Introduction The 39 Steps is a 2008 British television adventure thriller feature-length adaptation of the 1915 John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps produced by the BBC. It was written by Lizzie Mickery, directed by James Hawes, and filmed on location in Scotland, starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard, David Haig, Eddie Marsan, and Patrick Malahide. This… Read More
Introduction The Thirty Nine Steps is a British 1978 thriller film directed by Don Sharp, with screenplay by British playwright Michael Robson, based on the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It was the third film version of the 1915 novel. This version of Buchan’s tale starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay, Karen Dotrice… Read More
Introduction The 39 Steps is a 1959 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Kenneth More and Taina Elg. Produced by Betty Box, it is a remake of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, loosely based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. In the film, diplomat Richard Hannay returns home… Read More
Introduction The 39 Steps is a 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is very loosely based on the 1915 adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It concerns a Canadian civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organisation of… Read More
Introduction The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood’s Magazine, credited to “H de V.”, in July, August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of the… Read More
Introduction Az Ügynök élete – Belugyi oktatás a Kádár-korszakban is a 2004 documentary by director Gabor Zsigmond Papp. Also known as The Life of a Spy in the Kadar Era, The Life of an Agent, and The Life of an Agent: State Security Tuition in the Kádár Era. Outline Selection of clips from top secret… Read More
Introduction Spies at Work (German: Spione am Werk) is a 1933 German thriller film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Brigitte Helm, and Eduard von Winterstein. A spy film, it is set during the First World War conflict between Austria and Italy. It was remade as On Secret Service (1933). Outline During… Read More
Introduction On Secret Service is a 1933 British thriller film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Greta Nissen, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Don Alvarado, and Austin Trevor. Also known as Spy 77, it is based on the 1933 German film Spies at Work. Outline In 1912, the Evidenzbureau, the directorate of military intelligence of the… Read More
Introduction Odette is a 1950 British war film based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French agent, Odette Sansom, living in England, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against… Read More
Introduction Children’s Drama set during the First World War in which 14 year old Harriet forms an army of misfit kids to hunt for spies during World War I. Outline Harriet and her army lie in wait for their spy but a surprise is in store. Edward finds some evidence and tells Harriet she has… Read More
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