Review of The 39 Steps (1935) by Iain M — 31 May 2008
This is Hitchcocks first big thriller, and what a great start.This is about a canadian tourist caught up in a devious plot to sabotage the british war effort during WW1, writen by john buchan, the film is so atmospheric particular when the hero Richard Hannay has to escape through the Scottish Highlands,persued by both the authorities and the mysterious spy network known as the the black stone, intent on destroying Britain, it is a well worked film, and it is easy to see that buchan was influenced by connan doyle, writer of Sherlock Holmes, and the film actually contains many of the plots,disguises,logical work familiar to fans of Holmes, it is classic Hitchcock and a great performance by one of Britains leading actors of the time Robert Donat make it an edge of your seat spy thriller.
For fans of Hitchcock I would definatley recommend getting it out on DVD.
This review of The 39 Steps (1935) was written by Iain M on 31 May 2008.
The 39 Steps has generally received very positive reviews.
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