---
title: 'The Riddle of the Sands (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tony Maylam'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-riddle-of-the-sands-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Riddle of the Sands (1979)

1979 · 99 min · Adventure · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tony Maylam](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-maylam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-blake)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christopher Challis](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-challis)

## Cast

- [Hans Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-meyer)
- [Michael York](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-york)
- [Alan Badel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-badel)
- [Olga Lowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-lowe)
- [Simon MacCorkindale](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-maccorkindale)
- [Jenny Agutter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-agutter)

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