The 39 steps

DVD 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 Scotish 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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Explore Topics & Themes:

Buchan, John, 1875-1940 Fiction

Conspiracies Fiction

Espionage Fiction

Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) Fiction

More in this Genre:

Feature films Fiction Spy films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 56 Criterion collection ; 56 DVD

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ISBN:

9781604656046
9781604652116
1604656042
0780021967

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (86 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
monochrome
digital
optical
surround
PCM monophonic
full screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Other Title:

Thirty-nine steps
39 steps (Motion picture : 1935) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
Adapted from the novel by John Buchan
Originally released as a motion picture in 1935
Special features: Audio commentary by Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane; Hitchcock: the early years (2000), a British documentary; original footage from 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 Francois Truffaut's 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock; original productin design drawings
Photographer, Bernard Knowles; editor, D.N. Twist; music, Louis Levy; producers, Michael Balcon, Iver Montagu; adaptation, Charles Bennett ; continuity, Alma Reville
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godrey Tearle, Peggy Achcroft, John Laurie, Heleny Haye, Franck Cellier
DVD, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1) presentation, high definition digital restoration; PCM monophonic
For private home use only
English dialogue with optional English subtitles

Control Number:

998723

UPC:

037429135228
715515050715
715515096416

Other Authors:

Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991, actor
Buchan, John, 1875-1940. Thirty-nine steps [DVD]Videorecording
Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Donat, Robert, 1905-1958, actor
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director
Laurie, John, 1897-1980, actor
Levy, Louis, 1894-1957, composer (expression)

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