THE 39 STEPS (1935)

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Classics Thriller Action/Adventure 1900-1919 Literary Classics Detectives & Private Eyes Historical The Beck-fast Club Recommended

Cast

ROBERT DONAT MADELIENE CARROL PEGGY ASHCROFT JOHN BUCHAN

Plot

The original and the best screen adaptation of John Buchan's jingoistic thriller of German plots and dashing Englishmen. Considered by the director as one of his very best this launched the theme of the innocent man on the run from both the law and the villians. Excellent.