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The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh.
- John Buchan
- 1915
The 39 Steps is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is loosely based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan.
A man on the run from the police and a spy ring tries to clear his name and stop a plot to steal top-secret information. IMDb provides cast and crew, trivia, reviews, awards, and more for this influential crime mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1935-07-31
Oct 11, 2020 · Title: The Thirty-Nine Steps. Author: John Buchan. Release Date: June, 1996 [eBook #558] [Most recently updated: October 11, 2020] Language: English. Character set encoding: UTF-8. Produced by: Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines. Corrections by Menno de Leeuw. *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS ***
Jun 1, 1996 · The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Adventure. In Mystery Fiction. In Movie Books. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Buchan, John, 1875-1940
- The Thirty-Nine Steps
- English
May 2, 1980 · A British crime thriller based on John Buchan's novel, starring Robert Powell as Richard Hannay, a mining engineer who tries to stop a German plot to start World War I. The film features scenic locations, a suspenseful score, and a charismatic cast, but is not faithful to the book.
The 39 Steps. A heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) as he stumbles upon a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors—a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued—as well as into an unexpected romance with the cool Pamela (Madeline Carroll).
