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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. +e 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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Full screen (1.33:1)
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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
Originally released as a motion picture in 1935
Adapted from the novel by John Buchan
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
Accompanying booklet includes essay by film critic David Cairns
Photography, Bernard Knowles; editor, D.N. Twist; musical director, Louis Levy; [producers, Michael Balcon, Ivor Montagu]
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Helen Haye, Franck Cellier
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono; high definition digital restoration
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)