Review of The 39 Steps (1935) by Bill C — 28 Feb 2013
By 1935 and The 39 Steps, the Hitchcock blueprint for the future had emerged. We get the "McGuffin" and begin to understand the role ( and narrative limitations ) of the matinee idol as star. Can the Hitchcock style and almost architectural attention to detail and cinematic device take us beyond the blueprint ?
Of course we know now that the answer is yes - but The 39 Steps did little to assure that certainty. John Laurie and Peggy Ashcroft as the crofter and his wife may have been the film's strongest characters.
This review of The 39 Steps (1935) was written by Bill C on 28 Feb 2013.
The 39 Steps has generally received very positive reviews.
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