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 ...
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| Rupert Penry-Jones | ... | Richard Hannay | |
| Lydia Leonard | ... | Victoria Sinclair | |
| David Haig | ... | Sir George Sinclair | |
| Patrick Malahide | ... | Professor Fisher | |
| Patrick Kennedy | ... | Hellory Sinclair | |
| Eddie Marsan | ... | Scudder | |
| Alex Jennings | ... | Captain Kell | |
| Steven Elder | ... | Vicar / Wakeham | |
| Werner Daehn | ... | Ackerman | |
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Peter Stark | ... | Engel |
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Del Synnott | ... | London Constable |
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Roger De Courcey | ... | Ventriloquist |
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David Gallacher | ... | Professor's Butler |
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James Bryce | ... | Concierge at Club |
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Stewart Preston | ... | Waiter at Club |
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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 into his room and entrusts him a coded notebook with map, concerning the impending start of World War I. In no time both German agents and the British law are chasing him, ruthlessly coveting the Roman numerals code, which Hannay believes he must crack himself. Masquerading as a liberal party pundit, Richard also gets stuck with parliamentary candidate Sir George Sinclair's sister Victoria. They must survive with the secrets and decide who they can trust and how to keep it from others. Written by KGF Vissers
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One of the main locations for this version was Stirling Castle itself. See more »Goofs
The three cars which feature in the film (the grey Morris that Hannay and Victoria steal, the Germans' green Darracq and Hellory's blue Humber) were all registered in the mid 1920s and are models which would not have been available in 1914 when the action in the film takes place. See more »Quotes
Richard Hannay: No one should involve themselves in intelligence work without a good breakfast.See more »
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I really don't understand why film makers feel the need to change the plot of books. Then if you apply this to an absolute classic it seems totally crazy. The result is like a mutant spawn from the Hallmark channel and Barbara Cartland. Now, I have nothing against either in their own right but for the BBC to claim to be the forefront of drama and then to produce this stuff is pushing it a bit far. I considered putting forward a number of goofs but lost count of the possible entries as there were so many, a simple check of locations and weather conditions would have given the story a little more credibility.All this is a shame as the actors seem to be trying their best to spark some excitement in the script.To avoid spoiling the end I will just add it needs to be seen to be believed, in fact it may even need more than that. There are much better versions of this book, in fact I think all of them are, even Kenneth More will be turning in his grave never mind Robert Donat!