The Riddle of the Sands

Based On the book by Erskine Childers

The Riddle of the Sands is a 1979 British spy thriller cinema film based upon the novel of the same name written by Erskine Childers. Set in 1901, and starring Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale and Jenny Agutter, it concerns the efforts of two British yachtsmen to avert a plot by the German Empire to launch a seaborne military invasion of the United Kingdom.

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Release date:

1979

Director:

Tony Maylam

Cast:

Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale, Jenny Agutter, Alan Badel, Olga Lowe

Genre:

Adventure

Country:

United Kingdom, Australia

Language:

English

Year page:

1979 in adaptations