1978 • NR • 1h 42m
6.7/10
(33 users) 
Overview
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before 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...
6.7/10
(33 users) Cast / Crew 
Robert Powell Richard Hannay 
David Warner Sir Edmund Appleton 
Eric Porter Chief Superintendent Lomas 
Karen Dotrice Alex Mackenzie 
John Mills Scudder 
George Baker Sir Walter Bullivant 
Ronald Pickup Bayliss 
Donald Pickering Marshall 
Timothy West Porton 
Miles Anderson David 
Andrew Keir Lord Rohan 
Robert Flemyng Magistrate 
William Squire Harkness 
Paul McDowell McLean 
David Collings Tillotson 
Don Sharp Director Michael Robson Screenplay 
Colin Skeaping Stunt Coordinator John Buchan Novel James Kenelm Clarke Executive Producer 
Ed Welch Music John Coquillon Director of Photography Greg Smith Producer Frank Bevis Associate Producer Percy Godbold Property Buyer Eric Boyd-Perkins Editor
Robert Powell Richard Hannay David Warner Sir Edmund Appleton Eric Porter Chief Superintendent Lomas Karen Dotrice Alex Mackenzie John Mills Scudder George Baker Sir Walter Bullivant Ronald Pickup Bayliss Donald Pickering Marshall Timothy West Porton Miles Anderson David Andrew Keir Lord Rohan Robert Flemyng Magistrate William Squire Harkness Paul McDowell McLean David Collings Tillotson Don Sharp Director Michael Robson Screenplay Colin Skeaping Stunt Coordinator John Buchan Novel James Kenelm Clarke Executive Producer Ed Welch Music John Coquillon Director of Photography Greg Smith Producer Frank Bevis Associate Producer Percy Godbold Property Buyer Eric Boyd-Perkins Editor 
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