The 39 steps

Blu-ray 1935

The 39 Steps is a heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, following Richard Hannay, who stumbles into a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors. A chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued, as well as into an expected romance with the cool Pamela.

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Conspiracies Drama

Espionage Drama

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Detective and mystery films Drama Feature films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 56

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ISBN:

9781604656039
1604656034

Uniform Title:

39 steps (Motion picture : 1935)

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet ([16] pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm)
monochrome
digital
optical
mono
video file
Blu-ray disc
region A

Target Audience Note:

MPAA: Not rated
CHVR: PG

Other Title:

Thirty-nine steps [Blu-ray]

Notes:

Based on the novel by John Buchan
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1935
Accompanying booklet includes essay by film critic David Cairns
Special features include: audio commentary by Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane ; Hitchcock : the early years (2000), a British documentary ; original footage from British broadcaster Mike Scott's 1966 TV interview with Hitchcock ; complete broadcast of the 1937 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation ; visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff ; excerpts from François Truffaut's 1962 interviews with Hitchcock ; original production drawings
Photographer, Bernard Knowles ; editor, D.N. Twist ; musical director, Louis Levy ; continuity, Alma Reville
Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, John Laurie, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Blu-ray format ; region A ; full screen, 1.33:1
English dialogue; English SDH subtitles

Control Number:

1004744

UPC:

715515096317

Other Authors:

Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991
Buchan, John, 1875-1940. Thirty-nine steps
Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Donat, Robert, 1905-1958
Gaumont British Picture Corp
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
ITV Studios
Janus Films
Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975
Laurie, John, 1897-1980
Levy, Louis, 1894-1957
Mannheim, Lucie, 1895-1976
Reville, Alma
Tearle, Godfrey, 1884-1953
Twist, Derek N., 1905-1979

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