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The Thirty Nine Steps - Chapter 6

The Adventure With The Bald Archaeologist

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Season 5, episode 5
32 min / Published

Hannay, still disguised as Turnbull, finds that several policemen are searching for him, so he decides to escape across the countryside.

Hannay reaches an old man's house and the man tells him to hide inside. He seems friendly but Hannay is worried as to why this bald archaeologist seems only to willing to help him evade the police.

  • john buchan
  • thirty nine steps
  • spy thriller
  • action and adventure
  • classic novel
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Hannay, still disguised as Turnbull, finds that several policemen are searching for him, so he decides to escape across the countryside. Hannay reaches an old man's house and the man tells him to hide inside.

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