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The 39 Steps

6.2

Released March 13, 1959Runtime 1h 33min

The Most Suspenseful Manhunt in History!

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Kenneth MoreRichard Hannay

Taina ElgMiss Fisher

Brenda De BanzieNellie Lumsden

Barry JonesProfessor Arthur Logan

Reginald BeckwithLumdsen

Faith BrookMandy Robinson ("Nannie")

Michael GoodliffeBrown

James HayterMr Memory

Duncan Lamont

Jameson ClarkMacDougal

Andrew CruickshankSheriff

Leslie DwyerMilkman

Betty HendersonMrs, MacDougal

Joan HicksonMiss Dobson

Sid JamesPerce Baker

Brian Oulton

Barbara SteeleExtra

Marianne StoneHospital Administrator (uncredited)

Jill HaworthSchoolgirl on Train (uncredited)

Peter Vaughan2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)

Carol WhiteSchoolgirl in Assembly Hall (uncredited)

Bill SimpsonBridegroom (uncredited)

Sam KyddTrain restaurant staff (uncredited)

Michael BrennanDetective on Train (uncredited)

Bruce SetonPoliceman on Train (uncredited)

Margot Boyd

John Grieve

Crew

Ralph ThomasDirector

Frank HarveyScreenplay

John BuchanNovel

Betty E. BoxProducer

Ernest StewardCinematography

Clifton ParkerMusic

Mike FoxClapper Loader

Alfred RoomeEditor

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Reviews

Here's to you Mrs. Robinson. The 39 Steps is directed by Ralph Thomas and adapted to screenplay by Frank Harvey from the novel of the same name written by John Buchan. It stars Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda De Banzie, Barry Jones, Reginald Beckwith and Faith Brook. Music is by Clifton Parker a...

Although it could never be anywhere near as good as the 1935 version, Kenneth More does a reasonable job as John Buchan's "Hannay" here. On leaving the theatre one evening, he finds himself with a new friend (Betty Henderson) whom he invites back to his flat. When he returns from the kitchen to tel...