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1. Huntingtower (1978– )
30 min | Adventure
A motley group of people - a Russian princess, an English poet and a retired Scots grocer among them - are brought together at Huntingtower. But why?
Stars: Paul Curran, Peter Settelen, Stanley Lebor, Andrew Faulds
Votes: 22
2. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
3. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,530
4.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
A Point of Honour
(1988)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A chance encounter with a young lady on a train leads Hannay into a strange weekend of mistaken identity and danger.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Robert Powell, Geraldine Alexander, Terrence Hardiman, Ann Curthoys
Votes: 36
5. Hannay (1988–1989)
52 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Richard Hannay is a man of his times: an Edwardian gentleman and adventurer, a mining engineer from South Africa of Scottish origin, who lives by his own standards and wits, upholding a ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Powell, Christopher Scoular, Gavin Richards, Jill Meager
Votes: 208
6. The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
107 min | Drama, War
Dramatic reconstruction of two 1914 naval battles off Coronel and the Falkland Islands.The first a defeat of the British by Vice Admiral Maximilian von Spee, the second a retaliation by the British under vice Admiral Sturdee.
Director: Walter Summers | Stars: Craighall Sherry, Hans von Slock, Roger Maxwell
Votes: 101
7.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
Death with Due Notice
(1988)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A quiet break in the country turns into a weekend of murder when Richard Hannay and Reggie Armitage discover they are targets for a demented killer.
Stars: Robert Powell, Christopher Scoular, Jill Meager, Serena Gordon
Votes: 31
8.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
Double Jeopardy
(1989)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When Hannay is entrusted with the safe-keeping of a dozen diamonds, he little knows the danger and distress they will bring.
Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: Robert Powell, Cathryn Harrison, Nigel Le Vaillant, Bernard Kay
Votes: 27
9.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
Coup de Grace
(1989)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When Richard Hannay meets the beautiful Sybil Verney at a race-meeting, he cannot foresee the web of lies and tragedy in which he will quickly become ensnared.
Director: Robert Reed | Stars: Robert Powell, Anthony Valentine, Joanna David, Leslie Schofield
Votes: 28
10.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
Act of Riot
(1988)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Hannay returns to Scotland to visit the village where he was born, but his arrival quickly brings him into dangerous conflict with the local inhabitants.
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Robert Powell, Phyllis Logan, Oliver Cotton, Iain Cuthbertson
Votes: 28
11.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
Say the Bells of Shoreditch
(1989)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When his goddaughter is jilted on her wedding day, Hannay finds himself searching for not just a missing bridegroom but also a shipment of gold.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Robert Powell, Paul Rogers, Karen Archer, James Simmons
Votes: 19
12.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
The Confidence Man
(1989)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When an East End gang demand protection money for Sal Alford's music-hall, she turns to Richard Hannay for help.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Robert Powell, Richard Pasco, Caroline Lee-Johnson, Richenda Carey
Votes: 25
13.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
The Good Samaritan
(1989)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
The pleasures of travelling on the Trans European Express from Venice are relished by celebrities, diplomats and holiday-makers alike, but for Richard Hannay the journey proves to be a nightmare.
Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: Robert Powell, Sharon Maughan, Marc Zuber, Derek Smith
Votes: 27
14.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
The Fellowship of the Black Stone
(1988)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
After nearly thirty years in southern Africa, Richard Hannay has achieved recognition as an officer in military intelligence, a mining engineer and a successful prospector. Now he is ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: Robert Powell, Charles Gray, David Waller, Gavin Richards
Votes: 34
15.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
The Terrors of the Earth
(1989)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
As tension mounts in Europe, the British Government prepares antidotes against possible germ warfare, and Richard Hannay finds himself at the centre of a demonic plot to steal them.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Robert Powell, Gavin Richards, Alex Kingston, Peter Halliday
Votes: 23
16.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
Voyage into Fear
(1988)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
The Governments of Great Britain and Imperial Germany are in a race to arm themselves with modern battleships, but Hannay's arch-enemy Von Schwabing has a plan to ensure that his country is the winner.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Robert Powell, Gavin Richards, Christopher Scoular, Jill Meager
Votes: 30
17. The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
PG | 102 min | Crime, History, Mystery
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.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice
Votes: 2,778
18. Huntingtower (1927)
72 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A retired grocer and Gorbels boys save a Russian prince from Bolsheviks.
Director: George Pearson | Stars: Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina, Patrick Aherne, Lillian Christine
Votes: 16
19.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
The Hazard of the Die
(1988)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When Hannay saves the life of a desperate young lady, he little realises how quickly this act of bravery will bring him face-to-face with his arch-enemy Von Schwabing.
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Robert Powell, Gavin Richards, Christopher Scoular, Leonie Mellinger
Votes: 24
20. The 39 Steps (1959)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie, Barry Jones
Votes: 2,332
21.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
That Rough Music
(1989)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
On the death of his friend, Pelham Swinburne, Hannay inherits a walking-stick, field glasses and the lighthouse on a Fenland marsh - but what is he to make of them all?
