Ralph Thomas\'s 1959 adaptation of John Buchan\'s celebrated classic about an innocent man on the run after being suspected of killing a spy. Starring Thomas More and Sid James. After Richard meets a young nanny and takes her back to his flat, he soon learns that she is not all that she seemed to be. When she is murdered and Richard becomes the prime suspect, he suddenly finds himself on the run from the police and heading toward Scotland in search of the secret behind the mysterious \"39 Steps\".