The 39 Steps
- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
- Thriller
Written by: John Buchan, Mark L. Smith
Follows an ordinary man, who becomes an unwitting pawn in a vast, global conspiracy to reset the world order.
- Original title
- The 39 Steps
- Storyline
- Richard Hannay gets thrown into an international drama. He receives a frantic visit from a stranger, an American named Franklin P. Scudder. Scudder tells him of a plot by the Germans to assassinate the Greek Premier, Constantine Karolides, during an upcoming visit to London. Scudder, who is a freelance spy, writes all the details of the plot in code in a black notebook. Scudder asks to hide in Richard's apartment. Four days later Richard has to run for his life. He returns home to find his apartment has been ransacked and Scudder's body he has been stabbed to death planted there. Richard, who realizes he looks guilty, is forced to go on the lam to escape both the police and the people who killed Scudder. He also feels obliged to prevent the Greek Premier's assassination.
- Companies
- Anonymous Content, Chapter One Productions, SunnyMarch, Syndicate Entertainment, Netflix