Review of The 39 Steps (1935) by Tony U — 12 Jun 2007
This is an excellent movie from the 30s that takes place in England when a man, played by Robert Donat, is at some kind of show or circus like performance where there is a man who has this talent to learn 50 new things everyday.
During the show, a murder has occurred, or shot was fired, and a woman asks if she could hide with him at his apartment (or hotel room). She has a charming presence and tells him that she is a spy and is being followed. When later on, he discovers she is killed, he is suddenly on the run as her counter spies framed him with the murder. He flees to Scotland, where he runs into the obnoxiously and sarcastically charming Madeleleine Carrol's character who did not trust him to begin with.
When she discovers that he is wanted, she turns him in, but in a series of follies, she finds herself on the run from the authorities with him.
Her chemistry with Donat was tickling to the bone as she was forced to act like his wife as they hid from the police who were on the side of the counterintelligence.
It's an intelligent movie with great dialogue and a unique twist at the end. It must have been a very eye turning movie during the stage of early cinematic history.
This review of The 39 Steps (1935) was written by Tony U on 12 Jun 2007.
The 39 Steps has generally received very positive reviews.
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