1935 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Richard Hannay stumbles upon 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 unexpected romance with the cool Pamela.
39 Degraus, Os 39 Degraus, 39 Stufen, 39 escalones, L'homme au doigt coupé, Les 39 marches, The Thirty-Nine Steps, I 39 scalini, I trentanove scalini, Il Club dei Trentanove, Тридцять дев'ять сходинок
Step 1: Turn on your typewriter
Step 2: Think of a really cool title for a movie
Step 3: Name your movie that title
Step 4: Write your script
Step 5: Make sure to give your characters lots of depth and cool names
Step 6: Finish the first draft of your script
Step 7: Take it to your friend to look over for edits
Step 8: Throw things at your friend when they say the movie is bad
Step 9: Realize your friend was right and apologize
Step 10: Arduous editing to make your shitty script good
Step 11: After months of hard work you finally have a good script
Step 12: Go to Alfred Hitchcock's house
Step 13: Sneak…
"beautiful, mysterious woman pursued by gunmen. sounds like a spy story."
Hitchcock's man-on-the-run thriller The 39 Steps is precursor to North by Northwest. One of the most entertaining Hitch movies, pretty much acts as a prototype for the rom-com thriller genre. Fun (quite British), perfectly paced thriller with smart twists & turns. Such playful chemistry between Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.
“I used to wake up in the middle of the night screaming, thinking the police were after me. But one gets hardened.”
A near-perfect snapdoodle of creamy greys and point collars, the kind of film where the star looks better poaching a haddock than you’ll ever look in a lifetime of your best moments. Hitchcock here seems a vanguardist of modern surveillance delirium, of innermost paranoia gone public—cops at train stations, cops crawling the Highlands, cops, cops, cops (and a comic menace of an autogyro.) Filmmakers have ripped it off for 80 years, whether they know it or not, but they usually get the hymn’s words but not its music: the piss-taking of God and politics, the whirl of push-pulls…
Alfred Hitchcock makes The 39 Steps positively flicker with possibilities, and it deserves acknowledgement as one of the crowning achievements in his filmography rather than just one of his most significant pre-Rebecca accomplishments. It’s unjust to dismiss the greatness of conception that flows through the movie which detects him deftly mixing elements of comedy and action to tremendous effect.
The film effectively is performed as a chain of captivating events as well as functioning as a general observance on him demonstrating his exceptional abilities and experimenting with techniques that would come to be hallmarks of his work. His performers would perhaps come to hold a higher status and the production values more remarkable, but this adaptation of the 1915 novel from John Buchan is tremendous.
So back before the internet was invented you used to just go to a bar and shout your questions at a sarcastic British guy on stage? That’s cool.
Brilliantly applying the twists & turns to build up its suspense while also supporting the entire narrative with its clever use of humour in order to keep the whole film a light-hearted cinematic experience, The 39 Steps is an earlier gem in the career of a filmmaker who later went on to become, arguably, the greatest director of all time.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this motion picture tells the story of a man in London who tries to help a counterespionage agent prevent the stealing of top secret information from an organisation of spies but when the agent is killed & he is framed for the murder, he goes on the run to expose the spy ring & prove his innocence in the…
Continuing my plough through all of Alfred Hitchcock's talkie era films with The 39 Steps. What a difference a couple of years make, eh Alfred?
From nondescript director of plodding melodramas to the most exciting director in British cinema in the course of three films. Having created a fair amount of buzz for the fun The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps saw Alfred Hitchcock create his first true masterpiece and a film that is still one of the most exciting and entertaining adventure thrillers that you could ever ask to see.
A wonderful Robert Donat finds himself on the run after a mysterious woman approaches him after a show and asks him to help her escape some…
Action | Mystery | Thriller
Music hall announcer: Ladies and Gentleman, with your kind attention, and permission, I have the honor of presenting to you one of the most remarkable men in the world.
Heckler in Audience: How remarkable? He's sweating!
THE 39 STEPS is a 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The British Film Institute ranked it the fourth best British film of the 20th century. This is a film definitely worth seeing, a film for anyone whose interested in a thriller, drama, crime, mystery or even a romance, this film has it all. Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll make a briliant couple in th lead. Definitely one of Hitchcock's best film from his pre-Hollywood, including The…
9/10
Shoutout to @classicreviews for the recommendation.
The 39 Steps is a film that is both suspenseful and funny. It does get a tad rape-y at time though. Another great film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
"Beautiful, mysterious woman pursued by gunmen. Sounds like a spy story."
I have always considered Alfred Hitchcock among my favorite directors, and after hearing that The 39 Steps was one of his first masterpieces I decided to give it a watch. Several of his classic trademarks from his films in the 50's and 60's can be seen in this spy thriller although they lack a lot of polishing. The story was so rushed that the characters never felt fully developed, the romance felt forced, and the comedy never really worked for me. Despite how much critics revered this film, I had a hard time enjoying the story. The continuity from one scene to the next was a bit jumpy and…
Early, marvelous Hitchcock, resembling some of his best later films. Hilariously written; dialogue way ahead of its time. Look for a wonderful set of scenes with the 2 leads handcuffed together. Possibly the best pre-40s Hitchcock film.
Fun spy times in Scotland. Madeleine Carroll adds a ton of charm. There's a great combo of humor and adventure. And some topnotch early Hitchcock set pieces and damn entertaining scenes and clever shots to really seal the deal.
Not as big or grand or elegant as many of Hitchcock’s Hollywood films, but no less technically impressive. His silent film work is on full display here in a number of sequences, and it’s a joy to watch.
Also, one of the best final shots I’ve ever seen. So playful. So fun.
Once again, Man On The Run narrowly escapes capture because police are fucking idiots
Exciting, well-paced and thrilling. This early Hitchcock classic would foreshadow his career of incredible motion pictures.
Recently had the misfortune of reading the book, which, at around 100 pages, managed to be an interminable bore - a feat I found quite impressive.
Thought the film - which is directed by Alfred Hitchcock - would be better.
I was wrong.
Sharp, smart, fun and surprisingly CUTE. Didn't expect the last bit from it but Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll's chemistry was amazing and lent the film the emotional center that it needed to make the high stakes of the espionage/man-on-the-run element more poignant. The ending is simply brilliant and one I did not see coming. One of my faves from Hitchcock.
I’ve seen plenty “wrong man” films, and I’ve seen plenty better ones than this. Sure The 39 Steps (1935) gets the job done, It’s entertaining enough, but it’s nothing special. Definitely not one of Hitchcock’s better films in my opinion but apparently it was one of his personal favourites.
Robert Donat certainly has the charm in this but I didn’t find his character interesting. In fact, none of the characters were particularly engaging because there was very minimal character development. I wasn’t buying the romantic angle between the two leads either. Another little gripe - the ending felt rushed. Being a Scot, I do like that parts of this was filmed in Scotland and some of the bit parts and…
Hitchcock’s direction is unsurprisingly exquisite and the some of the shot compositions in this are truly stunning, especially when you consider when it was made. But it kind of pales in comparison to other “wrong man” Hitchcock movies. The pacing is a bit episodic, they bring back Pamela far too late, and Robert Donat doesn’t have much personality. He’s certainly handsome, but he doesn’t have that special something that guys like Grant, Stewart, and Fonda bring to their desperate characters.
This is such a well made film, it’s definitely one of Hitchcock’s greatest but underrated masterpieces. It’s a very suspenseful and enjoyable movie with a lot of charm. I look forward to rewatching this one!
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