTY NINE STEPS is the third adaptation of John Buchan's famous spy novel, following the Hitchcock film and the 1950s-era remake with Kenneth More. The 1950s version remade the Hitchcock film and copied a lot of the elements like the villain with a missing digit and the hero being handcuffed for an extended time.