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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...
Theatrical
May 2, 1980
Director
Writer
Producers
Studio
Norfolk International Pictures, The Rank Organisation
Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Powell
Richard Hannay
D
David Warner
Sir Edmund Appleton
E
Eric Porter
Chief Superintendent Lomas
K
Karen Dotrice
Alex Mackenzie
J
John Mills
Scudder
G
George Baker
Sir Walter Bullivant
R
Ronald Pickup
Bayliss
D
Donald Pickering
Marshall
T
Timothy West
Porton
M
Miles Anderson
David
A
Andrew Keir
Lord Rohan
R
Robert Flemyng
Magistrate
W
William Squire
Harkness
P
Paul McDowell
McLean
D
David Collings
Tillotson
J
John Normington
Fletcher
J
John Welsh
Lord Belthane
E
Edward de Souza
Woodville
T
Tony Steedman
Admiral
J
John Grieve
PC Forbes
