The 39 Steps (1935)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film, spy film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,061 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian man in London gets mixed up with a spy ring after a woman is murdered in his apartment. He must clear his name while trying to stop spies from stealing military secrets, all while on the run across Scotland.

suspensefulfast-pacedtensewittycharmingclassicadventurouslight-hearted

What happens

The 39 Steps is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is loosely based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It concerns a Canadian civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organisation of spies called "The 39 Steps" from stealing British military secrets. Mistakenly accused of the murder of a counter-espionage agent, Hannay goes on the run to Scotland and becomes tangled up with an attractive woman, Pamela, while hoping to stop the spy ring and clear his name. Since its release, the film has been widely acknowledged as a classic. The film maker and actor Orson Welles referred to it as a "masterpiece". The screenwriter Robert Towne remarked, "It's not much of an exaggeration to say that all contemporary escapist entertainment begins with The 39 Steps." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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