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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 information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this influential crime mystery film.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1935-07-31
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
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 ***
The 39 Steps, British suspense film, released in 1935, that helped establish Alfred Hitchcock as one of the leading directors in the genre and employed themes that became hallmarks of his movies. (Read Alfred Hitchcock’s 1965 Britannica essay on film production.)
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 a cast of British character actors, a chase across Scotland, and a climax involving Big Ben.
