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...
as Richard Hannay
as Sir Edmund Appleton
as Chief Superintendent Lomas
as Alex Mackenzie
as Scudder
as Sir Walter Bullivant
as Bayliss
as Marshall
as Porton
as David
as Lord Rohan
as Magistrate
as Harkness
as McLean
as Tillotson
as Fletcher
as Lord Belthane
as Woodville
as Admiral
as PC Forbes
as Stewart
as Renfrew
as Donald
as Martins
as Lady Nettleship
as Perryman
as Milkman
as Miller
as The Scot
as Crombie
as Guide
as PC Scott
as Vicar
as General (uncredited)
as Nun (uncredited)
as Onlooker (uncredited)
