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Starring: Robert Donat, Madeline Carroll and Wylie Watson.

Black & White, New high-definition digital restoration.

Alfred Hitchcock’s heart-racing spy story follows a man who stumbles into a conspiracy, which thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors. Includes interviews, a documentary, the complete broadcast of the 1937 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, and more.

Special Features include:

• 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
• English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Cairns

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). Adapted from a novel by John Buchan, this classic wrong-man thriller from the Master of Suspense anticipates the director’s most famous works (especially North by Northwest), and remains one of his cleverest and most entertaining films.