The 39 Steps
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Call Number: DVD Drama Thirty
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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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 production design drawings.
Accompanying booklet includes essay by film critic David Cairns.
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godrey Tearle, Peggy Achcroft, John Laurie, Heleny Haye, Franck Cellier.
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.
DVD, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1) presentation, high definition digital restoration; PCM mono.
Contents: 39 steps.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Library Journal ReviewCOMMUNITY REVIEWS
great early Hitchcock, foggy moors, exciting, spies... submitted by lisa on July 26, 2018, 4:05pm what's not to like?
Love this! submitted by thesrays on August 25, 2019, 7:33pm It's a great story, with a fun twist ending. I watched it once, then had to watch it again...enjoyable both times!
SERIES
Criterion collection
56.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English dialogue with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Year Published: 2012
Description: 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604656046
1604656042
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
Donat, Robert, 1905-1958.
Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987.
Tearle, Godfrey, 1884-1953.
Ashcroft, Peggy, Dame.
Laurie, John, 1897-1980.
Haye, Helen, 1874-1957.
Cellier, Frank, 1884-1948.
Watson, Wylie.
Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995.
Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975.
Levy, Louis, 1893-1957.
Buchan, John, 1875-1940.
Leff, Leonard J.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Janus Films.
ITV Studios.
SUBJECTS
Buchan, John, -- 1875-1940 -- Film adaptations.
Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Conspiracies -- Drama.
Espionage -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Detective and mystery films.
Spy films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.