39 Steps, The (2008)

Fast-paced adventure movie event based on the world famous novel by John Buchan, and starring
Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks; Casanova) as sophisticated and dashing hero Richard Hannay, a man
with an inquisitive mind and a miraculous habit of getting himself out of sticky situations. Set on the eve
of World War One, Hannay has returned to London from South Africa to begin a new life, when he
becomes embroiled in an undercover German plot to steal British plans for the outbreak of war. As the
clock starts ticking, can Hannay outrun the police and German spies to protect Britain? Featuring an allstar
cast including Lydia Leonard (Rome; Jericho), Eddie Marsden (Happy Go Lucky; Hancock), Alex
Jennings (The Queen), David Haig (My Boy Jack; Four Weddings And A Funeral) and Patrick Malahide~
(Brideshead Revisited; Billy Elliot).