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DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 56 |
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Criterion collection ; 56.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono; high definition digital restoration. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Helen Haye, Franck Cellier. |
| Credits |
Photography, Bernard Knowles ; editor, D.N. Twist ; musical director, Louis Levy ; [producers, Michael Balcon, Ivor Montagu]. |
| Note |
Adapted from the novel by John Buchan. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The 39 Steps is a heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, following Richard Hannay, who stumbles into 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 expected romance with the cool Pamela. |
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Special features: audio commentary by Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane; Hitchcock: the early years (2000), a British documentary; original footage from broadcaster Mike Scott's 1966 TV interview with Hitchcock; complete broadcast of the 1937 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation; visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff; excerpts from Francois Truffaut's 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock; original production design drawings. |
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Accompanying booklet includes essay by film critic David Cairns. |
| Subject |
Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Conspiracies -- Drama.
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Espionage -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Detective and mystery films.
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Spy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director.
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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977, film producer.
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Montagu, Ivor Goldsmid Samuel, 1904-1984, film producer.
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Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995, screenwriter.
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Donat, Robert, 1905-1958, actor.
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Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987, actor.
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Mannheim, Lucie, 1895-1976, actor.
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Tearle, Godfrey, 1884-1953, actor.
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Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991, actor.
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Laurie, John, 1897-1980, actor.
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Haye, Helen, 1874-1957, actor.
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Cellier, Frank, 1884-1948, actor.
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Watson, Wylie, actor.
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Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975, director of photography.
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Twist, Derek N., 1905-1979, editor of moving image work.
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Levy, Louis, 1894-1957, musical director.
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Cairns, David, 1967- writer of accompanying material.
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Leff, Leonard J.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Buchan, John, 1875-1940.
Thirty-nine steps.
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Janus Films.
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ITV Studios.
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Gaumont British Picture Corp., presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Thirty-nine steps |
| Cover Title |
Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 steps |
| Added Title |
39 steps (Motion picture : 1935)
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| ISBN |
9781604656046 |
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1604656042 |
| Standard No. |
715515096416 |
| Music No. |
CC2161DDVD Criterion Collection |
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