Years before Alfred Hitchcock teamed Bergman and Cary Grant in the classic "Notorious," he thought of pairing them in a film version of John Buchan's novel. The screen rights were too expensive and problematic to obtain.

Alfred Hitchcock wanted to cast Donat for the second time as "Richard Hannay" in a movie version of the John Buchan spy adventure thriller and make it a sequel to his influential classic hit, "the 39 Steps."

Alfred Hitchcock tried several times in his career to launch a film version of this adventure thriller from the author of "The 39 Steps." Grant followed Robert Donat as Hitchcock's ideal "Richard Hannay."