The 39 Steps

Duration: 1200 ft.

Year Published: 1935

Complete Record: Features Alfred Hitchcock’s first man on the run thriller. Contains breathtaking action and mischievous humor to tell the story of an innocent man pursued by the police and murderous spies. Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of "Mr Memory"'s show in a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is running away from secret agents. He accepts to hide her in his flat, but in the night she is murdered. Fearing he could be accused on the girl's murder, Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring. Taglines: “Handcuffed to the girl who double-crossed him”, “The MAN who put the MAN in roMANce.”, “Fated to be Mated with the One Man She Hated.”