Who directed the film, based on the 1915 adventure novel by John Buchan, in which the British actess Peggy Simpson appeared?
Peggy Simpson:  She appeared twice for director Alfred Hitchcock in "The 39 Steps" (1935) and "Young and Innocent" (1937). The 39 Steps (1935 film):  Very loosely based on the 1915 adventure novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan, the film is about an everyman civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organization of spies called the 39 Steps from stealing British military secrets.
Alfred Hitchcock