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The 39 Steps ()

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A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
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Hannay
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Pamela
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Miss Smith
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Professor Jordan
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Crofter's Wife
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Crofter
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Mrs. Jordan
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The Sheriff
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Memory
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Commercial Traveller (as Gus Mac Naughton)
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Commercial Traveller
Peggy Simpson ...
Maid
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Political Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
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Second Passerby Near the Bus (uncredited)
Noel Birkin ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop ...
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco ...
Palladium Doorman (uncredited)
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Fake Police Officer (uncredited)
Pat Hagate ...
M.C. Who Introduces Mr Memory (uncredited)
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Passerby Near the Bus (uncredited)
Carleton Hobbs ...
Fake Policeman #2 (uncredited)
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Usherette (uncredited)
Elizabeth Inglis ...
Pat, Professor Jordan's Daughter (uncredited)
James Knight ...
Detective at London Palladium (uncredited)
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Palladium Manager (uncredited)
Quinton McPherson ...
Clergyman on the Flying Scotsman (uncredited)
Frederick Piper ...
The Milkman (uncredited)
John Rae ...
Audience Member at Political Meeting (uncredited)
Charles Hubert Renard ...
Second Violinist (uncredited)
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Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
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Scottish Police Inspector (uncredited)
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Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alfred Hitchcock

Written by

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John Buchan ... (adapted from the novel by)
 
Charles Bennett ... (adaptation)
 
Ian Hay ... (dialogue)

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Michael Balcon ... producer (uncredited)
Ivor Montagu ... associate producer (uncredited)

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Jack Beaver ... (uncredited)
Louis Levy ... (uncredited)

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Bernard Knowles ... (photography)

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Derek N. Twist ... (as D.N. Twist)

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Oscar Friedrich Werndorff ... (as O. Werndorff)
Albert Jullion ... (uncredited)

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Bob Clark ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Pen Tennyson ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Albert Whitlock ... scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Peter Birch ... recordist (as A. Birch)

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Philippo Guidobaldi ... miniature builder (uncredited)
Jack Whitehead ... special effects (uncredited)

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Reg Johnson ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Peter Sargent ... clapper-boy (uncredited)

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Marianne ... wardrobe
Joe Strassner ... dress designer (as J. Strassner)

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Louis Levy ... musical director / conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Alma Reville ... continuity
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Plot Summary

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 agrees to hide her in his flat, but she is murdered during the night. Fearing that he could be accused of the murder, Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring. Written by Claudio Sandrini

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Taglines It's Great...It's Grand...It's Glorious! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Thirty-Nine Steps (United Kingdom)
  • Les 39 marches (France)
  • Die 39 Stufen (Germany)
  • Els trenta-nou graons (Spain, Catalan title)
  • 39 escalones (Spain)
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  • 86 min
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Budget GBP50,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Before filming the scene where Hannay (Robert Donat) and Pamela (Madeleine Carroll) run through the countryside, Sir Alfred Hitchcock handcuffed them together and pretended for several hours to have lost the key in order to put them in the right frame of mind for such a situation. See more »
Goofs When Professor Jordan suggests Richard Hannay commit suicide, he says, "Supposing I left you alone with this revolver?" when he is clearly brandishing a small-caliber semi-automatic pistol. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Everything Is Thunder (1936). See more »
Soundtracks Russian Dance See more »
Quotes Richard Hannay: I know what it is to feel lonely and helpless and to have the whole world against me, and those are things that no men or women ought to feel.
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