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The Thirty Nine Steps

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[[File:39 steps 1978 poster.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Film poster for The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)]]
 
The Thirty Nine Steps was a 1978 film featuring Robert Powell as Richard Hannay. During the film Hannay flees to Scotland on a train, but is forced to make a daredevil escape on a bridge when police board. The scene was filmed on [[Victoria Bridge]] using [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443]] (in MR livery as No 644) and five of the SVR's LMS carriages with 'Midland' stickers applied. The scene also featured the first film speaking part for an SVR 'extra' - the driver shouting out "Come on, there's another train due, come on!" was the SVR's John Price<ref>SVR News 50</ref>.
==Links==
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpHsmXZupsk#t=31m30s The Thirty Nine Steps on YouTube]<br>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078389/ The Thirty Nine Steps on the Internet Movie Database]

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