The 39 Steps (The Criterion Collection)

Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Ivor Barnard, Wilfrid Brambell, et al.

Product Description

The best known of Hitchcock’s British films, this civilized spy yarn follows the escapades of Richard Hannay (Robert Donat), who stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 003742913522
• Release Date: November 1999
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Criterion
• Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Ivor Barnard, Wilfrid Brambell, Madeleine Carroll, Frank Cellier, Robert Donat, Pat Hagate, Helen Haye, Elizabeth Inglis, James Knight
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

What are the 39 steps?

Look for “The 39 Steps” (The Criterion Collection) (1935). Adapted from the novel by John Buchan. Be aware that the book comes in all price categories. Directed by Alfred H-i-t-c-h-c-o-c-k; be sure to look for his cameo. I own the standard version but watched the Criterion. On the Criterion, there is a 1999 commentary featuring H-i-t-c-h-c-o-c-k school, Marian Keene. The drawback is that the Criterion version cropped the credits in the beginning. Be careful of whom you bring home from a show; exiting from a scuffle and panic, from a show, Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) meets Miss Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim), and she promptly invites herself to his flat. She tells an incredulous story about being an agent (spy). Later, awakening with a knife in her back, he is convinced that there is a cabal and it has something to do with the 39 steps. Now we follow the standard formula of a man who must find the culprit(s) before he is captured for the murder of Miss Smith. The formula is standard, but the execution of the film is anything but. Remember, this is an unleashed H-i-t-c-h-c-o-c-k production. We have top actors in their prime. The film even includes an early adaptation of a helicopter used in the manhunt.