Review of The 39 Steps (1935) by Dan B — 13 Apr 2008
Alongside The Lady Vanishes (with which it should really always be in a double bill) this is surely one of the most thoroughly entertaining of Hitchcock's British movies. Not so much a movie as a collection of great scenes - the salesmen's banter on the train to Edinburgh, the bleak marriage of the crofter and his young wife, the revelation of the villain's missing fingertip, the impromptu political speech, Mr.
Memory at the Palladium. The leads fairly sparkle with Donat the perfect embodiment of decency and pluck. Currently showing in an extended run at the NFT. A film to be revisited regularly like an old friend.
This review of The 39 Steps (1935) was written by Dan B on 13 Apr 2008.
The 39 Steps has generally received very positive reviews.
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