Director: Robert Reed | Stars: Robert Powell, Diane Bull, Ron Pember, Rebecca Lacey
Votes: 21
22. The 39 Steps (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when secret agent, Scudder, bursts ... See full summary »
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard, David Haig, Patrick Malahide
Votes: 2,393
23. Prester John (1920)
Adventure
Director: Dick Cruikshanks | Stars: Ernest Groves, Masoja, Grafton Williams, Adele Fillis
Votes: 10
24. The 39 Steps
Drama, Thriller | Announced
Follows an ordinary man, who becomes an unwitting pawn in a vast, global conspiracy to reset the world order.
Star: Benedict Cumberbatch
26. John Macnab (1976– )
45 min | Drama
Adaptation of John Buchan's novel, set in the 1920s, about three members of the English establishment who seek excitement by poaching on the estates of Scottish landowners.
Stars: Susan Wooldridge, James Maxwell, Cavan Kendall, Bernard Horsfall
27. The 39 Steps (I)
Thriller | Announced
A remake of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock thriller.
Director: Robert Towne
28. The Three Hostages (1977 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
After World War I, Richard Hannay is married to Mary and living peacefully in the Cotswolds, when he receives a request to help solve the mysterious kidnapping of the children of three prominent people. Given nothing to go on but a few mysterious clues, Hannay, assisted by friends like Sandy Arbuthnot, must track down the dastardly villains behind the plot before it's too late.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Barry Foster, Diana Quick, John Castle, Peter Blythe
30. Nightfire (2021)
Short, Thriller
A woman working in Dublin tries to help an estranged friend in need. But when the friend is killed, she must go on the run to save herself from suspicion and stop an organisation from carrying out further assassinations.
Director: Topher Neville | Stars: Jacqui Collins, Mary Coughlan, Mary Hughes, Patrick Killeen
31. The Thirty Nine Steps
Thriller | Announced
A contemporary setting of John Buchan's classic novel - Engineer Richard Hannay finds himself caught up with analyst Kate Maybury, as they race against the clock to save the country from the Thirty Nine Steps.
32. The 39 Steps (II)
Action, Thriller | Announced
Based on the novel "The 39 Steps" of John Buchan
Director: Alessandro Riccardi
33. The Three Hostages (1952– )
30 min | Drama
After World War I, Richard Hannay is married to Mary and living peacefully in the Cotswolds, when he receives a request to help solve the mysterious kidnapping of the children of three prominent people. Given nothing to go on but a few mysterious clues, Hannay, assisted by friends like Sandy Arbuthnot, must track down the dastardly villains behind the plot before it's too late.
Stars: Patrick Barr, Peter Rendall, Jill Melford, Robert Scroggins
34. Witch Wood (1964– )
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
During the 17th century, a Presbyterian minister struggles against witchcraft being practiced amongst his congregation.
Stars: Donald Douglas, Madeleine Christie, Isobel Black, Campbell Godley
35. The 39 Steps (2013 Video Game)
Thriller
Be transported back to 1914 London, where Richard Hannay finds himself framed for a murder he didn't commit. Now he must escape the Capital and stay alive long enough to solve the riddle of The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Director: Simon Meek | Stars: Richard Addison, Callum Cuthbertson, Christopher Donald, Ian Hanmore
37.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Witch Wood
(1954)
90 min | Drama
Director: Chloe Gibson | Stars: Janet Barrow, Margaret Boyd, John Breslin, Jean Cadell
38.
TV de Vanguarda (1952–1967)
Episode:
Os 39 Degraus
(1957)
Stars: Percy Aires, Vida Alves, Fernando Baleroni, Marly Bueno
39.
Huntingtower (1957)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1957)
Stars: Nigel Arkwright, Margaret Boyd, Terry Cooke, Roger Delgado
40.
Huntingtower (1957)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1957)
Stars: Michael Brennan, Terry Cooke, Roger Delgado, Colin Douglas
41.
Huntingtower (1957)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1957)
30 min
Stars: Nigel Arkwright, Terry Baker, Mark Brackenbury, Elizabeth Bradley
42.
Huntingtower (1957)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1957)
Stars: Michael Brennan, Alan Browning, Terry Cooke, Roger Delgado
43.
Huntingtower (1957)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1957)
Stars: Terry Baker, Michael Brennan, Terry Cooke, David Courtney
44.
Huntingtower (1957)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1957)
Stars: Garth Adams, Terry Baker, Mark Brackenbury, Laurence Brooks
45.
Huntingtower (1978– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1978)
Adventure
Director: Bob Hird | Stars: Paul Curran, Peter Settelen, Iain Andrew, Bill Armour
46.
Huntingtower (1978– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1978)
Adventure
Director: Bob Hird | Stars: Paul Curran, Peter Settelen, Iain Andrew, Bill Armour
47.
The Three Hostages (1952– )
Episode:
Kharama
(1952)
Drama
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Patrick Barr, Carla Lehmann, Peter Rendall, John Laurie
48.
The Three Hostages (1952– )
Episode:
The Blind Spinner
(1952)
Drama
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Patrick Barr, Peter Rendall, Jill Melford, Robert Scroggins
49.
The Three Hostages (1952– )
Episode:
The Fields of Eden
(1952)
Drama
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Patrick Barr, Carla Lehmann, Peter Rendall, John Laurie
50.
The Three Hostages (1952– )
Episode:
The First of June
(1952)
Drama
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Patrick Barr, Carla Lehmann, Peter Rendall, John Laurie