The 39 Steps (1935)

Handcuffed to the girl who double-crossed him.
director	Alfred Hitchcock
producers	Michael Balcon & Ivor Montagu
writer	Charles Bennett
story by	John Buchan
starring	Robert Donat
	Madeleine Carroll
	Lucie Mannheim
	Godfrey Tearle
original music	Jack Beaver & Louis Levy
cinematographer	Bernard Knowles
editor	Derek N Twist
running time	86 minutes
colour	black & white
sound mix	mono (British Acoustic Film Full Range Recording System)
aspect ratio	1.37:1
studio	Gaumont British Picture Corporation Limited
distributor	Gaumont British Distributors (UK)
	Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America (USA)
availability	DVD & Blu-ray
film-2055 (add your rating)

Synopsis

Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to 1930's London. After a disturbance at a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is on the run from foreign agents. He takes her back to his apartment, but they are followed and later that night Annabella is murdered. Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring and thus prove his innocence. (© IMDB)

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Blu-ray Releases

released in 2012

The 39 Steps (1935) - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray, USA, 2012)

released in 2009

The 39 Steps (1935) - ITV (Blu-ray, UK, 2009)

DVD Releases

released in 2008

	The 39 Steps (1935) - The Times Newspaper (UK, 2008) - free DVD PAL 1.33:1
	The 39 Steps (1935) - Network (UK, 2008) - part of a box set PAL 1.33:1

released in 2007

39 Stufen (1935) - AmCo Tonträger (Germany, 2007) PAL 1.33:1

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Film Frames

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Themes

• birds - "What causes pip in poultry?"
• hero falsely accused of the murder of the mysterious Miss Smith (Lucie Mannheim)
• hero on the run from both the police and the secret agents
• taboo: bondage - Hannay and Pamela handcuffed together
• the MacGuffin - what is "The 39 Steps"?
• the cultured baddie - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle)
• the icy blonde - Pamela (Madeleine Carroll)
• the Hitchcock cameo - walking past Hannay and Miss Smith, tossing litter away
  

Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock

Starring:

• Robert Donat - Richard Hannay
• Madeleine Carroll - Pamela
• Lucie Mannheim - Miss Annabella Smith
• Godfrey Tearle - Professor Jordan
• Peggy Ashcroft - Margaret Crofter
• John Laurie - John Crofter
• Helen Haye - Mrs Louisa Jordan
• Frank Cellier - Sheriff Watson
• Wylie Watson - Mr Memory
• Gus McNaughton - Commercial Traveller on Flying Scotsman
• Jerry Verno - Commercial Traveller on Flying Scotsman
• Peggy Simpson - Maid

Produced by:

• Michael Balcon
• Ivor Montagu

Written by:

• John Buchan - original novel ("The Thirty-nine Steps")
• Charles Bennett

Photographed by:

• Bernard Knowles

Edited by:

• Derek N Twist

Music by:

• Jack Beaver
• Louis Levy - musical director & conductor (uncredited)

Costume Design by:

• Joe Strassner