39
steps One of Hitchcock's earliest hits, The 39 Steps sees The Master unravelling
the soon-to-be-typical plot of an innocent man on the run, trying to prove his
innocence.
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to 1930's London. After a disturbance at
a music hall "Mr Memory's show", he meets Annabella Smith who is on
the run from foreign agents. He takes her back to his apartment, but they are
followed and later that night Annabella is murdered. Hannay goes on the run to
break the spy ring and thus prove his innocence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: Michael Balcon, Ivor
Montagu Production Company: Gaumont Film
Company Audio/Visual: sound, black &
white
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