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The 39 Steps

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The 39 Steps (1935)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 29

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 8.8/10

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is a Canadian rancher on vacation in London who sees a vaudeville act at the Palladium in which Mr. Memory (Wylie Watson) draws on his photographic memory to answer questions posed by the audience. When a shot... Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is a Canadian rancher on vacation in London who sees a vaudeville act at the Palladium in which Mr. Memory (Wylie Watson) draws on his photographic memory to answer questions posed by the audience. When a shot rings out in the theater a frightened young woman approaches Hannay and asks for his help. The woman claims that foreign spies who plan to smuggle valuable military secrets out of the country are after her, and when she herself is later killed, Hannay finds himself both framed as the man responsible for her death as well as the next potential victim of the spy ring. Traversing through rural Scotland, on the run from both the police and the spies, Hannay finds himself attached to a cool but reluctant blonde, and together they have to figure out the meaning of the woman's last words and bring down the spy ring before the precious military secrets are smuggled abroad. THE THIRTY NINE STEPS is the film that established Hitchcock as the master of the mystery spy-thriller. [More]

Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Peggy Ashcroft

Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Peggy Ashcroft, Godfrey Tearle, John Laurie, Wylie Watson, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Composer: Hubert Bath
Producer: Ivor Montagu

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Jun 19, 1998

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Pan & Scan - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Introduction - 1.Tony Curtis
  • Trailer - 1.Theatrical Bonus Clip - NORTH BY NORTHWEST

Interactive Feature:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Menu Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese

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In Hitchcock's hands, however, this well-known espionage adventure provided the basis for a new sort of thriller and a new sort of comedy.

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09/04/08
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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At 35, with more than a dozen features already under his belt, the director triumphed with this dazzling mixture of spycraft, banter, expository nonsense and manic chases along the Scottish Highlands.

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09/04/08
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York
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08/18/08
Variety
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With its great turns by Donat, Carroll (the original Hitchcock blonde) and all the cast, and immaculate direction of a cracking script, this is timelessly enjoyable. A true classic.

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04/11/08
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film
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All the fun of North By Northwest in a little over half the time, The 39 Steps is – even for the umpteenth viewing – absolutely unmissable.

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04/11/08
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Hitchcock at his very best.

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04/11/08
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine
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This film couldn't be more entertaining, even if it had 40 steps.

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08/23/07
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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As an artist, Alfred Hitchcock surpassed this early achievement many times in his career, but for sheer entertainment value it still stands in the forefront of his work.

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07/09/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Great fun.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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11/14/05
Cole Smithey
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Brilliant early Hitch

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09/24/05
Tony Medley
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07/29/05
Jake Euker
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O excesso de coincidências leva o roteiro a soar maniqueísta (bem como a “tensão sexual” entre Donat e Carroll), mas a direção de Hitchcock, como sempre, salva o filme.

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07/09/05
Pablo Villaca
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06/18/05
Emanuel Levy
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11/12/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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Wonderful early sound, quite British Hitchcock thriller

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10/23/04
Steve Crum
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10/03/04
Greg Maki
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08/13/04
Andy Klein
New Times
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As dull as anything Hitchcock has done, save the exhilerating final 10 minutes.

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12/22/03
Gabe Leibowitz
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A brilliant piece of pure -- and purely enjoyable -- filmmaking.

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08/14/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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