Charles Bennett

Best Picture Oscar-nominee from the great Alfred Hitchcock, set on the eve of World War II where an American reporter attempts to expose enemy agents in London.

Alfred Hitchcock's classic thiller, named the fourth best British film of all time by the British Film Institute in 1999. Londoner Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) tries to help counter-espionage agent Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim), but when she is killed and he stands accused, Hannay goes on the run...