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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. [ 3 ] It concerns a Canadian civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organisation of spies called "The 39 Steps ...
The 39 Steps: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle. A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh.It was serialized in All-Story Weekly issues of 5 and 12 June 1915, and in Blackwood's Magazine (credited to "H. de V.") between July and September 1915, before being published in book form in October of that year.
Oct 8, 2024 · The thriller, based on a 1915 novel by John Buchan, also became a defining film in Hitchcock’s career. Notably, The 39 Steps centres on what became one of his most commonly used themes: an innocent man is mistakenly accused of a crime and must clear his name. In addition, the movie highlighted the director’s ability to combine taut suspense ...
The 39 Steps. NEW. While on vacation in London, Canadian Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) becomes embroiled in an international spy ring related to the mysterious "39 steps." Then he meets agent ...
The 39 Steps was premiered on June 6th at the New Gallery Theatre following a formal evening dinner event held at the Piccadilly Hotel. Among the attendees were John Buchan — now officially Lord Tweedsmuir and also the newly appointed Governor-General of Canada — Sir John Simon (Home Secretary), Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister (Minister for Air ...
The 39 Steps. A heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) as he stumbles upon a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors—a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued—as well as into an unexpected romance with the cool Pamela (Madeline Carroll).
