The 39 Steps

feature film, triler, UK, 1935

DIRECTED BY: Alfred Hitchcock

The 39 Steps

CAST:
Madeleine Carroll,
Robert Donat,
Lucie Mannheim,
Godfrey Tearle,
Peggy Ashcroft

SCRIPT:
Charles Bennet,
Alma Reville (based on novel by John Buchan)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Bernard Knowles

MUSIC:
Jack Beaver,
Louis Levy

EDITING:
Bernard Knowles

Synopsis:

This is the story of a young Canadian, Richard Hannay, who decides to follow the spies who have killed a woman in his apartment. He leaves London and goes to Scotland to find them. The police suspect that he is the killer and the spies are at his heels. On a train, he asks a girl, Pamela, for help...

This is a film of unmistakable rhythm and pace, and it achieved great success in both Britain and the US.

b/w, 86'

Trailer