Review of The 39 Steps (1935) by Dave J — 31 Mar 2010
Thursday April 1. 2010.
(1935) The 39 Steps.
SUSPENSE.
On the beginning, it starts out as nothing but once a murder occurs is when things (in a fast pace) begin to unravel about who and why a murder happened in the first place- why Richard (Robert Donat)the central character suddenly became a wanted man within' the police and he ended up to be chased throughout the tunnels and marshes. Viewers eventually were able to identify his position starting an odyssey to unfold a disturbing espinoge.
Although Hitchcock had done other films before this, that it was because of this film which Hollywood stopped and took notice.
This is the best Alfred Hitchcock film in b/w, although already aware of it's critically acclaim. I was not able to understand fully what the characters were saying until the 'close captioning' was eventually added on. The reason is that while the characters were speaking, sounded muffled like a bad record player with alot of crackles on it, and I think alot of it has to do with the year in which this film had been made. So patiently, I waited until I was able to understand the whole film and as a result, I have to say this is one of his masterpieces.
4/4.
This review of The 39 Steps (1935) was written by Dave J on 31 Mar 2010.
The 39 Steps has generally received very positive reviews.
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