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The 39 Steps (Les 39 marches)
Along the way he chances upon beautiful Pamela, who unwillingly becomes his accomplice in the mission.
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September 09, 2015
The 39 Steps is a masterclass in propulsive narrative cinema that even today's so-called blockbuster auteurs should study.
August 05, 2014
Alfred Hitchcock brings John Buchan's novel to the screen with characteristic wit and verve.
December 30, 2014
The scene in which Mr Memory is asked at the London Palladium "What are the 39 Steps?" remains one of 20th-century cinema's most gripping moments.
May 23, 2018
The 39 Steps is light, urbane, sexy as hell, and as so much of Hitchcock was so often, right about everything.
June 02, 2015
The atmosphere of adventure and mystery created at once in the opening sequence in an East End music hall is excellently maintained throughout.
July 09, 2007
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.
February 19, 2018
The lack of chemistry between Donat and Carroll's respective characters only compounds the hands-off feel...
August 05, 2014
The Thirty-Nine Steps neatly converts its essential implausihility into an asset by stressing the difficulties which confront its hero when he tries to tell outsiders about the predicament he is in.
June 24, 2006
Great fun.
January 01, 2000
If you can imagine Anatole France writing a detective story you will have some notion of the artistry that Hitchcock brings to this screen version of John Buchan's novel.
August 18, 2008
It's melodrama and at times far-fetched and improbable, but the story twists and spins artfully from one high-powered sequence to another while the entertainment holds like steel cable from start to finish.
September 04, 2008
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.
