The 39 Steps

Duration: 88

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Year Published: 1935

Creator: Gaumont-British Instructional Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Presents the first in the long line of classic Hitchcock stories. Shows an ordinary person who is, by chance, put in an extraordinary situation in which he must run from both the police and the criminals while finding the real perpetrators to the crime that he is accused of committing. Shows how the hero, in a quest for the meaning of the clue of the "39 Steps," becomes involved in a murderous chase across the British Isles--while handcuffed to a woman who believes him to be a murderer. Stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Complete Record: Presents the first in the long line of classic Hitchcock stories. Shows an ordinary person who is, by chance, put in an extraordinary situation in which he must run from both the police and the criminals while finding the real perpetrators to the crime that he is accused of committing. Shows how the hero, in a quest for the meaning of the clue of the "39 Steps," becomes involved in a murderous chase across the British Isles--while handcuffed to a woman who believes him to be a murderer. Stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.