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Essential Art House: The 39 Steps DVD

Unrated :: Criterion :: Released: 2009-09-15

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Essential Art House: The 39 Steps Summary Alfred Hitchcock’s Prototypical - Wrong Man - Adventure, The Dazzling 39 Steps Is Considered The British Director’s True Commercial And Artistic Breakthrough. Presaging Such Tense Against-the-odds Thrillers As The Man Who Knew Too Much And North By Northwest, It Follows The Exciting Exploits Of Richard Hannay (robert Donat), A Dapper Everyman Who Ends Up On The Run After His Identity Is Mistaken For That Of A Murderer.

Hitchcock's first great romantic thriller is a prime example of the MacGuffin principle in action. Robert Donat is Richard Hannay, an affable Canadian tourist in London who becomes embroiled in a deadly conspiracy when a mysterious spy winds up murdered in Hannay's rented flat--and both the police and a secret organization wind up hot on his trail. With only a seemingly meaningless phrase ("the 39 steps"), a small Scottish town circled on a map, and a criminal mastermind identified by a missing finger as clues, quick-witted Hannay eludes police and spies alike as he works his way across the countryside to reveal the mystery and clear his name. At one point he finds himself making his escape manacled to blonde beauty Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), whose initial antagonism is smoothed by Hannay's charm and the sheer rush of her thrilling chase. It's classic Hitchcock all the way, a seemingly effortless balance of romance and adventure set against a picturesque landscape populated by eccentrics and social-register smoothies, none of whom is what he or she appears to be. Hitchcock would play similar games of innocents plunged into deadly conspiracies, most delightfully in North by Northwest, but in this breezy 1935 classic, Hitch proves that, as in any quest, the object of the search isn't nearly as satisfying as the journey. --Sean Axmaker

Essential Art House: The 39 Steps... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Robert Donat, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 86 mins
UPC: 715515050715
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2009-09-15
Region Code: 1
Specs: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Original Language),