The Three Hostages (film)

The Three Hostages
Directed by	Clive Donner
Written by	John Prebble John Buchan (novel)
Starring	Barry Foster Diana Quick John Castle David Markham
Distributed by	BBC
Release dates	27 December 1977 (1977-12-27)
Running time	85 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Three Hostages is a 1977 British television film directed by Clive Donner and based on the John Buchan thriller novel The Three Hostages. It starred Barry Foster, Diana Quick, John Castle and David Markham.^[1] Foster played the lead role of Richard Hannay, a retired British soldier who works occasionally for the British intelligence services. The story follows his attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy criminal organisation.^[2]

References

Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan

Novels	The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) Greenmantle (1916) Mr Standfast (1919) The Three Hostages (1924) The Courts of the Morning (1929) The Island of Sheep (1936)

Characters	Sandy Arbuthnot Sir Walter Bullivant Richard Hannay Peter Pienaar

Adaptations	The 39 Steps (1935) The Three Hostages (1952) The 39 Steps (1959) The Three Hostages (1977) The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) Hannay (TV series) The 39 Steps (play) The 39 Steps (2008)

Films directed by Clive Donner